TRZTN and Karen O Lance Lawrence/K to the O Paris-based musician, composer, and producer TRZTN (Tristan Bechet) once worked with Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O on the soundtrack to the cute and stylish
Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack. It s safe to say the wold has gotten a little darker in the decade since that 209 release and, so too, has TRZTN s music. Today he and Karen O reunite on Hieroglyphs, a warped and murky song lifted from his forthcoming album,
Royal Dagger Ballet. Like much of
Royal Dagger Ballet, Hieroglyphs has a dream-like quality to it with synths and industrial drums clattering off of one another to create something both dissonant yet cinematic. O s vocals, often so urgent when fronting her explosive band, float delicately above the electronic sound design before being digitally manipulated into something more supernatural and bizarre.
Karen O. CREDIT: Rick Kern/WireImage.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’Karen O has teamed up with Paris-based musician TRZTN (aka Tristan Bechet) for his collaborative track ‘Hieroglyphs’.
In the electronic-heavy single, Bechet distorts O’s vocals, setting them against a soundscape of synths and industrial percussion and making for an ominous feel.
Watch the video, directed by Barnaby Roper and featuring dancer Victoria Dauberville, below:
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‘Hieroglyphs’ is lifted from TRZTN’s forthcoming album, ‘Royal Dagger Ballet’, set for release January 22. Other collaborators on the record include Interpol’s Paul Bank, Jonathan Bree, Surfbort’s Dani Miller, YESH, and Eiko Hara.