Blue Coffee Interview
Q: How has the band changed since your previous release?
A: I guess I get some news neuroses - haha. Actually, we’ve probably taken more time to produce our release, but we kept the same intentions: Create new songs as if they could be played on stage. Nevertheless, we did it with exactly the same materials, however there’s gap between Silent and In and Out. We hope we’re still in the good way.
Q: What are some of the themes on your latest release In and Out?
A: The album In and Out dives into the transitions between feelings and state of mind, convictions (e.g. overwhelming solitude for In and Out, secret sacrifice for those we love for “Beside Faust” hope and why we must go on for “Springtime”), and/or personal stories linked to social issues (e.g school harassment for “Minor Opening,” what we've lost along the way about us/youth/nature on “Cats in Green”).
Nevertheless, in addition, I have always liked the idea of leaving the freedom to everyone to have the choice to interpret, to feel what they see / listen / read etc ... and this, regardless of the intentions of the author. I think it is pleasant for the mind not to remain in a certain linearity, to bring together ideas in order to obtain “something else” feeling.
Q: What was your creative process like for In and Out?
A: I didn’t listen to music during the creative process, although I did listen to music during the recording session. It helps me to feel it with what’s inside me instead to literally feel myself - haha. On recording sessions, i’m almost 24/24 in the studio. Fortunately, the recording sessions are about three days… So it’s still possible to bring me back to life - haha. The process was similar on Silent: It was an exchange within studio sessions and play sessions first, then concluded by intense studio sessions with infinite die and retry takes until we are satisfied. We wanted to go for a larger album than Silent. Mostly, to have enough songs to play a full set on stage.
And we still have a lot of songs on the bench, but now we might just go into a song-by-song creative process. Containment and ways of sharing music invite us to move towards that now.
Q: How has the band changed since your previous release?
A: I guess I get some news neuroses - haha. Actually, we’ve probably taken more time to produce our release, but we kept the same intentions: Create new songs as if they could be played on stage. Nevertheless, we did it with exactly the same materials, however there’s gap between Silent and In and Out. We hope we’re still in the good way.
Q: What are some of the themes on your latest release In and Out?
A: The album In and Out dives into the transitions between feelings and state of mind, convictions (e.g. overwhelming solitude for In and Out, secret sacrifice for those we love for “Beside Faust” hope and why we must go on for “Springtime”), and/or personal stories linked to social issues (e.g school harassment for “Minor Opening,” what we've lost along the way about us/youth/nature on “Cats in Green”).
Nevertheless, in addition, I have always liked the idea of leaving the freedom to everyone to have the choice to interpret, to feel what they see / listen / read etc ... and this, regardless of the intentions of the author. I think it is pleasant for the mind not to remain in a certain linearity, to bring together ideas in order to obtain “something else” feeling.
Q: What was your creative process like for In and Out?
A: I didn’t listen to music during the creative process, although I did listen to music during the recording session. It helps me to feel it with what’s inside me instead to literally feel myself - haha. On recording sessions, i’m almost 24/24 in the studio. Fortunately, the recording sessions are about three days… So it’s still possible to bring me back to life - haha. The process was similar on Silent: It was an exchange within studio sessions and play sessions first, then concluded by intense studio sessions with infinite die and retry takes until we are satisfied. We wanted to go for a larger album than Silent. Mostly, to have enough songs to play a full set on stage.
And we still have a lot of songs on the bench, but now we might just go into a song-by-song creative process. Containment and ways of sharing music invite us to move towards that now.
Q: How did the pandemic effect this release?
A: Well, we had the chance that all the songs were recorded before the first lockdown. So, it’s more the mixing/mastering period which was very delayed because it was not a matter of time but when our minds would agree to work on it.If we didn’t record it, we would certainly still be wondering how to conclude some parts…I guess we got lucky.
Q: What were some of your influences musically and otherwise for this release?
A: Musically, you can draw a spectrum that stretches from Foo Fighters to Turin Brakes with Radiohead as an anchor. Wide open - haha.Nevertheless, some songs were not inspired by music influences directly. Other influences came from something i didn’t expect - from comics, T V shows, old personal memories and people I’ve met for only a few days. Some others songs came from personal stories of friends of mine. And more traditionally, other influences came by books such as La horde du contrevent by Alain Damasio) (a French SF story where wind is about everything and a group try to reach its source…), and childhood books I’ve told in my classroom (well, yes, i’m a teacher). Sometimes it was just a micro detail, sometime it was kind of a feeling. And sometimes (okay…often) i even I didn’t know what it meantt in my mind, then I cannot tell from where it starts and ends.
Q: What else can we expect from the band?
A: We’re going to change our way to share our music by releasing some singles before compiling it in an album, unless we do a fragmented album, or else. But, it’s sure : We have many songs at different stages of creation. So whatever happens, we’ll be there.
And mostly, we want to be on stage.
A: Well, we had the chance that all the songs were recorded before the first lockdown. So, it’s more the mixing/mastering period which was very delayed because it was not a matter of time but when our minds would agree to work on it.If we didn’t record it, we would certainly still be wondering how to conclude some parts…I guess we got lucky.
Q: What were some of your influences musically and otherwise for this release?
A: Musically, you can draw a spectrum that stretches from Foo Fighters to Turin Brakes with Radiohead as an anchor. Wide open - haha.Nevertheless, some songs were not inspired by music influences directly. Other influences came from something i didn’t expect - from comics, T V shows, old personal memories and people I’ve met for only a few days. Some others songs came from personal stories of friends of mine. And more traditionally, other influences came by books such as La horde du contrevent by Alain Damasio) (a French SF story where wind is about everything and a group try to reach its source…), and childhood books I’ve told in my classroom (well, yes, i’m a teacher). Sometimes it was just a micro detail, sometime it was kind of a feeling. And sometimes (okay…often) i even I didn’t know what it meantt in my mind, then I cannot tell from where it starts and ends.
Q: What else can we expect from the band?
A: We’re going to change our way to share our music by releasing some singles before compiling it in an album, unless we do a fragmented album, or else. But, it’s sure : We have many songs at different stages of creation. So whatever happens, we’ll be there.
And mostly, we want to be on stage.