Guess What Solar Boats

Mystery duet Guess What always seem to resurrect from the depths of the Outernational underground : after nearly twenty years of activity, "Solar Boats" is their 6th album, and their (mostly) instrumental tunes still pop and wizz through the air like groovy flying objects, while taking sonic exploration and fun space-related concepts ever further. Despite their obsession of appearing on stage in astronaut onesies and mystical masks, we do know who is responsible for this cosmic saga : drummer and beatmaker Luke Warmcop (Phat Dat, Orchestre du Montplaisant) and keyboardist Graham Mushnik (Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek). These two share a common love for specific styles of music such as Italian library, Afro-Caribbean grooves, Arabic pop, space-jazz – the list is long but this already says a lot about Guess What's identity. Then comes the conceptual aspect of their albums, which the duet take as a fun starting point rather than a poncy intellectual statement (even if they