ARTIST...: Bastien Keb
TITLE....: 22.02.85
YEAR.....: 2017
LABEL....: First Word Records
CAT.NO...: FW156
GENRE....: Psychedelic
TIME.....: 45:34
SIZE.....: 104,53 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2017/03/06
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com
TRACKLIST
01) (02:04) Intro
02) (03:37) Pick Up
03) (01:52) The Lug
04) (04:22) Cashmere
05) (01:44) My Lovely Wool
06) (03:20) Night Hustle
07) (01:43) Crumbs
08) (01:29) Rare Fit
09) (05:09) Fit Rare (feat. Cappo)
10) (02:01) Glue (The End)
11) (03:23) Nocturnal / Midnight Shift (Serious Thumb)
12) (04:07) Town
13) (04:32) Younger
14) (03:44) Yela
15) (01:29) The Cut
16) (00:58) Glue (Daydream)
'22.02.85' 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),
'22.02.85' 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.
A 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.
Bastien Keb's debut album 'Dinking in the Shadows of Zizou' subtly nudged itself into
public consciousness in 2015, drawing the attention of myriad press and radio,
briskly establishing itself with an endearing mix of downbeat anti-ballads, off-
centre instrumentals and warped funk. Here and now, he's progressed confidently.
Relaxed, naturally soulful, exploratory, at times tender, others acerbic; '22.02.85'
solidifies Bastien Keb's reputation as an individual rising talent.
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