“We already feel electricity, there is something special with this date”

It is in the new studio of the group that we meet Zigo, whose real name is Grégory Mavridorakis. Meanwhile, Here. Nevertheless, with the six other Dub Inc artists, he spent a year preparing their new album that will be released in the fall. However, With around twenty dates until September, the Stéphanois reggae group finds the scenes in France, Belgium and Poland. However, This Saturday, July 2, they will be at the Foreztival de Trenins.

Do you chain festivals until September, isn’t that too hard?

“We’re happy, everything is going well. Therefore, Last year, we canceled our tour for health reasons, this year, we catch up. Meanwhile, »»

Returning to play on your Loire lands is good?

“It puts a lot of pressure. Nevertheless, Last year, Foreztival, it was our summer concert and we have a year more pressure. “we already feel electricity, there Consequently, We have just learned that it is complete, so, for us, it’s great. Nevertheless, We are cage wild beasts. For example, We may make one or two sounds specially for Foreztival. In addition, We are not yet the day of the concert. In addition, we already feel electricity, there is something special with this date. Nevertheless, »»

Twenty years of success, is it starting to be long?

“We don’t see time passing, it feels like twenty years old, it was yesterday. Meanwhile, We remember about each of the 1,000 concerts we have made. Similarly, “we already feel electricity, there »»

How do you do to hear yourself?

“On the road, we go to 18. We do not always get along, but we listen to ourselves and we discuss. We try that there is the least disparity between musicians and technicians, for salary, hotel room or backstage. It is natural that the guy goes up my battery is treated like me. »»

Saturday evening at Foreztival, in addition to you, there is Biga Ranx and Zoufris Maracas as reggae artists. Is it music always fashionable?

“Reggae is a bit of a cat. When we started. every month, there was a Jamaican group that passed to Saint-Etienne, now we are in the hollow of the wave. We are doing well because we are not only categorized reggae. Rap is “we already feel electricity, there the variety of twenty years ago is cool that youth have found their style. but festivals only count on this music. »»

Since your beginnings, you defend the idea of a necessary mixing. Is it something that is close to your heart?

“It’s so obvious, it’s crazy to have to sing it. We are seven on stage, from different backgrounds and we manage to do positive things. Without being an example for the rest of the world, we want to show that it is possible. »»

What sound you will never tire of playing on stage?

“When we play Everything they wantwe feel that we touch something among the French. It is not the song that moves the most on stage. but it is the one that gives me the most emotions. »»

In Decibelsthe first piece of your next album. you are talking to your audience: “It is thanks to you that we go back to the stage, even if it is the thousandth time.” Did you feel the need to show them your attachment?

“It follows the past year, we realized that we are not eternal. What makes us hold is the strength of the public. we are not grace for radio, TV, the media, but thanks to them. »»

You are running internationally. What is the best audience?

“The truth is that in Saint-Etienne is special. When you play here, you feel like you are the Greens in the cauldron. Afterwards, the Bretons are Balèzes too. »»

Do you think this audience will still be able to remind you on stage in fifteen, twenty or thirty years?

“We signed to continue until death, there is no weariness and we don’t see ourselves aging. When we started, we were doing odd jobs and we knew what “we already feel electricity, there it was to struggle. Today, we don’t feel like working. »»

A new album is scheduled for the fall, it is the ninth. Are you looking forward to its release?

“An album is special, emotionally we give a lot. We are always afraid of disappointing, while on stage, there is no place for doubt, we immediately see the reactions. For this album, we took liberties, we may have put less pressure, not by weariness, but perhaps by maturity. We are super proud of this album. »»

AI is more and more invited into our daily lives. Have you tested artificial intelligence for music?

“We don’t all have the same opinion, I find it evil. We tested at the beginning of the design of the album and it’s crazy what it does. Little by little, AI replaces the human being. You have to regulate at least. »»

Is there “we already feel electricity, there an artist you would like to put forward?

“If I can pay tribute. there is Naâman, who left us last year (Editor’s note: the French artist, who was fighting against a brain tumor, died at the age of 34). We lost a pillar of our French scene, he inspired us a lot and he pushed us to do better. »»