French multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin met Turkish singer Merve Erdem in London. Together they continued as the duo Kit Sebastian in which they share fascinations for Anatolian psychedelic pop, European beat music, jazz and world music. Influences that they subtly bring together on their debut album Mantra Moderne. Exotic rhythms are effortlessly alternated with rocking sambas and bossanovas, while
… rugs of rustic Spanish guitars are intersected with ripping fuzz guitars. Erdem sings her whimsical and slightly melancholic melodies, in Turkish, English and French. Martin played all the instruments himself and recorded them with analog equipment. Mantra Moderne therefore got an authentic sixties sound, but by orientating themselves widely, this special duo extends their music to this time, as a kind of global dream pop. (MR)more
