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It's like having a crazy musician for a roommate. Detuned guitar loops and atonal patterns drifting like ghosts through the hallways some days, others, unhinged renditions of Elvis Presley, or the wild and untamed feedback of an abused guitar.
Saturn 63 is nonsensical and sincere all at once, sometimes blending the two so you don't know if the nonsense you're hearing is the truth, or if the soft crooning of Martel & guests is just lulling you into the absurd.
Love what you did with MattJam
Favorite track: The Wind is Weak Feat. Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius).
A SIDE
A1_ Tortuga
A2_ Blue Suede Shoes
A3_ My Best Friend
A4_ Arpog
A5_ Seventy
A6_ Albert Premier
B SIDE
B1_Balulalow
B2_That Yongë Child
B3_Macorina
B4_Soul Kiss
B6_Future Talk
B7_The Wind Is Weak
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If the name Seb Martel is still unknown to you, the guitarist appears on the credits of classic albums from Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Manu Dibango or Christine Salem. Saturn 63, his new album on InFiné is dedicated to the exploration of the electric guitar in all its nuances. This new opus made from a selection of 9 guitars from the Musée de la Musique (a branch of the 3), and only enriched with the voices of his close collaborators (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel, Vic Moan, Cindy Pooch...), unfolds on fourteen tracks a musical fresco faithful to the historical and geographical heritage of his instrument. The
album includes fascinating reworks of Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Chavela Vargas or Vincent Segal in addition to his own compositions. However, adopting a dogmatic approach, and dressing his compositions with sounds and effects collected during the recordings, Martel offers an abstract and experimental edge to Saturm 63, which transports the listener into an out of time experience. Two famous names of the French Chanson, -M- and Mathieu Boogaerts joined Martel to close the album with the snapshot of a speechless improvised session....more
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seventy seven days
seventy miles away
riding for a while
seventy seven ways
on tracks I stay
seventy points of view
each one is a new
never satisfied
noone by my side
every turn is new
every pain is true
seventy nine days
seventy nights awake
with noone by my side
seventy nine days
seventy nights awake
with noone by my side
climbing and gliding
riding all through
looking for a clue
win-ner shi-ver cross- sign
never lost in the stars
never stuck on the moon
only one alone
Rimini Barcelone
hundred miles away
so many nights and days
crazy kind of fool
with so much to feel
bodyded as a tool
minded as a wheel
seventy kind of ways
seven hundred days
win-ner shi-ver cross- sign
ain’t no shelter - ain’t no doors
windy weekly back and forth
freezing faces burning bones
simply dying not a call
ENG
If the name Seb Martel is still unknown to you, the guitarist appears on the credits of classic albums from Tony Allen, Femi Kuti or Blackalicious.
Saturn 63, his new album on InFiné is dedicated to the exploration of the electric guitar in all its nuances. This new opus made from a selection of 9 guitars from the Musée de la Musique (a branch of the Philharmonie de Paris), and only enriched with the voices of his close collaborators (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel...), unfolds on fourteen tracks a musical fresco faithful to the historical and geographical heritage of his instrument.
The album includes fascinating reworks of Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Chavela Vargas or Vincent Segal in addition to his own compositions. However, adopting a dogmatic approach, and dressing his compositions with sounds and effects collected during the recordings, Martel offers an abstract and experimental edge to Saturm 63, which transports the listener into an out of time experience.
Two famous names of the French Chanson, -M- and Mathieu Boogaerts joined Martel to close the album with the snapshot of a speechless improvised session.
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FR
Si le nom de Seb Martel vous est sans doute encore inconnu, le guitariste figure sur les crédits d'albums classiques de Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Morcheeba ou Blackalicious.
Saturn 63, son nouvel album sur InFiné est dédié à l'exploration de la guitare électrique dans toutes ses nuances. Ce nouvel opus réalisé à partir d'une sélection de 9 guitares du Musée de la musique (annexe de la Philharmonie de Paris), et seulement enrichi des voix de collaborateurs proches (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel, Vic Moan, Cindy Pooch), décline sur quatorze titres une fresque musicale fidèle à l'héritage historique et géographique de son instrument.
L´album comprend des relectures fascinantes de Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Cavelas Vargas ou Vincent Segal en plus de ses propres compositions. Pour autant, adoptant une approche dogmatique, et habillant ses compositions de matière sonore collectée pendant les enregistrements, il offre à Saturn 63 un contour abstrait et expérimental, qui propulse l'auditeur à son écoute hors-du-temps.
À noter la présence de deux grands noms de la chanson française, -M- et Mathieu Boogaert en clôture de l´album par une session improvisée qui vous laissera sans voix.
On y entend des relectures audacieuses (« Blue Suede Shoes »), des comptines délicates (« Arpog »), des incartades pop (« My Best Friend ») et des complaintes minimalistes (« That Yongë Child »).
Pour un résultat qui n’est pas à proprement parler de la musique expérimentale, ni vraiment du rock, mais probablement une fascinante synthèse des deux.
credits
released September 16, 2022
All tracks composed and written by Seb Martel.
Except Blue Suede Shoes (track 2) composed by Carl Perkins
Balulalow and That Yongë Child (tracks 7 and 8) by Benjamin Britten
Macorina (track 9) by Chavela Vargas and Alphonso Camín, arranged by Vincent Segal and singed by Miguel Gutierrez in the play "Not a Love Song" from the choreographer Alain
Soul Kiss (track 10) by Vincent Segal and Vic Moan
The Wind Is Weak (track 13) by Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius)
MattJam composed with Mathieu Boogaerts and Matthieu Chedid (track 14).
Recorded in Philharmonie de Paris - Musée de la Musique
Mixed by Martin Antiphon, Martin Gamet & Cesar Urbina (aka Cubenx)
Mastered by Jörg Burger @ Kompakt Studios in Koln
A&R by Alexandre Cazac
Art/Pics by Laura Marie Cieplik & executive design by MTPC
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12 - Published by InFiné Éditions
Track 5 - Published by InFiné Editions & La Société Géniale
Track 2 - Published by Kobalt Music Publishing LTD
Tracks 7 & 8 - Published by Winthrop Rogers LTD
Tracks 9 - Published by Isabel Lizano Vargas & Alfonso Camin Meana
Tracks 10 - Published by La Société Géniale
Tracks 13 - Published by InFiné Editions & Skillet Turtles
Tracks 14 - Published by InFiné Editions, Labo M Editions & Mathieu Boogaerts
French guitarist Seb Martel has a broad knowledge of the nuances of his instruments. He accompanied in the studio or on
stage many artists from various scenes: Chanson & French Pop (-M-,Camille ) jazz, world music (Femi Kuti, Christine Salem, Manu Dibango, Tony Allen) or hip-hop/electronic (Bumcello, Blackalicious, General Elektriks, Chocolate Genius ...)....more
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