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⭐„𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 “𝘴,” 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦… 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴.“⭐
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠, 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚇, 𝙹𝚞𝚕 𝟸00𝟽)

Photo credit: Charlie  Cravero

Dear friends, many of us experience these winter days worse than the rest of the year.

Short sunshine, cold weather, snow and frost...
In connection with various hardships in life, this period causes a more frequent tendency to depression and gloomy thoughts in many people, the world seems sadder, darker.

When you add to all of this the troubles with love, with the end of a relationship, when we are shocked, angry, aggressive or just totally desperate, it can knock us down to the very bottom.

For today's post, I have chosen a song that is the perfect anthem for all broken hearts.

🔥...𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥
𝘐'𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘥... 🔥

A perfect, heartbreaking anthem about the end of love. A drama about despair expressed in very moving words and complemented by a gentle combination of guitar and piano accompanied by a drum machine...


🔹🎶𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃🎶🔹

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
https://bit.ly/3HeGcF6
~🔹~🔹~🔹~


⭐𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:

“𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃” was written and recorded around 2002 when Placebo were working on covers with producer Dimitri Tikovoi.

Stefan: “We didn't want to make a B-side of it, so we kept the original recording for this album [“Meds”, released in 2006], just with vocals redone and more overdubs."

BLIND has been performed live 179 times, five of which were part of the setlist at intimate shows in 2022.

Lucky everyone who experienced this anthem about unrequited love live.

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⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 "𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃"
" Blind, included in Meds, is a somewhat alike song (I Know). The end of a relationship is kind like death. You have a life with someone and just suddendly, everything stops. The saddest part is that the world goes on and people go on minding their own business, without knowing the paint you feel. It's very interesting for an author to write about that."
(𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝟸00𝟼)

⭐𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: It's a song for the girls.
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: I wrote it 4 years ago, like Post Blue, when we were recording our covers with Dimitri [Tikovoï]. The guitars are tuned in the same way on both tracks. At that time, we didn't want to make B-sides of them, we kept the original recording for this album [Meds], just with vocals redone and more overdubs.
(𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼)
“One of the tracks you write for all the ladies out there.”
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚇𝙵𝙼, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟸00𝟼)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Okay, so anyone who thought this song came from Brian's broken heart, might be wrong.

Fans can only speculate what all of Brian's experiences are in the lyrics of this painful ballad, as according to the quotes, the song Blind is mainly Stefan's child.
But a song is often created by a team... Someone suggests a musical line on the guitar or piano, someone comes up with a piece of verse...

🔹💬𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉?
"There’re no rules in fact. We try to stay very open. When it’s me that make the song, I can begin with a voice melody, when it’s Stefan, it more with a guitar, and when it’s Steve, it’s with drums. We can also begin with a piano line that Stef or me find accidentally, It’s often accidental."
(𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙳𝚎𝚌 𝟸00𝟻)

Photo credit: Virgin Megastore London, England

I think that even the verses for Blind were created as a team, partly by Stefan, supplemented and completed by Brian. .. maybe...

🔹💬 You have often been accused of being an intellectual band, sometimes you use somewhat complex phrasings. But for me, as you said, you're a band with a dark romanticism mood and I can not help but quote one of the most beautiful sentences that I have ever read in a song. Here's the quote. This is an excerpt from the title Blind.

You will tell me if my choice is right.

'...𝙄'𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙯𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 /...𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 /
...𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚...'

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.
Yeah what I see, first, there is an incredible musicality. Afterwards, all you have to do is adding the music, but it's already there intrinsically in the sentence. And above all, tell us the truth, you're a Shakespeare fan? It's Romeo and Juliet. A bit like that.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 ... 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰.
(𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠, 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎' 𝙼𝟼, 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟸00𝟼)
~🔹~🔹~🔹~

Of course, when we see Brian tearfully wailing into the microphone .... 🔥"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥....𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦... 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦...."🔥 , we're not far from the idea that in that moment, in his role as narrator, he can recall any of his pain of an involuntarily ended relationship, the pain of a lost love, the pain of a loved one leaving💔

⭐For me, this ballad has always evoked my personal memory of a relationship between lovers that was affected by drug addiction.

It was about my friends from my youth and their suffering that almost resulted in the death of that girl. Fortunately, she eventually came out of her coma in the hospital and entered a drug addiction treatment facility.

Nevertheless, it was the end of great love, because the boy's parents, fearing for their son's life, moved so far away that the two lovers could no longer see each other. Life sometimes brings experiences that are very cruel and take a painful place in our souls for the rest of our lives.

Thanks to these experiences of my friends, I can't forget the very special movie 🔹'𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦'🔹, in which 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐨 played the main role. I agree with the fan who used bits from this movie as the 'official' video for the BLIND song.

🔹🎶 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
http://bit.ly/3QL7PbW

For the end of today's post I have chosen a live performance from ⭐𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐱 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕, that is really very emotional...
It seems as if for Brian the microphone is the materialization of all his painful breakups...

🔥'...𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 ...𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥...'🔥

Post by Marti

PLACEBO – THE PRODUCTION OF MEDS

💦🔹...𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰'𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆...🔹💦


Dear friends, I know how eagerly we all expect every mention of the new Placebo album. The child has already been born, and yet it is still mysteriously hidden from us. And to give you a little idea of how such a Placebo album is made, I went back in my memory to the creation of the MEDS album, which was released in 2006.
MEDS is considered the best album in Placebo's entire career.
We know from many interviews that tension and misunderstanding between the band members escalated during the recording of this album. But from the articles I found, you can only feel the joy and enthusiasm for creating this gem.
You can read excerpts from several interviews, and in the end you will enjoy the amazing performance of the song 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳, which Brian said about:

”The end of a relationship is kind like death. You have a life with someone and just suddendly, everything stops. The saddest part is that the world goes on and people go on minding their own business, without knowing the paint you feel. It's very interesting for an author to write about that.”
(𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠, 2006)


“One of the tracks you write for all the ladies out there.”
(𝑋𝐹𝑀, 2006 )

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

📌In March 2006, the trio will seal its ten years of existence with a fifth album that is reminiscent of the contagious energy of their debut. We were offered an exclusive look into the studio:
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It is here, behind these walls of faded yellow bricks, that Brian Molko (vocals, guitar), Stefan Olsdal, (bass) and Steve Hewitt (drums) have been working since last June on Placebo’s fifth album. After leaving the cute hostess/receptionist and having been removed of MP3 players or any other electronic object vaguely resembling a recording device, we’re able to enter. In the kitchen, arranged into a work room, you can find an expresso machine, a leather sofa, a Ping-Pong table, a Wurlitzer juke-box, a vintage fridge on which a plate of cookies is balanced, and near the floor, a few gold discs of artists who recorded in this studio (from Kim Wilde to the Libertines, passing by Bryan Ferry, Feeder or Page/Plant.)


“Welcome to the RAK! It’s one of the last independent studios of London,” states Brian Molko, all smiles. “You noticed on arrival. It’s located in the residential district, far from stress, far from show-business, far from everything. When Dimitri suggested this address, we didn’t hesitate one second. This place gives us the atmosphere, the discretion and the comfort we were looking for.”


“Placebo are negociating an important turn-around in their career”, specifies Tikovoi. /.../ I talked with the group at length about what they wanted. To return to the energy and spontaneity of their debut or to go further into sophistication? They opted for the first choice, because the pieces lent themselves to that premise perfectly well. The RAK has three studios. I chose to record in the largest room. Brian, Stefan and Steve played in a triangle, looking at each other. There weren’t any machines. My aim was to get a raw sound out of them. I concentrated on the songs and the unity of the group rather than working the vocals and instruments separately.
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Placebo wanted to be present for this private listening session – a rare enough occurrence.
“We’re really excited by this album. It’s always interesting to see people’s reactions listening to it for the first time. They don’t even need to speak. We can tell if they’re getting into it or not. So far, there’ve been mainly happy faces coming out of here. It’s pretty encouraging,” confides Stefan Olsdal. /.../
(𝑇𝑒́𝑙𝑒́𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒, 𝑁𝑜𝑣 2005)
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Dimitri explains: “The idea in the beginning was to re-do a fisrt album, including the challenge of making each song really exciting and unique. [To] get rid of the production and make it more direct, not to hide behind layer of nice-sounding things. [I wanted] something that gets to the core of the band and the emotion of the songs.” Dimitri’s approach meant that Placebo were pushed out of their ‘comfort zone’ with Brian in particular encountering writer’s block when it came to lyrics.


“It does get harder as you get older, as you get more successful,” he details. “It gets harder and harder with each record trying not to repeat yourself, trying not to become a cliché. I certainly didn’t want to repeat myself on this record so it was extremely challenging. I did go through periods of blockages. But another thing Dimitri said to me was that when you’re going through a process of change, it’s a very difficult position to be in and you just have to keep pushing because ultimately you’ll be so much more rewarded.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝐹𝑒𝑏 2006)

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

🔸𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑐 2005🔸
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 2004, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 5𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?
"Many things. We started writing near Cannes in France, then, we wrote the major part of the album in 6 weeks, but it was last year and of course, it has evolved. Ideas go on! We met in London, almost 3 months ago, with Dimitri Tikovoi whom we worked on «Runninig up that Hill» and «The Ballad of Melody Nelson» , which were on the cover album. We wanted to work with him for a long time. For some reasons: we were born the same day, the same year…"


𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆…
"Yes. And we wanted to work with someone of our generation, we didn’t want to work with someone that could have been our father, like many famous producers with whom our label tried to make us work with. We thought that it would be more interesting to work with someone of our age. When we began this album, no one was more than 35! The atmosphere was different and i think it’s one of the reasons that made things move. The recording took 8 weeks, ans that’s very quick for us."


𝑻𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒊, 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓?
"Yes, it is! We had an argument the first week, the kind of «Why do you treat me this way? I’m your friend!» But after the first week, it became very easy. Since the clash was ended, we take the roles established between producer and atrists, then it become really easy becuse no one is afraid of hurt the ego of the other. We know each other rather well and finally, we didn’t stop making jokes with each other. It creates an atmosphere of camaraderie… Very democratic! And i think it has also contribuated to the speed of this recording." /.../


𝑶𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚?
"I think that i’m in a period of changes, of transformations with lyrics, i didn’t want to repeat the same things and maybe i was in a position of comfort. It’s with Dimitri that i manages to break this situation, rediscover something, a danger or an anger, but something fresh, something that is not a cliché, that is not an inferior version of the angst and the frustration that existed on our firsts albums. When you grow old, it becomes harder, i think, to write lyrics… I still speak about addiction and confusion, but differently, i hope."


𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉?
"There’re no rules in fact. We try to stay very open. When it’s me that make the song, I can begin with a voice melody, when it’s Stefan, it more with a guitar, and when it’s Steve, it’s with drums. We can also begin with a piano line that Stef or me find accidentally, It’s often accidental."

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

🔸𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 2006🔸
After Brian Molko last month and before Steve Hewitt next month, Stefan Olsdal speaks to us live from the mixing studio on Placebo’s future release, due 14th March 2006.


𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐.
"We begin around 2 or 3 pm, and work until 3 in the morning. This week, for example, we re-recorded the first track on the album because we weren’t satisfied with the sound of the mikes or with the studio it was recorded in. Between two takes we went down to studio 3 to see how the mixing was going, then we went back up the record, then we went back down to see Flood, etc."


𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔!
"Yeah, we need the exercise! [laughs]. This week has been hard, intense, because we’re trying to go fast so the album’s out for the start of 2006. Everyone’s exhausted, but we’re still smiling, and we’re all going out tonight."


𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔?
"We wait a bit before going out. Brian records some more vocals. Then, if the mixing goes well, we all go out together. Flood, the band, Dimitri and the technicians. We’re probably going to eat out together. There’s such a team spirit, everything’s going great. We wind each other up from time to time but it’s all fun. Afterwards we’ve got to go to east London for one of our mates’ private party. We’re going to relax, get release from the pressure. The session’s been long – we’ve been locked up since May, and since we’ve been mixing and recording at the same time, it’s been worse. We hardly ever go out. That’s why tonight, we plan on going wild."
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🔸𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐽𝑎𝑛 2006🔸
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏?
"It’s been the best recording session of my life. Everyone was the same age and we were just a bunch of young adults making an album. We had loads of fun, we all really connected. We’re all really confident in this album, and especially very proud. It’s a big step forward. The album’s very different to the last – our sound has evolved thanks to Dimitri and Flood. You know, we wanted to work with Flood for all our past albums, but he never had the time. It was finally possible for this one, and he did a damn good job on it. He’s thrown the group forward, made us sound how we’ve wanted to for four albums. The fans will be happy, they’ll feel as if they’re inside the music. We really tried to put tension and excitement into the pieces. It’s a very ‘rock’ album, much more so than ‘Sleeping with Ghosts’ and I think the tracks will work really well onstage."📌
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