Don Kapot blew our minds last year with I Love Tempo, an intoxicating opus of an album that made it to our Album Picks of the Year. We’re excited to know that Giotis Damianidis (bass), Viktor Perdieus (baritone saxophone) and Jakob Warmenbol (drums), who make up the Brussels trio, are rolling out new music this Friday, in the form of an EP titled Remedy. Featuring three tracks, Remedy “showcase[s] Don Kapot’s love of using a wide range of instruments including bass, drums and tenor saxophone, evolving their sound into a solid complex rhythmic wave against a Death Grips-style hip-hop backdrop and demented samples”. The upcoming EP is also the first in a series of three EPs they will be releasing over the coming months.

For a taste of what’s on offer, listen to the entrancing and galvanizing opening track ‘Bascule’, and nab the EP when it drops on November 15th through W.E.R.F. Records.

In other related good news, Don Kapot are hitting the road next week for a string of UK shows. Check all their stops below:

19.11 – Bristol – The Elmer’s Arms
20.11 – Birmingham – Pan Pan
21.11 – Newcastle – Cobalt Studios
23.11 – Falmouth – The Cornish Bank
25.11 – London – New Cross Inn
26.11 – Hull – The New Adelphi Club

Photo: Davide Belotti

There’s just over a week to go until Don Kapot release their much-anticipated fourth album I Love Tempo. After sharing the album’s opening track, ‘Me Pig’, and the ecstatic ‘Macarona’, the Brussels based threesome are ramping up the excitement with the third single and title track ‘I Love Tempo’. Strap yourself in for a wild ride.

I Love Tempo is out on September 15th through W.E.R.F. Records

Don Kapot are back with a new proof of their infectious and buoyant sounds and rhythms, with their fourth album. Entitled I Love Tempo, it arrives on September 15th through W.E.R.F. Records. For their new opus, with nods to free jazz, afrobeat and krautrock served with an unabashed punk spirit, the Brussels based power trio of Giotis Damianidis (bass), Viktor Perdieus (baritone saxophone) and Jakob Warmenbol (drums) enlisted Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) for mixing and production duties. The upcoming I Love Tempo saw Don Kapot expand their sound palette and add new instruments including keyboards and sampling, with groove remaining at the core of it all.

Following the album’s opening track ‘Me Pig’, Don Kapot have shared a new ecstatic single from the album called ‘Macarona’. Speaking about the track, the trio comments:

“Our New single, Macarona, came to life during one of the strangest times in all of our lives, the pandemic. Kind of in secret, we wrote Macarona together amidst isolation, cancelled concerts and uncertain perspectives. The song starts blasting out a rush of anger and frustration, but as it progresses, it attempts to zoom out an put things into perspective.”

Listen to both tracks below.