Bastien Keb – Pasadena
“According to the tube sound, you can immediately hear that -Bastien Keb- plays from all its broad soul. Refined Funk vocals, soft rhythms of downTempo – everything is subject to this author! Music, which can be easily recommended as a cure for a bad mood. (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)”
“По ламповому звуку сразу слышно, что -Bastien Keb- играет от всей своей широкой души. Утончённый Funk вокал, мягкие ритмы Downtempo – этому автору подвластно всё! Музыку, которую можно легко рекомендовать как лекарство от плохого настроения.”
-Nagamag.com
Organ Recital is announced for a July 22nd release date on Gearbox Records, and today Bastien Keb shares the first single “Pasadena”. Laid out over busted late night electro-soul, the track recalls fading memories of intimate encounters.
Weaving an imaginative melange of psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads and cinematic instrumentals; Organ Recital is the fourth album by the singular Bastien Keb and a follow up to 2020’s acclaimed The Killing of Eugene Peeps.
Conceived as a fantasy world to escape self-doubt and loneliness, fragments from everyday life continue to bleed through the cracks of reality – the harmony from a distant car alarm, someone’s headphones on the night bus, rain on leaky roof, a decaying siren – to produce a dreamlike journey pieced together from half-imagined memories and late night inner-voice conversations.
Reviewed by Nagamag on May 18, 2022