JUJU shares video for ‘In A Ghetto’ feat GOAT’s Capra Informis, touring Europe next week

“Along comes an artist who resets the coordinates and makes the past seem startlingly new again” The Quietus

“From melodic techno-pop to gothic industrialism via afrobeat,barriers are constantly being broken down… this is a restless,

alchemical album that rewards full immersion.” Shindig Magazine JUJU (FEAT CAPRA INFORMIS)
“IN A GHETTO”
Sicilian multi-instrumentalist announces European tour &
shares video for ‘In A Ghetto’ feat Capra Informis of GOAT

WATCH ‘IN A GHETTO’ VIDEO

Back in September last year, Sicilian multi-instrumentalist JuJu – the pseudonym of Gioele Valenti (Lay Llamas, Herself) – released his sophomore album ‘Our Mother Was A Plant’ on Fuzz Club Records. An immersive, utterly hypnotic fusion of psych-rock and kraut via afrobeat and funk, the album saw JuJu push boundaries once again and, just like his debut, end up being widely cited as one of the most innovative and genuinely refreshing psych-rock albums in years.

After a run of festival appearances towards the end of last year, JuJu has now announced a full European tour in support of the new record. To coincide with the announcement, he is sharing a brand new video for the incredible ‘In A Ghetto’, which features guest percussion from Capra Informis, the djembe player of Swedish psych-rock aficionados Goat. The video was made by Rickard Daun of Flowers Must Die.
‘In A Ghetto’ matches the kinetic rhythms of Future Days-era Can with head-heavy psychedelic guitars and hypnotic chanting vocals, whilst Capra Informis’ tribal percussion propels it into a more afrobeat/funk territory with the occasional Eastern-sounding horns thrown in here and there, all before ending on a mind-blowing Madchester-esque finale. The track is emblematic of the many sides to JuJu, perfectly capturing the countless nuances of his simply otherworldly sound.
On ‘Our Mother Was A Plant’, JuJu sought to explore humanities increasingly strained relationship with Mother Earth, and when talking about his influences on the album he explains: “Our Mother Was A Plant is inspired by the great psychedelic researchers and plant explorers, including Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, Jim Morrison, Terence McKenna, Jeremy Narby and many others. People who managed to reveal the secret mechanism of the unconscious tied to the natural world that surrounds us, and from which we are indefinitely separated. Every separation, every neurosis, sexism, racism, speciesism and act of violence comes from this division. As a result of this, I believe true freedom lies in abandoning the ego and private property. Being a true symbol of freedom, autonomy and integration I also decided to dedicate the album to A Chosen Few, the first black American motorcycle club and its founding members (Lionel, Lil Frank, Roger, Hawk, Slim, Shirly Bates and Champ)”

TOUR DATES
4th, @Mamamu, Naples (Italy)
6th, @30 Formiche, Rome (Italy)
8th, @Coc D’Or, Olten (Switzerland)
11th, @Cinetol, Amsterdam (Holland)
13th, @Hy Brasil Club, Bristol (UK)
15th, @The Soundhouse, Leicester (UK)
16th, @Shacklewell Arms, London (UK)
17th, @The Peer Hat, Manchester (UK)
18th, @Kinky Star, Ghent (Belgium)
19th, @El Chicho, Bordeaux (France)
20th, @Le Nadir, Bourges (France)
21st, @Le Salopard, Biel (Switzerland)
22nd, @Camelot, Prato (Italy)
23rd, @Copa Cabana, Porto Recanati (Italy),
24th, @Rainy Days Festival, Avellino (Italy)

PRAISE FOR JUJU
“‘JuJu’ is an album of sweepingly melodic music that still retains a strange kind of intimacy. Just when you thought you might never want to hear another ‘psych rock’ album again in your life, along comes an artist who resets the coordinates and makes the past seem startling new again” The Quietus

“From melodic techno-pop to gothic industrialism via afrobeat, barriers are constantly being broken down… this is a restless, alchemical album that rewards full immersion.” Shindig Magazine

“It must be hard for an artist who has been lauded far and wide for a debut album to follow it up…many would use the same recipe and hope but that’s not Valenti’s way. The debut’s ritualistic overtones and hints of the occult have been ousted in favour for a more worldly and afrocentric vibe” Dayz Of Purple And Orange

“[JuJu] matches Neu! type repetition to mind-blowing effects, gently re-organising theco-ordinates for psych-rock in the process… a lengthy, exotic piece that borders on tribal funk, it seems to exist entirely in a world of its own.” Clash

“JuJu fuses elements of psychedelia, glam, prog and post-punk into a propulsive, melodic art rock” MoJo

“[On ‘Our Mother Was A Plant’] JuJu delves into an array of psychotropic texture, the only constant being a relentless sense of unceasing, pounding groove”  Gigwise

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