PREMIERE + INTERVIEW — Basile de Suresnes – Wot U Think [Frappé] [MI4L.com]

Basile de Suresnes alias BAZDESUR, co-founder of the Frappé label, DJ and multi-recidivist producer, delivers “U All Disco Lovers. F**K’’ an EP with a title not devoid of irony, considering how the 3 tracks are obviously Disco, French Touch, and House inspired. The influences may be different on the tracks, still the artist manage to glue them together, using his unique touch: grooves and warm sounds, intertwined voice gimmicks, and 909 kicks sharpened for the dancefloor, his favourite territory.

Interview With Basile De Suresnes

Q1: Who is Basile de Suresnes?

Basile is someone who has always been passionate about music. Then one day, he fell in love with the sensations that electronic music and endless nights in clubs could give him. His passion led him first to DJing, then to music production. Today, Basile is a DJ and Producer, and co-founded his own music label Frappé with Ten Fingerz.

Q2: Tell us about your new release ‘U All Disco Lovers. F***’ on Frappé Records?

U All Disco Lovers. F*** is a 3-track EP designed for the dance floor and with various influences: from disco to French touch and New York House. This an EP that matters to me: it’s been a long time since I’ve released music, I’ve been looking for myself for a while, and today I’m lucky to be able to release something that I’m satisfied with and on my own label.

Q3: What was the first thing that attracted you to the world of electronic music?

What attracted me were the crazy sensations that electronic music could make me feel. I could dance for hours in a club without realizing it, in an almost frozen space of time. I found it amazing that a DJ could tape me to a Dancefloor by making me go from one emotion to another with his discs and his buttons.

Q4: Who are your greatest influences?

Laurent Garnier was the person who influenced me the most at a very young age. I was going to live in Manchester for a few months to learn English during my studies, and I came across his book in which he recounts the beginnings of electronic music in England. It gave me a huge slap, I immediately hooked.

Radiohead has nothing to do with “club” music, but it’s also a huge influence for me. A group that flirts with electronic music and continues to get me high. Thom Yorke is a genius.

And finally I can only quote Jamiroquai and his indelible groove. They “dusted off” the funk and made it more accessible to a young person like me. I dissected the pieces one after the other, and the place of each of the instruments between them: from the groove of the bass, to the rhythm of the drums, to the voice gimmicks. In short, Jamiroquai is irreplaceable.

Q5: How would you define your sound?

Overall, I’m into house music and I try to produce tracks that make people dance. I have many influences: house from Chicago and New York, through the French touch of Bangalter, to the tropical rhythms of Africanism. I think my music is a mix of all of that.

Q6: How has your sound evolved so far?

I try to put less and less “limits” on myself when I produce and I would like to step out of my comfort zone more and more. Today I make music mainly to make people dance and that DJs will play, but tomorrow I would like to venture into music less cut for the dance floor and more mainstream. But I don’t know yet…

Q7: What is the scene like in Paris at the moment?

Paris at the moment is musically rich. A lot of things are happening. I have the impression of witnessing a very strong diversification of electronic music. If before we spoke of “Techno” to encompass a bit of everything, I have the impression that today this is no longer the case at all. In the sheds on the outskirts, we play techno and it hits very quickly. In the more “Parisian” clubs they play house which itself is close to disco. There is also another house current with worthy French ambassadors like Oden & Fatzo which does not resemble the first one… There is also a revival of the 2000’s dance scene… And all of these are very different audiences.

Q8: What else can we expect from you over the next year?

My goal for the coming year is to produce more music. I really want to put music production before DJing. Even if very beautiful dates have already been announced. Also, we are progressing very well with our Frappé label and we are ahead of the great artists who arrive on the label, including a legend of house made in Chicago, but we must not say it.

-Basile De Suresnes