Hey everyone,
I’m sorry for the long silence. I’ve been busy making
music for a new Caribou album which I’m really excited about.
I’ve just added some summer festivals and DJ sets to
our Live Dates. Hope to see you there!
In particular, the Flaming Lips have invited us to
play at their ATP New York festival on September 13th. We’ve put together a
special 14-piece band, named Caribou Vibration Ensemble, to play this show and
a show at the Opera House in Toronto
on Sept 10th.
Caribou Vibration Ensemble features Kieran Hebden
(Four Tet, Fridge, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw
Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane),
Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane), a four piece horn section, choir, four drummers, etc.
In addition, for the ATP show only, we will be joined by
MARSHALL ALLEN, Sun Ra Arkestra leader and Arkestra member for over 50 years!
At both shows we will be playing new and old Caribou
songs reworked to make the most of this special line-up.
Also I’ve just done a remix of Cortney Tidwell’s track
‘Watusii’ under the name Daphni. It’s out on City Slang shortly.
Finally, Andy Lloyd who has played bass with us these
last couple years is unfortunately not going to be playing with us in the
future (apart from the Caribou Vibration Ensemble shows) as he’s now touring
with our friends Born Ruffians. Andy is a dear friend and a great musician and
will be sorely missed but we are very lucky that John Schmersal (Enon,
Brainiac) will be joining Caribou and playing bass and singing with us from now
on – starting with the upcoming shows this summer.
I think that’s it for now. As always, apologies to
everyone whose emails I have taken an eternity to reply to. Hope to see you at
a show,
Dan