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Photography by Laurent Chouard
Releasing an album written in English for the first time, acclaimed French outfit recently returned with Rock Machine, a sprawling 13-pronged project that covers a remarkable depth of sonic ground and musical eras.
The band have become known for their fearless creativity, and this new work is no different. Fronted by Marlon Magnée and Sacha Got, La Femme show an appeal that moves beyond a singular scene, nation or genre, and with this new album, show they are only getting bolder the further they explore their musical identity.
Here, Wonderland connect with the band, talking ethos, essence, and the new album.
Listen to Rock Machine…
Read the interview…
Hey guys! How has your year been so far, did you have a nice summer?
Hello! Yes it was nice! We played few shows, then some works and some surf!
How would you define the essence of your sound and approach?
We are a rock and roll band, you can find this energy on stage. We have a bunch of synth but also drum bass and guitar. On the record, we always been in some crossovers, mixing periods and music that we liked. We start mixing 60’s and 80’s, also with a lot of psychedelic and hypnotic elements. We love haunted sounds. Gradually we explored a bunch of style: country, disco, folkloric music like Spanish, Turkish or Hawaian, hip hop. There is no specific rules, we just have to like it. We try to not be only revivalist and sound like a specific time. For example, if we start a song like western Morricone style, like “Fugue Italienne”, we are gonna mix it with some weird synth or breakbeat, so it seems modern in a way.
Talk us through the ethos of the band?
In term of creativity, everything is possible, we don’t have limit. Some bands are like “we are a postpunk band we cant do 60’s music,” or “we are a disco band we can’t do ska. We are the opposite, we think “let’s mix all together and make it a huge mess.” It’s more fun, it’s a way to not get bored, experiment and learn every time. And also to find an originality in this era, we also always say “like in the 60’s” which for us mean le’ts not give a fuck, get drunk, go to sleep on a couch and jump in a train or a car without asking any question. We tried to not give fuck and keep it light even if its hard. Mostly in those time I think where people have lost their innocence and are controlled by cellphones and frustration, and finally in many way, we give a fuck.
Congrats on your forthcoming LP Rock Machine! How are you feeling about the release?
Excited, it’s always really hard to finish a record so every time we release it feel we lose a weight.
The album is written completely in English, what was your reason for this?
As for the spanish record, we wrote a lot of song in english so we decide to make a full record in english so there is a coherence . its part of this odyssée collection we are doing, and each record have a specific theme
What was the process of creating the album? What was the most difficult part of putting it together?
First, we have a lot of demos and songs we wrote all around the years, some of them are from the time of our first record. Then we made a selection and we finishing it together with Marlon, we go through a lot of details and sometimes we try different kind of production for each songs, for example for “Love Is Over”, we first did a rock psychdedelic version, then a punk version, then a 60’s ballade version and we finished by a Madchester vibe version. we try a lot of stuff and experiment so it could took a while. We record a lot of stuff in our home and also at Melodium studio in Paris, we also worked in London and Margate, our friend Dan Lyons helped us. We wanted to go to UK for get into the mood . Also sometimes we stay after some show and work in some airbnb. we did it in Istanbul and Bucharest.
How does the album show your artistic progression from your last full length project Teatro Lucido?
On this one there is more song going back trough 80’s new wave which was very present on our first record , so there’s these kind of vibes. But we also mixed it with big guitar solos like hard rock styles , there is some classic rock vibes like for example “I Believe In Rock And Roll” is a mix between AC/DC, Joan Jett and The Beastie Boys. We tried some new crossover. There is also some ballads but had this aesthetic of Rock and roll new wave, also in the artwork and the title of the record.
Sonically, what inspired your choices on the project?
New wave, hard rock, 60’s yeye surf music, calypso, bagpipe, psychedelic, Manchester, disco, soul, ska, rockabilly.
What’s your favourite track on Rock Machine and why?
Love is over, clover paradise, I believe in rock and roll.
What else is to come from you this year?
We aree gonna tour USA in November, then Europe in spring, and Accor Arena in Paris in November 2025!
What’s next musically for La Femme?
This is still a mystery.
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Photography by Laurent Chouard
Releasing an album written in English for the first time, acclaimed French outfit recently returned with Rock Machine, a sprawling 13-pronged project that covers a remarkable depth of sonic ground and musical eras.
The band have become known for their fearless creativity, and this new work is no different. Fronted by Marlon Magnée and Sacha Got, La Femme show an appeal that moves beyond a singular scene, nation or genre, and with this new album, show they are only getting bolder the further they explore their musical identity.
Here, Wonderland connect with the band, talking ethos, essence, and the new album.
Listen to Rock Machine…
Read the interview…
Hey guys! How has your year been so far, did you have a nice summer?
Hello! Yes it was nice! We played few shows, then some works and some surf!
How would you define the essence of your sound and approach?
We are a rock and roll band, you can find this energy on stage. We have a bunch of synth but also drum bass and guitar. On the record, we always been in some crossovers, mixing periods and music that we liked. We start mixing 60’s and 80’s, also with a lot of psychedelic and hypnotic elements. We love haunted sounds. Gradually we explored a bunch of style: country, disco, folkloric music like Spanish, Turkish or Hawaian, hip hop. There is no specific rules, we just have to like it. We try to not be only revivalist and sound like a specific time. For example, if we start a song like western Morricone style, like “Fugue Italienne”, we are gonna mix it with some weird synth or breakbeat, so it seems modern in a way.
Talk us through the ethos of the band?
In term of creativity, everything is possible, we don’t have limit. Some bands are like “we are a postpunk band we cant do 60’s music,” or “we are a disco band we can’t do ska. We are the opposite, we think “let’s mix all together and make it a huge mess.” It’s more fun, it’s a way to not get bored, experiment and learn every time. And also to find an originality in this era, we also always say “like in the 60’s” which for us mean le’ts not give a fuck, get drunk, go to sleep on a couch and jump in a train or a car without asking any question. We tried to not give fuck and keep it light even if its hard. Mostly in those time I think where people have lost their innocence and are controlled by cellphones and frustration, and finally in many way, we give a fuck.
Congrats on your forthcoming LP Rock Machine! How are you feeling about the release?
Excited, it’s always really hard to finish a record so every time we release it feel we lose a weight.
The album is written completely in English, what was your reason for this?
As for the spanish record, we wrote a lot of song in english so we decide to make a full record in english so there is a coherence . its part of this odyssée collection we are doing, and each record have a specific theme
What was the process of creating the album? What was the most difficult part of putting it together?
First, we have a lot of demos and songs we wrote all around the years, some of them are from the time of our first record. Then we made a selection and we finishing it together with Marlon, we go through a lot of details and sometimes we try different kind of production for each songs, for example for “Love Is Over”, we first did a rock psychdedelic version, then a punk version, then a 60’s ballade version and we finished by a Madchester vibe version. we try a lot of stuff and experiment so it could took a while. We record a lot of stuff in our home and also at Melodium studio in Paris, we also worked in London and Margate, our friend Dan Lyons helped us. We wanted to go to UK for get into the mood . Also sometimes we stay after some show and work in some airbnb. we did it in Istanbul and Bucharest.
How does the album show your artistic progression from your last full length project Teatro Lucido?
On this one there is more song going back trough 80’s new wave which was very present on our first record , so there’s these kind of vibes. But we also mixed it with big guitar solos like hard rock styles , there is some classic rock vibes like for example “I Believe In Rock And Roll” is a mix between AC/DC, Joan Jett and The Beastie Boys. We tried some new crossover. There is also some ballads but had this aesthetic of Rock and roll new wave, also in the artwork and the title of the record.
Sonically, what inspired your choices on the project?
New wave, hard rock, 60’s yeye surf music, calypso, bagpipe, psychedelic, Manchester, disco, soul, ska, rockabilly.
What’s your favourite track on Rock Machine and why?
Love is over, clover paradise, I believe in rock and roll.
What else is to come from you this year?
We aree gonna tour USA in November, then Europe in spring, and Accor Arena in Paris in November 2025!
What’s next musically for La Femme?
This is still a mystery.
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