INTERVIEW
"When I was offered to make a particular edition, I had to do something that had a face," says Etienne Daho, at the microphone of Europe 1. Guest of the program "Musique!", Friday, the singer-songwriter mentioned his album Surf , a cover album scheduled for release on Saturday. The album was released in vinyl edition, and given the singer's passion for this object, it could not be otherwise.
"Two of my albums could not be released on vinyl despite my pleas, and they have recently been released on vinyl," he explains. "For me, if they didn't come out on vinyl, they weren't really records, and they became real records because I now have them on vinyl."
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The record stores, "Ali Baba's caves"
"We are fortunate to be in an era where we can listen to music in many different ways," says Étienne Daho. But the latter persists: vinyl remains its preferred medium. "It is an object that is beautiful, with which we have a relationship," he explains.
"My fascination for the object is perhaps linked to the fact that I discovered music with vinyl, and that it remained", continues Étienne Daho, who defines himself more as a "complementist" than as a collector . "When I love an artist, I need to master and understand his work, so I need to have it all".
"Young people discover the magic of what it is"
For ten years, vinyl has found favor in the eyes of new generations. "Young people discover the magic of what it is, it makes me happy and it reconnects me with people much younger than me," said the singer, who says he can spend hours at record stores, provided be well supported. "Otherwise it can get people drunk, they have to be bitten".
Record stores are also the first shops that Etienne Daho looks for when he arrives in a new city. "I love them all," he says. "We go into Ali Baba's caves, and then it's adventure: there is always a surprise, it's fantastic!"