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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Sacha Besson of Fuzzcrafter

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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Sacha Besson of Fuzzcrafter

How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?

It’s a strange instrumental mix of fuzz rock and progressive music, with a lot of different influences ranging from funk to doom metal and world music. We have already released two albums, A – B and C – D, that were both recorded during live studio sessions. We feel that recording that way, in an age of overproduced albums with thousands of tracks, allows us to reach the authenticity and wildness that made the rock ‘n’ roll classics we love.

We try to make music we would be happy to listen to: with massive amounts of fuzz, long tracks with complicated structures, and musical changes you wouldn’t have expected a second earlier.

Describe your first musical memory.

I’m not coming from a musician family, I was not really exposed to music as a child. But I remember having a kind of revelation when playing Zelda Link’s Awakening on my Gameboy when I was like six or seven. The goal of the game is to pick up eight musical instruments through the dungeons. Every time you pick one, the instrument plays his part, then once again with the ones you already got. You literally assist to the creation of the arrangement. I played that on repeat and was like “Wooah, that’s cool, I wanna do this!”

Not really rock ‘n’ roll is it? Fuzzy stuff came later.

Describe your best musical memory to date.

We had a lot of good times with the band, but I’d say the day we finished tracking the second album. It was a challenging session, we had two rough days. It was the first time we recorded tracks that long and technical. When we finally laid down the last track, I was very proud of what we had accomplished. There’s an euphoria you’d never get if you record the instruments one by one.

When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?

As an independent band, I don’t think there are that many occasions for this kind of dilemmas. We’re just having fun playing music we love.

Where do you feel artistic progression leads?

The more you progress, the more you understand how little you really know. I sure feel that way with music, I guess it’s the same in other artistic fields.

How do you define success?

Setting yourself goals that seem a bit too high, and working your ass off until you finally achieve something you’re proud of. The rest is bonus.

What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?

Humanity going completely crazy, speeding up the extinction of entire species all over the planet to preserve short-term personal comfort… And… Star Wars Ep. VIII.

Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.

We would really like to incorporate more guest musicians, and different kind of instruments in the next releases. We really love the trio format, and I think the limitations it imposes pushes the inspiration in a cool way; but why not bonus tracks with a way bigger band?

What do you believe is the most essential function of art?

Isn’t not having a function one of the main characteristics of art?

Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?

A good beer in a bar with friends when that weird Covid situation is over!

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Fuzzcrafter, C-D (2020)

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One Response to “The Obelisk Questionnaire: Sacha Besson of Fuzzcrafter”

  1. DaveTheShoe says:

    Sacha, you’re the man!

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