With Love From Death Beach
Live at Gropius Bau
Conceived by
Casey Spooner
Directed by
MJ Harper and Casey Spooner
Starring
Gigi Spelsberg
Evan Hughes
Franco Tintori
João Tinen
Akke Visschers
Roberta Deflorio
Claudia Hill
John Andrews
Music composed, produced and mixed by Julian Stetter
Songs written and performed by Casey Spooner
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
Guest appearances by Franco Tintori and Rodrigo Peñafiel
The Radiance Sutras courtesy of Lorin Roche
Music made in partnership with Shelby Clark
Bronze sculpture made in cooperation with Noack Bildgiesserei and Noack Galerie
Lighting design by Hanna Kritten Tangsoo
Makeup by Naomi Gugler
Accessories by Akkesoir Management by Melanie Constein at Nest
Graphic design by Rikke Gersten Constein
Cover photography by El Dragos
Videography by Bjarne Meisel
Video editing by Stasys Žak
Special Thanks to Gropius Bau, Jenny Schlenzka, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nora-Swantje Almes, Elisa Maria Schmitt, Alexandra Philippovskaya, Georg Rulffes, Concrete, Rafael Mittermeier, Nest Model Management, Hans Krestel, Rafael Sergi, Bertie Carmineci, Noack Gallerie, Isabella Mannozzi, Gesa Zipp, Linus Lorenz, Hermann Noack, Anna Bogouchevskaia and Jared Siegel
😈MECANIMAUX - Que faut-il pour rendre ces mecs heureux? 🗣️Story time:
“I met Casey back in 2009. As a massive Fischerspooner fan, I had the opportunity to open for them in my hometown, Thessaloníki.
Meeting him was a huge deal for me and his open and welcoming personality made me feel so lucky, leading to a friendship and various collaborations through the years.
In June 2018, I was in Paris working with Lacquer. another favourite of mine since his 2003 hit “Behind.” We were recording a track in French around the idea of “Mecanimaux,” a wordplay on the primal, predatory nature of men acting like robotic animals hunting for pleasure.🤗
I saw Casey was in town, so he came by the studio. It was a dream come true to introduce two of my musical idols and have them work together. It was surreal recording a duet with my idol, and It got even more surreal when fashion icon @michelle_elie stopped by the next day to record the “hey” ad-libs along with Lacquer. It was a beautiful studio experience, but the project stayed “in the drawer” for years because the timing never felt right for any of us.
A few years later, I introduced Casey to Vangelis in NYC. Since then, we’ve remixed Casey’s solo work and the iconic “Emerge,” hung out on many occasions, and even performed together. We knew he had to be part of the album!
While Vangelis and I were shortlisting tracks around the concept of “What does it take to make these men happy?”, I shared this project with him. We decided to refresh it and include it! We are so happy to finally have Casey and Lacquer on board and share this bop with you! It’s a total full-circle moment.
I’m sharing some moments from the time capsule so you can see how we got here.
Love Tareq x”
MECANIMAUX is out now, taken from our debut album:
“What Does It Take To Make These Men Happy?”
Artwork by @braulioamado
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