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Tomorrow night, Wednesday 28, photos of Hedi Slimane at Almine Rech, we'll have a look, obviously ...
Tomorrow night, Wednesday 28, photos of Hedi Slimane at Almine Rech, we'll have a look, obviously ...
Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
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Interview with Natasha Khan of Bat
Interview taken from # 10 Rendez-Vous magazine. Interview by Alain
Father. Photo Ola Rindal.
It is subtle and exhilarating, Natasha, aka Bat For Lashes. Corrosive and connivance, discreet and full of humility, she is the fairy delayed this year as his first album, released just over a year ago in England, would have revealed much earlier the potential of this extraordinary woman band Anglo-Pakistan katebushiens reflections.
"Bjork came to see me at a concert in England, which she attended in-house to save me a heart attack"
impossible not to succumb to the combined charms of this bold bard dark times, where Interpol reigns master all of Editors music to dream. Impossible not to succumb to this mischievous smile and that mole just above her lips so finely hemmed. And how can you resist such alchemy? The boldness of voice sometimes vain Icelander Bjork, intensity Siouxsie Sioux tribal witch-in-chief of the London underground post-punk, the installment and part of the musical roots of Chan Marshall aka Cat Power, and the dry side protest of Polly Jean Harvey, engineering Symphony Kate Bush ... There are countless references to the auction, but Natasha Khan is happily reduced to the sum of allegiances, was more or less claimed. A Funny David Lynch world between dream and nightmare, seduction and outlet, a motor under the starry sky was threatening to Karachi City.
Alain Father: How many instruments do you master and what is your favorite toy?
Natasha Khan I play the piano, harp, percussion, guitar, synths, bass ... But my favorite instrument is the piano, which I do since my childhood is my oldest friend.
Alain: Speaking of harp, have you seen Joanna Newsom concert on his last tour with her harp looked like a huge whale ? Are there any links between his work and yours?
Natasha It is really amazing, I admire all her work, her words, her attitude. He's a genius. But the link is not as obvious in any case, it's not for me to say. It is true that we both love nature, magic and beauty of sound emanating from old instruments ... But his music is much purer than mine, almost traditional, much farther from the pop than what I 'I could record so far. She brings something baroque rock. And I am unable to write songs too long.
Alain: Why did your first album it so late in France, more than a year after its release in England?
Natasha Essentially for money matters. I released my first album on a small English label, Echo (the former label of Moloko, ed), and they could not afford to distribute it worldwide. It was not until Intercom gets the license to access an international release. But I think it was good timing: I feel stronger and more confident in the group today, I needed a little time to gain experience. I think strongly that too much exposure could have affected the album.
Alain: How have you designed and wrote the first collection of songs?
Natasha From my subconscious, my darkest dreams in a small studio not really welcoming ... Most titles (six out of eleven, exactly, ed) were written in four weeks, the rest has been imagined near San Francisco when I decided to go to walk a few weeks alone with my bag. Many places there, such as Yosemite National Park, Big Sur and the Pacific Highway, me really spun a slap. If you go down to LA, the scenery is incredible. And then I stayed some time there with my boyfriend Devendra (Banhart, ed.) I think the sentiments conveyed in his small community of musicians have taken my inspiration, much like a picture of the 60 who have not yellowed. So, I returned to England with lots of new ideas.
Alain: Why do you hide behind the pseudonym Bat For Lashes?
(She shows the nice tattoo in the shape of a bat on his left shoulder and laughs.)
Natasha Yes, a bat, but the word has a double meaning in English (bat for lashes meaning wink, ed.) So it's more like taking an onomatopoeia, it sounds like music to my album. And then, I did not do anything under my own name, probably to avoid directly describe my world ... If you say 'Natasha Khan "is a boring and predictable one. It's like "Celine Dion" You know immediately what to expect! (Laughs)
Alain: You arrive in France preceded by a strong reputation: Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart or Jarvis Cocker swear by you. (She bursts out laughing again.) preceded You Björk late August at the festival Rock en Seine in Paris ... Does it change your approach to the media?
Natasha It is probably a little pressure, but it also has beneficial effects. There may be a processing side of the phenomenon by the media, but also a real honor to have the endorsement of avant-garde musicians as talented. Björk came to see me at a concert in England, which she attended in-house to save me a heart attack. It was soft, full attention ... We have Antony and the Johnsons mentioned and other New York musicians with whom she works, it was like a dream.
Alain: What kind of music your parents listened to?
Natasha My mother was rather Motown, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, with some minor infidelities side of Fleetwood Mac. My father was more in the tradition of Pakistan, religious music, tabla, sitar ... As for my godfather, was the neighbor Danny Thompson, a prodigy of the double bass in the sixties, between folk and jazz. I was introduced to Julian Cope, James Taylor. It was probably more risky, but it was the gateway to grunge music and noisy. I truly "feel" music with Sonic Youth, Kurt Cobain, Pearl Jam and Radiohead.
Alain: Why does not reflect your disk does not increase your family roots?
Natasha I think on some songs like Sarah, one feels the influence of Motown as much as that of my Eastern roots. (She sings the chorus. We hear the Sahara, and he noted that the name ringing in his mouth as the name of an African desert ... It seems to be satisfied, ed.) And I think I found in my music themes recurring religious representation Pakistani legends animists, all mysterious symbols around ghosts, spirits, devils, who inhabit the local blues.
Alain: You quote as Cat Power, Kate Bush and Björk among your main influences. What distinguishes your world to theirs?
Natasha I now 27 years old and it took me some time to give birth to my own personality. I fed these artists as a resonance is like a pedigree, I see brothers and sisters in the discs or the people I meet ... I was really helped to have these strong female examples in front of me, they showed me the way somewhere, but they are now part of the landscape. We do not ask why Mick Jagger is born after Elvis Presley!
To listen, Fur and Gold, Echo / Capitol / EMI. In stores.
to see a French tour in October. ww.batforlashes.co.uk 
Interview taken from # 10 Rendez-Vous magazine. Interview by Alain
Father. Photo Ola Rindal.
It is subtle and exhilarating, Natasha, aka Bat For Lashes. Corrosive and connivance, discreet and full of humility, she is the fairy delayed this year as his first album, released just over a year ago in England, would have revealed much earlier the potential of this extraordinary woman band Anglo-Pakistan katebushiens reflections.
"Bjork came to see me at a concert in England, which she attended in-house to save me a heart attack"
impossible not to succumb to the combined charms of this bold bard dark times, where Interpol reigns master all of Editors music to dream. Impossible not to succumb to this mischievous smile and that mole just above her lips so finely hemmed. And how can you resist such alchemy? The boldness of voice sometimes vain Icelander Bjork, intensity Siouxsie Sioux tribal witch-in-chief of the London underground post-punk, the installment and part of the musical roots of Chan Marshall aka Cat Power, and the dry side protest of Polly Jean Harvey, engineering Symphony Kate Bush ... There are countless references to the auction, but Natasha Khan is happily reduced to the sum of allegiances, was more or less claimed. A Funny David Lynch world between dream and nightmare, seduction and outlet, a motor under the starry sky was threatening to Karachi City.
Alain Father: How many instruments do you master and what is your favorite toy?
Natasha Khan I play the piano, harp, percussion, guitar, synths, bass ... But my favorite instrument is the piano, which I do since my childhood is my oldest friend.
Alain: Speaking of harp, have you seen Joanna Newsom concert on his last tour with her harp looked like a huge whale ? Are there any links between his work and yours?
Natasha It is really amazing, I admire all her work, her words, her attitude. He's a genius. But the link is not as obvious in any case, it's not for me to say. It is true that we both love nature, magic and beauty of sound emanating from old instruments ... But his music is much purer than mine, almost traditional, much farther from the pop than what I 'I could record so far. She brings something baroque rock. And I am unable to write songs too long.
Alain: Why did your first album it so late in France, more than a year after its release in England?
Natasha Essentially for money matters. I released my first album on a small English label, Echo (the former label of Moloko, ed), and they could not afford to distribute it worldwide. It was not until Intercom gets the license to access an international release. But I think it was good timing: I feel stronger and more confident in the group today, I needed a little time to gain experience. I think strongly that too much exposure could have affected the album.
Alain: How have you designed and wrote the first collection of songs?
Natasha From my subconscious, my darkest dreams in a small studio not really welcoming ... Most titles (six out of eleven, exactly, ed) were written in four weeks, the rest has been imagined near San Francisco when I decided to go to walk a few weeks alone with my bag. Many places there, such as Yosemite National Park, Big Sur and the Pacific Highway, me really spun a slap. If you go down to LA, the scenery is incredible. And then I stayed some time there with my boyfriend Devendra (Banhart, ed.) I think the sentiments conveyed in his small community of musicians have taken my inspiration, much like a picture of the 60 who have not yellowed. So, I returned to England with lots of new ideas.
Alain: Why do you hide behind the pseudonym Bat For Lashes?
(She shows the nice tattoo in the shape of a bat on his left shoulder and laughs.)
Natasha Yes, a bat, but the word has a double meaning in English (bat for lashes meaning wink, ed.) So it's more like taking an onomatopoeia, it sounds like music to my album. And then, I did not do anything under my own name, probably to avoid directly describe my world ... If you say 'Natasha Khan "is a boring and predictable one. It's like "Celine Dion" You know immediately what to expect! (Laughs)
Alain: You arrive in France preceded by a strong reputation: Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart or Jarvis Cocker swear by you. (She bursts out laughing again.) preceded You Björk late August at the festival Rock en Seine in Paris ... Does it change your approach to the media?
Natasha It is probably a little pressure, but it also has beneficial effects. There may be a processing side of the phenomenon by the media, but also a real honor to have the endorsement of avant-garde musicians as talented. Björk came to see me at a concert in England, which she attended in-house to save me a heart attack. It was soft, full attention ... We have Antony and the Johnsons mentioned and other New York musicians with whom she works, it was like a dream.
Alain: What kind of music your parents listened to?
Natasha My mother was rather Motown, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, with some minor infidelities side of Fleetwood Mac. My father was more in the tradition of Pakistan, religious music, tabla, sitar ... As for my godfather, was the neighbor Danny Thompson, a prodigy of the double bass in the sixties, between folk and jazz. I was introduced to Julian Cope, James Taylor. It was probably more risky, but it was the gateway to grunge music and noisy. I truly "feel" music with Sonic Youth, Kurt Cobain, Pearl Jam and Radiohead.
Alain: Why does not reflect your disk does not increase your family roots?
Natasha I think on some songs like Sarah, one feels the influence of Motown as much as that of my Eastern roots. (She sings the chorus. We hear the Sahara, and he noted that the name ringing in his mouth as the name of an African desert ... It seems to be satisfied, ed.) And I think I found in my music themes recurring religious representation Pakistani legends animists, all mysterious symbols around ghosts, spirits, devils, who inhabit the local blues.
Alain: You quote as Cat Power, Kate Bush and Björk among your main influences. What distinguishes your world to theirs?
Natasha I now 27 years old and it took me some time to give birth to my own personality. I fed these artists as a resonance is like a pedigree, I see brothers and sisters in the discs or the people I meet ... I was really helped to have these strong female examples in front of me, they showed me the way somewhere, but they are now part of the landscape. We do not ask why Mick Jagger is born after Elvis Presley!
To listen, Fur and Gold, Echo / Capitol / EMI. In stores.
to see a French tour in October. ww.batforlashes.co.uk
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Toothache When Using Cordless Phone
for Lashes *** E * L * W * O * V * E *** B * L * E * S * S * DANCE
and private sales is at 14 rue Portefoin in the 3rd.
- Friday 16: 8h30 - 21h
- Saturday 17: 11h - 20h
- Sunday 18: 11h - 16h
Youhou. 
and private sales is at 14 rue Portefoin in the 3rd.
- Friday 16: 8h30 - 21h
- Saturday 17: 11h - 20h
- Sunday 18: 11h - 16h
Youhou.
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