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‘Melodi’ is the second album from Kit Sebastian. Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut record 'Mantra Moderne' will instantly recognise their unique sound that blurs boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia. Not to be content replicating the same album, sonically the feel of ‘Melodi’ is a maturation. It is more diverse and provides glimpses into many different worlds from the Italian Riviera to the mountains of the Caucasus, the beaches of Bahia to the city streets of Istanbul and Paris. This joyous merging of soundscapes evokes a borderless planet with music as an international language, belonging everywhere and nowhere.

Kit Sebastian - Melodi

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Deez 19

Notmyshadows

Algorithmblues

Czarface Meets Metal Face

MF Czar

Morningpiano I

Egyptian Jazz

Mervat

Dawn

Ramadan in Space Time

Kleopatra

I See The Future

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Figure It Out ft Juliet Mendoza

Melodi

Kit Sebastian - Melodi Pt 2

Kit Sebastian - Melodi Pt 1

Kit Sebastian - Yeter

Kit Sebastian - Agitate

Kit Sebastian - Yalvarma

Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt

Oriental Mood

poor me - A COLORS ENCORE

Mezzanine

Drummer Of Two Worlds

Galaxy Nine

Repercussions

Savsat Bari

East Breeze

Penguin

Tina Turner

Live From The Other Side

Rude

Dancing On The Sun

See The Light (Dancing On The Sun Remix)

Dancing On The Sun (Bonus Version) [feat. Yazmin Monét Watkins]

Machine Funk Specialists

The Mezz (The Chairman's Remix)

Radioactive Man

The Mezz

The Andrews Sisters - Shoo Shoo Baby (high)

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Debut single from Kit Sebastian’s stunning, contemporary masterpiece, ‘Mantra Moderne’. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Cortex and co.

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Mantra Moderne

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Kit Sebastian – Mantra Moderne

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LYRICS

To the sky, to the earth
Witnessing bondage’s birth
Kennedy, God, Caesar
Give your body to the moon and the stars
Although the stars above you,
Shine bright in pain you do too
Words from the mouth you don’t own
To see yourself not alone
 
Now the Gods and pop stars,
Enslave man ruled by tsars,
Charles the Great, urinate
I’m in love with the Soviet state
I feel so lonely, oh no, I feel so lonely
Although the stars above you,
Shine bright in pain, you do too
With marks of exclamations,
Theory turns obligation

Tyranny 20

Kit Sebastian – Tyranny 20

Taken from the brand new album 'Mantra Moderne' out now on Mr Bongo https://backl.ink/mantramoderne

Kit Sebastian – Pangea

Selfportrait

Mezelf

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Tico Tico

Civilization

Sing Sing Sing

'Mantra Moderne' is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60’s European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Cortex and co.

The duo is formed of Kit Martin, who lives between London and France and plays all instruments on the album, and Merve Erdem, vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist from Istanbul, now based in London. This is their debut album.

The album explores universal themes such as love, loss, decay, language and ideology, mixing three different languages: English, Turkish and French. Written and recorded by the duo - Kit composed all the songs and Merve wrote the lyrics - in rural France during 2018, each song was completed within a 12-hour window, pawning contemplation for spontaneity.

Dubbed by Kit and Merve as ‘lo-fi-hi-fi’ in reference to the high-end tube equipment that helped it find its way to 8-track cassette tape. The style owes its sound to narrow tape width, valve distortion, spring reverb, the mixture of high end gear with lo-fi equipment as well as a disregard to the norms of hi-fi studio techniques. All instruments were analogue and no samples were used. The instruments that are used range from tablas to darbukas, balalaikas to ouds, MS20 synths to Farfisa organs and a lot of cuica. The mixing techniques were done on-the-fly, tracking immediately to tape: compression, EQ, delay and reverb; meaning mixing could not be revisited!

The deluxe edition of ‘Mantra Moderne’ features two previously unreleased tracks - ‘Kozmos' and 'Rain (باران)’. It also includes remixes of album tracks from Baris K, Halal Cool J, and Natureboy Flako (who also contributes an unreleased cover version of ‘Senden Baska’).

Tracklist:
1) Senden Başka
2) Mantra Moderne
3) Tyranny 20
4) Pangea
5) Kuytu
6) Yanımda Kal
7) Yürüdüm, Büyüdüm, Çürüdüm
8) With A Sense Of Grace
9) Durma
10) Kozmos
11) Rain (باران)
12) Durma (Baris K Dub)
13) Senden Baska (Natureboy Flako Remix)
14) Kit Sebastian vs Halal Cool J
15) Senden Baska (Natureboy Flako Cover)

Kit Sebastian - Kuytu

Kit Sebastian - Senden Baska

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