Post Punk Paris based band JE T’AIME is made up of trio dboy on vocals and synths, Tall Bastard on guitar and Crazy Z on bass and synths. “We were inspired to form the band after writing the first single “The Sound”, the day had just dawned and we kept saying to each other : I love you man” explains dboy. And so JE T’AIME was formed.
The first three albums created by the band, JE T’AIME and PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE explore the themes of the love and woes of a completely lost man. The dichotomy of romance and disgust is explored in these albums. “These first three records were all written in the same place, namely a house by the ocean in Brittany” according to dboy. When creating music the entire band works together, although dboy concedes that often the band is drunk when they are creating. “On the next album we will try to write drinking tea” says dboy.
There is a perceptible desire in their music to make listeners want to dance. “The primary desire of this band has always been to make the European Gothic audience dance. “ Tall Bastard explains. This gives JE T’AIME pleasure and this dialogue provides energy for the band to feed off of when performing for a live audience.
“The three of us have very different musical backgrounds” guitarist Tall Bastard points out. A self described “incorrigible Cure fan” he says that during the July heatwave he started listening to Japanese Whispers and despite The Cure album Faith being his inspiration for creating music he believes Japanese Whispers is their best album.
While telling what dboy describes as “awful love stories”, light and shadows and contrasts are themes that JE T’AIME enjoys exploring in their music. The creative process for the band varies depending on the mood. “You should also always remember to balance your album” dboy believes. If the album requires a slightly calmer mood the band employs the use of a soaring synthesizer while if the record lacks but requires a fast track a drum with a high tempo will be added before a bass with a nasty fuzz. In order to keep a certain consistency when working on PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE JE T’AIME made a list of elements and moods they liked on the first album so they could maintain a consistency in sound between the albums.
The band also acknowledges they have some literature and film influences when they are creating their music. On the band’s first album, there is a sample from the 1973 French film by Jean Eustache “La Maman et la Putain.” An avid reader, dboy helps alleviate his stress by always having a book to read which in turn can influence his creative process. “Lately I have been enjoying rereading Victor Hugo’s love letters with Juliette Drouet , I love them.” Confesses dboy.
“We call ourselves a Post-Punk band” Tall Bastard says explaining that this is where the roots of the band come from. Their music can be catchy but also darker then most Indie bands create. “I feel that being called a “punk” somehow gives a certain responsibility to deal with a rather political issue” dboy believes. Although they don’t generally have anything to do with politics they have put out an EP on which they invited bands Then Come Silence, The Foreign Resort and French band Diamond 2Klo. The funds from the sales of this EP are sent to help the victims of the war in Ukraine. “Maybe that’s a little bit of being a punk?” Asks dboy.
Believing that the cover of a record is a key element, JE T’AIME admits to taking great care in the design of them. The first album cover was a photograph taken in a photo booth in the early hours of the morning in The Klub in Paris. The cover for the double album PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE was created by a friend of the band, photographer Andy Julia. Other graphic work for the album was completed by another friend of the band, Adrien Chapuis.
For dboy life without performing on a stage would be a mistake. He describes the stage as being like the band’s home and that everyone loves home. “I often compare the stage to a pirate ship. It often sways, in the middle of the storm that a concert can be, but you must never sink it.”
Future plans for JE T’AIME include world tours, new albums and lots of adventure. When asked how the band would describe their sound to a novice to their music dboy says “ You take The Cure, The Police and Depeche Mode, mix it all together and you get JE T’AIME.” Tall Bastard adds “The Pixies! He always forgets to put The Pixies in that list!”
Links :
Webpage : https://www.jetaime-music.com/
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