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4x Grammy Award-winning drummer Antonio Sánchez shares the latest single from his groundbreaking new album, SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II), arriving via Arts Music, a Division of Warner Music, on Friday, August 26. “Suspended Animation,” featuring 2x Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-producer Kimbra, is available now at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video premieres today at YouTube. SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) is available now for pre-orders and pre-saves.
LISTEN TO “SUSPENDED ANIMATION (FEAT. KIMBRA)”
WATCH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE SHIFT (BAD HOMBRE VOL. II)
“When Kimbra sent her original version of ‘Suspended Animation’ – which already sounded amazing – I immediately imagined big drum fills framing her beautiful voice in an effort to keep the listener guessing what happens next,” Sanchez shares. “I also contrasted the airiness of her voice with a slow build-up of different percussive elements In my desire to maintain a level of tension. Kimbra is an incredible composer, producer ,and all-around artist. It was truly an honor sharing this adventure with her.”
“’Suspended Animation’ is a song I wrote around the start of the pandemic,” says Kimbra. “It’s about the danger of falling in love. It’s almost like a kind of annihilation. You have to let go of everything and fall into the unknown knowing fully well that you may not come out from it the same. I wanted the song to convey that dark mystery of infatuation. Antonio’s jarring drum intrusions are that perfect expression of danger and excitement. It was so fun to hear his take on this track and I’m super proud of the world we created.”
Innovating the shape of pop music today, Kimbra, the New Zealand-born artist exploded into the public consciousness in 2011 with both her breakthrough debut album, Vows, as well as her worldwide #1 smash collaboration with Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” the latter of which earned her two Grammy Awards and 14x RIAA platinum certification in the US alone. In 2014 she released the highly acclaimed album, The Golden Echo, recruiting artists including Thundercat, Omar-Rodriguez Lopez, and John Legend to highlight her eclectic musical style. 2018 saw the release of Primal Heart, which she co-produced before embarking on a worldwide tour that saw her performing with such artists as Beck, Odessa, David Byrne, and The Roots. Currently hard at work on her eagerly awaited fourth album, Kimbra has received a wide range of international honors and accolades, including four Billboard Music Awards, four ARIA Music Awards, and seven New Zealand Music Awards.
SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) was first heralded this spring by new original song “I Think We’re Past That Now,” featuring 2x Academy Award-winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
An original new song co-written by Reznor, Ross, and Sanchez with lyrics by Reznor, “I Think We’re Past That Now” was met by immediate applause from such outlets as Rolling Stone, which wrote, “Sánchez’s drumming guides the multi-faceted track, beginning at an off-kilter lurch. rising to a monumental arena-rock boom, then settling into an energetic shuffle before one last explosion. Reznor provides lead vocals on the song (and wrote the lyrics), bellowing over Sánchez’s dynamic drums and the song’s bruising blend of industrial synths.” An official lyric video is streaming now at YouTube.
In addition, SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) also includes the recently released single, “Mi Palabra,” featuring multiple Grammy Award-nominated and Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean-French singer-songwriter-MC Ana Tijoux, available now at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video premieres today on YouTube.
LISTEN TO “I THINK WE’RE PAST THAT NOW
(FEAT. TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS)”
WATCH OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO
LISTEN TO “MI PALABRA (FEAT. ANA TIJOUX)”
WATCH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) sees Sánchez joining forces with a diverse range of collaborators – which also features Dave Matthews & Pat Metheny, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lila Downs, Becca Stevens, Silvana Estrada, MARO, and Thana Alexa – for an riveting, eclectic journey uniting musical voices and perspectives from around the world. The project first began with the internationally acclaimed Mexico City-born musician approaching some of his favorite artists for songs he could deconstruct and reimagine via his “Bad Hombre” alter-ego. The pandemic made remote collaborations easier to facilitate and also afforded Sánchez additional time to explore ideas and expand his role as a producer and performer. With his “Bad Hombre” persona playing virtually all instruments (including guitar, bass, mandolin, oud, and more), Sánchez infused his compositional, production, and percussion talents to “shift” the songs while leaving their essence intact. While 2017’s Grammy Award-nominated Bad Hombre marked perhaps the most overtly political work of Sánchez’s award-winning career, SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) places its focus on breaking through creative walls to conquer new sonic territory.
“My anger transformed,” Sánchez says. “And the fact this material did not originate with me changed the equation. It helped me to bring a fresh perspective and a sense of wonder to ‘What else can this be?’ And as a result of pandemic-related delays, I keep joking about my having been pregnant for a couple of years…and now there is a really epic baby.”
Sánchez will celebrate SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) by leading his Bad Hombre combo through a busy live schedule that features a full headline tour beginning October 18 at Washington, DC’s City Winery. Highlights include a performance at Newport, RI’s famed Newport Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 30. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.antoniosanchez.net/tour.
ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ & BAD HOMBRE
TOUR 2022
JULY
30 – Newport, RI – Newport Jazz Festival 2022 †
SEPTEMBER
4 – Detroit Beach, MI – Detroit Jazz Fest 2022 †
OCTOBER
18 – Washington, DC – City Winery
19 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live
20 – Red Bank, NJ – The Vogel
21 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
22 – Portsmouth, NH – Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
NOVEMBER
1 – Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum
3 – Los Angeles, CA – UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance
5 – Sacramento, CA – The Sofia
6 – Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s
7 – Santa Cruz, CA – Kuumbwa Jazz
8 – Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
9 – Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
11 – Portland, OR – The Jack London Revue
† FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
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Born in Mexico City, Antonio Sánchez began playing drums at age five and performed professionally in Mexico’s rock, jazz, and Latin scenes in his early teens while also being a gymnast on Mexico’s Junior National Team. He pursued a degree in classical piano at Mexico’s National Conservatory before traveling to Boston in 1993 to further his studies at Berklee College of Music. After he graduated magna cum laude, Sánchez obtained a scholarship for a master’s degree in jazz improvisation at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music.
While at the Conservatory, Sánchez’s teacher, the great Panamanian pianist Danilo Pérez, recommended him to Paquito D’Rivera for the drum chair in Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra. Perez later invited Sánchez to join his acoustic trio, followed by extensive touring and recording. From there, Sánchez joined legendary guitarist Pat Metheny for decades of touring and recording. Sánchez made his debut as leader with 2007’s Migration. In 2014, his soundtrack for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award-winning Birdman proved a milestone achievement, earning him a Grammy Award for “Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media.”
“Antonio is an exceptional musician in addition to being an unbelievable drummer,” says 20x Grammy Award-winner Pat Metheny. “He has a wide view of music and how it functions which informs every note he plays. I honestly never thought that a musician like him would ever be born. He’s a dream…one of the greatest musicians I have ever seen.”
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ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ
SHIFT (BAD HOMBRE VOL. II)
(Arts Music, a Division of Warner Music)
Release Date: Friday, August 26
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