Fabiano de Nascimento, a popular Brazilian guitarist in Japan, and Shin Sasakubo, a guitarist from Chichibu, Japan, who has been linked with South American music and other parts of the world, are releasing on LP a guitar duo recording that started when they performed together live in Japan.The three-day recording began four days after Fabiano do Nascimento and Shin Sasakubo's first concert together.
Sharing the same space and time, the two guitarists, with their different styles and origins, explored sounds, let them resonate and repel, and engaged in a dialogue and exchange of ideas that shaped this music.

Having lent his talents both on stage and in the studio to artists like Amy Winehouse, Lizzo, Pharrell, and Sharon Jones to currently playing every night on The Tonight Show as a member of The Roots, Dave Guy steps out on his own with this debut release. Ruby mixes his musical influences with the energies of the city that raised him, capturing different moods and inviting the listener into the world as Dave Guy sees and feels it.

Fuelled by film, anime and religion, the eclectic duo rewrite the world’s rules.

‘Les cigales’ takes its' sonic cues from the structure of film and TV music from the 1960s and 70s, channelling the influence of film composers such as Francois de Roubaix and David Axelrod, whilst also sitting somewhere between the washed out, sun-soaked sonics of Surprise Chef and Robohands. As the EP unwinds, its narrative reflects a love story, full of longing, melancholy and drama, connecting with the story of Gyptis and Protis – the founding myth of Marseilles – whose love broke convention and welcomed the arrival of foreign people on French soil.
The project follows The Offline's debut album ‘La couleur de la mer’, released in November 2023, which saw him create his own soundtrack to a film yet to be made. Inducing images of manorial, fog-swept villas at the seas edge, silhouetted sailing boats and cigar-chomping villains attempting to thwart the mission of an imaginary hero, the record is a masterfully composed sonic journey. ‘Les cigales’ sees him continue to build upon a distinctive sound that moves from dramatic cues to fragile romanticism, incorporating psychedelic spaciness, retro soul and hip-hop sensibilities informed by his extensive record collection.
The Offline came to life when composer and photographer Felix Müller travelled the Atlantic coastline in the south of France with his analogue camera, capturing beach life on film. After returning to his native Hamburg, he started writing songs as the sonic counterpart to the analogue visuals. Debut EP ‘En clair-obscur’ captured the essence of his journey, and the feeling of a cool summer soundtrack. His music has seen support from Huey Morgan and Deb Grant (BBCR6), plus Somewhere Soul, Rinse FM, Radio FIP, Jazz FM and more, amassing millions of streams and selling hundreds of records

releases November 8, 2024

Ludivine Issambourg : Flûtes et Direction artistique
Eric Legnini : Fender rhodes et réalisation (1, 3, 10)
Michael Lecoq : Claviers et réalisation (2, 4, 5, 9)
Laurent De Wilde : Fender rhodes et réalisation (6, 7)
Swaeli Mbappe : Basse et Moog
Yoann Serra : Batterie
Alexandre Herichon : Trompette
Lucas St Cricq : Saxophone alto
Sylvain Fetis : Saxophone ténor
Vincent Aubert : Trombone
Céline Bonacina : Saxophone baryton (6,7)
Amen Viana : Guitare (6,7)
Alex Finkin : Claviers et réalisation (8)
Xavier Zolli : Basse (8)
Octave Ducasse : Batterie (8)
Wolfgang Valbrun : Voix (8)
Brian Jackson : Voix et Fender Rhodes (8)
Nils Landgren (avec l'aimable permission d'ACT Music) : Trombone (5) Christophe Chassol : Fender Rhodes et réalisation (11)
Mathieu Gibert : Recording & mix Onetwopassit Record Peter de Wagter / Equus : Mastering
Etienne Nee Dupuy : Management et Direction artistique Simon Veyssière : Attaché de Presse
Remerciements : Valérie Suder, Etienne Nee Dupuy, Eric Legnini, Gibbou, Sylvain Gilbert, Franck Descollonges, Muriel Suder, Thomas Venant, Hélène Houssin, Jean-Yves Bordière, Simon Carrière, Milena Fattah, Françoise Lliard, Mathilde Bommier, Laurence Leon...
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