Interview Curry & Coco - eng

[Curry & Coco – Ubu Club, Rennes -  03.04.09] "Heck , we can't hear anything."

You don’t - really - hear much about Curry and Coco, even though they have already played numerous gigs. Check out their Myspace, the list for their past gigs is there for real. Their fans are ready to follow them anywhere, and they are said to be particularly keen on gay-dance delirium. So, it is all about curry and coco and about the fact that sex is fashion.

1) To begin with, could you tell us more about yourself?

S: So we are Curry and Coco, a duet, we are a thirty something duet. We have just played in Rennes, which was a really nice gig. The crowd was great and, we had loads of fun. We are currently working on a record. Actually we have been working on it for a while – so we are going to try to promote it now.


2) Curry or coconut?

S: Well both…
T: The two together.
S: It is pointless to have one and not the other.


3) What Who are your biggest influences?

S: Cindy Lauper, Charles Bukowski.
T: Robert Gillepsie. Anything actually, but art in general.
S: We are mostly influenced by painters and writers.
T: Who else? Warhol…


4) « Sex is fashion » but « Rock is disco »…

S: Of course yeah, completely, necessarily. Disco leads to sex, which leads to sweat. Sweat leads to the dancefloor which leads to disco. I would say those are obviously the words that combine the best, which is obvious.
100%: Oh, we thought you would not agree.
T: Why wouldn’t we agree?
S: We totally assume that gay and glam side, it’s is really all about that.


5) In 2008 you played at one of Jean-Charles de Castebajac’s catwalks. How was it? Is it a totally different thing to play at a catwalk right?

S: It was totally new indeed but it was unbelievable, a really unique experience really.
T: Very cool.
S: Amazing Super, had a great time.
100%: You were wearing red suits.…
T ( speaking with a Belgian accent ): You have really looked through our Myspace, haven‘t you? That is good.
100%: The video wasn’t on your Myspace, we checked JC/CB’s site & watched the video of the entire show.
S: Well well.
T: Do you know that half of the journalists, no, even 98% of them, don’t do this.
100%: Did they let you keep those beautiful red suits?
S: We didn’t want to keep them actually. We wanted it to be a special moment, a unique event.
100%: Does it mean the little red crosses on the drums don’t refer to that?
S: No, this that is our band’s logo.
100%: It looks like a man with the eyes and…
T: That’s for the nice and funny part.


6) How were the Bars en Trans, back in 2007?

S: The crowd was wild like tonight.


7) Last thing, can you give us a cooking recipe?

S: Sure, poo with beer isn’t good.
T: No it isn’t right.
100%: It’s for kids aged 9 to 11.
S: Right, well, kids, poo and beer don’t go together.
*Silence*
T: Ah, a real recipe!
100%: Yeah…
S: Bœuf bourguignon. Could take a while so to sum it up I’ll give you the most important part. Once you’ve browned the onions, etc, the meat, blah blah blah, the carrots and stuff, pour some flour on top and then the little extra secret ingredient: add a pinch of Candy sugar, just a pinch.
* Musical interlude, 'Candy Candy'*
 

8) One last word then?

S: "Good night kids"… ( Using two pieces of paper to make a superb teddy bear sitting on a small cloud.   >french old animated series for children aired before 8 o'clock in the 90s)


Check this website: http://www.jc-de-castelbajac.com/  - ‘Once upon a time‘ fashion show.

Itw by Josephine and LittleSyd. Translation by Comète.