Inertia
from Melodi by Kit Sebastian
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumYalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumYalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes unlimited streaming of Melodi via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card£9 GBP or more
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Cassette + Digital Album100 copies - extremely limited edition cassette.
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes unlimited streaming of Melodi via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 2 daysedition of 100 6 remainingPurchasable with gift card£8 GBP or more
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Limited Edition Vinyl LP (Hand-Numbered / Obi Strip / 4 x Postcards)
Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumHand-Numbered edition, includes Obi Strip and set of 4 x 120mm x 120mm photo postcards selected by the band.
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
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about
Influenced by their love of world cinema, ‘Inertia’ is infused with lush orchestral textures inspired by soundtracks from some of the duo's favourite films. The lyrics were written as a response to Marlene Dietrich’s performance in ‘Der Blaue Engel’, and how the apathy of modernity is communicated in cinema.
It sits in a relaxed, loose, smoky cinematic funk setting, with Merve's lead vocals sparring with the horn section, whilst strings and exotic instrumentation interweave in and out of the backbone of the song. Kit's backing vocals float almost ghost-like, mirroring Merve, giving it a dreamlike quality. The tone of 'Inertia' evokes a sense of longing and searching, a muted melancholy that is uplifted by the horn and string sections.
It is a sophisticated groove with a deeply seductive complexity that draws the listener in, being both timeless and borderless in its origins.
lyrics
Smoking a blend of doubt disguised as hope
Inertia fills the culture I must breathe
To feel connection to disease
Past the statues, ‘scuse you’s’ and the tears of old and the thoughts of man who appeared so bold
Woe becomes the drug and the dreams decay
Though the absence comes the tears obeyed
credits
Performers:
Merve Erdem - Vocals
Kit Martin - Guitar, Bass, Drums & Perc, Zither, Vocals, Glockenspiel
Ellie Wang – Viola
Munéyuki Sugiyama - Trumpet
WRITER/AUTHOR - Kit Martin / Merve Erdem
COMPOSER - Kit Martin / Merve Erdem
PRODUCER - Kit Martin
LYRICS LANGUAGE – English
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE - N
MIXING ENGINEER - Shuta Shinoda
Mastered by Pete Norman at Finyl Tweek
Published By: Mr Bongo
(P) & © 2021 Mr Bongo Worldwide
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Kit Sebastian London, UK
Kit Sebastian is a duo formed in London by Kit Martin and Merve Erdem, spread between Turkey and France. Their music is a meeting point of different genres from Anatolian Psychedelia and Brazilian Tropicalia to 60’s European pop and American jazz.
shows
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Mar 22Paris, France
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Mar 26Ankara, Turkey
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Mar 28Istanbul, Turkey
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Mar 30Izmir, Turkey
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Apr 4Barcelona, Spain
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Apr 12London, UK
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Jul 17Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Aug 30Manchester, UK
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Jun 2023
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