In a few days, prolific psych-rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will release their new album, Omnium Gatherum, which follows last year’s Butterfly 3000. So far, the Australian band shared an 18-minute single “The Dripping Tap” and “Magenta Mountain.” Now, they’re back with another album cut: “Kepler-22b,” which also has a music video.
‘King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard have announced their first double album.
Pre-orders for the prolific sextet’s 20th studio album, ‘Omnium Gatherum’, will begin on March 22 through their own label KGLW, though an official release date is still to be announced. It’ll follow up 2021’s ‘LW’ and ‘Butterfly 3000’.
‘”The Dripping Tap” is King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s first outing since their Butterfly 3001 remix album landed in January, and will feature on their 20th album (and first ever double album) Omnium Gatherum.’
‘“This recording session felt significant,” he continues. “Significant because it was the first time all six Gizzards had gotten together after an extraordinarily long time in lockdown. Significant because it produced the longest studio recording we’ve ever released. Significant because (I think) it’s going to change the way we write and record music – at least for a while… A turning point. A touchstone. I think we’re entering into our ‘jammy period’. It feels good.”’
‘Australian rock rabble King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced details of their 20th studio album.
The band’s upcoming album is titled Omnium Gatherum and is set for release on March 20th. Luckily for fans who can’t bear to wait two weeks, the first offering from the album, ‘The Dripping Tap’ has been released, setting the scene for their 20th opus. ‘
‘King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have returned with a new single, ‘The Dripping Tap,’ and an announcement of their upcoming album Omnium Gatherum. No release date has been revealed, but the project is available for pre-order from March 22nd through their label, KGLW.’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have the same 24 hours as you. Remember that as you read they have just announced their eighteenth studio album Omnium Gatherum, a double album that is announced with the 18-minute single ‘The Dripping Tap’.’
‘Originally planned as a collection of unreleased songs, Omnium Gatherum became a project where the full band recorded new music. “This recording session felt significant,” Stu Mackenzie said in a statement. “Significant because it was the first time all six Gizzards had gotten together after an extraordinarily long time in lockdown. Significant because it produced the longest studio recording we’ve ever released. Significant because (I think) it’s going to change the way we write and record music—at least for a while…. A turning point. A touchstone. I think we’re entering into our ‘jammy period.’ It feels good.”’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard made their biggest zag yet with last year’s Butterfly 3000 which found the tripped-out, microtonal-loving Aussie psych band successfully exploring danceable pop music. It makes sense then, that they’d farm out the record for remixes. As someone who was into dance music and indie/alt in the ’90s, I am a fan of remixes and still own many CD singles of wild Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley, Todd Terry and Fred Falke reworks of Saint Etienne, Bjork, etc. Butterfly 3001 is very much in that spirit and there’s a lot of great stuff here.’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizard presented Butterfly 3001 today through their KGLW label. The LP is a remix album of the Melbourne, Australia-based, genre-blending psych-rockers’ 2021 album, Butterfly 3000. The remix record boasts a different song sequence along with multiple versions of the same track reimagined by different artists including DJ Shadow, The Flaming Lips, Peaches, Scientist, DāM-FunK, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Confidence Man, Terry Tracksuit and more.’
‘Australian psych-rock goon squad King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are already so wildly prolific that it seems almost unfair to add remix albums to the pile. Nevertheless, they’re following up last year’s synthy Butterfly 3000 with Butterfly 3001, a new space odyssey/remix album featuring reworkings of the original LP’s tracks from artists like the Flaming Lips, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, DāM-FunK, Peaches, and Peaking Lights.’
“In awesome late-’90s style, DJ Shadow grabs hold of one line from King Gizzard’s original and turns it into an entirely new, banging club track full of breakbeats, killer basslines and lots of turntablism. The remix also comes with great music video made by John Angus Stewart that stars Australian radio DJ, humorist, and filmmaker John Safran as an aging club kid who is past his prime but still goes hard. It’s one of those videos, like Spike Jonze’s video for Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You,” that make the song better.”
“With his remix, Shadow has turned “Black Hot Soup” into a classic Shadow banger, a breakbeat-driven funk workout that only takes a few elements from the original track. Shadow’s “My Own Reality Re-Write” of the song layers tumbling drums over a heavy bassline and a whole lot of record-scratching, and it sounds like a beautiful circa-1997 vision of a future that sadly never came to pass.”
“DJ Shadow’s take on “Black Hot Soup” — which follows the new record’s lead singles, “Neu Butterfly (Peaches Remix)” and “Shanghai (The Scientist Dub),” both released last month — is indeed an obliteration of King Gizzard’s characteristically free-wheeling, psych-rock version. Shadow’s “reality” of the track retains elements of the original, but it’s set in his own world of breakbeats and vinyl scratches.”
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared another song from Butterfly 3001, their album featuring remixes of songs from their 2021 album Butterfly 3000. “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write)” is the opening song from the album and it arrives today with a new video directed by John Angus Stewart. ‘
‘Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for the newly released DJ Shadow remix of “Black Hot Soup” from the band’s previous studio album, Butterfly 3000. The remix, dubbed the “DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write,” is the latest release from King Gizzard’s upcoming remix album, Butterfly 3001.’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a remix album, titled Butterfly 3001, which will be out January 24 via KGLW. It features remixes and reworks of songs from this year’s Butterfly 3000 by DJ Shadow, The Flaming Lips, DāM-FunK, Geneva Jacuzzi, Peaches, Peaking Lights, Confidence Man, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and more.’
‘Earlier this year, we deemed King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s album Butterfly 3000 “the least King Gizzard-sounding record of theirs yet,” and the prolific outfit will further their experimentation with a star-studded crew of collaborators on a new remix collection.’
‘“We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time,” King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard explain. “Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now. That’s not to say that Butterfly 3000 makes the most sense to remix. It might seem like the obvious one, but it’s not. Yes it’s electronic. But so is a fridge.”’
‘Released by the band’s KGLW label, Butterfly 3001 contains 21 new versions of tracks from the band’s 18th album, Butterfly 3000. The remix album, which is spread over four pieces of vinyl, will be released on January 21st, six months after the original album release.’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced Butterfly 3001, a full-length featuring remixes of Butterfly 3000 songs. The new album—out January 21 via KGLW—includes contributions from Yu Su, Deaton Chris, DJ Shadow, Donato Dozzy, Flaming Lips, DāM-FunK, and more.’
‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a 2022 world tour in support of their latest LP Butterfly 3000, kicking off on March 19 at Lollapalooza Argentina. They’re supported by Amyl and the Sniffers, Spellling, Dj Crenshaw, Leah Senior, and the Murlocs.’
‘Beginning next March at Lollapalooza Argentina in Buenos Aires, the psychedelic rock band is scheduled for some of their biggest festival appearances, including shows at Shaky Knees and Primavera Sound. Also taking on some of their largest venues yet, King Gizzard are returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for a two-night sold-out stint. The Red Rocks and shows at the Greek in Berkeley, California are set to be the band’s famous three-hour marathon concerts.’
‘The trek will see the Aussie psych-rockers traversing across Europe and the North and South Americas, while hitting festivals such as Lollapalooza in Argentina and Brazil, Primavera Sound, and Shaky Knees. During the latter part of their tour, King Gizzard will play some of their biggest venues yet, including a two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, and Forest Hills Stadium in New York City.’
‘The 10 compositions of Butterfly 3000 work together as a whole, interlocking with each other through synth loops and feathery, dreamy vocals. With Butterfly, King Gizz is less of an experimental prog-jam band standout and more in step with its synth-rock contemporaries—and they fit in just fine.’
‘Butterfly 3000 is the latest offering, a melodic and psychedelic affair that certainly justifies the band’s prolific nature.’
‘King Gizzard is back with Butterfly 3000, their second album of the year, and one that’s both melodic and psychedelic. What makes Butterfly 3000 unique for King Gizz is that, while elements of psych-rock are scattered throughout the band’s discography, this album is straight up psychedelic from start to finish with modular synths and arpeggio loops proving another departure for the band.’
‘The third album in seven months from ever-prolific psych-overlords King Gizzard also happens to be their most radical departure yet’
‘It’s already the most prolific band you’ve heard of but never listened to, but after 18 wildly different albums in a decade, Australia’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is still just getting warmed up. On the heels of two loud and unusual LPs written in the decidedly non-Western microtonal tuning, King Gizzard’s latest release, “Butterfly 3000,” marks a radical shift toward smile-inducing songs built on synth arpeggios, danceable beats and honest-to-goodness singalong choruses.’
‘Album number 18 was recorded in the band’s homes during the pandemic, and trades psych-rock blitzes for a finely-woven sprawl of synth programming and MIDI sequences.’
