Music News - Troy Kingi Releases last video from 'The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar' - 'First take Strut'
09 April 2021 - 0 Comments
Honoured to be Nominated for the Taite Music Prize 2021, for his latest album The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar, Troy Kingi releases the final video First Take Strut.
Watch First Take StrutTroy Kingi:
“It feels good to be able to release this video now. With the nomination for the Taite Music Award, the announcement of the Eden Park Gig, and being close to announcement of album number 5, I feel like I’m in a nice place.
This song is the first true collaboration (myself and Freddie) on the album, due mainly to it being so hard to decipher the lyrics from the tape recording.
I used my time on film sets and as an actor to mould a lot of the sentiment in this song. I can say though, that the chorus is 100 % Freddie’s lyrics, so the "first take" thing is probably more about Freddie trying to capture his songs in one go, something I relate to wholeheartedly.
In a way this video feels like a fitting send off - the end of the Freddie Cesar cycle as I move onto the next record. And as always - it’s a pleasure working with my homie Isaac Bell on the visual, he’s hit it out the park on this one"
THE GHOST OF FREDDIE CESAR
The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is Troy Kingi’s fourth installment in his 1O1O1O Series
(10 albums in 10 years in 10 genres). Brought to life by Troy Kingi & The Clutch, this record is Troy’s most personal work to date; one that invites the listener to share his journey as he combs through recollections of his father who disappeared while driving from Rotorua to Auckland at Christmas time in 2005.
Despite search efforts and sporadic reports of sightings, there has been no reliable trace of Troy’s biological father.
WHO IS FREDDIE CESAR?
Troy’s journey with The Ghost of Freddie Cesar begins in 2007. While going through his missing father’s belongings, Troy found a cassette tape: –
“It looked pretty old and had this hand-scribbled name, ‘Freddie Cesar’ on it, and on the back was just handwritten names of songs. I recognised some of the songs from my early childhood back when my parents were still together and started writing down the lyrics as a form of therapy. I must have forgotten it for a while – but sometime in 2010, I found the notebook of the songs again, but not the cassette tape, so that's when I decided to find out who Freddie Cesar was. It turns out there is very little out there about him which further compelled me to recreate something.”
“It’s kind of a dedication to my dad and Freddie Cesar, this album. Even though the lyrics aren't fully mine and the music’s not fully mine, I feel him when I’m singing these songs.”
Much of Freddie Cesar’s life remains a mystery, but listening to the lyrics, it becomes evident that Freddie Cesar may have been a Vietnam Vet, struggling with the issues of the day associated with that life: PTSD, drugs, alcohol, and his inability to settle back into civilian society. Troy’s interpretation of this time as a funk-filled landscape, paints an imagined picture of the life of Freddie Cesar – the closest to a realistic picture.
The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar - Troy Kingi and The Clutch
Out Now CD / LP through AAA Records/ Border and available on all digital platforms.
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