GHOULS | VINYL RECORD (LP)
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GHOULS | VINYL RECORD (LP)
Product DESCRIPTION
Release Date: 11/14/2025
Bastien Keb, First Word Records are very proud to bring you 'Ghouls', the 6th studio album from Bastien Keb. Through the reflective and introspective multi-mood journey of it's 19-tracks, this album spans psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, Ethio-jazz, and ethereal ambience. Part soundtrack, part beat-tape, part memoir, this is a dreamlike soundscape sewn together from half-forgotten memories & late night breakdowns. Entirely sample-free, this album is full to the brim with musical experimentation, with Keb's compulsion to make all the individual pieces of music independently; combining strings, harps, saxophones, theremins, clarinets, flutes and trumpets. He signals to the fuzzy, nostalgic nebulous of mid '90s skate videos, as well as harking back to the scores & moods of movies like 'The French Connection', 'Taxi Driver', 'The Warriors', and 'La Haine'. There are whispers of sounds in the air from jazz clubs, street preachers & Turkish restaurants. Keb describes the sonic experience of this album simply as this... 'You're half awake, and half asleep, but you're warm... ' For this 19-track opus, Keb is joined extensively by Malik Ameer Crumpler; a poet, composer, editor and professor based in Paris, who's been involved in numerous albums while writing for various forms of experimental media. A multi-instrumentalist originally from the Midlands, Bastien Keb (aka Sebastian Jones) previously released his highly-acclaimed album '22.02.85' on First Word back in 2017; this new album being a very welcome return to the Worldwide Award-winning UK independent label. His music has been widely supported across BBC Radio in the past by DJs including Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, Huw Stephens, Jamie Cullum, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs, Nemone and Tom Ravenscroft. This is in addition to glowing press reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, The Guardian and The Line Of Best Fit. He's built up a steady fanbase through his extensive catalogue over the years, with material for labels like Def Presse, Gearbox, One-Handed Music and most recently for Shabaka Hutchings' Native Rebel Recordings imprint, on a collaborative project with South London's Confucius MC (Speakers Corner Quartet). Keb concludes 'this record is for anyone feeling lost in a world that seems to have lost itself without knowing it. It's for the people who know that the world is missing the beauty of the lights in the distance, whilst being distracted by new shoes and flashy phones...' Tracklisting: A1. Prologue (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) A2. Nighthawks A3. Play Dead (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) A4. Queen of Cats A5. The City is Beautiful (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) A6. Nightbus A7. Organ / Lucid (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) A8. Apres Minuit (feat. Mark Millington) A9. West (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) B1. Chapter 1 - A Boy B2. Ghouls B3. North B4. Chapter 2 - A Party B5. Chapter 3 - A Girl B6. A Ghost's Lament (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) B7. Chapter 4 - A Monster B8. Moonlight B9. Chapter 5 - A Home B10. Orca / Burial
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Product DESCRIPTION
Release Date: 11/14/2025
Bastien Keb, First Word Records are very proud to bring you 'Ghouls', the 6th studio album from Bastien Keb. Through the reflective and introspective multi-mood journey of it's 19-tracks, this album spans psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, Ethio-jazz, and ethereal ambience. Part soundtrack, part beat-tape, part memoir, this is a dreamlike soundscape sewn together from half-forgotten memories & late night breakdowns. Entirely sample-free, this album is full to the brim with musical experimentation, with Keb's compulsion to make all the individual pieces of music independently; combining strings, harps, saxophones, theremins, clarinets, flutes and trumpets. He signals to the fuzzy, nostalgic nebulous of mid '90s skate videos, as well as harking back to the scores & moods of movies like 'The French Connection', 'Taxi Driver', 'The Warriors', and 'La Haine'. There are whispers of sounds in the air from jazz clubs, street preachers & Turkish restaurants. Keb describes the sonic experience of this album simply as this... 'You're half awake, and half asleep, but you're warm... ' For this 19-track opus, Keb is joined extensively by Malik Ameer Crumpler; a poet, composer, editor and professor based in Paris, who's been involved in numerous albums while writing for various forms of experimental media. A multi-instrumentalist originally from the Midlands, Bastien Keb (aka Sebastian Jones) previously released his highly-acclaimed album '22.02.85' on First Word back in 2017; this new album being a very welcome return to the Worldwide Award-winning UK independent label. His music has been widely supported across BBC Radio in the past by DJs including Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, Huw Stephens, Jamie Cullum, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs, Nemone and Tom Ravenscroft. This is in addition to glowing press reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, The Guardian and The Line Of Best Fit. He's built up a steady fanbase through his extensive catalogue over the years, with material for labels like Def Presse, Gearbox, One-Handed Music and most recently for Shabaka Hutchings' Native Rebel Recordings imprint, on a collaborative project with South London's Confucius MC (Speakers Corner Quartet). Keb concludes 'this record is for anyone feeling lost in a world that seems to have lost itself without knowing it. It's for the people who know that the world is missing the beauty of the lights in the distance, whilst being distracted by new shoes and flashy phones...' Tracklisting: A1. Prologue (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) A2. Nighthawks A3. Play Dead (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) A4. Queen of Cats A5. The City is Beautiful (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) A6. Nightbus A7. Organ / Lucid (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) A8. Apres Minuit (feat. Mark Millington) A9. West (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) B1. Chapter 1 - A Boy B2. Ghouls B3. North B4. Chapter 2 - A Party B5. Chapter 3 - A Girl B6. A Ghost's Lament (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) B7. Chapter 4 - A Monster B8. Moonlight B9. Chapter 5 - A Home B10. Orca / Burial
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Shipping Policy
In Stock Items
Items marked as In Stock typically ship within 2–5 business days.
Once your order ships, you’ll receive tracking information by email.
Backordered Items
Some items may be available on Backorder if inventory is temporarily unavailable.
When purchasing a backordered item:
- Payment is collected at checkout
- Your order secures a place in the fulfillment queue
- Items are fulfilled in the order they are purchased
Most backorders are fulfilled within approximately 3–6 months, though timelines may occasionally be longer depending on supplier manufacturing, distributor allocations, repress schedules, or inventory availability.
Backordered items may ship separately from other items in your order.
You can monitor, manage, or cancel eligible unfulfilled backordered items anytime through your customer account portal.
Preorder Items
Preorder items are upcoming releases scheduled to ship on or around the official release date provided by the label or distributor.
Release dates may occasionally change due to manufacturing or supplier delays.
Preorder items follow the same fulfillment and account management process as backordered items.
Additional Fulfillment Information
Orders containing multiple inventory types may ship separately as items become available.
Estimated fulfillment timelines are provided as general estimates only and are not guaranteed.
When will I receive a tracking number?
We provide tracking for every order. Tracking will be available once your product is shipped. All of our products are shipped out of our warehouse in Westlake Village, CA. You can track your order through your account on our website, via any of the shipping confirmation emails we've sent you, or through the Shop App.
Can I cancel my order?
Customers may cancel eligible unfulfilled items at any time before they enter the shipping process directly through their customer account portal. Once an item has entered shipment processing or has shipped, it becomes subject to our standard Returns & Refund Policy.
