Project Gemini & Wendy Martinez

Having worked together on his 2024 album Colours and Light, Project Gemini aka Paul Osborne joins forces once again with Wendy Martinez, French singer and composer, and also part of renowned psych-girl group Gloria on a new collaborative EP.

Landing on Mr Bongo, 'Time Stands Still / Le temps s'arrete' is a sonic exploration that shows a shared love of the progressive music emanating out of France in the '60s and '70s and the celebrated film soundtrack composers of the time.

A more melodic and romantic excursion than Paul's previous recordings, this EP marries his richly textured, cinematic psych rock with Martinez's captivating vocal presence. A body of work born during the period Paul was finishing up his last LP Colours & Light, he penned an album's worth of instrumental library-style music and had the idea of having Wendy add vocals and lyrics to a selection of them. The instrumental record got scrapped, but thankfully 'Time Stands Still' grew out of it.
Paul was a fan of Wendy's work as both a solo artist and in the band Gloria, and her inclusion on the Project Gemini tracks 'Entre chien et loup' and 'Extra Nuit' showed a clear synergy to their musical approaches and sounds. For 'Time Stands Still' he sent over instrumental tracks one by one, with Wendy taking time to find melodies and French poetry she was happy with and returning her ideas from her home just outside of Lyon.