Organ Recital
Gearbox, 2022
10/10
The 4th album from the always impressive Bastien Keb, the psychedelic-chamber-funk sounds here are conceived as a fantasy world to escape self-doubt and loneliness, and it’s a very experimental and creative peek at some of the most unclassifiable music being made today.
“The World Creaks pt. 2” opens the listen with mysterious spoken word alongside dreamy percussion and a very fantasy angled climate, and this flows into the soulful guitar and finger snapping grooves of “Pasadena”.
Further into the listen, “You Alright, Mike” offers a stylish version of pop that recruits crisp drums and a chilling ambience that will get you on the dance floor, while “Past Midnight” emits a hazy version of soulful song craft that uses wordless singing strategically,
Making our way towards the end, the abstract funk of “Sugar Badasi” warbles with unpredictable and charming ideas that showcase bass acrobatics, and “Burrowing” exits the listen with a meditative, cinematic appeal that’s calming, a bit eerie and highly eloquent.
A fascinating affair that’s tonally eclectic and stylistically exploratory, Keb blends a rare intimacy with late night adventures that will appeal to fans as wide as hip-hop, avant-garde sounds and atypical versions of indie-rock.
Travels well with: Benny Sings- City Pop; Bastien Keb- The Killing Of Eugene Peeps