He's the DJ of containment. Since March 16, Bob Sinclar offers daily lives on social networks from his studio in the heart of Paris. A festive meeting where the French artist shows that he is not only a producer of tubes calibrated for radios like "Love generation" but a music enthusiast who started with the very trendy Mighty Bop or by producing the very chic Dimitri From Paris and Kid Loco.
Each afternoon, it offers an unbridled musical journey followed by followed by several hundreds of thousands of people. A success that allows him to see further. Bob Sinclar will play from the Arc de Triomphe on Monday. A two-hour show, to follow live from 8 p.m. on the networks, punctuated by its programming and calls for donations for Doctors Without Borders, the Fondation de France and the Endowment Fund 101 who are fighting against the Covid-19
How did the idea for this concert at the top of the Arc de Triomphe come about?
BOB SINCLAR. I am not at the origin of it. It was "Circle" who proposed it to me, an organization which creates events in the world where they make DJs mix in improbable places, like the Palace of Versailles, the ancient theater of Orange or a sea of salt. . They called me on Tuesday to offer to play on the Arc de Triomphe. They liked the lives I was doing in confinement. After 45 days, I took it as a reward. It was very flattering.
And it cannot be refused?
No. I might have hesitated if it weren't for all these daily lives. There is a story that I tell every day passing from one style to another. And that's a way of saying, let's go, let's relocate the studio and go to the Arc de Triomphe. A week before deconfinement, there may be a little Liberation of Paris side that is preparing. Playing in front of anyone is going to be weird. There will be a camera, a drone, I'll be there just with a videographer and a photographer. It's hard to imagine for the moment. I think I'm going to make a set that will tell about my musical journey, from the first things I liked until today. And there will of course be calls for donations for three foundations. And all the rights generated by the video will be transferred to them.
How were your confined lives born?
For me nothing is ever a disaster. I am always hyperpositive. I said to myself: this situation will allow me to ask myself while I make 100 dates per year, that I was left to chain the shows until this summer with three four evenings a week in the United States in Europe. So let's go to the studio across the street from my house. Sort the discs, let's see how social networks work. Until then, I did not do live. And the first video was shared more than a million times on Facebook while the principle is very artisanal: I put the phone and the music and the image go through, that's all.
How did you build them?
I made themes: afro, funk, disco, year 1981. I started to draw from my 35,000 records and the 300 titles that I produced. Then the idea is to be together and share and have fun. I added toys around me because there are children who send me messages, to whom I wish the birthday live. And I'm having fun. I like to mess around with a slightly gritty humor sometimes. I had three or four messages from girls who said to me: "The wax dummy behind you, your Cindy, it degrades the image of women." So I dressed up as a woman with Cindy's wig.
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Did you expect such an echo?
Honestly, no. I know the power of social networks but I had never been on Facebook. I don't have a personal account other than an artist page. I was a little on Instagram but I was stagnating. I like to put myself in scene there but until then, I did not share moments of daily life.
You do not rest finally?
Ah I've never worked so hard in fact! I am 12 or 13 hours a day on my computer to rework the titles that I will program and that I will not play in their entirety, as is. It's like a radio show, it must be very dynamic. It's a real production.
What will this period change for you?
There are no clubs open until September. I'm going to spend a summer for the first time without making people dance. Everyone wants to get away but it must obviously be done safely. Afterwards, I hope that I will be asked to play in the evenings, all the titles that I have been able to program since the beginning of the confinement and not just the tubes.
