Bahman with an H (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Kinkajous - Running Circle Records [RNCL10]
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Bahman with an H (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Kinkajous

A 6 track film soundtracks album (18m 42s) — released November 20th 2025 on Running Circle Records

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There's a timelessness to Kinkajous' score of Sam Motazedi's new short film,Bahman with an H. The London-based project – led by Benoit Parmentier and Adrien Cau – has gained a reputation for exploring the outer limits of jazz and electronics, themselves cartographers of an ambient, hard-to-charter cinematic space. But here, their minimalism has never sounded so masterful, with echoes of Jon Hassell and Nala Sinephro.

The 18-minute composition draws from a delicate triad of piano, saxophone and drums, with Parmentier's electronics bedding a fragile psychological topography that's always shifting and unclear. Motazedi's film doesn't centre on an identity crisis, but inhabits a liminal space where perception is porous, and reality a constant reinterpretation. In response, Kinkajous writes music that moves carefully and without resolution. This is a rare kind of film score - one that's both tethered and untethered to the original work, and opens a multitude of new worlds with every listen.

‘Finding that beautiful space between film score and jazz compositions’ - Sian Eleri Selector Radio

‘So glorious - Sian Eleri BBC Radio 1

Very, very gorgeous thing - Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6Music

‘A real ethereal journey’ - Tony Minvielle Jazz FM

‘a world to be dissolved into’ - CLASH

‘One of the most distinct and intriguing collectives around’ - EFG London Jazz Festival

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