{"id":90725,"date":"2018-12-06T13:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=90725\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T11:14:39","slug":"i-me-mine-from-france-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/blog-el\/eleven-to-one\/i-me-mine-from-france-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"“I Me Mine”: not the song! But the fantastic band from France | Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello Sam, Guillaume \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric.
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With this interview I want to introduce you to the Greek music audience. I have already received very good comments for you from the listeners of my radio show, every time I play on air one of your songs. So I believe that it’s time to get to know you better. So let’s begin.<\/p>\n

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-Who are I Me Mine?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I Me Mine<\/strong> is composed of Guillaume Thiburs<\/strong> (drums and backing vocals), Frederic\u00a0 Schang<\/strong> (keyboards, acoustic guitar and lead vocals) and me, Sam Deverel<\/strong>l (bass, electric guitar and lead vocals).”<\/p>\n

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from left to right: Sam Deverell, Guillaume Thiburs \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Schang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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-The name of the band obviously comes from George Harrison\u2019s song \u201cI Me Mine\u201d from the Beatles album Let It Be. Do you love specific George Harrison or the Beatles in general? And why this song? What does it mean to you<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

“We like all the Beatles<\/strong> songs. They\u00a0 has always been a huge influence for us because of their great songs and because they where innovative in so many ways. Bands like ours wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for them. We liked the sound of I Me Mine and it was a good way to represent our three very different personalities.”<\/p>\n

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-Describe in few words how did you make your band and when?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We already knew each other because we all played in bands in Toulouse and often played at the same venues. All our bands kind of fell apart at the same time so it was the right time to start something new. We started rehearsing in 2012<\/strong> and\u00a0 it sounded right so we kept on playing !”<\/p>\n

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-Let\u2019s talk about the first of the two albums you have released. It is called I Me Mine<\/em> and it was released on 2015. I feel like I am listening to pop music of the 60s in a brand new way by adding electronic music elements in it. So tell me about your musical backgrounds. What is your music base?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I Me Mine album cover – 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“Well obviously we’re huge fans of 60s pop music but we never wanted to sound like something that’s already been done. Our influences are quite diverse. We can listen to Fatboy Slim as well as Radiohead or Dr Dre, just to name a few. I think our music is just the result of a weird mix of things we like. Because we grew up loving bands like Pink Floyd and Supertramp we still have a solid base of pop melodies and vocal harmonies but we like to add weird sounds and mess it up a bit.”<\/p>\n

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-Who writes the songs mostly? Can you describe the process of the song writing as well as the recording?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Fred and I<\/strong> mostly write the songs but there’s a lot of team work involved. One of us will\u00a0 start by recording a demo on\u00a0 our computer using Cubase or Logic. After that we send it to the rest of the band, if they like it we start working on it. We go back and forth between practices with the whole band and recording new demos at home until we’re satisfied with the result. Because we use a lot of different instruments and effects it can take a while before we get to the final version. We always have a pretty good idea of what we want by the time we start recording the album.”<\/p>\n

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-Songs like Waiting For The Summer<\/em>,\u00a0 Interlude<\/em>, The Sun Behind the Clouds<\/em>, have a psychedelic pop touch and allow me to say references to a Beatles, Pretty things kind of feeling. Even Syd Barrett\u2019s Pink Floyd. Am I correct? Is it hard to get plays on french radio stations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yes, you’re right. On the first album we had quite a big Syd Barrett<\/strong> and Beatles<\/strong> influence. We get plays on french radio stations but now the big stations mostly play R&B or hip hop so it makes it harder for us.”<\/p>\n

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-One more characteristic of your music is the beautiful multi vocals. Do you all sing or is it one of you double or triple recorded?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We love vocal harmonies and we all sing but we still double or triple our vocals in studio to get a dense sound.”<\/p>\n

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-The song Waiting For The Summer <\/em>from the I Me Mine <\/em>album has 40188 views on YouTube. Congratulations for that. Describe me the impact you have in your country. And what about the other European countries?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Thank you. We’ve played around 300 gigs<\/strong> since we started the band in 2012 and mostly in France. We’ve played in all sorts of venues, big and small. We’ve never had a record label so for a band like us it’s all about making ourselves heard as much as we can. We get new fans at every gig we play so we keep on playing. We’ve also toured in Spain<\/strong>, Italy<\/strong> and Switzerland<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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