Gabe 'Nandez & Preservation
Sortilège
2025 年間ベストで
Treble が37位に選出
ニューオーリンズのビート職人Preservation
と
ニューヨークのラッパー Gabe 'Nandez
によるコラボ
Sortilège, French for “spell” or foretelling through chance, opens like a conjuration. Gabe ‘Nandez and Preservation first connected on Aethiopes, where Nandez appeared on the track ‘Sauvage’. That spark became the foundation for this record. Drawing from Malian dust, Argentine shadows, and New York cadence, the album immediately conjures a world both familiar and uncanny, a liminal space where the past and present collide.
The opener, ‘Harmattan’, drifts with the grain of Ali Farka Touré, evoking Saharan winds that carry dust across West Africa. Nandez steps in as the alchemist, weighing words like rare metals, seeking the perfect alloy of myth, politics, and survival. ‘Spire’ rises like its namesake tower, a meditation on sobriety and vigilance, while ‘Shadowstep’ channels MF DOOM’s masked spirit through riddles and rhythm, bending the listener’s attention toward nuance and subtle menace.