Cargo Records

Keep It For Later

After a stretch of flamboyant shows, Namosh took a brief respite from the stage to focus on his new recordings. And the result is well worth the wait: his second long player, ‘Keep It For Later’, about to be unleashed on the (un)suspecting public, is a beautiful whirlwind of a record, although a touch softer than its precursor.

Here, Namosh twirls dreamlike, synthie-generated sound sequences into rhythmic bass lines, percussion and vocals, further enriched by the cello, brass and jazz guitar provided by a few select peers. Mixed by Thomas Stern (Crime & The City Solution, Einstürzende Neubauten), the album also boasts a rare collaboration with composer Peter Thomas (Jerry Cotton, Raumpatrouillie Orion) and Namosh’s first ever mainstream croon-fest: ‘Pleurer et Rire’ (Cry and Laugh). It was six years ago that the – then 21-year-old – Namosh E. Arslan first wowed the crowds with ‘Picked Up Floozy’. A rousing club hit for the early millennium, the pumping electro track – carried by Namosh’s smooth, yet curiously choppy vocals – still fills dancefloors around the world.

In a poll by Q magazine, the Icelandic queen of cool, Björk, voted Namosh’s ‘Cold Cream’ her favourite song. A tour de force and force of nature, Namosh’s live sets are leagues apart from the latest mainstream offerings.