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I wanted to create a little brother for La Pieuvre, so I started drawing a nautilus. As it evolved, I dove into lino printing... It was so messy and hard to carve! (But my friend Sam Head's logo lino print truly inspired me to push through.) Then something unexpected happened: strange little residues appeared on the print, like tiny stars scattered across the surface. Perfect timing! I was in the middle of recording "Meteor" and "Météorites," two tracks from my Meteors trilogy. Just like that, the nautilus transformed into a Space Nautilus, which sparked optical illusions and more creation. When painting the limited-edition EP covers, I wanted the void to feel pitch black and infinite—like what a nautilus might sense drifting through the deep sea or outer space, where light barely exists. That's when I stumbled upon the Anish Kapoor / Culture Hustle story and their ultra-black alternative to Vantablack (which, by the way, absorbs 99.965% of light and was originally created by scientists but now exclusively licensed to Kapoor (?!!) ). Since "Snake (REJECTION)" was the lead single, it felt just the perfect paint: Reject exclusivity! ( Particularly for something like ... a color!) Embrace creative freedom & paint the void yourself with the color you want!