INCLUDES FOCUS SINGLE “LIFT OFF! (WITH DISCLOSURE)”
HEADING ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR INCLUDES DATES IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO AND MIAMI’S III POINTS FESTIVAL
salute releases their highly anticipated album TRUE MAGIC out now via Ninja Tune. The new album features the new celebrated focus single “lift off! (with Disclosure)” out now. TRUE MAGIC finds salute embracing a more collaborative approach, renting a house in the countryside to work on the album with their peers. “I took a pop approach to the record,” says salute. “I went in quite blindly just with some loops and ideas but there’s much more of a focus on songwriting and collaboration on this album. In dance music there always seems to be this focus on doing everything yourself but I wanted to get a team around me to develop the ideas I had. One thing I’m really proud of is how organic the work with the collaborators is. I’ve managed to get such a breadth of amazing people on the record.” The album features Disclosure, Rina Sawayama, Empress Of, Karma Kid, Léa Sen, among others and comes with a physical release on cassette, CD, and vinyl, all of which are available for purchase here.
Following the album’s release, salute will be performing two album release shows in London and Manchester before heading on their European tour and then continuing on for their headline North American tour beginning in August with dates in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal and New York as well as a performance at Miami’s Ill Points Festival. Full tour routing can be found below. The album release includes recent singles “luv stuck (with piri),” “maybe it’s u,” in collaboration with Scottish producer and singer Sam Gellaitry, “system,” featuring vocals from Empress Of, as well as “saving flowers” with Rina Sawayama, which was added to Radio 1’s B-list and included in Spotify’s Best Songs of the Year So Far.
Taking aesthetic and auditory inspiration from old Japanese car adverts, which salute spent hours trawling through YouTube archives to find, they developed a concept for the album of driving an old JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) car in a race called TRUE MAGIC. “Watching old TV recordings my parents made on VHS led me to comfort watch old ad compilations on Youtube” they commented, “then eventually old car ads, and finally I stumbled upon old Japanese car ads through a rabbit hole.” This highly visual concept helped propel the sonics of the album forward and give the album a sense of driving momentum.
The new album follows their first-ever nomination at the 2024 MOBO Awards for Best Electronic/Dance Act after the release of Felix’s EP Shield, which received praise from the likes of The FADER who described the music as “dreamy” and Clash who proclaimed the project as, “Surging with Spring-like energy.” Shield followed earlier singles “Joy” and “Therapy” as well as co-signs from artists including Four Tet, DJ Seinfeld, Floating Points, Mall Grab, Daphni, Skrillex, Fred Again, and more, which solidified them as a cult sensation and set the stage for a bigger album to come.
salute has continued to build on their impressive live catalog, including a set at Coachella’s Do Lab stage and Boiler Room Melbourne. They made their debut in Asia to an incredible reception, selling out shows in Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. The shows were b2b with Yung Singh and the Tokyo show saw Rina Sawayama show up as a surprise guest when salute played their collaborative track “saving flowers” to a crowd for the first time. salute has also recently performed with Disclosure in Colombia and Berlin, Mall Gab in London, Hudson Mohawke in LA and supported Jungle on their US tour. salute recently performed at Four Tet & Friends Festival and at the Elsewhere rooftop b2b with DJ Seinfeld in NY before heading on their full European run with stops through Manchester, London, Paris, and Barcelona among many others. They also recently performed at Sónar Festival in Barcelona and Glastonbury in the UK (b2b Joy Anonymous), and have Loveland in Amsterdam (b2b DJ BORING) and III Points Festival in Miami still to come.
Upcoming Live Dates
07/14 – London, England @ Rough Trade East (In-Store)
07/16 – Bristol, England @ Rough Trade (In-Store)
07/17 – Liverpool, England @ Jacaranda (In-Store)
07/28 – London, England @ Junction 2
07/29 – Ibiza, Spain @ DC-10
08/02 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ O Days
08/03 – Vienna, Austria @ Paradies Garten
08/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Loveland (B2B DJ BORING)
08/12 – Ibiza, Spain @ Amnesia
08/16 – Hamburg, Germany @ MS Dockville
08/18 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop
08/22 – Lincolnshire, England @ Lost Village (B2B Jyoty)
08/23 – Lincolnshire, England @ Lost Village
08/25 – Warrington, England @ Creamfields
08/27 – Ibiza, Spain @ Amnesia
08/30 – Chicago, Illinois @ Arc
08/31 – Detroit, Michigan @ Big Pink
10/4 – Denver, CO @ Summit
10/5 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club
10/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theater
10/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
10/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Village Studios
10/16 – Toronto, ON @ Axis
10/17 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
10/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/19 – Miami, FL @ Ill Points Festival
salute
TRUE MAGIC
July 12, 2024
Ninja Tune
1. start
2. saving flowers (with Rina Sawayama)
3. reason (with Karma Kid)
4. lift off! (with Disclosure)
5. maybe it’s u (with Sam Gellaitry)
6. go! (with なかむらみなみ)
7. true magic, bonus round
8. one of those nights (with Empress Of)
9. move faster…
10. system
11. softly (with Léa Sen)
12. luv stuck (with piri)
13. perfect (with LEILAH)
14. drive (with LEILAH)
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