Bastien Keb - Ghouls (2025) [Hi-Res]

First Word Records are very proud to bring you 'Ghouls', the 6th studio album from Bastien Keb. Through the reflective and introspective multi-mood journey of its 19-tracks, this album spans psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, Ethio-jazz & ethereal ambience. Part soundtrack, part beat-tape, part memoir, this is a dreamlike soundscape sewn together from half-forgotten memories & late night breakdowns. Entirely sample-free, this album is full to the brim with musical experimentation, with Keb's compulsion to make all the individual pieces of music independently; combining strings, harps, saxophones, theremins, clarinets, flutes and trumpets. He signals to the fuzzy, nostalgic nebulous of mid '90s skate videos, as well as harking back to the scores & moods of movies like The French Connection, Taxi Driver, The Warriors and La Haine. There are whispers of sounds in the air from jazz clubs, street preachers & Turkish restaurants.

Tracklist:
1. Bastien Keb - Prologue
2. Bastien Keb - Nighthawks
3. Bastien Keb - Play Dead
4. Bastien Keb - Queen of Cats
5. Bastien Keb - The City Is Beautiful
6. Bastien Keb - Nightbus 3AM
7. Bastien Keb - Organ / Lucid
8. Bastien Keb - Apres Minuit
9. Bastien Keb - West
10. Bastien Keb - Chapter 1 - A Boy
11. Bastien Keb - Ghouls
12. Bastien Keb - North
13. Bastien Keb - Chapter 2 - A Party
14. Bastien Keb - Chapter 3 - A Girl
15. Bastien Keb - A Ghost's Lament
16. Bastien Keb - Chapter 4 - A Monster
17. Bastien Keb - Moonlight
18. Bastien Keb - Chapter 5 - A Home
19. Bastien Keb - Orca / Burial