No bar for this aperitif. They are too numerous and have a more extravagant idea in mind. See you instead in the mythical Ferber studios of the 20th centurye district of Paris. These recording studios have housed Gainsbourg, Bashung, Delpech, Louise Attaque, among others. And so, on this early December evening, is more than half of the astereotype collective, which numbers about a dozen members after the throes of life.
First there are Stanislas Carmont and Claire Ottaway, two singer-songwriters with recognizable voices in a thousand. They are joined by Christophe L’Huillier on guitar, Eric Dubessay on drums, Arthur B. Gillette on bass and Benoît Guivarch on keyboards. The latter brought beer, chips and sodas. They laugh a lot and shower their singers between two valves with a colossal dose of tenderness. Because this, suffering from autistic disorders and sovereign on stage, is a surprising, relevant and, in a word, impressive company.
For the photo in the first floor offices, Claire and Stanislas pose with a beer, but in real life they limit themselves to tea or coke. “Astereotype is enough to give me pleasure. I don’t need alcohol”sums up the singer, to whom we owe the flagship title of her latest album. No guy looks like Brad Pitt in Drôme, published in April 2022. It’s also one of the catchiest – and certainly truest – choruses of the year. In the song, the phrase that underscores this observation is: “Real life sucks. » Is it really for this atypical group that fascinates as much as it seduces? “As an artist, real life is extremely irritating once you meet these people, says Arthur, pointing to Claire and Stanislas. Everything is boring, bottomless banality. Like chips left at the bottom of the packet and softened. That’s real life outside of the band. »
A unique experience
We believe it. Astereotype is a new unique experience. The incredible story of a workshop at the Medical Educational Institute (IME) in Bourg-la-Reine (Hauts-de-Seine), created in 2010 by Christophe L’Huillier, pedagogue and musician. He encourages young people with autism to write about their lives, what’s going well, what’s not, everything that’s on their mind. Texts with a highly sensitive surrealism emerge from this poetry workshop. Christophe, together with Benoît, soon composes small musical arrangements to accompany them.
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