SHIGETO at the Garrison, September 13. $16. MA, RT, SS. See listing.
Beat musician Zachary Shigeto Saginaw, aka Shigeto, who is from Ann Arbor, recently moved back from Brooklyn to Michigan – home of his Ghostly International label. Fitting, considering Detroit’s rich history with electronic music.
But Shigeto’s sound isn’t East Coast-specific. He wouldn’t, for instance, be out of place in Flying Lotus’s L.A.-based Brainfeeder crew. His new album, No Better Time Than Now, released last month, is actually more otherworldly than earthly: jazzy, intensely pretty electro that is bass-music-influenced without being a slave to an unrelenting beat. In 2012 he played 180 shows, so we’re assuming he’s well-practised for Friday’s Garrison gig.
