Golem Dance Cult On the Making Of “Carpe Noctem”
What was the creative process like for this particular "Carpe Noctem?"
Charles: Carpe Noctem is the most peculiar song I have ever written in the way it was created.
I wrote it on an acoustic guitar, first as a kind of dark blues (this can be heard on the coda of the song), and while I was working on the musical “bed” (drums, bass, guitar - acoustic and electric,….) I caught Covid and spent 3 full days in bed, comatose… When I came back to a semblance of life, I went to my studio and while browsing through the file of my DAW, I found a new version of this song that I probably arranged and mixed in an altered state…and that I really dig. So much so that we kept this version for the album. So in terms of the creative process, there you go: an acoustic dark blues ditty rearranged by a mad scientist.
Could you discuss the lyrical themes or messages conveyed in "Carpe Noctem?"
Laur: It's about nighttime and its power. We are not the first ones to talk about it and we certainly won't be the last ones! People like Ray Charles, the Lords of The New Church, Judas Priest, and many others have all written about it! We wrote it from a luring vampirish perspective.
Charles: Yes, and this is when you ready yourself for the night to the point where it becomes almost an obsession affecting your perception of what is happening around.
What was your favorite moment in making the music video?
Laur: The car scenes since it was all made for fun and we didn't really know what we would use them for and there was great natural lighting!
Charles: agreed, it was kind of a good moment that we shared just as friends. We were parked somewhere and there was this beautiful sunset with golden lights. So we thought about immortalising, wiped out a camera, and captured the moment.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started in music?
Laur: I started as a drummer playing with Charles, played in quite a few bands and backing bands over the years before starting to use my voice to sing the lyrics I was writing.
Charles: I started saxophone as a kid, then teenager I switched to bass, starting our first band together, Laur and I.
Could you share some of your musical influences and how they have shaped your sound?
Laur: I’ve been influenced by glam rock, punk rock, hard rock, and goth rock among others. I guess you can find traces of these genres in Golem Dance Cult although it's not always obvious.
Charles: I was educated in Jazz as a kid, and I love all kinds of music provided there is an artistic intention behind it. But rock is my main thing, kind of the same style as Laur. In terms of bands that could be Jane’s Addiction, Killing Joke, The Cult. Post Punk in a way and I love Hip-Hop, PE, Beastie Boys, NWA et surtout le Francais with Le Supreme NTM.
