Ema By The Sea, by Pink Shabab

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Ema By The Sea

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- Black Paper Bag
- Promotional CD

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- Inlay
- Postcard

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1.	If only I could hold you one more time 04:57	buy track
2.	Cry every night 05:46	buy track
3.	Let me explain 04:36	buy track
4.	Tried to tell you 03:03	buy track
5.	Interlude 02:06	buy track
6.	Let me take your hand 05:18	buy track
7.	Last of the boys 04:22 video	buy track
8.	You can't go back 05:13	buy track
9.	The sun is my lord (Bonus digital) 03:02	buy track

about

»Ema by the Sea« is Joseph Carvell’s debut album under his Pink Shabab moniker. It is the first and long overdue solo record by one of the most trusted bassists in the world of adventurous pop and rock music. When he is not playing with Marker Starling, the former Batsch member can be heard on upright and double bass on a slew of Baby Dee albums like her 2012 collaboration LP with Little Annie or Laetitia Sadier’s »Find Me Finding You« amongst others. When Carvell is not busy as an active member of the cumbia band Malphino and the Moondog tribute I’m This I’m That or playing improvised jazz with various friends, he writes Pink Shabab songs at night. With »Ema by the Sea,« he presents his idiosyncratic approach to subtle disco music for the first time. These nine songs sound as heartbroken as they are uplifting.

»Ema by the Sea« was written in a South London bedroom, but recorded in Southern France. After hearing Carvell perform live as Pink Shabab, Emmanuel Mario, whose album »L'infini, L'Univers Et Les Mondes« under his Astrobal moniker has been released earlier this year on the Berlin-based Karaoke Kalk, invited the British songwriter into his home studio. It is easy to see - or rather: hear - why the two hit it off immediately: drawing on funk, soul, new wave, jazz and dance music, Carvell’s songs meander as effortlessly through different musical worlds as Mario’s own productions. Groovy and laid-back, danceable and intimate, the minimalist structures of Carvell’s songwriting open up a lot of space and make room for plenty of surprises along the way.

Carvell builds his songs around his instrument of choice, the bass. From the driving opener »If Only I Could Hold You One More Time« to the disco and funk influenced »Let Me Explain,« »Tried to Tell You« or »Last of the Boys« and the sombre rhythms of the final song »You Can’t Go Back,« his cunning playing seamlessly oscillates between different styles. In combination with his almost coy singing style and the juxtaposition of an airtight drum programming with colourful synthesizer melodies, »Ema by the Sea« thus provides a wide-ranging palette of moods - spooky, lively, cosmic, romantic, you name it. Where in one moment pensive sentimentality prevails, the next song will call you to the dancefloor. Although of course enjoyed as a whole, »Ema by the Sea« offers both: melancholy and exuberant bliss.

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released November 29, 2019

All music composed and recorded by Pink Shabab*

Recorded at La Bergerie in the South France in June 2019
Produced by Astrobal

Mastered by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering in Berlin

Photo by Lucy Bourdeu
Logo by Sébastien Trihan
Artwork by Anne Fehse

*Track 7 features Nina Savary on vocals

Published by Karaoke Kalk Musikverlag

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