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FranceinLondon Meets French Blues Star Tété
Interview :
Franceinlondon : After the release of your latest album 'Le premier quart de lune' last year, you are now touring all over the world. Do you still compose while touring ?
The quality of your lyrics is really your trademark. Can you explain your composition methods.
Basically I just seize remarkable moments which arouse a particular emotion or feeling in me. I also read a lot and get a good deal of my inspiration from books- particularly from my favourite poet Patrick Chamoisneau.
Tété : L'envie et le dédain (2010)
You often say you admire Serge Gainsbourg (who died 20 years ago). Gainsbourg was split between his genius and his alter-ego Gainsbarre: do you also have a dark side?
I think that this is what I implicitly express throughout my songs : I mean melancholy. I guess it has a key role in the blues atmosphere of the album. In Le Premier Clair de l'Aube, I wanted to expose myself without using many effects. I tried to make it be less made-up, more natural.
In this album, the rhythm is really up and down, with some lively folk songs as well as very quiet interludes.
TV Programs, touring, your website and this new album : you are very busy, aren't you ?
When will you write your own book ?
Well, it requires a lot of work, and I do not have time to do that at the moment. But maybe one day...
Is there a special feeling when you perform in London ?
I love London as I perform here 3 or 4 times a year. I appreciate the diversity. And I recorded A la faveur de l'automne at the Olympic Studios , so I have good memories from here. On top of that, some of my close relatives are English-speaken, which probably contributed to my passion for London. So I am really pleased to perform at the French Institute with Arnaud Fleurent-Didier.
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