News update: DEEWEE 076 MARIE DAVIDSON – CONTRARIAN

Marie Davidson has announced her upcoming album ‘City Of Clowns’ with a new single, ‘Contrarian’. A limited white label 12″, DEEWEE 076, is now available for preorder on the DEEWEE store.

From the press release:

Marie Davidson releases her latest single “Contrarian,” co-produced with Pierre Guerineau and Soulwax. An all-out onslaught of raw circuitry and electronics, “Contrarian” might just be one of Davidson’s finest club cuts to date. 

In her own words:

Note #6: Why Clowns?

Hi, I hope this finds you well. Today, I’m writing to share personal information about my craft. After a couple of years composing, doubting, questioning, breaking and rebuilding, I will finally announce my next album, City Of Clowns tomorrow, with a new single, Contrarian.

But tomorrow is tomorrow, so let’s start with today. The things I share with you here are always personal, exclusive, yet non-transactional. I truly appreciate you subscribing to this newsletter, it’s the space I’ve created to escape from social media from time to time. I cherish the relationship I’m building with you through words.

Let’s get into it, what’s up with the clowns?

I never thought that one day I would name an album City Of Clowns. For the longest time, I didn’t understand what the whole concept of clowns was and what it represents. I was slightly repulsed by it, I thought it was ridiculous, possibly because I was scared to be ridiculous myself, and I found the aesthetics related to it more or less grotesque. This has changed, but let me go back in time for a second.

Growing up, I didn’t have a great sense of humour. I was a “head in the clouds” dreamer type of child, blazée teenager sleeping in the back of the classroom, then later in life I became a wild party girl, going in and out of several depressions, often flirting with suicidal thoughts. I wasn’t the kind of girl you’d take on a date for the laughs.

I don’t recall when I cracked my first good joke, but it’s not that long ago. Somewhere in my late twenties. What I’m sure of is that when I started taking myself less seriously, there was no way back. Eventually, I began to take social structures even less seriously, burnt bridges and found my people: the outsiders, the outlaws, the misfits, the non-fashionable and the daring souls.

Over the past 8 months, I’ve been traveling a lot, spending more time in transit than at home. This gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of wild people. Many I’ve connected with won’t read this note, but some of you might. I met entertainers, exiled, addicts, undocumented, homeless, people who had lost their faith to find a new path in life, freaks, loners, jokers etc. What kept coming back in the conversations is that a lot of us can’t seem to find their place in this world. People feel helpless, others are slightly more optimistic but still claim that they don’t belong. A lot feel isolated.

Clowns like to laugh.

I like to think that most people have a clown inside of them. Some are funny, some are twisted, some are dark, some are sad. Nevertheless, the clown is the part of us that is dying to be seen, for better or worse. To be fully seen for what they are. The spirit of the clown will make one walk up on a stage to do something risky, even if that leads to potentially being ridiculed. Clowns are shifters and tricksters, this is why I now identify with them. Is it a coping mechanism or is it just my true nature? I don’t know, and I don’t need to know.

My interest in the archetype of the clown has nothing to do with costumes and looks. Although I find the world of circuses, as much as Juggalo culture fascinating, I’m not trying to embody that. It wouldn’t be honest, I’m not that type of clown. What I’ve been trying to do is channel what has been repressed in me, turn it upside down and offer it to you in the form of words and sounds.

Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing Contrarian, the next single from City Of Clowns. This album is very special because it was co-produced with some of the people I love the most in the world: Pierre Guerineau, David & Stephen Dewaele (aka Soulwax). It’s been a long journey since I conceived a full LP and I can’t wait to share the whole thing with you. There are a few hot topics on the record, but I will reveal them one by one. Today, I wanted to reflect on my intentions about City Of Clowns. Finally, I want to thank Nadine Fraczkowski for having the brilliant idea to go shoot the artwork in Atlantic City, USA. Through her lens, this twisted imaginary place that only existed in my mind became vivid and real.

I know I’ve contradicted myself many times since I’ve put out music and have become a public person. I don’t see that as a problem. To me, allowing oneself to sometimes be incoherent is part of the creative process. What we are today might not exactly be what we’ll become a few years later. After such a long time not delivering a proper club track, here is one for you.

Contrarian is a bit silly. It’s DJ friendly, it’s been one of my highlights to play LIVE, especially using a 303 (TD-3-SR, but who cares?). It’s also fun to run too! Make it what you will, once it’s out, it doesn’t belong to me anymore.

Sincerely,

– Marie 


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