Fred Berthet, Snem K - Totems & Tabous (2020)

The album "Totems & Tabous" (TNT for intimates) is an odyssey whose first step was taken a decade ago with the release of the song "Fate (l’obsession)" on the Marseille label La dame Noir records (LDN Records N°01).
Abandoning his nickname to appear under his "baptismal" name, Fred Berthet composed the instrumental. With refinement, Fred takes us into his eclectic and prodigiously rich musical universe. We find here the quality of composition of the troublemaker which appears refined, voluptuous, dark and throbbing like a boa going up the spine. The gently hypnotic bass lines combined with the accuracy and intelligence of the arrangements, where each element has found its place, force you to listen and respect.
Snem K.'s lyrics and voices dress this opus with a false simplicity. Playing on words and senses as some people play with a knife, the singer hits right on target. The verb is ironic, balanced, heavy in meaning and light in appearance. Rewriting the genesis as an apocryphal text, the author sets the tone from the introduction. To our lost paradises!