Its always nice to to hear about people in love from France. However if your cold and alone like me and have discovered self harm, please pause for thought. There is some good from romance besides unexpected bundles of joy and herpes. One being this band, Unison. I posted a video on these guys awhile back and have been holding onto an interview and track for awhile. The feedback has been incredible actually, i really expect some great things from these guys. Some droning bass and haunting vocals will always be a treat for the ears. Please tell me what you guys think and check their other stuff out weaerunison.com
So, where are you guys from and who are you?
Hello. We are Unison, a french band from Niort, a little city in the far west of France, between Nantes and Bordeaux. For now the line-up is Melanie (singer), Julien (singer, guitar and programming) and now we have a drummer, Sebastien, who is awesome.
How did Unison start?
Unison began during the fall of 2008. I (Julien) was seeking a female singer by the help of a website (Audiofanzine). Melanie answered to the advertisement I wrote. We quickly fell in love.
How would you describe your sound?
Our sound is the result of our lives. We want it both sensual/sexual, dark, groovy, noisy, melodic, plain, loud… very loud.
What inspired you to make music together?
We HAVE to make music. It’s a vital need. We are inspired by our lives and the need to create something, to find a way to communicate and share our feelings, even if no one care.
What direction would you like to head towards?
The direction will be randomly defined. It depends on our future experiences. We are totally ready to travel/move to anywhere. We are ready to let our music become what it wants to be.
Are you after a new sound or something else?
We don’t care to find a new sound. But we don’t care either to be a part of any defined style or scene. We want to stay totally free. Free to melt any kind/styles of music that we like. We already have some very different tracks. Some of them are fast and catchy, some others are more ambient and aerial (like the 3 tracks on our myspace). But many people told us that we have our own sound.
Do you guys play gigs in any regular circuits or scenes? who have you played with?
We started to play live shows a few months ago. We’ve just done 3 live shows since we exist. We played with Matt Elliot (Third Eye Foundation), Lentonia Records bands (E.D.H, Hypo, Video Love…) and local bands/musicians.
The song Outside is really dramatic and creepy, how did the that song come to life?
I wrote this track in 30 minutes, every parts included (beat, guitar, synths, vocals).
Sincerely, I think Outside came directly from my subconscious. Like David Lynch say, I’ve just catched “the fish” (the idea that floats in the air).
What would you consider your inspirations?
They are numerous. Life & death, love & hate, beauty & bestiality, sadness & joy, archaism & modernism…
Pepsi or Coke?
Definitely Coke. But it’s bad. Coke is evil. Fuck consumerism, money & capitalism.
We hate money.
What do you have planned for the future? Album? tours?
We are making 2 ep’s for Lentonia Records (Paris) & Matteblack Editions (Los Angeles). One will be digitally released and the other will be a vinyl 7” ep, both in the fall of 2009. We will do some shows very soon in Paris and other French cities. Go to http://weareunison.com to know where and when. Tours are not planned yet but it’s something we definitely gonna do. An album will be released in 2010, maybe with Matteblack & Lentonia joined together.
Finally, how long do you think its going to take until the world falls in love with Unison?
Love is what we want to share with everyone. We don’t know how long it’s going to take but we are completely ready for that… except if the world collapses before that.
MP3: UNISON – OUTSIDE
Wowww, I ve just listened what those guy did on myspace, that s amazing!!!.. Have never heard something like that before, “c est unique”. I still stay speechless on “Outside”. Cant wait for other songs.. Unison ! Please register the album quickly !
That s really good sound ! The osmosis that we can strongly feel by listening to their music reminds me that special and intimate relationship between John and Yoko..; I guess Julien crunched the apple that Melanie has showed him.
This same apple which has been gathered by a delicate drummer in the french romantic far west landscape of Poitou Charentes during a cold but sunny morning of autumn..
Hello, I m from Niort and I saw them playing there .. And that was awesome.. So hypnotic music, dark, cold but optimistic and hopefull in the same time, hard to describe but it s a kind of therapeutic music.
Since I listen Unison my life has changed a lot, i have friends now, my social relationchips are really better with people and I found a really good job in Niort now.. Believe me, Unison is Future !!
is it just me or do these comments sounds fabricated? Anyhow, these dudes are awesome too
haha i was thinking the same, either way… i still think they are pretty rad.
No way JD people are just throwing themselves whole body and soul into amazingmentation. Drugs.
yes i agree, spread LOVE and not FEAR, fear will destroy us all.