FRANCE by Dreddy Kruger | Think Differently Music

Producer, curator, and Wu-Tang affiliate Dreddy Kruger returns with FRANCE — a 15-track, primarily instrumental project on Think Differently Records distributed by Black Stone of Mecca.

FRANCE moves like a road diary across the country’s cities, politics, cinema, and daily rituals told through drums, texture, and atmosphere, with a few carefully placed vocal cameos to mark the journey.

The Concept
Built from field-note motifs and cinematic chops, the album threads through chapters such as “Bozouls, France,” “Paris | Banques Françaises,” “13 Jours et 13 Nuits,” and “Drogues et Pétrole (Politique Française).” It’s the sound of transit and reflection tunnels, stations, breakfast tables, and late-night boulevards rendered as beats.

While the record is driven by instrumentals, FRANCE features select spoken and cameo moments, including:
AKHENATON (IAM) on “De Brooklyn à Marseille,” bridging New York and Marseille’s hip-hop bloodlines.
LOUISE BOURGOIN on “Court Intermède Louise Bourgoin,” a brief, elegant interval.
JACQUES PEPIN reading “Le Dormeur du Val,” a closing meditation that frames the project’s reflective tone.