fka boursin

Luxuriate in the deep crates of Bristol’s FKA Boursin on their superb 90 minute mixtape for Berceuse Heroique’s flagship series, continuing from expert pickings by everyone from Carrier to Vladimir Ivkovic, Ghost Phone to Robert Beatty.

‘Cowboys Don't Cry’ wafts in off the back of a sought-after 12” for Accidental Meetings, providing a more in-depth expansion of their smoky, atmospheric aspects and offbeat, jazzy inspirations. It’s an ideal addition to BH’s acclaimed slew of tapes, slipping down very easily in its drowsy, romantic transition from chamber jazz and classical edgelands to a sliver of smudged deep house. In the process, the mix reflects their knack for conjuring immersive sorts of cool-heard euphoria from minimalist means in a manner akin to both sides of the Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles dichotomy, which as we all well know, are two sides of the same thing.

Their A-side invites to a purposefully slow-moving, gauzy swirl of chamber jazz classical and soulful vocal plumes,slipping into Lynchian downbeats and adult contemporary vibers, with some detours into country that alludes to the title of the tape, shoreing up in blurred bass of the sort we’d associate with downbeat Bristolia. The B-side feels to open a window and let the smoke clear out a bit, allowing for fresher lüften as they weave warm breezes of beatdown into serene keys and blunted deep house, reserving a very sweet twist in the tale.