Christian Zanési
Where are you now?
I'm home, in Saint-Ouen.
Where would you like to be?
At home, but with all the cats I've had in my life; Gitane, Pipeau, Apollo, Agathe, Zoé, Julie, Usha, Aldo, and the last one, Dédé, who passed away on January 10th. I think about them a lot.
What have you been doing lately?
As usual, I wake up early, then I go back to bed for an hour or two. Then I check what I'm supposed to do on that day (I've made a list the day before) and I slowly get to it. Sometimes, I don't get to the end of the list, probably because I've got a procrastination problem. And sometimes, I freak out. At my age, the virus can be pretty aggressive, and my lungs are not in a good shape. Yesterday at some point, I was coughing a lot, and I've been thinking that if I had caught it, I wouldn't be here anymore in fifteen days. That's my hypochondriac side.
What are you hearing right now?
I've been listening again to what I've been doing in my studio recently. I make adjustments and I go forward. If I've got enough energy, I make new sounds with my Moog synthesizer. Making new sounds, that's the tricky part.
Are you using this containment period to make music?
Not so much more than usual. A little more actually, because there's a lot of collective initiatives. Those last few days for instance, I've made a remix for Arnaud Rebotini, I did some music for a short film by Sophie-Catherine Gallet, and I've adapted a very short piano based piece, recently composed, for the photographer Linda Bujoli.
What will the world be like next?
At the beginning of "what's next", there will be a lot of good resolutions (some of them might succeed) but eventually we will get back to our collective insanity.
How can we support the music community?
I think the best thing is to support the new generations and to let them express themselves. They bring along the necessary energy to keep things going.
Five music to recommend?
When I doubt: De natura sonorum by Bernard Parmegiani.
When I'm sad: Trois leçons de ténèbres by François Couperin.
When I feel nostalgic: Electric Café by Kraftwerk, which text Music Non Stop is just perfect.
In my studying moments: Gesang der Jünglinge by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
In my spiritual moments: Le voyage by Pierre Henry .
A book?
Confiteor by Jaume Cabré.
On the back of the book, we can read: "Confiteor defies narrative rules to make sense out of a masterful chaos and to fill a profane cathedral with music". Pretty attractive, isn't it?
What will you do when you get out?
First I'll meet my daughter Marie-Hélène and then all my friends of course.
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