Music Artists You Should Know: Kazy Lambist — for fans of Daft Punk, Air, and Giorgio Moroder

Tinged with various corners of electronic music, artist and producer Kazy Lambist is showing he’s just getting started despite an already successful career with his newest EP, L’intranquillité, out via Cinq 7 / Wagram Music. In a few days, he will be playing in LA at Lodge Room on June 30.

Arthur Dubreucq, the mind behind Kazy Lambist, first made waves in his native France during the second half of the 2010s with singles like “Doing Yoga” and “Love Song,” which established him as the next evolutionary step for electro-pop in large part because of his genre-bending sensibilities.

Prior to beginning his music career, Dubreucq had grown up around disco and house music. These two genres, as well as many others, would inform his later work and inspire him to pick up the piano and guitar in his childhood and teen years, respectively.

The EP is his latest offering after Moda, his sophomore follow-up to 2018’s 33 000 FT. – a lightning-in-a-bottle moment that came when Dubreucq’s SoundCloud page suddenly exploded. While 33 000 FT. found him working with sonic textures reminiscent of popular EDM at the time, Moda allowed him to have a homecoming of sorts, returning to the music he was surrounded by in his youth.

Artists like Daft Punk and Air, in particular, come to mind, albeit with Dubreucq leaving his own imprint that’s apparent through creative choices such as employing fast-paced disco rhythms and turning to the Turkish language rather than English. “Moda Disko” encapsulates the spirit of Moda, with its free-spirited nature complemented by the production that sounds like a Giorgio Moroder work made for the modern age.

As for L’intranquillité, it takes the easygoing energy heard on Moda and spins it through the EP’s calm, sunny atmosphere. “Honeymoon,” a duet between Dubreucq and singer Julietta, lets the dreamy instruments wash over the two’s vocals. Compared to his past work, “Honeymoon” and the rest of L’intranquillité is Dubreucq reveling in his newfound sound and letting loose, unafraid to push further into the fusion of electronic and dance music.

Despite the considerable gap in time between 33 000 FT. and Moda, Dubreucq’s recent work is what happens when an artist finds their voice after a sudden influx in popularity, using the attention as a launch for exploring new ideas and pushing the envelope in the genres that his Kazy Lambist project encompasses.

L’intranquillité by Kazy Lambist is out on streaming services. For more on new music and tickets to upcoming shows, including an LA date at Lodge Room on June 30, follow him on Instagram.