Kazy Lambist

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Kazy Lambist

Presented by Emerged Agency
21.05.2025 Cologne, Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld
Admission: 19:00 | Start: 20:00

Kazy Lambist persistently navigates the realm of his smooth, conflict-free sounds with music that is both inviting and panoramic, refined and hedonistic, fleeting and elegant, relaxed yet full of character. While others use their electronic arsenal for more aggressive means, Kazy Lambist, inspired by sensuality and emotion, refuses to limit himself to specific musical niches. This is not surprising for an artist who, since his beginnings, has strived to push boundaries and offer his audience an all-encompassing vision that invites you to daydream in a hammock, dance in a cozy lounge or on a hypnotic, sun-kissed dance floor. His first viral hit "Doing Yoga" earned him the 2015 Inrocks Lab Audience Award for New Talent and the enthusiastic approval of director Guillermo Del Toro, and led to a collaboration with fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. He then released the groundbreaking album 33 000 Ft, with which he undeniably made a name for himself on the electropop scene.

Kazy Lambist is now ready to open the second chapter, an LP he has been working on for almost six years and which should not be misunderstood as the result of great artistic inertia. The newly thirty-year-old has delighted us with his interim output, including the breezy Sky Kiss EP featuring a compelling collaboration with Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Air), breathing new, more classic life into some of his early successes (Decrescendo EP) and a couple more voyages of discovery ('Nasty' together with Italian rapper Tutti Fenomeni). He also got the world dancing with his live shows and DJ sets and confirmed his global appeal with a platinum-selling single ('Love Song'), five gold-selling singles ('Doing Yoga', 'Headson', 'On You', 'Annecy' and 'Work') and a worldwide tour that ended with a 20-concert US tour with fellow Frenchman Kid Francescoli. The international success is led by Turkey, where he has established himself after a series of performances and a month and a half residency in the Moda artists' quarter on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. This oriental retreat inspired the name of his new album Moda, on which Kazy Lambist - real name Arthur Dubreucq - recorded "Dünya", a seraphic work featuring the soothing vocals of Sedef Sebüktekin over Turkish violins and the saxophone of Jowee Omicil. Similarly, "Moda Disko" is a jubilant Italo disco collaboration with singer Den Ze that would have fit perfectly into the soundtrack of the Italian film La Grande Bellezza.

Produced with the help of Glasses (heard on "Love Song" and "Oh My God") and Ash Workman (Metronomy, Christine and the Queens, Baxter Dury...), who sat behind the mixing desk, the collaborative record, which features a plethora of instrumental cameos from various backgrounds, seamlessly weaves together electronic and more organic sounds. Geographically, the album is expansive, drawing inspiration from Turkey, Italy (where he lived for two years during the making of the album) and the south of France (his hometown of Montpellier), with the symbolic Mediterranean Sea serving as a common thread. The album delves into the limbo of a thriving chill wave that manifests itself in various vibrant forms. The album is about love, striving for both sonic ecstasy and introspective sorrow ('After All'), a combination that has enough softness ('Italian Way') and golden reflections ('Somebody To Love') to shine at different speeds to better suit the listener's mood. This liquid kind of pop ('Nirvana' with Californian singer Julietta) adorns itself with lusher solar climaxes to express the disintegration of the relationship between an artist and his muse ('Lost' with long-time stage colleague Amouë), or becomes more restless in the immoderate elation of the wine festival ('Méditerranée'). The music also takes on a groovy sensuality in 'Flawless Form', accompanied by the Strasbourg jazz collective Emile Londonien. With Moda, Kazy Lambist pushes the boundaries, always maintaining a perfect balance between sophistication and pleasure.