Photo by Ceilidh Madigan
Last night in Munich, Das Racist were scheduled to perform at the On3 Festival. However, according to the festival's website, Heems (aka Himanshu Suri) did a solo show, where he said, "You guys wanna know the secret? Alright, so I'm going to do some Das Racist songs, but Das Racist is breaking up and we're not a band anymore." Watch video of the announcement here. When contacted by Pitchfork, representatives for the band offered no comment.
UPDATE: Kool A.D. just tweeted: "for the record i quit das racist 2 months ago and was asked by our manager not to announce it yet. apparently @himanshu wanted to do it tho." Heems replied, "hah dag, my bad dont even remember saying that shit."
This year, while Das Racist have primarily remained a touring band, Kool A.D. (aka Victor Vazquez) and Heems have released two solo mixtapes each. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Heems said they'd finished "four or five joints" for the next Das Racist album, saying, "It should be done by the end of the year." He also said they were in the process of shooting a pilot for a Das Racist TV show.
Here's their episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Over/Under":