(Kit Sebastian press shot – Credit: Dan Medhurst)
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Kit Sebastian – composed of K. Martin and Merve Erdem – share their new single ‘The Kiss’ from their new album New Internationale, set for release 27th September on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder.
‘The Kiss’ details the profound transformation love brings, even in the face of difficult pasts, and celebrates the courage to be vulnerable with someone without fear. The track threads an intricate balance between unconditional love and identity, where the lines between oneself and their partner become indistinct, carrying both wounds and healing within the intimacy of a relationship.
Speaking on the new single, Kit Sebastian says, “This track was composed while whistling while walking down a street near Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Despite being composed using the most minimal means possible, it ended up including almost every instrument we could get our hands on. We mixed orchestral instruments recorded by friends with instruments like the oud and a santour we had recently bought in our favourite musical instrument shop in Istanbul. Whilst there is undeniable influence from 60-70s chanson records, like Nicoletta or Delpech, the communication of sadness and melancholia was greatly influenced by Ziad Rahbani.”
New Internationale — their musically irrepressible and emotionally sophisticated third album, and their debut for Brainfeeder — is deliberate in a way Kit Sebastian has never really been. They wrote most of it on the road, energised by the sounds they discovered as they magpied instruments during their travels — Turkish clarinet, santour, oud, gangsa, zither, harpsichord, and on and on. They cut most of the tracks in London during brief breaks, longtime drummer Theo Guttenplan and double bassist David Richardson joining a panoply of horn, string, and percussion players. And during a year off from the road, where K. and Merve could concentrate on making sure the pieces moved together, they decamped to the French countryside for two weeks, leaving the distractions and moodiness of home. They captured vocals for 14 songs there in only half that time. Both Kit Sebastian’s busy touring schedule and subsequent break from it allowed Merve to step fully into these songs and their ever-shifting shapes, her confidence and versatility rising in tandem.
But rather than sounding stitched together from these assorted scenes, New Internationale is a riveting synthesis of the sounds and styles that have long tantalised Kit Sebastian—French pop and Anatolian psych, vintage Tropicália and early rock ’n’ roll, with breezes of soul and prog blowing through the open windows of the pair’s collective imagination.
Kit Sebastian will embark on a headlining tour throughout the UK and Europe this October with stops in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich and more. See full list of dates below and purchase tickets here.
Kit Sebastian’s new album New Internationale arrives on Brainfeeder 27th September, with new single ‘The Kiss’ out now.
UK/EU Headline Tour Dates:
02 Oct – Wharf Chambers, Leeds, UK
03 Oct – Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
04 Oct – Dust, Brighton, UK
05 Oct – Jazz Cafe, London, UK
06 Oct – Jam Jar, Bristol, UK
13 Oct – Le Point Ephémère, Paris, FR
14 Oct – Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
16 Oct – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, DE
17 Oct – Lido, Berlin, DE
18 Oct – Knust, Hamburg, DE
19 Oct – Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, DE
20 Oct – Gannet, Basel, CH
22 Oct – PTR, Geneva, CH
24 Oct – Gaskessel, Bern, CH
25 Oct – Import Export, Munich, DE
26 Oct – Les 4 Ecluses, Dunkerque, FR
Tickets: https://linktr.ee/kitsebastian
New Internationale album artwork – Photo by Dan Medhurst
New Internationale Tracklist:
1. Faust
2. Camouflage
3. Ellerin Ellerimde
4. Göç / Me
5. The Kiss
6. Metropolis
7. Bul Bul Bul
8. Mechanics of Love
9. Odyssey
10. New Internationale
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