After producing singular French diva Camille's last two award-winning albums Le Fil and Music Hole, Birmingham-born, Paris-based MaJiKer released his ambitious debut album Body-Piano-Machine earlier this year.
Made up of body percussion, piano and the sounds of a Yamaha PSS 270, it's one of 2009's most original releases and we've been obsessing over it ever since.
Now, ahead of his three-date UK showcase tour in November comes MaJiKer's second single, Tongue. Already available as a free download, it now gets a video treatment in time for the release of two remix EP packages.
"The whole song is about yearning to understand somebody: what they feel, what they think, where they came from, and where they are going," says MaJiKer. "It's about desire, empathy and emotional connection."
The lyrics include a rhythmic mechanical mantra – a machine speaking in tongues – that echoes the meaning within the track.
The Tongue EPs are released as a download package over two weeks: AfterTastes (26th October) and TasteDubs (2nd November).
musicOMH is delighted to host the premiere of the mysterious and not a little pervy Tongue video, which you can see below. It was directed by Raphaël Neal, with cinematography by Julien Gidoin.
We'll have a full interview with MaJiKer, aka Matthew Ker, later this month. In the meantime you can give the uplifting electro GRAND son remix of Tongue - and the original version - a good licking for free, after the jump.
- MaJiKer - Tongue (MP3)
- MaJiKer - Tongue (GRAND son remix) (MP3)
MaJiKer plays Birmingham's Hare & Hounds on 3rd November, Brighton's Unitarian Church on 6th November and London's ICA on 9th November. The album Body-Piano-Machine is out now through Gaymonkey. Check out his MySpace for more here.
BRAVO RAPHAEL
LE CLIP EST TRES BEAU
ET TU VUIEND DE ME FAIRE DECOUVRIR UN NOUVEL ARTISTE
TEMI
Posted by: TEMI | 06 October 2009 at 05:56 PM
^^
yeah, all o that
Posted by: GeeBro | 07 October 2009 at 10:31 PM
I love it! Brilliant! What a great quality track! A rarity in contemporary music. So glad you are coming to Iceland!
Posted by: Lisa Jamesdaughter | 08 October 2009 at 02:06 AM
great song to understand somebody: what they feel, what they think, where they came from, and where they are going
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Posted by: gadgets | 24 October 2009 at 12:17 PM