“Please let this new sublime musical pairing go on tour” The Guardian
“Borderline genius” Sunday Telegraph
“Fascinating… an inspired and fruitfully combative pairing” Sunday Times
“IRM marks Charlotte Gainsbourg’s musical coming of age” Mojo
“A thing of ramshackle beauty” Uncut
“Her best work and arguably Beck’s best in a decade, too” Daily Telegraph
“A consciously arty project that never forgets to be a great record” Metro
“Her best album to date” Dazed & Confused
“The perfect poke in the eye to soulless pop” Esquire
Charlotte Gainsbourg will release her new EP, ‘Live at Sunset Sound’, through Because Music on 14th June. Produced by Beck Hansen, the session was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios and broadcast live on the respected ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ show on Los Angeles-based radio station, KCRW. Featuring tracks from her critically acclaimed new album ‘IRM’, the EP will be available digitally only. Charlotte, who is currently on a world tour, will perform her first ever UK show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 22nd June. She will also appear at this year’s Latitude Festival on 18th July.
“Live at Sunset Sound’ EP Track listing:
1. Time of the Assassins
2. Heaven Can Wait
3. Greenwich Mean Time
4. Voyage
5. In The End
Watch Time of The Assassins video here:
Charlotte Gainsbourg will be playing in the UK for the first time in the next few weeks. Here are the dates:
Tues 22nd June London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Tickets available from : www.artistticket.com/link/?s=charlotte+gainsbourg
Sun 18th July Southwold Latitude Festival
When Charlotte Gainsbourg began planning her forthcoming album, she thought Beck might be a perfect producer for the adventurous and diverse approach she had in mind. From their first casual hours together in the studio, she recognized a shared sensibility and the potential for a collaboration that would prove both natural and seamless.
Gainsbourg explains; “We started with ‘Master’s Hands’, which has a sort of African beat and then we did ‘In The End’, which is very melodic and much quieter. ‘Heaven Can Wait’ followed, which is a much more classic pop song. So in that same [first] session we went in three different directions”. Beck ‘s interpretation of the early session echoes Gainsbourg’s: “I pulled a bunch of songs out. And then I wrote a few, with her in mind, but when we spent time together they changed because I got more of a feeling of where she wanted to go. We got in the studio and I could see all the possibilities.”
Beck brought in many of his regular collaborators including, Joey Waronker and James Gadson on drums, Brian LeBarton on keyboards, David Ralicke on trumpet and Beck’s father, David Campbell, for string arrangements. Though Gainsbourg’s unique voice is instantly recognizable throughout, her vocal performances here are as varied as the material.
Gainsbourg’s previous record ’5:55′, which Because released in 2006, garnered worldwide critical acclaim and went on to sell over half a million copies. Featuring collaborations with Nigel Godrich, Jarvis Cocker and Air, the album established her as a unique recording artist.
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