{"id":1808,"date":"2025-08-22T01:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeditking.fr\/?page_id=1808"},"modified":"2025-08-22T01:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:40:32","slug":"besides-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theeditking.fr\/index.php\/besides-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BESIDES Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2nd b-sides or extra tracks retrospective of The Edit King singles called \u00ab BESIDES Volume 2 \u00bb was released on Friday, August 22nd 2025 to match August 2024’s release of the first volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It contains the following tracks : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

01. SWEET LITTLE DEATH 4:30
02. THE REAL YOU 4:19
03. CHANGE THE WORLD 4:12
04. LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW 4:10
05. LOVED FOR A MINUTE 3:56
06. I’M NO SAINT 3:25
07. ANYTHING AT ALL 4:41
08. TRUST ME DARLING 3:33
09. ALL ABOVE THE CLOUDS 3:42
10. I MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD 4:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. MAGNANIMOUS 5:03
12. I HAVE NINE LIVES 4:16
13. FINAL GOODBYE 3:18
14. LUCKY CHARM 4:30
15. HEART CHASE 4:26
16. LIVE IN A BUBBLE 4:02
17. VIVA A VIDA 3:52
18. GOING NOWHERE 3:32
19. UPLIFTING 4:01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s funny to note that, even though it was a b-side or an extra-track for me, song 1 of this release \u00ab Sweet Little Death \u00bb is still to this day, the number one streamed song of all The Edit King’s catalogue. And it’s numbers still rise weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a very nice track. It featured originally on a 10-track album from 2009 called \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb that i didn’t released because I wasn’t even using MIDI or computers to make my music back then. So I had to re-do this one using my actual technology which improved it a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot more tracks from the \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb album were re-done as well as b-sides or other extra-tracks like \u00ab Change The World \u00bb, \u00ab Like There’s No Tomorrow \u00bb or \u00ab Loved For A Minute \u00bb and \u00ab Trust Me Darling \u00bb and there are all here in their recent re-made versions. Track \u00ab Stop Being You\u00bb on Volume 1 was also from the same re-make \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After \u00ab Sweet Little Death \u00bb, the most appreciated The Edit King track by my streaming audience is the 2nd album track \u00ab The Escape \u00bb. I can’t believe the numbers these tracks that i didn’t consider that magical make every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean they are good music but I feel I’ve made much better before and since but hey, the public wants what the public wants, right ? Ah ah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this retrospective record, there are many tracks that I love very much like the Backstreet Boys inspired \u00ab I’m No Saint \u00bb, the Dead Or Alive inspired very electronic \u00ab I Might As Well Be Dead \u00bb or the bubbly and charming \u00ab Heart Chase \u00bb and \u00ab Viva A Vida \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And \u00ab Uplifting \u00bb is quite, well, uplifting as well, really. A lot of people are impressed by \u00ab The Real You \u00bb : it has a Dead Or Alive inspired bass (thank you the Yamaha DX7 keyboard) mixed with a kind of Celtic feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Trust Me Darling \u00bb and \u00ab All Above The Clouds \u00bb are as quite light and airy as the experimental \u00ab Anything At All \u00bb is quite brutal. \u00ab Magnanimous \u00bb is quite unique sounding with incredible drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab I Have Nine Lives \u00bb has an acoustic feel that didn’t match any other tracks I’ve made, even to this day. And \u00ab Final Goodbye \u00bb was inspired by the Alphaville song \u00ab A Victory Of Love \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually there’s another version of it called \u00ab Alpha Victory \u00bb which used the same sound and melody on the intro of that Alphaville song. When I was searching for sounds I was amazed to find the exact same sound they used on that song and I got a little fun with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course I couldn’t use like that or it would have generated an obvious copyright issue, so I took that sound and melody of the final track which ended as being \u00ab Final Goodbye \u00bb. But the irony is I still prefer \u00ab Alpha Victory \u00bb over it. lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like releasing b-sides or extra-tracks retrospectives because they are tracks that are not on the main albums but also because these are the tracks I had the most fun making most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I made those tracks I didn’t thought \u00ab ok, now I’ve got to make a hit \u00bb even though that’s what I always think when I start making a new album. But in those cases, no. I just wanted to have fun and experiment more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But sometimes the result is really outstanding. I love \u00ab Change The World \u00bb, \u00ab The Real You \u00bb, \u00ab Like There’s No Tomorrow \u00bb or \u00ab Loved For A Minute \u00bb. They could have been album tracks or even singles. I really believe that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cover sleeve of this retrospective is very much inspired by the cover sleeve of the Pet Shop Boys single \u00ab\u00a0I Get Along\u00a0\u00bb obviously. I love the Pet Shop Boys, I’m a big fan and I always find their records cover sleeves inspired and amazing. They’re the best in the record sleeves department for me (and Depeche Mode as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger part of the Chart – the yellow part – represents of course the streaming success of the first track of this retrospective \u00ab\u00a0Sweet Little Death\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This retrospective album is available to hear or buy on my Bandcamp site :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theeditking.bandcamp.com\/album\/besides-volume-2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – – – – – F R E N C H T R A N S L A T I O N – – – – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BESIDES Volume 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

La 2\u00e8me r\u00e9trospective de face-b et de titres bonus de The Edit King appel\u00e9e \u00ab BESIDES Volume 2 \u00bb est sortie le vendredi 22 ao\u00fbt 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cet album contient les titres suivants : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

01. SWEET LITTLE DEATH 4:30
02. THE REAL YOU 4:19
03. CHANGE THE WORLD 4:12
04. LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW 4:10
05. LOVED FOR A MINUTE 3:56
06. I’M NO SAINT 3:25
07. ANYTHING AT ALL 4:41
08. TRUST ME DARLING 3:33
09. ALL ABOVE THE CLOUDS 3:42
10. I MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD 4:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. MAGNANIMOUS 5:03
12. I HAVE NINE LIVES 4:16
13. FINAL GOODBYE 3:18
14. LUCKY CHARM 4:30
15. HEART CHASE 4:26
16. LIVE IN A BUBBLE 4:02
17. VIVA A VIDA 3:52
18. GOING NOWHERE 3:32
19. UPLIFTING 4:01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C’est presque dr\u00f4le de noter que, m\u00eame si ce n’\u00e9tait qu’une face B ou un simple titre bonus pour moi, le titre 1 de cet album \u00ab Sweet Little Death \u00bb est encore aujourd’hui le titre le plus stream\u00e9 de tout le catalogue de The Edit King. Et son nombre d’\u00e9coutes continue d’augmenter chaque mois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C’est un morceau tr\u00e8s sympa. Il figurait \u00e0 l’origine sur un album de 10 titres appel\u00e9 \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb et \u00e9crit en 2009 que je n’ai pas sorti, pas m\u00eame en album gratuit car techniquement l’album \u00e9tait imparfait. Je n’utilisais pas encore le MIDI ni l’informatique \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque pour faire ma musique. Donc j’ai du compl\u00e8tement r\u00e9-enregistrer ce morceau de A \u00e0 Z avec mes moyens actuels pour le rendre techniquement apte \u00e0 \u00eatre sorti officiellement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beaucoup d’autres titres de cet album \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 refaits pour devenir des face B ou des titres bonus. C’est le cas par exemple de \u00ab Change The World \u00bb, \u00ab Like There’s No Tomorrow \u00bb ou encore \u00ab Loved For A Minute \u00bb et \u00ab Trust Me Darling \u00bb et tous sont ici dans leurs versions r\u00e9cente et re-faite. Le titre \u00ab Stop Being You\u00bb du Volume 1 provenait \u00e9galement de ces sessions de remake des titres de \u00ab MASSIVE \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After \u00ab Sweet Little Death \u00bb, visiblement le titre le plus appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 par les streamers de The Edit King est le titre du 2\u00e8me album \u00ab The Escape \u00bb. Je n’en reviens pas du nombre d’\u00e9coutes que font ces 2 morceaux que moi je ne consid\u00e9rais pas comme si magiques que cela. Et pourtant…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bien s\u00fbr je trouve que ce sont de bons morceaux, c’est \u00e9vident mais je trouve que j’ai fait mieux avant et m\u00eame depuis. Mais bon, le public aime ce que le public aime. N’est-ce pas ? ah ah. Ce n’est pas moi qui d\u00e9cide l\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sur cet album\/r\u00e9trospective, il y a pas mal de morceaux que j’aime beaucoup comme \u00ab I’m No Saint \u00bb tr\u00e8s inspir\u00e9 par les Backstreet Boys, ou le tr\u00e8s \u00e9lectronique \u00ab I Might As Well Be Dead \u00bb inspir\u00e9 par Dead Or Alive ou encore les sautillants et charmants \u00ab Heart Chase \u00bb et \u00ab Viva A Vida \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Uplifting \u00bb est aussi assez, enjou\u00e9 comme son nom l’indique. Beaucoup de personnes trouvent aussi \u00ab The Real You \u00bb vraiment tr\u00e8s bien d’apr\u00e8s les retours que j’en ai eu : il comporte une basse tr\u00e8s inspir\u00e9e par Dead Or Alive \u00e9galement (merci le synth\u00e9 Yamaha DX7 pour \u00e7a) le tout m\u00e9lange \u00e0 un style un peu celtique. Un mix \u00e9trange mais r\u00e9ussi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Trust Me Darling \u00bb et \u00ab All Above The Clouds \u00bb sont aussi a\u00e9riennes et l\u00e9g\u00e8res que \u00ab Anything At All \u00bb est brutal et exp\u00e9rimental. \u00ab Magnanimous \u00bb a aussi un son assez unique avec une batterie tr\u00e8s sp\u00e9ciale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab I Have Nine Lives \u00bb a un style acoustique unique en son genre dans ma discographie. Et \u00ab Final Goodbye \u00bb m’a \u00e9t\u00e9 inspir\u00e9e par un titre du groupe Alphaville de 1985 appel\u00e9 \u00ab A Victory Of Love \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En fait il existe une autre version de \u00ab Final Goodbye \u00bb que j’avais appel\u00e9 ironiquement \u00ab Alpha Victory \u00bb qui utilise le m\u00eame son, la m\u00eame m\u00e9lodie que l’intro de leur morceau. Lorsque je cherchais de nouveaux sons pour mes musique j’\u00e9tais agr\u00e9ablement surpris de trouver dans mes banques de sons r\u00e9cemment achet\u00e9es le son exact utilis\u00e9 par Alphaville sur leur titre, du coup j’ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de m’amuser un peu avec \u00e7a. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bien s\u00fbr je ne pourrais jamais sortir \u00ab Alpha Victory \u00bb sans avoir des probl\u00e8mes de droits d’auteurs \u00e9vidents. Aussi j’ai enlev\u00e9 le son et la m\u00e9lodie un peu trop proche du titre d’Alphaville et c’est ainsi qu’est n\u00e9 ce morceau \u00ab Final Goodbye \u00bb. Mais bien s\u00fbr, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re toujours \u00ab Alpha Victory \u00bb. lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J’aime sortir des compilations\/r\u00e9trospectives de face B ou de titres bonus parce que non seulement ce sont des morceaux qui ne sont pas dans les albums officiels mais aussi car ce sont souvent des titres o\u00f9 j’exp\u00e9rimente plus et o\u00f9 je m’amuse tr\u00e8s souvent beaucoup au moment de les cr\u00e9er. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quand j’ai compos\u00e9 ces morceaux, 9 fois sur 10 je ne pensais pas \u00ab allez aujourd’hui je vais essayer de faire un nouveau tube \u00bb qui est l’\u00e9tat d’esprit dans lequel je suis tr\u00e8s souvent lorsque je commence \u00e0 \u00e9crire un nouvel album. Mais au contraire, je m’amuse et j’exp\u00e9rimente plus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais je dois admettre que parfois le r\u00e9sultat est superbe et \u00e9tonnant. J’adore par exemple \u00ab Change The World \u00bb, \u00ab The Real You \u00bb, \u00ab Like There’s No Tomorrow \u00bb ou encore \u00ab Loved For A Minute \u00bb. Ce sont des titres qui auraient pu tr\u00e8s bien figurer dans les albums ou m\u00eame \u00eatre des singles. Je le crois vraiment. Ils ont cette qualit\u00e9-l\u00e0 pour moi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La pochette de cet album\/r\u00e9tropective est \u00e9videmment tr\u00e8s inspir\u00e9e par la pochette du single des Pet Shop Boys \u00ab\u00a0I Get Along\u00a0\u00bb. Je suis un \u00e9norme fan du groupe Pet Shop Boys et j’ai toujours trouv\u00e9 leurs pochettes de disques superbes et tr\u00e8s inspirantes. Ils sont les ma\u00eetres en la mati\u00e8re pour moi (avec D\u00e9p\u00eache Mode).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La grosse partie de ce camembert sur la pochette – la partie jaune – repr\u00e9sente bien s\u00fbr, le succ\u00e8s des \u00e9coutes (streaming) du premier titre de cette compilation \u00ab\u00a0Sweet Little Death\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cet album\/compilation est disponible \u00e0 l’\u00e9coute et \u00e0 l’achat sur mon site Bandcamp :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theeditking.bandcamp.com\/album\/besides-volume-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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