About this item

The debut release from Lil Ronin
RIYL - Hype Williams, Malibu, Drain Gang, Simo Cell.

Getting You Back to the Game of Life Records’ opening release, ‘Comme Des Mots’ LP is a journey through diverse sonic textures and energies from label-founder Lil Ronin.

Getting You Back to the Game of Life Records is the headline of a physical and mental health therapy center. Casually popped in your conscience from an advertising board. But what is the game of life? This label could be that space to get you back, to forget and perhaps find a form of youthful innocence again.

As a first solo project Lil Ronin freely experimented between different influences and genres that present his intimate universes, juggling with abstract, ballad and more dancefloor music, mostly recorded in Parisian suburb Alfortville between 2022 and 2024.

‘Comme des mots’ means ‘like words’ and evokes the ambiguous presence of his voice in the album, hidden in different characters, sometimes raving other times being conscious. Finally becoming a schizophrenic presence guiding you for the trip.

The cover follows the same ambivalence showing a typography with a distinct message that loses its readability in abstraction. The record also includes an insert with a childhood photo of Lil Ronin.

The LP was mastered in Paris by artist and engineer Krikor KOUCHIAN,
(past works for Simo Cell, Maoupa Mazzocchetti, Tolouse Low Trax…);
The design was created by sculptor artist and designer Marie-Mam-Sai BELLIER (past works for Erwan Sene’s JUnQ LP - PAN record, Zulu’s Hear The Sound Of My Feet - Association fatale etc.). The handmade drawings are by Vincent BENTOLILA (associated with the ‘Isengard’ label and parties in Brussels). The cover was handmade through silk-screen printing by the Lyon-based printer Olivier BRAL (whose past projects include Brigade Cynophile, Ateliers Dénudés, and Megabasse).

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A beautifully intriguing and intimate piece of modern electronica with nuances of experimental synth pop a la Sophie or the futurist sophistication of South Korean artist Yetsuby.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Monday
A2. Edge
A3. Comme Des Mots
A4. Katerina Star
B1.timbaland
B2. California Gate
B3. Chinagora
B4. Quelqu’un Aurait Vu Mes Lunettes ?
B5. Happy End