Emile Sornin lays his blue teddy bear on a chair. sorry for the delay Then, at the photographer’s request, he puts his jacket back on. The leader of Forever Pavot, a Parisian psychedelic pop group, met at Exterior Quai, a bar next to his rehearsal studio. “I come here regularly, I have the imagination of the artist living and being inspired by the cafe life. » Located at the Gare de l’Est, the bistro brings together a diverse population of regulars and travellers. The facility has been renewed, wrong bar atmosphere the 1950s.
The musician chose a place in his image, with a certain fondness for the past. His masters? Ennio Morricone, Francois de Roubaix, Philippe Sarde. He also maintains a passion for the illustration music of the 1960s and 1970s, which is released on albums and then used for the jingles of TV or radio shows. At 38, with a mischievous little moustache, keen eyes and a distinguished look, Emile has a quick and well-syncopated pronunciation – a bit like his music, which is well-regarded in the French psychedelic pop-rock scene.
The past is also embodied in the instruments played by Emile Sornin. He persuades his analog synthesizers and other unusual machines. His fondness for China was even the origin of a nine-track mini-album released in 2016, aptly named Le Bon Coin Forever. “It’s Guillaume Chiron from Modern Comfort [lieu de culture à Poitiers], offering to find ads on Leboncoin and go to people’s homes to play the instruments they were selling. » A documentary was made on the occasion of this trip in Poitou-Charentes, from his best friend, François-Xavier Richard. We see Emile recording herself with mismatched and hybrid instruments and bizarre sounds. “The CD is anecdotal and funny, but the documentation is interesting. You see me coming to people’s houses, trying out their instruments, discussing their stories with them – that’s something very satisfying for people. » We discover a harmonica, a bombarde, a Roland CR-78 rhythm machine, a 1917 violin made in cigar boxes, a harpsichord, a modular synthesizer, a Michelsonne keyboard, a church organ and so many chopped instruments…
Emile collects fads by time periods. It’s the time spent at flea markets or flea markets for Z-series VHS tapes, Super 8 and Super 16 cameras. It’s also Turkish music. “I even drove to Istanbul to look for records there”, he confesses. But leading a group and having a family life with a 6 year old boy drains a lot of energy from him.
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