Maybe Merlin - Life Is a Trampoline EP (2023) Hi-Res

Maybe Merlin is a Franco-British pop group, resulting from the meeting of Georgia Ives, dancer performer with Jean-Claude Gallotta, choreographer for the music industry (Feu! Chatterton, Laura Cahen, or Fils Cara) and cinema (En attendant les hirondelles, La forêt de quinconces) and Vincent Brülin, artist producer, multi-instrumentalist singer, having taken part in several musical projects (Macadam Crocodile, Brülin, Fortune, Alain Chamfort, Izia, or Mezerg).

They meet in Montreuil (93) at Studio Henriette in early 2020 around texts left by Paul Ives, singer-songwriter, father of Georgia who left in 2007. The duo was born, as evidence.

They then resume a title of Paul, "Maybe Merlin", which will give its name to the group. The emotion of the compositions is revealed through an organic musical color, a sensitive and airy pop. The warmth of the voices, the languorous tempos and the refined productions fully define the identity of Maybe Merlin.

Very quickly they surround themselves with Emiliano Turi (Jeanne Added, Don Turi), who comes to record drums with a clear and strong groove. But also Boris Bergman (Bashung, The Prodigy, Kanye West), Nosfell and Yan Goro (Gush) for writing evocative texts that are sometimes mystical or personal.

In the department of musical discoveries ready to come out of the shackles in 2023, we can count on Maybe Merlin. It is not only the title of the late Paul Ives but also the name of a Montreuil duo made up of Georgia Ives (Paul's daughter) and Vincent Brullin who offer us extraordinary music with a first EP as a confirmation.

Composed of five titles, Maybe Merlin offers us a compendium of organic and airy pop. Georgia's interpretation manages to fly with class and elegance these cinematographic compositions such as "I've Got A Feeling" as an opening before taking off with "Clearsight" and "Life Is A Trampoline". The duo from Montreuil defines their musical world successfully for the time of an incandescent and strong EP.