Zombie Zombie are a divine, scary space-rock duo from Paris, France. Questions answered by Etienne Jaumet.
How did you meet? What are your musical backgrounds?
We shared a music studio in Paris for few years now. And it that we started jamming together, I'm a sax player and Neman's a drummer, but we have the same interest in Analog keybords from the 70/80’s and the early guru’s of electronic music… we play in different bands in the same time in different kind of music… HERMAN DUNE/THE MARRIED MONK and more…
Why did you decide to start making music together?
Just to have fun and do something personal…
The album seems seeped in the sound of the 60s and 70s Рfrom musique concr̬te to b-movies to kraut-rock. What is about this particular period in popular culture that you like?
I don’t try to make the same music as Can or goblin because they are so good… I just try to let my imagination go…
What does ‘analogue’ mean to you? How does it compare to digital sound?
Neman and I share the same passion of collecting old analogue keyboards. You can’t reach this warmth with computers. I find computer music deadful. Everybody uses the same software. It’s so boring…
What aspect of old horror movies were you trying to capture on the album? What is it about them you like?
We want to experiment the different emotional stages as result of the analog effets used throught the record while the rythms are intended to make your heart beat faster, like in a horror movie when the car won’t start…
What film soundtracks that inspires you?
« Tenebre » /GOBLIN! from the film of dario Argento. « Assault on precinct 13 »/CARPENTER. « Solaris »/Cliff martinez from the film of Steven Soderbergh…
What was the process of creating the album like? Was it mainly improvisational, or more carefully planned?
Mainly improvisational, because this very hard to translate our sound from live to the recording… so we have deal with the atmosphere of the place and the sound of the room…
Considering that the album is in many ways quite ‘difficult’, have you been surprised by its success?
Yes!! I’m not a hit maker! I don’t try to be catchy! I let the andorphine created by my brain when I play driving my way of playing…
Do you consider yourselves in any way a ‘dance’ act?
I love dancing but i don’t listen at home techno or house music…I use a very simple and repetitive rhythm to create the trance sensation, and the psychedelique sound to blow your mind…maybe our music is more phycical than « dancable »…I don’t try to understand myself…
What artists inspired the album, and in what ways?
Maybe some director like peter walkins with his film « Punishment Park »…
We’re making music for renegades!
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