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Chateau Marmont At, Where Else? Schubas In Chicago, Opening For Revolver

10/19/2011

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Guillaume de Maria of French act, Chateau Marmont, has an unusual way of describing the band’s music.

“(It’s) like a soundtrack for a porn movie, but with robots only. Always a mixture between organic and electronic,” says de Maria. “But for the wannabe musical critics, let's say that we play some spacey-prog-french-robot-pop.”

One recent critic, in a major paper I won’t mention (except to say that the name begins with “Washington” and ends with “Post”) said the band was trying to be Alan Parsons Project. This says more about the dismal state of music criticism than anything else. Apparently this critic hasn’t gotten out much in the past 25 years. And this band sounds more like Men Without Hats than Alan Parsons Project. Actually, they sound pretty much NOTHING like APP.

They sound more like Electric Kingdom (remember that song? If you do you are OLD). They sound more like a Bowery Electric dance album. Perhaps it is just the 80s sounding synths that make people think of asinine comparisons. Who knows?


De Maria says that the best part of touring is seeing the landscape and meeting people. The worst?

“Spending 3 weeks in a bus with 11 guys, with all the smell and disorder you can imagine. And the food...” he says. “No problem when you're in a big city where you can find Whole Foods, but we're tired of the eternal burger on lost roads.”

His favorite tour moments include driving on Big Sur, nights in clubs of New Orleans and Nashville.

“Big souvenirs for the rest of our lives. And chilling out in L.A. listening to Steely Dan.” he says.

After the tour the band is taking a few days off in Paris to spend with friends, resting, then finishing mixes on their new record—which comes out March 2012. They will also likely play some shows here and there.



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