Spill Tab: “Really a project between friends”

“My previous single covers were mostly photos, and for my first album, it all started with a desire to work with Alexandra Rizk, a friend who is a dentist, but also a painter. This record is really very collaborative. I think about ten producers must have participated in its creation. So I wanted to show that it was a project conceived between friends. When we started working, Angie wasn't finished, but I sent her the tracks so she could understand the atmosphere. We started by creating the single covers so that it would be coherent. This is the first time I've released a physical copy of my music, and I wanted it to be something I could keep and put on a wall.”

"We started with a photo that Alex used as a model. I think the album explores, among other things, the relationship between organic and digital, and it's a bit the same with the method we used. With Photoshop, we added small details—the scissors on the ground, the joints, the salmon—to create a bizarre impression and recall songs from the album. The fish, for example, refers to Angie. It's like a treasure hunt. Then she started looking for a base color, which, even if covered by other colors, sets the tone for the final painting. We started with a turquoise, between green and blue, a bit emotionally dark. She was very quick to create this painting, barely ten days, even though she's a full-time dentist!"

“I invited friends over to create a kind of scene, like a little party. It reminded me of the atmosphere when I was in college in New York, where weed wasn't legal and people only smoked in apartments. I think there's only one time marker, it's David in the top left who looks like he's on a phone, but it could be old. The goal was really to reflect the complexity of the album, the confusion that the music can give off.”