At the foot of the basilica and the “eternal hill” of Vézelay (Yonne), in this village of Saint-Père where Serge Gainsbourg had come to isolate himself for the last six months of his life, Julia Lanoë found a small house, lined by a stream. “The fact that the river is called the Cure weighed in the balance”she jokes, in the icy January air, pronouncing in the English way a name which is also that of her favorite group, The Cure. But the singer, author, composer and DJ who, on stage and in the studio, performs under the name Rebeka Warrior, was above all sensitive to the spiritual dimension of a corner of Burgundy conducive to meditation.
Because the 46-year-old tattooed “warrior”, a pioneer of the French queer scene within groups such as Mansfield.TYA, Sexy Sushi and Kompromat, is now divided between this country house with its Spartan decor and her apartment in Belleville (Paris 19e). By claiming as much his taste for unbridled hedonism as for meditation. “I like extremesshe insists, her laughing blue eyes illuminating a sharp-cut face. The crowded concerts, the idea of sweating all together, but also the silence and solitude. » A duality displayed in Playing/Prayingthe playful and mystical title of the new album by Kompromat, the electro duo she has formed since 2019 with composer, producer and DJ Pascal Arbez-Nicolas, better known as Vitalic.
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