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Midori Takada and Lafawndah | Le Renard Bleu vinyl

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w5jLRRGA.jpeg ![w5jLRRGA.jpeg](https://assets-global.website-files.com/62ee0bbe0c783a903ecc0ddb/6472b2ded948f9c3d4997468_w5jLRRGA.jpeg) After nearly 20 years of silence the composer Midori Takada reappeared to present a collaboration with the musician Lafawndah for a Kenzo produced film, Le Renard Bleu. Directed by Partel Oliva the film showcased krump artist Qwenga hypnotically dancing against the beautiful score. Now a vinyl of this ethereal soundtrack has just been release on K7. In honor of it’s release we got to spoke to Lafawndah about the project which saw the old and new worlds of avant garden colliding.    **How did you feel like working with Midori Takada knowing she hadn't release any music in almost 20 years?**  Anxious, excited, honored, blocked, freed.  **How did the collaboration come along ?** Partel Oliva, the filmmakers and creative directors at Kenzo at the time asked me if I'd be down to collaborate on a music piece with Midori Takada, which would be use as the point of departure for a film they would write around and about the music. I choked and when I was back to life, I said yes.  **You wrote the lyrics, what is your personal process of writing like?**  Depends. But for this project in particular there was a lot of special circumstances. One of them is, I don't really sing on other people's tracks. Just because what makes me wanna sing is to compose the music first. So I was a bit nervous about that. I also have never worked with someone who is such an inspiration to me. Also, she is the one who decided about the theme and asked me to write about it which is also unusual for me. Then, Partel Oliva are my favorite directors and the idea of making a piece of music for them to write a film was a lot of pressure. So I started reading a bunch of things about the fox in the Dogon mythology and also in Japanese folk and started to find a thread I was interested in, a point of view for the story and a feeling. Then I asked my partner Brian, to come help me cause I was blocked from all these impressive mountains I was surrounded by. He unblocked me and we wrote the lyrics together. **The title of the film is Le Renard Bleu meaning The Blue Fox in French, can you explain what does this fox represent?** Takada san is very interested in the Dogon mythology and in particular in the figure of the fox. People have different interpretation of it. For me it's the good chaos. It's the one who comes and destroys everything in order to start better, stronger, more intentionally. It's also a divination figure, the one who knows things we don't because it lives between two worlds so it can be used as an advise giver. It's just a different kinda wisdom you know, the chaotic wisdom. **What are you working on next?** Music more music more and more music, a film, a documentary, a performance, a recipe book, a line of cosmetics, a dance movement. a lot of exciting things coming your way!  _Le Renard Bleu_ by Midori Takada and Lafawndah is available on vinyl now * * * Written by BJ Panda Bear Interview by Agathe Pinard Photos courtesy of Kenzo