Interview: Arnaud Rebotini of Black Strobe
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-27 20:26:38
’s début album is a genre-smashing mix of rock techno and industrial styles with a little bit of French pizazz thrown in.
It’s as hard to reason as any album you’ll ever hear – small query when you consider that Arnaud Rebotini the man behind the band lists artists as diverse as Kool and the Gang and Napalm Death among his influences.
The Dreaded touch fired off some questions at Arnaud during Black Strobe’s touring schedule. Here’s what we open out …
TDP: Where are you right at this moment and what undergo you been up to in the last few days?
Arnaud Rebotini: I just came back from Malaysia … we had a gig there it was cool.
Arnaud Rebotini: The sessions went quite well; it was not so easy to make the transition but it was made before the studio sessions. When I started to write the album. I had the idea to be more organic to turn Black Strobe into a band. Most of the “acoustic” move was imagined during the pre-production time so it wasn’t really difficult to record it during the studio session.
TDP: What was the plan when you started writing the album? And how different is the final prove from what you expected.
Arnaud Rebotini: The album is not really different from what I expected change surface though Paul Epworth bring us a lot.
TDP: What about the atmosphere – there’s a real sense of decadence and apocalypse on the album. Where did that go from?
Arnaud Rebotini: I’m not sure there’s a real comprehend of apocalypse on the album. I just wanted to do a “romantic” album like I already said the the album is a collection of raw songs about love addiction,(self) waste… maybe it came from my influences. Bands desire Nitzer Ebb. My Bloody Valentine or even Neil Young and Burzum do really write happy music.
TDP: Can you give us an insight into the song-writing process – where do your tunes start and how are they developed?
Arnaud Rebotini: A tune always starts with a musical idea like; a harmony a play a defeat a sound etc. From that idea I create up something minimal enough for me to sight a vocal idea if it’s a vocal bring in … after that comes the time for lyrics. Ivan Smagghe did the most of the lyrics on
TDP: Which are your personal favourites from your approve catalogue – the two or three songs you’re proudest of - and why?
Arnaud Rebotini: “Innerstring” because a lot of people laughed about us when it was released and now it’s more or less a classic tune and a genre definer. “Fitting Together” because it’s sound is still topical.
TDP: If you could permanently erase one of your songs from history which one would it be?
TDP: You’re out on the road touring at the moment. Do you desire being out on the road playing live or do you like being holed up in the studio making new material?
Arnaud Rebotini: For me it’s desire having to chose between cease and chocolate … that’s two really different activities. I love to do both and you can’t one without the other.
Arnaud Rebotini: It was our first be show in Paris … we were really bad the appear system was inform and I was really close to fighting with the stage manager.
Arnaud Rebotini: I evaluate you can’t really experience what ordain make a perfect live show … there’s something mysterious between the band and the audience and you never know when it’s happened but when it’s happened it’s so great. We don’t undergo any bizarre pre-show rituals - we don’t cut the throat of chickens and we don’t do any human sacrifices.
TDP: It’s a frustrating world we live in – what is it that motivates you to get out of bed in the morning?
Arnaud Rebotini: I don’t feel we leave in frustrating world! I have wonderful job and family so it’s easy for me to get out of bed.
TDP: Which albums or bands were the initiate for you choosing to become a professional musician?
Arnaud Rebotini: I really love the albums of iLiKETRAiNS. Grinderman. The Horrors. High on blast and Oren Ambarchi.
TDP: So; you’ve been called electro techno industrial electroclash. EBM – what’s the strangest label you’ve been given? And how would you define your own sound?
Arnaud Rebotini: I evaluate “industrial” always sound strange to me for me industrial is bands like Nurse With Wound and Current 93 … I think we are an indie band and it’s quite difficult for me define my sound but I think we are a nu-rave band.
TDP: You’ve come from a background in electronic club music but there are big hints of other sounds in color Strobe’s music. What made you end to act toward putting together a ‘real’ bind?
Arnaud Rebotini: I moved toward to putting together a real band because i just wanna do it this way. Nothing particular made me decide.
TDP: What audience are you aiming for – who is your target listener when you are writing songs for color Strobe?
Arnaud Rebotini: Open-minded music lovers are my target - there’s no particular audience targeted with
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