Paul Kalkbrenner has teamed up with Belgian artist Stromae on the track Que Ce Soit Clair, the second release from his forthcoming album The Essence, due out this autumn via B1/Sony Music.
Having already featured in Kalkbrenner’s festival and club performances, the track isn’t the first time that he has worked with Stromae, previously remixing his track Te Quiero back in 2009.
Que Ce Soit Clair translates as ‘Just to be clear’, with the video for the track, directed by Kelzang Ravach of Temple Caché, featuring Stromae arriving at a party hosted by Kalkbrenner in Berlin, with first-person immersion, shifting canvases, and morphing imagery used to blur the line between reality and abstraction. Kalkbrenner appears in the video as a form of ‘sonic architect’, shaping the atmosphere with his gestures.
“It reminded me of nights I experienced in Berlin — pushing a door without knowing where it would lead,” the director says of the video. “You find yourself in the middle of something, feeling the energy unfold around you. That’s how I wanted the audience to discover this party: at once inside it and watching it, until Stromae appears, like a reveal, and we realise we’ve been seeing it through his eyes all along.”
On his forthcoming album, The Essence, Kalkbrenner commented, “This is an album I can truly stand behind. I consider it my best. Sure, there may be more well-known hits on my other albums, but there were always two or three filler tracks. This one doesn’t have a single filler. Not even a filler moment!” You can pre-order the new album here.
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