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Release Date Friday 26th September 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
Having worked together on his 2024 album Colours & Light, Project Gemini
aka Paul Osborne joins forces once again with Wendy Martinez, French singer
and composer, and also part of renowned psych-girl group Gloria on a new
collaborative EP
Landing on Mr Bongo, 'Time Stands Still / Le temps s'arrete' is a sonic exploration that
shows a shared love of the progressive music emanating out of France in the '60s and
'70s and the celebrated flm soundtrack composers of the time.
A more melodic and romantic excursion than Paul's previous recordings, this EP
marries his richly textured, cinematic psych rock with Martinez's captivating vocal
presence. A body of work born during the period Paul was fnishing up his last LP
Colours & Light, he penned an album's worth of instrumental library-style music and
had the idea of having Wendy add vocals and lyrics to a selection of them. The
instrumental record got scrapped, but thankfully 'Time Stands Still' grew out of it.
Paul was a fan of Wendy's work as both a solo artist and in the band Gloria, and her
inclusion on the Project Gemini tracks 'Entre chien et loup' & 'Extra Nuit' showed a
clear synergy to their musical approaches and sounds. For 'Time Stands Still' he sent
over instrumental tracks one by one, with Wendy taking time to fnd melodies and
French poetry she was happy with and returning her ideas from her home just outside
of Lyon.
Drawing inspiration from French soundtrack composers such as Francois de Roubaix,
Frances Lai and Michel Colombier, as well as French female artists including Leonie
and Laurence Vanay, these productions are a contemporary love letter to this sound,
not a homage. Mixing psych, folk, chanson, and French new wave, it's music that pulls
you in deeper, with groove, grit and passion at its core.
'Je n'ai plus peur' kicks things off with a sultry energy. It's a psych-funk production
drenched in attitude, swagger, and edge, which nods to the left- feld side of Serge
Gainsbourg's music. Elsewhere, 'Ame contre ame' feels like the opener from a
forgotten new-wave flm, managing to be at both beautiful yet sinister and longing.
'The Crawler' could be incidental music from the same flm, with Wendy using her
voice as an instrument layering the backing track as Paul's bass takes centre stage.
The ghostly spoken word of 'Ce qui est intact' echoes a funky version of what the
Theatre du Chene Noir d'Avignon may have recorded. A transportive journey 'Time
Stands Still' is nostalgic yet new in the same smoke-flled breath. Fuzzed-up guitars
and driving basslines meld with folk-leaning organs and mellotron vibrations to give
that eerie, otherworldly edge. All of which are seasoned by the sensuous, layered
vocal tones of Wendy Martinez, alongside crisp drums from Tony Coote and
considered percussive touches by Paul Elliot.
Tracks: Je n'ai plus peur / Ame contre ame / Crawler / Notre chambre / Ce qui est
intact / Ame contre ame (reprise)
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