Our friend Sicaa (UC03 – UC05) gathered 10 meaningful tracks he made between 2013 and 2015 in a digital album called The Source, released earlier this month.
Some words from the label :
« We are excited to present to you ‘The source’, the last work from our newly featured French Music Producer SICAA. Now 28 years old, he’s been developing his musical awareness since the age of 5 and […]
Every song is a story in itself. Cultures. Mindsets. Relationships. Artists. Videogames.
These are his influence.
This is The Source, of his inspiration.
As he puts it: “I wouldn’t be able to do what I do without my Sources.”
This EP represents keystone events of SICAA’s life between 2013 & 2015. »
And some words from Sicaa :
This one is the intro, so it had to be the most personal track of the album. The first part, which was called ‘What We Are’ at the very beginning is kind of a self portrait, a 144bpm beat which drives through a chaotic ambiance, forcing the song structure to match and adapt on the breaks and drops. The second part which start at 2’00 is dedicated to my father, Jef Sicard. I wanted to write a beautiful arrangement for him, using vocals in the way of Ennio Morricone (who i know he loves a lot) and working with the first part structure to paint a jazzy and poetic landscape, which reminded me a lot the way my dad works with arrangements. If you listen with both ears you can hear a chorus from him (alto sax) in the second part intro.
The second title of The Source is dedicated to the girl with who i spent this last year. The first date we had was just perfect and mesmerizing, like time as stopped just for us. It kept going for 39 hours (which was the first title). The day after, i was so happy that i started to write this tune, i was coming from a really bad period of my life, and the contrast was so intense, i was just submerged by inspiration, and ideas were flowing like never. You can picture the track as our date, meeting, then flirting during the first part, and making out during the second part. We were so connected it felt like we passed one year in a day, and already knew each other. So i finally named the track Years Like Days. This one means a lot.
#3 ‘Only You’
‘Only You’ is about the feeling that no one else can get your attention when you’re in love with someone. Just like if there was room for no other in your heart. It is actually quite close from an obsessive feeling… and love can drive you close to madness sometimes, so i wanted to write something obsessive, but also sweet and lovely, i worked some time on that melody, to finally find the proper arrangement. The first edit was longer, including a violent dubstep part at the half of the track, but it was a bit too much for a love song, so i finally removed it. The first and full title of this theme was ‘Only You Can Blow My Mind’.
#4 ‘Time Shift’
This one is the oldest track from the Lp. I actually was recording a podcast, and needed one track to match with the ‘Even Bears’ by Kuhn (which i love soooo much!), so i started to work on a midtempo track, and it came clear very quickly that it needed some major contrast to match with the awsome melody of ‘Even Bears’, so i had that idea to mix-up ethnic vocals with sci-fi oriented elements to create a kind of time bridge with past and future. Just try to mix em both together, hell of a combo.
More details on the following tracks : Follow Sicaa on Facebook.