Damon & Naomi with Chris Marker

by The Wire Magazine

Damon & Naomi with Chris Marker - And You Are There


This song is about the way time can compress when you are lost in a memory, something I have learned a lot about from Chris Marker’s work – his films (La Jetée, Sans Soleil), his writing (Immemory), his photographs.

When the song was finished, I sent it to Chris with a note – since his work had provided inspiration for the song, I wondered, might he in turn have a visual response to it? He sent back this image, with the note:

“Dunno if it fits your pretty proustian melancholy, but I thought it could... And thanks for linking me to music, the only real art for me as you know (cinema? you kiddin’...)”

— Naomi Yang, 2011 (via Wire Magazine)

Damon & Naomi - Walking Backwards

The new Damon & Naomi "False Beats and True Hearts" will be released in May by 20/20/20 in the US, Broken Horse (UK), and P-Vine Records (Japan).

"False Beats and True Hearts"