Trip-hop guru Tricky will hit the road next month in support of Juxtapose, his newly released collaboration with Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs and DMX cohort Dame Grease. However, neither Muggs nor Grease will appear during the tour.|

The outing's first two dates will be something of a family affair, though, as the Trickster brings his cousin Mark Porter's Baby Namboos along as a supporting act. The Namboos, whose sound falls somewhere between trip- and hip-hop, will release their debut album, Ancoats 2 Zambia, on Tricky's Palm Pictures imprint, Durban Poison, on Sept. 14. Tricky raps on three of its tracks, including the title cut.

Durban Poison act Genacide II, a hard-hitting U.K. techno outfit whose debut album, Ad Finite, drops on Sept. 21, will open all twenty-two shows.

Tricky tour dates:

9/15: Northhampton, Mass., Pearl Street
9/16: New York, CMJ Music Marathon
9/19: Cleveland, the Odeon
9/20: Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall
9/22: St. Louis, Mo., Mississippi Nights
9/23: Chicago, the Vic
9/24: Minneapolis, the Quest
9/27: Vancouver, B.C., the Rage
9/28: Seattle, Showbox
9/29: Portland, Ore., Crystal Ballroom
10/01: San Francisco, the Warfield
10/02: TBA
10/03: Los Angeles, the Mayan
10/05: Dallas, Deep Ellum Live
10/06: Austin, Texas, La Zona Rosa
10/07: New Orleans, Howlin' Wolf
10/09: Cincinnati, Annie's
10/10: Pontiac, Mich., Clutch Cargo
10/11: Toronto, the Warehouse
10/13: Providence, R.I., Lupo's
10/14: Boston, Avalon
10/15: Philadelphia, TBA
10/16: New York, Hammerstein Ballroom

JENNY ELISCU
(August 23, 1999)