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TRACKLIST A1. Clouded A2. Tikka A3. I Used To Wear My Scars A4. Lost in the Sunflowers A5. Eyebrows A6. Mould / Paris A7. Dotty B1. As I Fall Asleep (I Try My Best Not to Think of You) B2. Every Moment B3. Animals / There is Nothing B4. In My Dreams B5. The World Slowed B6. Nigel B7. This Isn™t Real B8. Finest Nails INFO The album features 15 tracks, showcasing Bastien™s truly cinematic sound while exploring new sonic territories. The album touches on the melancholic funk drifting between voiceovers of longing and hurt, through surreal, hallucinogenic folk ballads. It™s the juxtaposition of these genres sewn together with ambient synth skits that really makes the album a musical journey. Playful and serious, as the album title suggests, Bastien manages to induce a rye smile with a tear in the eye. In Seb™s words, šThe album tells the story of a failed relationship, as the man narrators missing his other. Whilst he imagines her comforting him, before accepting the end of the relationship, and feeling that the love he feels, she never did.› Sharing common ground with luminaries such as David Axlerod, Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Madlib and The Delfonics; Keb plays guitar, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, flute and more Keb™s writing and recording approach is slightly unique. He explains a little about how his records sound the way they do... šI have a lo-fi approach to recording, for me it™s about the moment, all my records are time capsules of a certain time in my life, so the sound of the recording is secondary. It™s all about heart, that™s all I™m interested in. If I get a melody I have to record it asap, if the mic isn™t plugged in I use the macbook mic, if I™m not by the computer I™ll record into my phone. For me personally using/sampling other peoples music isn™t making your own music, using your own soul, showing your own heart, it's just my personal opinion. It™s not right for me. No slur on those that do. If there are any samples on my records, it™s me sampling me. For me, this means the music is mine. It™s ˜of me™. That™s really important for me, because I feel that™s where the honesty is. If my music sounds ˜dusty™, that™s why›. This approach provides us with a wonderfully inclusive record. The album feels almost ˜performed™ to us, live, on each listen. Coupled with Bastien™s capacity to write music which is almost visual, the album is quite enveloping. Bastien returns to Def Pressé with this new album after the brilliant, Holy Mountain. Released under the name Grandamme, with friend and collaborator Claudia Kane. PRESS/ONLINE Bastien Keb, the proto-trip-hop of Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier, |No the rumbling scores of Bernard Herrmann and the cinematic swagger of Barry Adamson" - The Guardian