The Ken Burns Effect

Stars Like Fleas start in 2006 composing a new opus.

Recorded with Nicolas Vernhes (Fischerspooner, Animal Collective, Cat Power, Black Dice, ...), Josh Clark and Charles Burst (The Cloud Room, Radio 4, Beirut), mixed by Ben Frost, (Björk, Gomez), then mastered in the Fall of 2006 by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Múm, Sigur Rós) at Greenhouse Studios in Reyjkavik "The Ken Burns Effect" is the fruit of this effervescence.

Out of time and fashions, the New-York collective combine with devilish beauty improvised music, free-jazz, pop, noise take-offs, melodic jewels.

"The Ken Burns Effect" with participations of members or ex-members of Beirut, Tall Firs, TV On The Radio, Celebration, Fiery Furnaces, Mercury Rev, The Silent League and additional contributions by Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Sean Lennon, Fantomas) and Thomas Barlett (Yoko Ono, The National, David Byrne, Antony & The Johnsons).