In English:
From a dreamy childhood in a Parisian suburb, watching the endless ballet of the aircrafts in the sky above Orly, to a perpetual nomadic life along the North American roads, traveling by bus .
From her great love of the desert to her wanderings through the Lakota territories, forever engraved in her flesh.
From the rugged coastline of the Atlantic where her folks hail from, to the Sierra Madre jungle in Mexico .
It's finally in Montreal that Kensico ( Gaëlle Bellaunay ) lays down her suitcases, in order to open the pages of a travel book .
A demo with nine songs that ends up on the radar into the ears of Mathias Schneeberger alias "Schneebi" ( producer / sound engineer of the Gutter Twins, Twilight Singers, Joseph Arthur . ) while he was visiting Montreal.
This is the starting point for a beautiful collaboration. Schneebi, working regularly with Mark Lanegan, Greg Dulli and co. at Rancho de la Luna, the legendary Joshua Tree studio, went to the desert with the recording and had the folks there listen to it.
Chris Goss ( producer of Mark Lanegan, UNKLE, Queens Of The Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Soulwax . ) also decided to get involved in the project.
Gaëlle, Chris and Schneebi decided, therefore, to settle down at Rancho de la Luna for a moment, in order to write and record some more material . the experience is more than happy.
Later, while Schneebi is mixing the record, Alain Johannes ( producer / guitarist of Mark Lanegan, Queens Of The Stone Age . ) falls in love with the project and also decides to get involved in the process by adding its mark on a few tracks of "White Sage", Kensico's first L.P. .
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En français:
D'une enfance rêveuse en banlieue parisienne à regarder l'incessant ballet des avions aux alentours d'Orly, à une perpétuelle vie de nomade sillonnant les routes nord-américaines en bus.
De son grand amour du désert, aux errances à jamais gravées dans sa chair à travers les territoires Lakota.
De la côte rugueuse de l'Atlantique d'où viennent les siens, à la jungle de la Sierra Madre mexicaine.
C'est à Montréal que Kensico ( Gaëlle Bellaunay ) a finalement posé ses valises pour y ouvrir les pages de son carnet de voyage.
Une demo de neuf chansons tombe entre les oreilles de Mathias Schneeberger alias "Schneebi" ( Producteur / ingénieur du son des Gutter Twins, Twilight Singers, Joseph Arthur… ) alors de passage à Montréal.
C'est le point de départ d'une très belle collaboration. Schneebi, travaillant régulièrement avec Mark Lanegan, Greg Dulli et consors au Rancho de la Luna, mythique studio de Joshua Tree, part avec l'enregistrement dans le désert et le fait écouter à la bande sur place… C'est le coup de coeur.
Chris Goss ( Producteur de Mark Lanegan, U.N.K.L.E, Queens Of The Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Soulwax… ) décide de s'impliquer également dans le projet.
Gaëlle, Schneebi et Chris prennent donc leurs quartiers au Rancho de la Luna pour écrire et enregistrer davantage de matériel… l'expérience est plus qu'heureuse.
Plus tard, alors que Schneebi est en train de mixer l'album, Alain Johannes ( Producteur / guitariste de Mark Lanegan, Queens Of The Stone Age… ) tombe sous le charme et décide de s'investir lui aussi sur cet enregistrement en ajoutant sa patte sur quelques morceaux de "White Sage", le premier album de Kensico…
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Kensico was born between a long night of love making and a big slap in the face.it feels beautiful and it sadly hurts in the meantime.
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Description:
Lab work & recording for this project took place between different locations in France, Montreal and Los Angeles / Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree. ( Thank you so dearly, Sir Dave Catching! )
Thank you so much Cully Symington for playing drums on this record. You are A-MA-ZING and I feel super lucky to have you on it!!!
Thank you very much Chris Goss and Alain Johannes for getting involved and believing in this project. Everything you lovingly gave to these songs go straight to my heart and I'm extremely proud and honored to have you co-write, co-compose, play and / or do some additional production on this record.
Most of all, thank you so so so very much Mathias Schneeberger for everything you did on this record! Whether it is co-composing, adding some genius production work, or working your magic on the mix. You are an incredibly gifted man and my admiration for you has no limit!
Also, I'm extremely lucky and honored that the über brilliant Bruno Green did master this record. It sounds amazing, a perfect match for Schneebi's mixes!
Thank you so much Pascal Humbert for the incredibly beautiful picture that is now the cover of "White Sage", for all the pictures and the inspiration that you bring into my life in general and for everything else, you know. You mean the World to me.
Also, thank you very much Magali Diane Surcin for your precious help on so many occasions while I was writing this record. all that without asking any questions regarding my sanity. I'm amazed!
Each and everyone of you guys have a special place into my heart and I truly feel blessed.
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Guitars in perpetual motion, hypnotic basses passing through, a touch of electro playing along with textures.all that, caressed by a deep voice, sometimes soothing and bittersweet, sometimes raw and tormented.
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Guitares en perpétuel mouvement, basses hypnotiques et traversantes, touches d'electro et travail de textures.le tout caressé par une voix profonde, tantôt douce-amère, tantôt écorchée vive.
