For all the others, just enjoy this translation and especially, lots of loveliest Brian’s smiles which this interview is full of!😍
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔. 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's true. How come you ask it so directly?
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, yes, yes, almost 37 years ago. But I don't really remember it. We didn't stay there for too long, so I don't remember living in Belgium. That’s why I’m back to Brussels, because I don't have these memories about living there, it's not really a place with a big resonance for me. I’m not saying anything bad about it, I’m just saying that people often ask me if that place means something to me, but I don't remember, not very much anyway.
𝑰𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒖𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒖𝒙𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, exactly. It's true that in the 80s it was very boring in Luxembourg. Me and Stefan, our reaction was to lock ourselves in our rooms listening to lots of music and learning to play instruments. The idea of escaping that boredom pushed us to have this determination of doing something artistic with our lives. But we were separated. We were in the same country, going to the same school, but we weren't friends. So our lives were quite similar and when we found each other in London by accident, voila!
𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's exactly like a second family, a surrogate family. The only difference is that you can choose this family. This is a big luxury and a big difference. I moved to London when I was 17 and went to a University there to study dramatic arts which was my first passion, and only after finishing my studies I made the decision to make music. But I think that our motivation was the fact that the idea of doing the same routine threw us in such a depressive state that is was really important to us to make something artistic with our lives.
𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, yes, me and Stefan are two guys pretty shy and introverted, so we need a certain exhibitionism, but we need a context for it, and the stage is this context for us. It's a very basic thing we feel very...uhm, it's a simple, basic thing, it's an immediate response, an immediate energy from the audience that fills you with a sort of euphoria and we hope that every time we go on stage we're be able to create a common euphoria in the room. This is what we try to do.
𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's true. I have to say, it's nothing personal, but the interviews are not my favorite thing. I haven't talked too much about myself, but yes, it's true. When I was bored, I... yes (smile).
𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂. 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕?
B: Yes, it's an incredible country. I really like Asia in general, and, yes, before Meds, the last album, I spent some time there, like Beach Bum, and it's really a cool place, a country of colors, of extremes. Let's say that when you go to Japan, it's like going to the planet Mars, and when you go to India, it’s like being on the planet Mercury.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, in December 2008, we went to Siam Reap in Cambodia to play a small concert in front of a Buddhist temple from the XII century. All of it was for charity, to stop human traffic for prostitution, etc. It's something very close to our hearts. I think that human traffic is something very shocking and without excuse in a so called civilized, modern, advanced world. We try to show people what needs to be avoided, so they don't fall into the trap. Because it's mostly adolescents and adults from Asia and Eastern Europe who are in danger.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Spending time with my son, it's the best.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕!
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Thank you!
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