Im Zuge der Veröffentlichung seiner kommenden EP „Know Your Worth“ gewährt uns der in Berlin lebende Solokünstler Chris de Sarandy auf seiner nostalgisch angehauchten neuen Single „Who I Once Knew” den bisher tiefsten Einblick in seine Gefühlswelt. Der Song erinnert an den gesangsbetonten, elektro-akustischen Pop von Aquilo, M83 und Bob Moses. Melancholischer Gesang und Streicher verbinden sich dabei mit gegensätzlichen Elementen wie hallenden Kicks und treibendem E-Gitarren Sound. „Der Song erzählt davon, wie es ist, eine Person zu verlieren, mit der man sich einst sehr verbunden fühlte.“, fasst de Sarandy das Thema des Tracks zusammen und erzählt dabei auch von männlicher Verletzlichkeit. „Der Song beschreibt die Wirkung, die dieser Verlust auf mich hatte.” Das nahmen wie uns zum Anlass, Chris unsere 10 Wunderfragen zu stellen.
Frontstage Magazine: If one of you drops out at the next concert, but you have to play, then…
Chris de Sarandy: I’d find someone I can call on to step in at the last minute and if that wasn’t possible we’d do our best to give the GREATEST show of all time regardless if we were one down!
Frontstage Magazine: If you looked at your Wikipedia entry 10 years from now, it would say …
Chris de Sarandy: Chris de Sarandy, Grammy award-winning English singer-songwriter born in Kingston-Upon-Thames best known for his multiple number one albums.
Frontstage Magazinre: If your biggest idol asked you for some advice, it would be….
Chris de Sarandy: Be mindful, be grateful, be kind.
Frontstage Magazine: If you could host your own festival, then…
Chris de Sarandy: It would be set in Grunewald, Berlin by the lake with a back drop of the forest! There would be my favourite artists playing on a stage in the lake in front of a huge crowd on the beach with the best food trucks dotted around everywhere serving up culinary excellence.
Frontstage Magazine: If you could trade places with a musician/band for a concert….
Chris de Sarandy: it would have to be headlining Glastonbury. I think it’s part of anyone’s dreams growing up in the U.K.
Frontstage Magazine: If your absolute favorite band/artist would play with you in the opening program, then…
Chris de Sarandy: Tough question as I have too many favourite artists and bands but what a dream it would be to play with Daft Punk.
Frontstage Magazine: If you had to do any job well for the rest of your life, you would…
Chris de Sarandy: If I didn’t have the absolute privilege to make music full time, I’d be a graphic designer working remotely on a very warm island listening to music all day though of course.
Frontstage Magazine: If, starting tomorrow, every human being could travel back and forth to any number of parallel Earths untouched by humans, then…
Chris de Sarandy: Then I’d love to gather all the Chris de Sarandys and see what music we could make together!
Frontstage Magazine: If you had everyone’s attention for 30 seconds, then…
Chris de Sarandy: I would sing my absolute heart out.
Frontstage Magazine: If you wake up tomorrow and don’t know anything about your band in the morning…
Chris de Sarandy: then it would have been one hell of a night haha
Fotocredit: Elfesya Canimana
