'Endtroducing'

Plaisance and his Coldie EP

- Hi guys, how are you and how does it feel like releasing music on Apparel Music?

Hey, we’re doing well thanks! We’re super honored to release our first EP on Apparel Music. It’s a label we’ve been following and listening to for a while now. We really love their artistic direction, both musically and visually. It just feels like a label that represents us, so it was pretty obvious that we’d drop our first tracks together!

- Talk us through the creative process behind the making of this EP. How did it come about and how did you work on it?

All the tracks were made at different times. We work a lot remotely since we live about 400km apart. For Coldie, Antoine started a beat, and then we worked together on the track. We finished the instrumental first, and then came up with some toplines for the lead vocals. Antoine was producing some tracks for Ua’s project (R&B/soul vibe), and he suggested having Ua record over our melodies. The vocals and lyrics fit perfectly! Unlike the other two, I Want You More was produced really quickly. We wanted to make something a bit darker and housy but still keep that jazz-soul contrast with vibey vocals. As for After Hours, we first worked remotely, recording guitar parts separately, and then we met up for a few days at a music retreat to finish the track. The bass wasn’t sitting right for us, so we called our bass player friend, Theo Bolero, who took the track to the next level!

- Which are the main music influences that you brought in your EP? Can you share with us three tracks that inspired you during the making of?

The influences on the EP are pretty varied. Coldie has that jazz, soul, UK groove vibe. I Want You More is all about 90s raw house with some jazz chords. And After Hours has this indie funk feel driven by guitars, bass, drums, and keys. We didn’t really work with references when making the EP, but if we had to pick three tracks that come close to it, we’d go with Breeze by Nubiyan Twist, Mystical Rhythm by DJ Steaw, and the drums from Pasteur Lappe’s track, More Sekele Movement.