Gearbox Records bringen in den nächsten Tagen mit “Organ Recital” das vierte Album des stilistisch nur schwer verortbaren britischen Musikers Bastien Keb heraus. Keb ist einer der Musiker, die die Bezeichnung Multiinstrumentalist wirklich verdienen und spielt auf den neuen Longplayer u.a. Gitarre, Trompete, Bass, Schlagzeug, Piano und Flöte – zusammen mit einigen Gästen, die Violine, Harfe und Vocals zwischen hochtönendem Gesang und Spoken Words beisteuern, entstand ein Werk, das zwischen funky Elektronica, ambienten Soundscapes und hippiesker Psychedelik einen einzigartigen Landstrich für sich beanspruchen kann. Das Album erscheint am 22. Juli in den gängigen Formaten.

“Fading memories of intimate encounters laid out over busted late night electro-soul, ‘Pasadena’ is the new single by Bastien Keb; taken from his upcoming fourth album Organ Recital. Weaving an imaginative mélange of psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads and cinematic instrumentals; the album is 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 nightbus, rain on leaky roof, a decaying siren – to produce a dreamlike journey pieced together from half-imagined memories and late night inner-voice conversations. With production inspired by luminaries as far reaching as David Axlerod, Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Madlib and The Delfonics; Keb plays guitar, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, flute and more, whilst his otherworldly layered harmony vocals are distinct and instantly recognisable. Organ Recital was written, performed, recorded, engineered, produced and mixed by Keb in various bedrooms between London, Somerset and his hometown of Leamington Spa during a lonely period working a warehouse night shift job. The album’s outside contributions come from Alex Judd (violin), Claudia Kane (vocals) and Tomos Xerri (harp).” (Gearbox)