salute

salute is set to embark on a world tour this Autumn beginning in North America with stops in Los Angeles, Montreal and New York. The tour continues across the EU and UK with stops in Berlin, Paris, London and more before kicking off the Australian and New Zealand leg next February.

salute’s new album TRUE MAGIC was received to critical acclaim with Pitchfork noting, “The UK dance producer’s effervescent debut glows from within” and Interview Magazine adding, “salute’s radiant beats merge with vocals provided by the likes of royalty like Rina Sawayama and Empress Of.” The album takes 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. The album features Disclosure, Rina Sawayama, Empress Of, Karma Kid, Léa Sen, among others.  

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. This past summer salute 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).