Shabazz Palaces

This Seattle-based alt-hip-hop duo—which consists of Tendai Maraire and Ishmael Butler—explores the most engrossing sectors of lush, spacey futurism on not one but two new albums last summer: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and its “extra-spatial twin,” Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines. Prepare to have your mind expanded.