Towards the end of 2021 and fresh off the back of releasing their second album, ‘Melodi', Kit Sebastian recorded their first Lagniappe Session for the much-respected audio journal, Aquarium Drunkard. Taking the momentum of the album campaign and channelling it into a covers project, the band reimagined Turkish pop sensation Sezen Aksu and avant Londoners, Stereolab in their own unique style. Having originally been an exclusive for Aquarium Drunkard, the EP is now seeing its commercial release. 

Sezen Aksu is one of the band's favourite Turkish singers / songwriters, inspiring them through her effortless mix of different genres, playful lyrics and captivating vocals. The original version of ‘Şinanay’ is a beautiful example of late 80’s Turkish disco pop. The lyrics belong to an important Turkish poet, Melih Cevdet Anday, who talks about the ferry that goes to Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands carrying and bringing together different segments and races of society. Kit Sebastian transformed the song into something more delicate and smoother, with a Brazilian inspired rhythm on guitar and jazz piano lines.

As fans of Stereolab and having drawn regular comparison since the release of their debut album, 'French Disko’ stood out as an interesting piece of music to cover. The deadpan intensity of the original is a hard-to-produce effect and Stereolab achieved it so well. So, they thought: how would Stereolab sound if they revisited it? The result was dark guitar lines, loud, Latin percussion, and J.S Bach inspired synths. La Resistance!

Kit Sebastian - French Disko

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter

I really love this song “Sliver Of Ice” by ANOHNI and the Johnsons from the album  ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’ 
Stream the original song: https://anohni.ffm.to/sliver-of-ice .

I made an electronic version.
music by me
photo from simon berger 

Lyrics:
Now that I’m almost gone
Sliver of ice on my tongue
In the day’s night
It tastes so good, it felt so right
For the first time in my life

The cold ice on my tongue
Makes its way towards oblivion
How sweet the vista, the portal view
On my way to black and blue

I couldn’t believe it ’til tonight
This whole place made of light
I made myself a home
Don’t know what’s wrong
Don’t know what’s right
I belong here as animals might

And the taste of water on my tongue
It was cool, and it was good
I never knew it before

I love you so much more
I love you so much more 
I never knew it before

And the taste of water on my tongue 
On my way towards oblivion

Sliver Of Ice (wrote by ANOHNI and the Johnsons)

martina topley-bird

sandpaper kisses , papercut bliss 
 don’t know what all this is , but it all leads to this 
  you’re gonna leave , her 
you have deceived, her 

 just a girl 
ooh just a girl , with featherweight curls 
to expose all she knows, you play like tease
 just a girl 
with featherweight curls , to expose all she knows 
you play like tease
 you’re gonna leave ,
you have deceived, her 

just a girl , with featherweight curls 
to expose all she knows , you play like tease 
  just a girl , ooh just a girl
with featherweight curls 
to expose all she knows you play like tease 
  just a girl 

 i want the soul of something simple , 
i want the soul of something simple to take home with me 
  (home with me) 
 the world is someplace simple , the world is someplace simple it’s my home you’ll see 
  (you’ll see)

you’re gonna leave , her 
 you have deceived , her 
just a girl , ooh just a girl 
a blood red pearl

sandpaper kisses, papercut bliss

Jean Lazarou : Vocals, Lyrics, Melody, Guitar

I Should Have Said Something (ft Jean Lazarou)

Regarde l’eau du ruisseau : elle contourne les pierres sans les combattre, et pourtant, elle finit toujours par les façonner.
Tes mains, tes yeux, ton souffle… tout est déjà là, comme un rappel que la vie ne demande rien de plus que d’être vécue.
Les ombres s’allongent et se raccourcissent, mais la lumière, elle, ne disparaît jamais vraiment.
Et si, aujourd’hui, tu laissais tomber ce qui pèse sur tes épaules… juste pour voir ce qui reste ?

Se på Vannet

Jassbusters is Connan Mockasin’s third album and first in five years. An unclassifiable, unconventional album that neither picks up from nor abandons the modes of 2013’s widely-embraced Caramel or its 2010 predecessor Forever Dolphin Love, Jassbusters foreshadows a five-part melodrama film titled Bostyn 'n Dobsyn, created by Mockasin. Jassbusters soundtracks the unpredictable narrative of the film in eclectic, electric ways. 

Whether bending genres or collaborating with artists like James Blake, MGMT, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Connan Mockasin has always maneuvered in mysterious ways. After touring with the likes of Radiohead and Neil & Liam Finn (Crowded House), the R&B surrealist continues assembling a cult around his theater, nay spectacle of life with Bostyn ’n Dobsyn screenings and Jassbusters performances throughout October and November 2018.

Jassbusters

Connan Mockasin - Charlotte's Thong

1. J & J - Doggie
2. WWWater - WWWater
3. Ocean Tree (feat. Christopher Schwarzwalder, Nu, Raz Ohara)
4. Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
5. Dua Saleh - Sugar Mama 
6. CLIPPING - Nothing Is Safe
7. Active Child - Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko)
8. Canine - Saturday
9. Martin Kohlstedt - JIN
10. Sudan Archives - Escape
11. Angel Olsen - Sweet Dream
12. Sharon Van Etten - Give Out
13. Chelou - Halfway to Nowhere
14. Nadine Shah - Ville Morose
15. Modeselektor feat. Tommy Cash - Who 
16. Perfume Genius - Eye in the Wall
17. KHAYEF - KHANSA X ZAHZAH
18. Fayrouz - Bahebak Ya Lebnan / فيروز-  بحبك يا لبنان

الشريط الذهبي

Audio recording of Kelsey Lu.
Live at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) in London, UK. 
6th November 2019

Sliver Of Ice (wrote by ANOHNI and the Johnsons)

BELLACROSS