In February 2007 Stefan and David talked to the Placebo fanlub Bionic about the idea behind Hotel Persona, their influences and their upcoming release, their plans for the future and how Hotel Persona and Placebo can coexist. Enjoy reading!
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| Stefan Olsdal and David Amen. Photo credit unknown |
Stefan and David Amen have had a few weeks of complete dedication to Hotel Persona while being in Madrid at the beginning of the year: writing new songs, getting ready their debut album and some dj-sets in the busy Madrid 's night and in other Spanish cities. Writing and acting inside a big eclecticism, Hotel Persona is a project done to join the anonymity and the madness found in a Hotel with the identity concept inside each person.
Bionic-club have had the chance to talk to the boys from this particular Hotel and pass them the questions from their fans: beginnings, influences, future plans and many other curiosities which are here answered:
๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐? ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ง?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “We met in London a long time ago in a Club in Brixton, but Hotel Persona didn't come up till a long time after that; David began to write songs which I set to music; I can't say that we ‘decided' to form Hotel Persona in an specific moment but that it was rised bit a bit.“
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐ฌ?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “No, Hotel Persona is something I do when I have a break of Placebo, I write different kind of music and not all this music have place in Placebo, that's what I find interesting in this side project, that I can develop other aspects and kinds of music that would be lost in other way.“
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ?
๐ข ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ : “The bands which have interested me in different moments have been: Pegamoides. Golpes Bajos, Cure, Smiths, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Suede, Blur, Bjork, Fangoria, Blondie…… and many others; lately bands like Royksopp, The Knife, Jay-Jay Johanson.“
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| Hotel Persona at Razzmatazz, Barcelona, 2006. Photo credit unknown |
๐ข ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ : “At the beginning we wanted to be Material, but it happens that there is an American band with that name already, so we had to think of something different and honestly it took us time till we found Hotel Persona. Stefan had a DVD movie by Ingmar Bergman called Persona (it's a very strange film from his beginnings) and we thought this name was perfect, but we found out that there were 2 or 3 bands already with that name, so we added Hotel that is the opposite to Persona in some way. You can be anonymous in a hotel, it's a temporary residence, you can pretend to be whoever you like, and Persona is something you can't escape from, the person you are goes with you since you are born till the end. We thought it was interesting to mix these two concepts.“
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: At the moment to release the album that we have ready, going on writing and developing this project.“
๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “Hotel Persona have different sideS... As you probably know we have done a couple of remixes for Placebo, She Wants Revenge and United. Of course we'll go on doing it whenever it comes up something we find sufficiently interesting; we love making remixes, you come across a song already done which you are going to change in something different, you show a different view of that song, it's like a game and it's very immediate.“
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ, ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “As Djs we have been touring around a lot of places and we like it, we play the music we'd like to dance when we go out and it seems people have a good time. We don't restrict to just one kind of music, we play all kinds from songs which are more than 20 years old till new ones, from Nine Inch Nails to Madonna.“
๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ . ๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐? ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ฌ? ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ๐? ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฆ?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “There are many things still in the air, at the moment we are deciding which company we can firm with. Our purpose, in case everything goes all right, is to release it this year, at the end of summer or something like that, but there is nothing sure yet. Most of the songs are written in Spanish (David writes the lyrics) so it will be released firstly here and then we'll see.“
๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐? ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐?
๐ข ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: “Although it's very soon yet... I think we'll do something when I finish Placebo's tour. But we'll keep telling you as we are having more information.“
(Bionic, February 2007)
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