5056167164821

V I N C E N T

FKJ

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: FKJ007LP

Release Date:  08 July 2022

Label:  Fkj / Flying Leaf SAS

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5056167164821

Genres:  Electronic  

  • Description

    The concept for V I N C E N T came about during a solo trip to L.A. before 2020.

    "I just stayed in this house totally on my own, turned my phone off and had some time away from everything to figure out what I wanted to do." He realised he wanted to tap into the freedom of being a teenager: "back then, I was making music strictly for playfulness, without overthinking it," he says. V I N C E N T's opening and closing songs underline the sentiment of the new album: the future-jazz of 'Way Out' (a playful mini soundtrack in one; a dainty piano motif underscored by a skittering trap beat and serene strings) and the lullaby-styled 'Stay A Child'. "I wanted to get back some of that lost innocence of making music purely for pleasure," he says.

    Much of V I N C E N T is wilfully romantic, sometimes super sexy, and often with its head in the clouds, as on tracks like 'Us', a dreamy ode to his wife, June, or 'IHM', which has a 90s hip-hop flavour slowed right down to lights-out tempo. Not entirely a solo record, ((( O )))) appears on 'Brass Necklace' – which has the soft power of The Internet and Stevie Wonder's keys. It's no wonder that lead single 'A Moment of Mystery', featuring Toro Y Moi, has a spacey vibe: while recording in San Francisco together, FKJ, Toro and his keyboard player Tony took some of what Tony called "holy water" – "we shared this bottle and took a bit of a trip," laughs FKJ. The result is a gentle electronic ode to long-term love that could rival Tame Impala for melodic progginess.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Way Out
      • 2. Greener
      • 3. Us

      Side 2

      • 4. The Mission
      • 5. Can't Stop
      • 6. IHM
      • 7. Brass Necklace

      Disc 2

      Side 3

      • 8. Different Masks For Different Days
      • 9. A Moment Of Mystery
      • 10. Let's Live

      Side 4

      • 11. Once Again I Close My Eyes
      • 12. New Life
      • 13. Does It Exist
      • 14. Stay A Child