Following their debut releases on Pont Neuf Records, including 'Tales Of Dancing Waters' and 'We Of The Sea', S-Pazz opens our senses with the beautiful EP, 'Birth Of Light'.
We've just had a 'revival' on Jazzanova with a major retrospective (see review HERE) but you could argue, they wouldn't have happened without Kruder & Dorfmeister who wouldn't have happened [insert your own influencial pre-decessors]. So, here's a duo, Nathan Mary and Grégoire Elkouby, that happen to be from Paris, that effortless follow in footsteps as they blend house, jazz, broken beat, ambient, OST (check 'My Heart' as a prime example of them at their elegant best).
We're told that they purposefully "infused it [the EP] with a wide range of influences, spanning different eras and cultures. ‘Birth of Light’ builds on the foundations laid with our first EP: crafting music at the crossroads of our respective influences, always driven by our love for cinematic soundscapes."
.And you know this is true from the opening track, 'Ce Matin-Là' that swims with strings (that have been arranged by Nathan's Dad) that matches the breif of Cinematic Orchestra, 4Hero, Bonobo. And the EP ends on a Tour-Maubourg remix of the same track which puts it in a bossa nova bag for DJ's to travel it around the beaches for flute-gang lovers.
'Together' talks about "different people”, whilst slipping into smooth jazz bruk whilst 'Bees Die After Stinging' gets more jazzy dub OST with harp touching on the recent Levitation Orchestras teritory (see review HERE). Talking of teritories, your equally not going to be surprised that St. Germain are also in the influencial mix which is where 'Ocean Reflections' fits and features the vocals of Claire Grunenberger to sing and Grégoire's noddling jazzy keys.
Whilst Grégoire focuses on his mult-instrumental/jazz-training and Nathan applied his DJ/beatmaking, it's clear that influenced by hip-hop and raised in a family of musicians. Their debut EP Tales of Dancing Waters (these guys have progressed since last years' 'Tales Of Dancing Waters' and under the overview of Point Neuf Records, light is born.
BUY LINK / PRE-ORDER: https://spazz.bfan.link/birth-of-light
Artist: S-Pazz
Title: Birth Of Light EP
Release date: 28th November, 2025
Label: Pont Neuf Records
Cat. No: PN038
Format: 12" Black vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp
