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Each track is meticulously crafted with layers of lush instrumentation and atmospheric textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBastien's live performances are an immersive experience that showcases his raw talent as a musician. Collaborating with fellow artists like *Yazmin Lacey* and *Laura Misch*, he brings his compositions to life on stage with captivating energy and charisma.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-only-angel-i-ever-saw-wore-black","title":"The Only Angel I Ever Saw Wore Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Def Presse Editions","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50384125034827,"sku":"2047008","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Bastien_Keb_-_The_Only_Angel-Digital_Front_Cover_3000_2f589f9b_thumbnail_409.jpg?v=1726288061"},{"product_id":"22-02-85","title":"22.02.85","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e22.02.85\u003c\/i\u003e is the new album from Bastien Keb. Initially conceived as a concept album about a stripper lost in the city (like a straight-to-video follow up to Showgirls)\u003ci\u003e, 22.02.85\u003c\/i\u003e has a distinctly nocturnal edge to it. The city at night, lost in a crowd, abandoned petrol stations, empty kebab shops, broken florescent lights. Like a half-forgotten dream, familiar yet unnerving. He says all the songs are all about girls apart from two about a big lug. You may catch a phrase here and there but the context is all in the feel: There's a melancholy edge, but I don't wanna depress people. Sad but hopeful? If that's possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA guitarist first and foremost, Keb also plays trumpet, bass, drums, piano, flute and more - many borrowed donated or found instruments. Layering and pitching his voice to imaginative effect, you might feel an influence of Bon Iver or Jai Paul but in truth it's more indebted to The Impressions or The Delfonics. Keb makes a living writing music for TV and film and you'll hear hints of cinematic direction throughout. The soundtracks of Isaac Hayes taped from Madlib's second hand SP-303 for a re-scored Twin Peaks. Recorded by himself in Leamington and Hackney he discloses I don't really mic shit up proper, so I gotta go lo-fi. Warm, fuzzy, dirty and honest; an antidote to over-production and over-analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Word","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50419708166475,"sku":"1112023","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b819fa71-cc58-40be-9513-3e659db095a3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726749021"},{"product_id":"the-killing-of-eugene-peeps","title":"The Killing of Eugene Peeps","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ode to Giallo, 70’s crime flicks and French new wave cinema; \u003cem\u003eThe Killing of Eugene Peeps\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eBastien Keb’s\u003c\/strong\u003e third album. It is an imagined score of downbeat anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, psychedelic-folk, and warped soliloquies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally made in three parts: film score, soundtrack, and incidental music; the record develops in a dream-like state, with a narrator periodically guiding the listener between songs of longing and regret - \"\u003cem\u003eI always wanted more, I always hoped there was more\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sequencing of \u003cem\u003eThe Killing of Eugene Peeps\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds akin to a film. 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Instead, they opted for the raw state of their home recordings and first takes, matching the intimacy of being alone and reflective in their creative energies. Room static on ‘Tell Me Lies’ makes it feel like you’ve entered their apartments. The immediacy continues on ‘Gutters’, as Keb plays guitar while watching the tele and Con hums along to the vocal melody in search of the proper pocket for his verse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore drawn to Keb’s recent folk recordings on the Songs For Lilla EP than his funk roots circa Dinking In The Shadows of Zizou or the cinematic soul of The Killing of Eugene Peeps, Con leaned into the spacial freedom he heard in Keb’s lo-fi production cobbled from field recordings and voice notes. Both artists placed their families into the tableau; Con wrote ‘Little Man’ for his son, hoping to add a positive contribution to the canon of parental rap songs. Later, his son appears at the end of ‘Paramount’ to deliver a passage from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. Keb secretly recorded his mum playing saxophone and sampled his cousin playing sax as well. The result is a near-drumless album (save for ‘Toulouse’ and light tapping on ‘It Would Speak’) in which Keb’s raw production (plus a few sessions with Kofi Flexxx on flute) gave Con a liminal zone, unencumbered by beats per minute, to craft melodies that turn his philosophical rhymes into mantras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Tell Me Lies (feat. Kofi Flexxx)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Fairytale (feat. Kofi Flexxx)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Time Will Come\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. It Would Speak (feat. Kofi Flexxx)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Little Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Lemon Zest (feat. Kofi Flexxx)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Question Or Consume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Gutters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Paramount\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. 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