Thalassophobia

Nicolas Bougaïeff releases first single out of his debut album on Mute (April 2020)

Along with a music video by SIFON Graphisme, ‚Thalassophobia‘ is out now, teasing the digital and vinyl release of Nicolas’s debut album on Mute Records ‚The Upward Spiral‘ on July 24th :

Listen to the first track launched, whose nosebleed kicks and synth bleeps betray the track’s deeper meaning: “It’s about looking inwards. It’s a Greek word that means fear of depth, actually, literally it’s fear of water, but it’s the fear of unfathomable depths,” he explains. “I’m pointing to the fear of depths; both literal and metaphorical. It’s a beautiful word that has attracted me going back years.”

Watch and listen to the full music video below: