Quiet Elevation

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Item Details

Genre

Dance & Soul

Catalogue Number

AKR14

Number of Discs

Label

Lawson Entertainment, Inc.(HMV record shop)

Release Country

Japan

Format

Vinyl

Product Description

Lex (de Kalhex) is a French beatmaker and MC/producer of the hip-hop group Kalhex. When he came to Japan at the end of last year, he performed live with the legendary Canadian MC Mathematik (Down Ta ERF), which became a hot topic. Lex (de Kalhex) has been actively working, producing songs on Mathematik's latest album, and his eighth solo instrumental album has been released on LP!

The title of this album, "Quiet Elevation" refers to the inner and active musical experience of listening to music, in contrast to the trend of "chill" beats. It is his own approach to music that is not just something to listen to these days, but music that you can listen to carefully.

The title itself also reflects the artist's interest in apparel, and is a word play on the recent fashion style (quiet luxury/casual elevation). "Modest elegance","refined simplicity" and "high-quality materials" are titles unique to him, who lives in Paris and has deep ties to the apparel industry, and they are also related to Lex (de Kalhex)'s music. The seemingly quiet and mellow vibes create a wonderful harmony with Lex's (de Kalhex) heavy drums, and he is always exploring new tempos. It is never flashy, but it expresses his music with a sophisticated simplicity, and it represents his unique deep and meditative sound that he has been sublimating since 2011.

In addition to being a musician, he has also been working as a visual artist for over 15 years under the name Alex Besikian. He has held many solo exhibitions in Japan, and is close friends with one of Japan's leading graphic artists, Keiji Ito, to the point of holding solo exhibitions and presenting collaborative works. He has also been active as a visual artist, recently releasing collaborative items with the Japanese brand "Sillage". This album is also the first work that combines his drawing works with music.

Profile
Alex Besikian aka Lex (de Kalhex) is a visual artist, music producer, and MC from Paris, France. Lex is a co-founder of Paris' Akromegalie Records (established in 2008) and a member of the French hip-hop group Kalhex. Since 2011, he has been active as a solo instrumental producer, and in Japan, his work has been featured on Toru Hashimoto's compilation "Surburbia's Urban-Mellow FM 77.4" (2014) and Radio Juicy's "The Chronic" (2017). In the past, Lex has collaborated with Grap Luva and Rob-O (Pete Rock's younger brother), Dday One, Nujabes's close friend Shing02 and Hiroto Uyama, and more recently, Toronto's legendary MC Mathematik (Down Ta Erf). Since 2013, Takumi Koizumi (roph recordings / rockwell product shop) (Hydeout Productions/former manager of Nujabes) has been his representative in Japan, and he has been performing regularly in Japan and Europe for over 10 years.