Nuits Sans Nuit

Description

Pierre Bastien and Michel Banabila return with Nuits Sans Nuit, their second collaboration following their Baba Soiree debut from 2023. Recorded as an intuitive exchange between Rotterdam and Valencia, the album emerged from a simple ping-pong process: Banabila sculpted sounds and atmospheres, to which Bastien responded with his distinctive instrumental palette: flute-augmented cornet, mechanised log drum, and more. Mixed by Banabila, the result is a raw yet immersive work that resonates with a somnambulant, wide-awake presence. Nuits Sans Nuit unfolds through shifting shades of melancholy. 'I don't know how to describe the feeling of these crazy times we live in,' says Banabila. 'Les plus desesperes sont les chants les plus beaux,' Bastien quotes De Musset. Wordless yet deeply expressive, the album invites listeners into a space of contemplation, where meaning emerges through immersion - like ritual music carrying an unspoken message. Echoes of saudade, blues, fado, and solea surface in the duo's playful noise, reimagined through their singular vocabulary.