Pitchfork

And you thought all that stuff he did on 8 Diagrams was weird. RZA-- brilliantly blunted Wu-Tang Clan maestro or "hip hop hippie," depending on just who you're talking to-- is back with Digi Snax, yet another slice of robotic, futuristic mind funk under his Bobby Digital moniker. The album is due July 1 from Koch, though its first single, the Inspectah Deck-lacked "You Can't Stop Me Now", hit the internet (and, of course, that Forkcast over there) a few weeks back.

RZA's got big plans to hit the touring circuit in support of Digi Snax this summer, backed on his June and July dates by Wu-Tang associates Stone Mecca (who appear on Digi Snax and have their own LP, First Contact, due June 10 from Touch the Music Records). He'll slice through Los Angeles this weekend before heading to the UK later in the month.

Of course, RZA is never only working on just one thing at any given moment. He's set to appear in the forthcoming film Repossession Mambo, starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, and Liev Schreiber, and is working on another season of Afro Samurai.

As for the Wu, they're playing at Harvard on April 18.

RZA:

04-05 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
04-25 Edinburgh, Scotland - Triptych Festival
04-26 Glasgow, Scotland - Triptych Festival
04-27 Aberdeen, Scotland - Triptych Festival
04-28 London, England - IndigO2
05-01 Manchester, England - Academy 1 (Futuresonic Festival)
05-02 Brighton, England - TBA
05-04 Nottingham, England - TBA
06-10 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
06-11 Austin, TX - Emo's
06-12 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
06-14 Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
06-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
06-17 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
06-18 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater
06-20 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
06-21 San Francisco, CA - 1015
06-23 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
06-24 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
06-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
06-27 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Music Festival
06-30 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
07-01 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
07-02 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
07-04 Ottawa, Ontario - New Capital Music Hall
07-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall
07-07 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
07-08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club