Nightmares on Wax has announced his return with the new album Shape The Future. The marriage of soul, hip-hop, dub and timeless club sounds that N.O.W. has been mutating and perfecting for years finds perhaps its most fluid form yet on Shape The Future. Energized by globetrotting runs of studio sessions and DJ sets, this latest salvo is a masterpiece of contemporary and classic genre-blending that solidifies Nightmares On Wax’s place as an inspirational electronic music figurehead. This includes the shamanistic vocals of recent single Back To Nature, and in particular the arresting voices of Mozez alongside Kanye West and Flume collaborator Allan Kingdom, as featured on brand new cut “Citizen Kane”.

George says:

“Making Shape The Future I’ve journeyed both inwardly and outwardly all over the world and both physically and emotionally. I feel like I had to mature making this record, as it posed a lot of challenges along the way – more than I anticipated. You’re a different person each day so I could never make the same album again- expressions change. I’ve brought in a lot of outside people including musicians and a lot of orchestration . It’s brought a lot of enrichment. Each album to me is discovery and a reflection, a mirror where i’m at in life over a period of time through writing an album and touring. It’s inspiring my reality or affecting my outlook on things and in turn is expressed through the music and expressing a message through different sides of emotion and our relationship to our reality”

The video’s narrative of deep-south rebirth was shot over the summer in New Orleans, directed by James Burns and features Langston Fishburne.

Nightmares on Wax
Tracklist:

01. Back To Nature feat Kuauhtli Vasquez & Wixarika Tribe
02. Tell My Vision feat Andrew Ashong
03. Shape The Future
04. On It Maestro
05. Tomorrow feat LSK
06. Typical feat Jordan Rakei
07. Tenor Fly
08. Citizen Kane feat Mozez
09. Deep Shadows feat Sadie Walker
10. Gotta Smile
11. The Other Ship