#89 Dimi Dero Inc : Live interview and music in Marseille - A nice French Australian connection and friendship around the rock world !!
Dimi Dero Inc : A French band who loves Australia as much as me, you could hear it in the live interview I recorded with Dimi Dero (vocals and guitar) and Vinz (bass) after the show-case they did at Lollipop Store in Marseille just before their show at “la machine à coudre” in October 2008. We spoke about their connections with Australia, their friendly and musical complicities with a lot of Australian musicians : Penny Ikinger, Loene Carmen, Delphine and Warren Ellis, Mick Harvey, Rob Younger from Radio Birman and the New Christs, Steve Lucas and Cathy Green from X, the Drones…
Jean-Luc (guitar), Dimi (vocals and guitar), Pascal (drums)
Experimentation with an electric drill used as a mediator; Vinz at the bass.
Beside their musical project with Dimi Dero Inc or with Penny Ikinger when she is touring Europe, Dimi plays in many bands as a drummer (Tex Napalm, Mark Steiner, Youpi Youpi Yeah…) and Vinz with Holy Curse.
Their next album will be produced by Rob Younger but Dimi has his own label too Stagger Records created at the origin to release a tribute album to Rowland S. Howard (Birthday Party) and for other bands in a next future.
To illustrate the interview I played some excerpts from Dimi Dero’s solo album “Good Morning Monsieur Edvard” and from Dimi Dero Inc’s both first albums “Greetings from Trauma” and “Sisyphus, window cleaning” + some live recordings at la machine à coudre for the ambience !! Enjoy !!
the show-case at Lollipop Store; at the end of the show, Dimi wanted to play drums !!
janvier 11th, 2009 at 23:35:37
Merci Annie !
janvier 12th, 2009 at 06:29:47
So good to hear your voices !! AND your music…. Good work, Annie !
Dimi repond a propos de l’humour noir : “Because we are human beings and life is absurd.” It makes me think of Oscar Wilde :”L’humour noir est la politesse du desespoir.”
All the best with Rob Younger ! He is a perfectionnist with a vision and an ear…
See youzall in old Sydney town ! I’ll wear matching socks this time !
janvier 12th, 2009 at 10:32:46
Hello,
Merci beaucoup Annie, j’écoute ça dès que possible…
janvier 12th, 2009 at 14:16:30
Oui, c’est toujours Aussie bien, mais pourquoi se compliquer autant la Vie ? Les musiciens sont Français, la journaliste également… dans de telles conditions, l’Anglais ne se justifie plus vraiment.
Soyez naturels. Soyez simples.
Oui, mais les Australiens ne comprendront pas… et alors ? Comment fait-on, nous, depuis plus de 30 ans ? Don’t Fixed Up Like A Curse.
janvier 12th, 2009 at 15:27:45
My dear Christophe !
As surprising as it could appear I have not a big French audience (around 15%) as well as not a really big Australian audience (10 to 15%). I have much more Chinese (25 to 40%) or American (15 to 25%) listeners
then people coming from Europe (UK, Germany) and the rest of the world (130 different countries).
I have decided to record Meltingpod in English since more than 3 years now to catch this international audience and when the French bands accept an interview here it’s because they want to be heard around the world ! Anyway they always can choose the language they prefer to express themselves : for the French speakers only I have another blog-podcast Metlingtalks, you’re invited to check it…:)
janvier 13th, 2009 at 23:43:33
Hi Annie,
As always I really enjoyed your latest podcast. I liked the noisy background, it didn’t interfere with the interview and it lends atmosphere so the listener feels like they’re at the bar and listening in on your the conversation!
I have heard of Demi Dero Inc only through the Rowland S. Howard tribute CD (and then in your Penny Ikinger podcast) but didn’t know much about them, so I found this episode really interesting - and the music was great.
janvier 14th, 2009 at 17:13:21
Thank you for interviewing D.D. Inc. France cannot ignore the great musical talents of her native sons! And I hope the rest of the world recognizes them too!
Merry from Chicago
janvier 24th, 2009 at 21:53:51
sujet sympa je ne connaissais Dimi Dero que de nom