“DAMSAUTIST”? Where does this diagnosis come from?
It's a self-diagnosis. I've been told this since I was little but I've never made the effort to go see it. Maybe I'll end up doing it to get to the bottom of it… But it's mostly something I've been told over and over again, when all I want is to be left alone . It's not so much for me as for others, so that we can move on.
This is perhaps the most inventive track on the album, production-wise.
Thank you, because this one was so difficult. A real headache, especially in the choice of percussion. I spent a lot of time finding the balance, like in the effects.
It even recalls certain sounds that we often hear in Stromae.
I understand, we have the same tribal inspirations. Stromae is one of the first to popularize tribal, he made it accessible. I found it interesting to have repetitive percussion to create a sense of consistency in the musicality, where the text is more particular. I added drums and concaves on the sides to bring back a little groove, but still so that we can concentrate on the text. I spent hours trying to master this science of balance, which was new to me.
In a completely different, brighter atmosphere, “Limbisa ngai” with Kalash Criminel, is another success.
Yes, production is different. It changes a little. It was a song I started on my own, and added guitar and whistles. I thought about Kalash Criminal straight away, it suited his tone of voice, his vocal dynamics. It was for him, it was too obvious!
As for “24 hours earlier”, it is perhaps one of the most violent pieces in your discography.
Oh yes ? It's interesting. Not for me.
We are still in the head of a terrorist!
It's a reading. But what interests me is the reasons that push him to break down. Such basic causes! I try to put myself in the head of a person who has suffered so much, and whose suffering has been so absurd, that the only way to overcome it is to do the absurd. Either suicide or murder. The idea is to ask a simple question: what would we do ourselves when faced with the absurd?
