Zun Zun Egui announce UK tour

Zun Zun Egui are gearing up to release their second album ‘Shackles’ Gift’ and are heading out on tour next year to celebrate. The follow up to 2011’s ‘Katang’ will be released through Bella Union on 26th January and has been produced by Andrew Hung of Fuck Buttons.

Inspired by a trip to Mauritius, the homeland of singer/guitarist Kushal Gaya, Zun Zun Egui have set out to make an album that marries the contradictions of tradition and technology, all because of a fisherman.

“This old guy was telling us stories about how some local folk music came from people working in sugar cane fields,” explains Kushal. “They would hear the moist, mechanical sugar cane mill and this rhythm helped them create a new kind of work music.

“To me this was an incredible story because I really love harsh industrial music but I thought this was even more brutal. It was like early industrial music, but not conceptually driven. I started thinking of Mauritian folk music being very modern and futuristic… this opened a door in my mind.”

Zun Zun Egui are playing the following dates.

MARCH
02 De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill
03 Portland Arms, Cambridge
04 Bodega, Nottingham
05 The Harley, Sheffield
06 Stereo, Glasgow
07 The Fulford Arms, York
08 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
10 The Exchange, Bristol
11 The Musician, Leicester
12 Café Oto, London
13 South Street arts, Reading
14 The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham