“Because of you”

In a post on Instagram, ProleteR wrote that the album “Fairuz” is the “child” of his other EPs – “Life Playing Tricks” and “Bubbles”. I think this baby has grown and matured very quickly. :) Already in the first track, ‘Because of you’, you can hear that unmistakable vibe that I discovered when listening to those two aforementioned EPs. This song is incredibly cheerful and joyful – this is probably due to ‘Bubbles’. And with the influence of the ‘Life Playing Tricks’ album, it’s very laid-back, swing hoppy, just perfect.

“Human nature”

When I heard the intro, I immediately thought to myself that ProleteR was very much inspired by the well-known and much-loved “Puttin’ On the Ritz” when creating it. Do you get that impression too? He invited Lyre Le Temps to collaborate on this track, which I think is the perfect move. You can hear this incredible strength of French artists, expression and creativity here. There’s a lot going on in ‘Human nature’: strong beats, a whole lot of instruments, Ludovic’s distinctive vocals and old samples. This chaos doesn’t bother me at all – on the contrary, I’m eager for more!

“My Baby’s gone”

As you know, I am a huge fan of French electronic music. In my opinion, the country’s artists have an incredible sense of rhythm and wonderfully combine different musical genres to create this distinctive, unique style. “My Baby’s gone” makes me think of the work of the C2C collective, or rather their track “Down the Road” (I totally recommend you to listen to their album “Tetra” – it’s a real banger!). Perhaps because of that distinctive record scratching, perhaps because of the effects superimposed on the vocals, or perhaps because of those fantastic samples. ProleteR is a master at picking the perfect samples and on ‘My Baby’s gone’ he did it just perfectly. You know, I now have a mash-up of these two tracks in my head – and to me it sounds really brilliant!