Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian
Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian

Serious tip from Rough Trade Shops. Mantra Moderne is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60’s European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Os Mutantes, Cortex and co.

The duo is formed of Kit Martin, who lives between London and France and plays all instruments on the album, and Merve Erdem, vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist from Istanbul, now based in London. This is their debut album. The album explores universal themes such as love, loss, decay, language and ideology, mixing three different languages: English, Turkish and French. Written and recorded by the duo- Kit composed all the songs and Merve wrote the lyrics- in rural France during 2018, each song was completed within a 12- hour window, pawning contemplation for spontaneity.

All instruments were analogue and no samples were used. The instruments that are used range from tablas to darbukas, balalaikas to ouds, MS20 synths to Farfisa organs and a lot of cuica. The mixing techniques were done on-the-fly, tracking immediately to tape: compression, EQ, delay and reverb; meaning mixing could not be revisited!

Kit Sebastian

Mantra Moderne

Mr Bongo
Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian
CD

£14.99

Digisleeve with 8 Page Booklet.

Released 19/07/2019Catalogue Number

MRBCD213

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Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 19/07/2019Catalogue Number

MRBLP213

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Kit Sebastian

Mantra Moderne

Mr Bongo
Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian
CD

£14.99

Digisleeve with 8 Page Booklet.

Released 19/07/2019Catalogue Number

MRBCD213

Learn more
Album artwork for Mantra Moderne by Kit Sebastian
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 19/07/2019Catalogue Number

MRBLP213

Learn more

Serious tip from Rough Trade Shops. Mantra Moderne is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60’s European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Os Mutantes, Cortex and co.

The duo is formed of Kit Martin, who lives between London and France and plays all instruments on the album, and Merve Erdem, vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist from Istanbul, now based in London. This is their debut album. The album explores universal themes such as love, loss, decay, language and ideology, mixing three different languages: English, Turkish and French. Written and recorded by the duo- Kit composed all the songs and Merve wrote the lyrics- in rural France during 2018, each song was completed within a 12- hour window, pawning contemplation for spontaneity.

All instruments were analogue and no samples were used. The instruments that are used range from tablas to darbukas, balalaikas to ouds, MS20 synths to Farfisa organs and a lot of cuica. The mixing techniques were done on-the-fly, tracking immediately to tape: compression, EQ, delay and reverb; meaning mixing could not be revisited!