On the occasion of the opening of the Central Tour ticket office, Emilie Mazoyer receives Indochine in “Musique!”, This Thursday evening on Europe 1, for a special public broadcast live from Studio Bellemare.

Nicola Sirkis explains why the group's albums come more slowly than when the group started.

INTERVIEW

Eight in 20 years, then five albums over the next 20 years.

Guest of Emilie Mazoyer in a special and live program of 

Musique !, 

the Indochine group has, in almost 40 years of career, noticeably slowed down its production rate.

Nicola Sirkis, singer of the hit 

L'Aventurier

, explains this taking of time, which owes nothing to chance and everything in search of musical quality.

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A meticulous work of selecting song projects

Between the first 20 years of Indochina and the following 19, the group has changed the way it works a lot.

"oLi dE SaT has been delaying the group since its arrival," Nicola Sirkis first jokes.

"In fact, when we started there was a spontaneity and an unconsciousness to write. For example, when we wrote our third album, we wrote eight tracks and we kept the eight. We can't do that anymore. hui. "

Nicola Sirkis and his acolytes now take the time to multiply titles, before selecting only the best.

"For album 

13

, we wrote 50 projects", estimates the singer of the group.

"And when I say 50 projects, they're really songs. They're not sketches, apart from the lyrics. And the more we advance in time, the more we set ourselves a requirement."

A work process that necessarily takes more time.

But that will not prevent Indochine from finding its audience on Saturday, June 19, 2021 for an exceptional show at the Stade de France.