On his sophomore LP, ‘Moda,’ Kazy Lambist continues to ship his infectious model of electro-pop, all whereas recruiting a world checklist of company and lengthening his artistic partnership with fellow French producer, Glasses.
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As a child in Southern France, Arthur Dubreucq had loads at his fingertips.
French Contact, a well-liked Eurodisco subgenre from the flip of the millennium, was simply accessible to him in his native Montpellier. So was Cinémed, the town’s cross-Mediterranean movie pageant he would attend each summer time whereas rising up. With so many sources for creative inspiration like these round, Dubreucq was understandably drawn to the trail of the performer himself. He achieved this primary by becoming a member of a rock group along with his faculty associates, then individually as an EDM producer. As his profession progressed, he took on the stage title of Kazy Lambist, primarily based on a sort of drink he had found whereas doing an alternate program in British Columbia.
After toying with SoundCloud for some time, as many creating artists do, Kazy Lambist lastly launched his debut EP, Doing Yoga, in 2015, which was adopted three years later by his first full-length album, 33 000 FT.
Monsieur Lambist returned with a follow-up LP this summer time entitled Moda; its musical soundscape honors the French Contact/electro-pop music that he consumed whereas rising up and of which he has been crafting his personal model all through the previous decade.
The file additionally speaks to his cultural sensitivity – within the spirit of his beloved Cinémed movie pageant, Moda promotes the present cultural scene throughout the Mediterranean area, making room for visitor artists from France, Italy and Turkey (all of which Dubreucq hung out residing in all through the making of Moda, which is even named for the nook of Istanbul the place he arrange store for some time).
Shortly after the discharge of Moda this previous summer time, Kazy Lambist spoke to Atwood Journal in regards to the creation of the album, in addition to his expertise selling his new music through variety of live performance and pageant appearances on either side of the Atlantic.
Learn our interview beneath, and dive into Moda, out now!
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A CONVERSATION WITH KAZY LAMBIST
This interview was initially carried out in French. It has been translated and edited for size and readability.
Atwood Journal: Are you able to speak about your creative origins? Rising up in Montpellier in Southern France, what kind of music had been you uncovered to, and the way did it encourage you to pursue music your self?
Kazy Lambist: I began by studying methods to play the piano as a child. My mother and father set me up with classes and I practiced it for seven years. As soon as I made it to center faculty, I began studying guitar in order that I might play together with my associates and type a rock group with them. We performed collectively all through center and highschool, and since I spotted how a lot I adored making music, I began writing my very own compositions after faculty. I experimented with loads of completely different kinds with out actually realizing what I used to be going to do with them. All of the whereas, I used to be learning political science in faculty, uncertain of the place it could take me – if I used to be going to go work for the federal government, go into journalism, or no matter. However in the long run, I wound up doing a lot music on the facet that it wound up changing into my full-time job.
Cool, and the way did you wind up going along with your stage title, Kazy Lambist?
Kazy Lambist: I got here up with it a bit randomly as a result of it made me sound like an American producer. That was again once I was a young person and making music on SoundCloud. I preferred it and thought it was catchy, so I went with it. I wouldn’t have thought I’d nonetheless be utilizing that title 15 years later, however that’s what ended up taking place.
Your oldest songs on Spotify are from 2014 – “Headson” and “Huge Fish.” In a couple of sentences, how would you summarize the previous 10 years since these songs got here out and the way you’ve grown artistically throughout that point?
Kazy Lambist: Once I began out, I knew nothing. At first, I wasn’t making music for a residing, however extra simply to share it with my associates. In 2014-15, I made a couple of tracks right here and there whereas working odd jobs. Then, I received an area music contest round that point, and it opened extra doorways for me. If I take into consideration what’s modified between then and now, I really feel like I’ve discovered my footing in music-making extra and settled extra on what it’s I wish to do.
In my early profession, issues had been loopy. I loved myself nevertheless it was a interval the place I didn’t all the time take the time to consider what I wished to realize with every undertaking. I really feel like I’m extra meticulous these days.
Let’s speak about your new album, Moda. The primary single off of it was “Cinémed,” which was impressed by your expertise on the Competition du Cinéma Méditerranéen in your hometown of Montpellier. Are you able to discuss extra about how attending this pageant influenced your new batch of music?
Kazy Lambist: Sure, yearly since I used to be a child, I’ve gone to see loads of the brief movies which have been screened at that pageant. It was tremendous fascinating to me to see films from throughout the Mediterranean area there. By myself album, I’ve made the same effort to function visitor artists from a number of completely different Mediterranean nations. It was my method to thank this pageant for having given me a few of the cultural consciousness that has helped me out loads as a musician.
How did the manufacturing of the album go for you?
Kazy Lambist: I largely produced this album with my longtime pal and colleague, Glasses, with whom I first collaborated in 2018 on the observe “Love Music.” We wound up co-producing 5 songs that seem on Moda collectively, together with the only, “Moda Disko.” That set the stage for the remainder of the album, which is essentially made up of collaborations. They’re artists who I like and admire and who gave me the inspiration to finish this album and share it with the general public.
They vary from Emile Londonien, a brilliant English jazz group; to Sedef Sebüktekin, a Turkish singer whose voice I cherished and who I encountered at a pageant in Turkey; to Fotini Peluso, an Italian actress with whom I did an interview through which she recited the poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini. I spent two years residing in Rome through the manufacturing of the album, the place Pasolini was from, and so I heard his title come up loads round city. It made sense that an actress from Rome would quote Pasolini herself as nicely.
I wished to spotlight the assorted cultures that I encountered whereas I used to be finishing this album throughout the completed undertaking.
How would you describe the interval following the discharge of the album on June twenty first?
Kazy Lambist: Proper up till June twenty first, I used to be feeling wired as I labored to resolve each little element I might earlier than the album’s launch and to advertise my music throughout the net and social media. So, as quickly as I lastly put out the album, I went off to Sicily to relax out a bit and disconnect from Instagram. My response to the album’s launch was mainly, “Phew, it’s lastly over!” It was good to take a little bit of a summer time trip and really feel liberated from a undertaking that had taken me a very long time to finish. It was a reduction to have it over, and now I had extra time to reconnect with associates and share my work with them.
How did your latest tour in the US go? Was it expertise?
Kazy Lambist: Sure, it was my first time touring within the U.S., though I’d gone to go to a couple of instances earlier than, and it was a brilliant expertise. I used to be touring alongside the electro-pop duo Child Francescoli. I’d met their founding member, Mathieu Hocine, who, like me, is from Southern France, and we bought alongside nicely. For him, it was his third time touring within the U.S., and he knew loads of the ins and outs of American live performance venues. I benefited loads from the data he handed on to me.
It was good to carry out every night time after which get up the subsequent morning in a brand new metropolis; we bought to find loads of new locations. It was encouraging to see that we already had made loads of followers so far-off from house, they usually gave us a heat welcome every time. We really began in Canada with a couple of exhibits in Quebec Metropolis, Montreal and Toronto. Then, we went all the way down to the U.S. and hit up Boston and New York, then made our approach throughout the nation and completed up in San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was a childhood dream come true!
Do you have got some other initiatives on the horizon now that you just’ve completed your most up-to-date album?
Kazy Lambist: I’ve some festivals developing in France this summer time, after which within the fall I’ll be performing some extra exhibits throughout Europe in international locations like England, Spain, Italy, and Germany. They’re international locations that I’m keen on visiting and it’s going to be enjoyable to take action. For now, I’m extra centered on selling my newest music than on creating extra of it. I’m making an attempt to get folks to hearken to the album in full, as a substitute of simply listening to the singles or watching the music movies or no matter.
Anything you’d prefer to share?
Kazy Lambist: I wish to announce that I’ll be acting at Olympia in Paris on Could twenty eighth subsequent 12 months. It’s been my dream to play in that legendary live performance venue and I’m so trying ahead to it.
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