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Babatell Releases A Sonic Universe Realm of Boundless Experimentation and Audacious Exploration on New Album ‘Selftalks’
Babatell’s personal ideal way of living as an artist is to be the most known unknown. He is able to produce music with musicians from all over the world but still remains mysterious and has the privacy that he needs in order to create. He considers himself as a creator of art, not content.
Introducing Babatell, an independent record producer and artist whose creations are as enigmatic as they are genre-defying. Hailing from Dortmund, Germany, Babatell has transcended conventional norms, crafting a unique identity characterized by his unyielding commitment to artistic integrity. With a diverse range of talents, Babatell not only mesmerizes as a producer but also captivates as a vocalist and DJ.
Babatell’s sonic universe is a realm of boundless experimentation and audacious exploration. His music defies categorization, right now blending elements of Alternative Hip-Hop, Afrofuturism, and Electronica. Synthesizers and bass-sonics interplay with distorted and reverberating vocals, creating an otherworldly ambiance that resonates deeply with his audience. Whether through the introspective echoes of his vocals or the pulsating beats of his production, Babatell’s sound is an immersive experience that defies easy classification.
The executive produced the first studio album, Selftalks, means explores inner dialogues. This concept album delves into the nuances of human existence and the intricate conversations we have with ourselves. Selftalks, isn’t just an album; it’s a mirror that reflects the cacophony of emotions, thoughts, and uncertainties that define our lives. Through raw and hauntingly beautiful tracks, Babatell invites listeners to explore the uncharted territory of their inner worlds. And at the same time, it’s a deeply personal journey. The album embraces the fluidity of human emotions and experiences, touching on themes of love, doubt, hope, and frustration. With an intentional blend of melodies, rhythms, and thought-provoking lyrics, Babatell weaves a sonic tapestry that is both cathartic and transformative. Every track is a testament to his commitment to authenticity and creative freedom.
The focus track ‘Superego’, was created as a stand-out track almost as a manifestation of his future self: Telling the world that one may break down the mental walls that surround the full potential of one’s self and set it free. The song was created in his basement studio, as well as the entire album. Although this was the rough idea that he had in mind, he mostly created by trying random things and not conceptualizing too much before creating. This way he also came up with ‘Superego’. The arrangement is changing and non-repetitive throughout the short song while the chants are, which is meant to show evolvement is achieved by repeating own affirmations.
Selftalks, serves as a beacon of his intention to delve deeper into the global music scene, and the album’s three accompanying videos, including the visually captivating double Intro video, add an immersive layer to the album’s narrative. As he introduces Selftalks to the world, he also envisions a future marked by continuous growth and artistic exploration. With plans to venture into interior design and fashion later in his career, Babatell’s creative journey is one characterized by an unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries and redefining the boundaries of artistry.
Babatell comments on the album, “It’s my way of saying that I don’t care if you understand what I do, I’m ahead of a lot of things creatively. Not that I know things better than other people or that I’m a more valuable person, but the music I do is very experimental and located at a different place than a lot of current music.”
Prepare to embark on an immersive auditory and emotional expedition as Babatell’s, Selftalks, takes you on a transcendent voyage through inner dialogues and sonic landscapes.
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Michele Ducci teases new album with uplifting indie single ‘Woman Like You’
Michele Ducci has unveiled the second single, ‘Woman Like You’, from his forthcoming album and animated film ‘Snail in the Clouds’.
‘Woman Like You’ pairs bright distorted electric guitar with an electronic drumbeat, adding in Ducci’s soulful vocals and a catchy uplifting chorus with Letizia Mandoleisi’s sweet vocal harmonies. A vintage organ pedalboard operated by Ducci simultaneously generates chords, bass and rhythm, like a one-man band. Shane Kennedy (Girl in the Year Above) joins in on guitar. Simon Milner (Is Tropical, Ysing) recorded and produced the track at his 4am Studios in London.
The album and film tell the story of a planet called ‘Snail’, inhabited by hybrids – primarily a mixture between scorpions, snails and humans – who lead a life according to the style of Pythagoras, devoted to music. There is also a cloud man named Agostos, a writer of musical operettas, who together with a talking smoke machine called Doctor Subtilis, begins to kill all hybrids, targeting in particular the hybrid musician Diodoros and his band, in an effort to steal the ark of melodies, an ancient ship that allows the whole planet to survive with music and joy.
The video for the single, created and animated by Ducci and Mandoleisi, delves further into the realm of planet ‘Snail’:
Says Ducci, “The ark of melodies, after various attempts, finally starts to work and fly in the planet Snail, while the shady Doc. Sub. and Agostos, with their platoon of soldiers made of foggy smoke, spy the miracle, planning to steal the ark for their evil and tyrannical purposes.”
About the track, Michele says, “I wrote this song for my love Letizia. Love seen from the mind is the sound we make. Sound is the love of matter.
We used a Technics synthesizer organ from a flea market. I tried to find a mood that was right for the song and I started using the bass of the pedal board together with the synth and the drums, and it was magical to hear the song reveal itself all coming from a single instrument. Leti was singing with me and we recorded everything live in one shot. Then we made Shane do the guitar flight, as if he came out of the window. The idea was to maintain disproportions, guitar thrust and synth drum thinness a la Haroumi Hosono, so as to create an estrangement, but naturally: it’s about how I listen, with close up something that captures me in its nuance as element of a larger orchestra somewhere. I’m glad we decided in the studio with Simon to use the layers of arrangement as the close-ups in the cinema; they look like strange enlargements that perch on parts of a mutated orchestra. I’m happy to come back with this love song at a time when everything seems to opt, even my labor in managing the flows of selfishness that have poured out on me while doing this album, for the sound of war. I’m here happy to be able to say that the sound of love always wins as did for me. Snail in the clouds is one of the most important works in my life and I am glad to start from pure love for this album that is my son.”
The album and full-length film will be released on the 5th of June on Monotreme Records.
Michele and Letizia’s previous musical short film, ‘The Great Book of Nature’, is an official selection for the 2026 Venice Shorts Film Festival.

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