C'mon Tigre's 'Racines' Blends Music and Visual Art in Vinyl-Artist Book

The Italian duo C'mon Tigre releases their second album 'Racines' as an artist book-vinyl, where each track is paired with original artworks by various artists. The album opens with 'Guide to Poison Tasting', a sonic narrative of a ménage à trois accompanied by Harri Peccinotti's nudes. Other contributors include Boogie with reportage photos from Kingston, Jamaica; Ericailcane's six-panel story of a flower; Mode 2's pencil-sketched bodies; and Stefano Ricci's oil pastels of a seaside swim. The band's music videos are also created by artists: the debut single 'Behold the Man', winner of the Queen Palm International Film Festival, features a 3D animation by Sic Est inspired by a 1969 Michael Moorcock novel. A forthcoming video for 'Underground Lovers' is an original animation by Gianluigi Toccafondo, drawing on Nobuyoshi Araki's imagery and raw underground aesthetics. The album features a constellation of musicians including Danny Ray Barragan (DRB), Pasquale Mirra, Beppe Scardino, Mirko Cisilino, Marco Frattini, and Alessandro Rinaldi, with vocal appearances by Mick Jenkins, Jessica Lurie, Amy Denio, and Tina Richerson. The project was supported by Giorgio de Mitri and BDC (Bonanni Del Rio Catalog). The band describes their process as starting with a visual cell before composing, seeking purity in collaboration with familiar artists.