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Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier talks about Monstre Cosmic, her new record with her ‘other’ band, Monade.
Monade, led by French chanteuse Laetitia Sadier, best-known as Stereolab’s singer and lyricist, release their third LP, Monstre Cosmic, on the 18th of February 2008 on Too Pure.
Laetitia Sadier explains how the record came into being: “The original idea behind the writing of the tracks was a river; to have one long track that would take its course and you would never hear the same part twice, just as one can never swim in the same river because of the elusive flow of the water. Songs like ’Invitation’ and ‘Lost Language’ testify to this original desire.”
The lyrics centre on the idea of reality and fantasy and the ideal images of the self within this. “‘Étoile's lyrics describe a dream I experienced and is a tale of the degree of subtle truth I found in it. The lyrics deal with aspects of light and shade, connecting darkness and light like a starry night.
In fact, as the record was in the making, I made significant connections with two movies I happened to see, David Lynch's ‘Inland Empire’ and ‘Forbidden Planet’". Reality was reinforced by recording sounds of the city near Sadier’s house in Bordeaux, its train station, streets and alleys and random encounters.
Sadier says the new record is a collaboration with the three other members of Monade - bassist Marie Merlet, keyboard/guitar player Nicolas Etienne and drummer David Loquier, who together with Stereolab multi-instrumentalist Joe Watson, recorded half of the previous Monade LP, A Few Steps More.
“The band played on six of the record’s ten songs,” explains Sadier, “the other four songs came after a spontaneous collaboration with musical peers and new friends from Toulouse - Julien Gasc and Emmanuel Mario who are part of a collective of musicians who create rich and interesting music in various band formations, away from the ghettos of French indie pop.”
Gasc and Mario, who play together as Momotte, helped create one of the album’s most striking songs, ‘Étoile’. “The collaboration was simple, straightforward and fun! “
Finally, some of the songs include singing by Rachel Ortas, who was in 80s pop band Luna Parker, and also strings by musicians from The Bordeaux Conservatoire.
Monade, led by French chanteuse Laetitia Sadier, best-known as Stereolab’s singer and lyricist, release their third LP, Monstre Cosmic, on the 18th of February 2008 on Too Pure.
Laetitia Sadier explains how the record came into being: “The original idea behind the writing of the tracks was a river; to have one long track that would take its course and you would never hear the same part twice, just as one can never swim in the same river because of the elusive flow of the water. Songs like ’Invitation’ and ‘Lost Language’ testify to this original desire.”
The lyrics centre on the idea of reality and fantasy and the ideal images of the self within this. “‘Étoile's lyrics describe a dream I experienced and is a tale of the degree of subtle truth I found in it. The lyrics deal with aspects of light and shade, connecting darkness and light like a starry night.
In fact, as the record was in the making, I made significant connections with two movies I happened to see, David Lynch's ‘Inland Empire’ and ‘Forbidden Planet’". Reality was reinforced by recording sounds of the city near Sadier’s house in Bordeaux, its train station, streets and alleys and random encounters.
Sadier says the new record is a collaboration with the three other members of Monade - bassist Marie Merlet, keyboard/guitar player Nicolas Etienne and drummer David Loquier, who together with Stereolab multi-instrumentalist Joe Watson, recorded half of the previous Monade LP, A Few Steps More.
“The band played on six of the record’s ten songs,” explains Sadier, “the other four songs came after a spontaneous collaboration with musical peers and new friends from Toulouse - Julien Gasc and Emmanuel Mario who are part of a collective of musicians who create rich and interesting music in various band formations, away from the ghettos of French indie pop.”
Gasc and Mario, who play together as Momotte, helped create one of the album’s most striking songs, ‘Étoile’. “The collaboration was simple, straightforward and fun! “
Finally, some of the songs include singing by Rachel Ortas, who was in 80s pop band Luna Parker, and also strings by musicians from The Bordeaux Conservatoire.