← more from
First Word Records
  1. music
  2. merch
  3. video
  4. community

GHOULS

by Bastien Keb

supported by
reizender typ
reizender typ thumbnail
nofatclips
nofatclips thumbnail
Jason A Buss
Jason A Buss thumbnail
Wildness
Wildness thumbnail
danm91
danm91 thumbnail
iridescent_cicada
iridescent_cicada thumbnail
Le Renard
Le Renard thumbnail
privatestyler
privatestyler thumbnail
Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert thumbnail
GNOMESH1T🦁
GNOMESH1T🦁 thumbnail
Emmanuel Sackey
Emmanuel Sackey thumbnail
araweelo
araweelo thumbnail
StephenBudd
StephenBudd thumbnail
Pedrodalei
Pedrodalei thumbnail
Miguel Díaz Fernández
Miguel Díaz Fernández thumbnail
ericone
ericone thumbnail
Ryan Evans HTX
Ryan Evans HTX thumbnail
Basti
Basti thumbnail
Groovin' Mickey G
Groovin' Mickey G thumbnail
rusty1973
rusty1973 thumbnail
SoulandJazz
SoulandJazz thumbnail
wbishop97
wbishop97 thumbnail
peebbeats
peebbeats thumbnail
Adam Leivers
Adam Leivers thumbnail
Andrew Hickford
Andrew Hickford thumbnail
woejebster
woejebster thumbnail
phunkyflavas
phunkyflavas thumbnail
djnautilus61
djnautilus61 thumbnail
Toniolamachine
Toniolamachine thumbnail
Damian Carter
Damian Carter thumbnail
keiron tweedy
keiron tweedy thumbnail
Luke S
Luke S thumbnail
GDS.FM
GDS.FM thumbnail
pqjd
pqjd thumbnail
Mankyy
Mankyy thumbnail
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon thumbnail
tobermeier
tobermeier thumbnail
roadkill
roadkill thumbnail
Avery K
Avery K thumbnail
seattlantis
seattlantis thumbnail
Chandler Altman
Chandler Altman thumbnail
Roy Michael Tricksey
Roy Michael Tricksey thumbnail
Globalmitch
Globalmitch thumbnail
C M DUNN
C M DUNN thumbnail
Aveshan Govender
Aveshan Govender thumbnail
idleirish
idleirish thumbnail
MrBpB
MrBpB thumbnail
Cro
Cro thumbnail
chris2008
chris2008 thumbnail
andrewridley
andrewridley thumbnail
kinako
kinako thumbnail
Howzee
Howzee thumbnail
pdisconaut
pdisconaut thumbnail
Sam Tweaks
Sam Tweaks thumbnail
Dan Tolomeo
Dan Tolomeo thumbnail
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams thumbnail
James G
James G thumbnail
John Farrar
John Farrar thumbnail
Dai Don't Sleep!
Dai Don't Sleep! thumbnail
Eggshenbustour
Eggshenbustour thumbnail
more...
/

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of GHOULS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £24 GBP or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl version + Ghouls album cover Tee + Limited Edition Book
    Printed on AS Colour Classic T-Shirt (5026) - White or Black
    Check Size Guide Picture for measurements
    Limited to 25 of each colour

    Ghouls is a 39-page, limited-edition art book that blurs the line between album and gallery. Curated by Bastien Keb and Malik Ameer Crumpler, it pairs poems and lyrics from the record with an international ensemble of hand-printed 20th-century photography, glitch digital imagery, and oil paintings by Onix Vanga, Samiera Abou-Nasr, Jonathan Finlayson, Anaïs Pourrouquet, Bastien Keb, and Malik Ameer Crumpler. More than a book, Ghouls is a rare, tactile exhibition you can hold in your hands.

    Includes unlimited streaming of GHOULS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 6 days
    edition of 50  9 remaining
    Purchasable with gift card

      £50 GBP or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

      £9 GBP  or more

     

  • Vinyl + T-Shirt Bundle
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl version + Ghouls album cover Tee
    Printed on AS Colour Classic T-Shirt (5026) - White or Black
    Check Size Guide Picture for measurements
    Limited to 25 of each colour

    Includes unlimited streaming of GHOULS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

    Sold Out
1.
Prologue (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) 01:29
buy track
2.
Nighthawks 03:52
buy track
3.
Play Dead (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) 02:29
buy track
4.
Queen of Cats 04:05
buy track
5.
The City Is Beautiful (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler & Mark Millington) 04:50
buy track
6.
Nightbus 3AM 02:30
buy track
7.
Organ / Lucid (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) 02:43
buy track
8.
Apres Minuit (feat. Mark Millington) 02:41
buy track
9.
West (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) 01:18
buy track
10.
Chapter 1 - A Boy 01:58
buy track
11.
Ghouls 02:47
buy track
12.
North 01:43
buy track
13.
Chapter 2 - A Party 01:41
buy track
14.
Chapter 3 - A Girl 01:33
buy track
15.
A Ghost's Lament (feat. Malik Ameer Crumpler) 02:09
buy track
16.
Chapter 4 - A Monster 00:49
buy track
17.
Moonlight 03:58
buy track
18.
Chapter 5 - A Home 01:26
buy track
19.
Orca / Burial 02:09
buy track

about

First Word Records are very proud to bring you 'Ghouls', the 6th studio album from Bastien Keb.

Through the reflective and introspective multi-mood journey of its 19-tracks, this album spans psychedelic-chamber-funk, warped anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, Ethio-jazz & ethereal ambience.

Part soundtrack, part beat-tape, part memoir, this is a dreamlike soundscape sewn together from half-forgotten memories & late night breakdowns.

Entirely sample-free, this album is full to the brim with musical experimentation, with Keb's compulsion to make all the individual pieces of music independently; combining strings, harps, saxophones, theremins, clarinets, flutes and trumpets.

He signals to the fuzzy, nostalgic nebulous of mid '90s skate videos, as well as harking back to the scores & moods of movies like The French Connection, Taxi Driver, The Warriors and La Haine. There are whispers of sounds in the air from jazz clubs, street preachers & Turkish restaurants.

Keb describes the sonic experience of this album simply as this… "You're half awake, and half asleep, but you're warm…"

For this 19-track opus, Keb is joined extensively by Malik Ameer Crumpler; a poet, composer, editor and professor based in Paris, who's been involved in numerous albums while writing for various forms of experimental media.

A multi-instrumentalist originally from the Midlands, Bastien Keb (aka Sebastian Jones) previously released his highly-acclaimed album '22.02.85' on First Word back in 2017; this new album being a very welcome return to the Worldwide Award-winning UK independent label.

His music has been widely supported across BBC Radio in the past by DJs including Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, Huw Stephens, Jamie Cullum, Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs, Nemone and Tom Ravenscroft. This is in addition to glowing press reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, The Guardian and The Line Of Best Fit.

He's built up a steady fanbase through his extensive catalogue over the years, with material for labels like Def Pressé, Gearbox, One-Handed Music and most recently for Shabaka Hutchings' Native Rebel Recordings imprint, on a collaborative project with South London's Confucius MC (Speakers Corner Quartet).

Keb concludes "this record is for anyone feeling lost in a world that seems to have lost itself without knowing it. It's for the people who know that the world is missing the beauty of the lights in the distance, whilst being distracted by new shoes and flashy phones..."

credits

released November 14, 2025

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bastien Keb image

Bastien Keb

Hearing whispers of sounds only the city makes, jazz clubs, street preachers, Turkish restaurants. All played live never any samples!

contact / help

Contact Bastien Keb

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Bastien Keb, you may also like: