INTERVIEW
The containment has interrupted their tour, but they will be on Saturday on Arte. At 00:50 a private concert by IAM will be broadcast, recorded with the public, before confinement. "IAM is in the club", a concert given in an industrial wasteland transformed into an ephemeral club near the Porte d'Aubervilliers, which Akhenaton, emblematic member of the group and guest of Europe 1, described on Friday as "an incredible place ". At the microphone of Philippe Vandel, the rapper gave an overview of what viewers can find there, or discover.
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"An injection of Yasuke songs amidst the classics of IAM"
"It was a great evening," said Akhenaton. "There were people who used to come to IAM concerts, and who told us that it was really different and special. People were very close."
Several songs from their latest album, Yasuke , are presented. "The order of the songs has nothing to do with the tour," said Akhenaton. "We reworked certain structures and introduced other songs, but we did, in the middle of the classics of IAM, an injection of songs by Yasuke", he continues, adding how important it is for the group to show that it is still active. "It shows that the group is still writing, and we are proud of this latest album".
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The Dark Side Empire
The classics still have their place. Among them, The Dark Side Empire , in which Akhenaton and Shurik'n launch a cutting edge "Mars is the empire, I launch my troops on the ground, to eradicate this stupid Jean-Claude Gaudin Skywalker". Returning to these words, Akhenaton evokes a fight that has crossed the decades. "Those who are presented as the great gentiles of history are not necessarily those who are believed to be gentiles, life is more nuanced, complicated," he says.
"We have to tell the people who listen to us that everything is not white, and everything is not black: there is nuance everywhere, and the absence of nuance opens the door to a bunch of fake fights that do not are not constructive for the country and for the communities. "
I dance the mia : "you have to know how to take a break with this track"
"Cemented horizons, pickpockets, drug addicts. Ignored honest people, superflics, Zorros. Politicians and journalists visiting the zoo." The title Demain c'est loin (1997) is still a classic from the first decade of the IAM group's existence, one cannot speak volumes about the vision and treatment of the suburbs, which still resonates in their concerts.
"Unfortunately, we move there only when there are not pretty things happening there," points Akhenaton, estimating that the phenomenon has been amplified with the news channels continuously. The themes covered in the titles of the late 90s are not out of fashion, and also speak to new generations.
As for those who are surprised not to hear the famous I dance the mia , Akhenaton justifies himself: "There are times when you have to know how to take a break with this track".