Mantra Moderne - Deluxe Edition

by Kit Sebastian

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1.	Senden Baska 04:23	buy track
2.	Mantra Moderne 04:03	buy track
3.	Tyranny 20 03:30	buy track
4.	Pangea 04:19	buy track
5.	Kuytu 03:31	buy track
6.	Yanımda Kal 04:42	buy track
7.	Yürüdüm, Büyüdüm, Çürüdüm 03:42	buy track
8.	With A Sense Of Grace 04:23	buy track
9.	Durma 04:26	buy track
10.	Kozmos 06:18	buy track
11.	Rain (باران) 02:45	buy track
12.	Durma (Baris K Dub) 09:48	buy track
13.	Senden Baska (Natureboy Flako Remix) 04:15	buy track
14.	Kit Sebastian vs Halal Cool J 04:15	buy track
15.	Senden Baska (Natureboy Flako Cover) 04:16	buy track

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'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 original 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’).

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released April 10, 2020

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Kit Sebastian London, UK

Kit Sebastian is a duo formed in London by Kit Martin and Merve Erdem, spread between Turkey and France. Their music is a meeting point of different genres from Anatolian Pyschedelia and Brazilian Tropicalia to 60’s European pop and American jazz.

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Aug 29

Festsaal Kreuzberg

Berlin, Germany
Sep 04

Manchester Psych Fest

Manchester, UK

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