ZOOLUXX RELEASES “DIFFERENT PLANETS” VIDEO + ANNOUNCE VINYL RELEASE OF GHETTO STARSHIP AND A NEW EP JUST A LITTLE BIT DUE OUT JANUARY 31
WATCH “DIFFERENT PLANETS” HERE
“These days, we should find our similarities with strangers rather than focus on our differences. What better way to bridge the divide than with raw, unadulterated funk?”
- Grimy Goods
Los Angeles’ psychedelic genre-crossing space groovers Zooluxx are excited to share their new video for their track “Different Planets.” The song is from the band's debut EP Ghetto Starship, released this summer, produced by lauded sax player and multi-instrumentalist Karl Denson, who tours with the Rolling Stones, and his known for his work with Lenny Kravitz, his own Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, and Greyboy Allstars. “Different Planets” is about unity through music and all the power to all of the people. In the video, the band is an omnipresent ‘life-light’ superseding space and time with a message of love. Proclaiming “jus cuz we’re from different Planets, doesn’t mean we’re not the same!" Directed by Dr. Jackie Linn, who told Grimy Goods she sees “‘Different Planets'’ as a modern version of ‘Come Together’ by the Beatles,” and that the Beatles anthem of peace and togetherness was the inspiration for the video. “I hope by showcasing parallels from the 1960’s and today,” says Dr. Jackie Linn, “that it would inspire kindness in the world so filled with hatred.”
Years before making their debut with the Karl Denson-produced EP Ghetto Starship, cousins Troy and Ned grew up together in southern California, bound together by their mutual love for music, art and skateboarding. Troy began playing blues guitar in elementary school, teaching himself from listening to his dad's old records. He eventually started customizing his old guitars with unique hand-wiring, unlikely electronic combinations and signature hand-cut headstocks. These instruments help to create the "heavy warmth" that now runs throughout most Zooluxx songs. Joined by Ned on bass (originally on drums), Troy began playing gigs... The band's lineup was cemented with the additions of jazz-inspired drummer, fellow Los Angeles native Princess Frank and Bertie Paradise, who relocated to LA via El Salvador as a young teenager.
Frontman Troy V describes the band’s sound as a 'jazzedelic space groove.” The band's influences range from electric blues, 1960's rock n roll, latin rhythm & Afrobeat. It’s spontaneous dance music rooted in grooves and guitars, both modern in its explosively eclectic approach and proudly old-school in its reverence for analog sound. The band honed in on their sound and perfected their otherworldly live show with a Monday night residency at Good Times at Davey Wayne's. The 70’s themed club was an oddly fitting home for Zooluxx, whose songs mixed vintage cool with a contemporary kick. Every Monday night for five years, Troy and Ned would hit the stage, piecing together their band's unique sonic stomp — as well as their ideal lineup — while members of the Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Paul McCartney, and U2 circulated throughout the audience. "Playing those Hollywood clubs helped spark our onstage creativity," says bassist Ned Casual. "People would show up wanting to dance, and they weren't afraid to express themselves. It helped push our music away from the backbeat tempos of our blues roots, and closer to the wild shit that we do now."
Zooluxx found a fan in multi-instrumentalist Karl Denson who came on board to produce the band’s debut EP Ghetto Starship, released in June that was recorded to analog tape on Lynyrd Skynyrd's old API console in San Diego. While recording, the band was introduced to the guitar player and Blind Owl label owner Dan Cervantes (Howlin Rain, Ms. Henry), who along with Jordan Andreen recorded what will be the band’s second EP, Just a Little Bit coming out January 31st on Blind Owl. Just a Little Bit will be released digitally and on vinyl, with Ghetto Starship as the B-Side on the vinyl release.
Just a Little Bit / Ghetto Starship vinyl is available for Pre-Order HERE