“Daily giant”, the French touch of Bordeaux native Vincent Bestaven

Practical: the guy lives in the Bordeaux Bastide, a stone’s throw from his label, the precious Disques du paradis. Vincent Bestaven. For the first time in 15 years, the pianist and guitarist who is 42 years old, puts his marital status on the cover. And sings in French. Until then, he slipped into already exciting projects, such as the collectives Iceberg or Petit Phantom, Arthur Satan, Willis Drummond or Rudiger. And also anglicized the more solo adventure Botibol (3 albums, 2 EPs, 3 mixtapes).

“My musical midlife crisis,” smiles the haired man in front of the coffee. “I felt like I had explored my Anglo-Saxon world, basically English and American songwriting. My last mixtape version Botibol, was already in French: “And that it remains a party”, recorded between 12/31/2020 and 01/01/2021…” Sweet whimsical. “Singing in your language is less hiding. In the strings of his guitar, the bossa that we already tasted on “The islands” in 2012 returns here in quiet force, a Brazilian vein appreciated by the musician here, with Pierre Vassiliu, Nino Ferrer or François de Roubaix.

Laziness-joyfulness

“The music is flashes that I work on a lot afterwards. » Afterwards, he lays down an airy pop, vocal harmonies and pampered brass instruments, mellotron spoiled on the keyboards side. Text section, the great reader of Prévert, Aragon but also of Christian Bobin, has the fine touch, the blurred image just enough to share without being self-centered. Love, travel, sensations, mysteries: we dive into them with delight, and a delicious laziness that wins us over. “Room with a view” by Salvador, 2024 version and Bestaven as Voyou’s musical brother.

Boxed between the Maison de la Bastide and the young Shorebreaker studio in Tarnos (40), flanked by a few friends (Mathieu Hauquier, Perrine Fériol, Fred Favre, Félix Buff and Antoine Philippe), this “Daily Giant” is the ointment dreamed of for all kinds of frost this season. And others.

“Daily Giant” (Paradise Records). CD, Vinyl and platforms.