INTERVIEW: Stevans: The Storm

Can you tell us a little about your experience? Where are you from / how did you get into music? Was it all internet based?

Holà! I am from Switzerland, Geneva. I started the project STEVANS when MySpace was really booming. I got into music abroad actually, living in various country such as Yugoslavia, Congo, Morocco and Greece, playing piano at the conservatory. Then guitar bands such as Nirvana, Metallica and Oasis were popular and made me want to explore something else than classical music! Who have been your main inspirations (both musical and in “life”)? And how have they affected your sound?

It really is very wide, it began with band such as Guns’n’Roses, Rage Against the Machine, then I’ve had my Kool&the Gang Earth wind and fire trip, then Frank Sinatra Oasis Stereophonics moment, combined with the French touch electro sound that is represented by Justice and Daft Punk !

How would you define your sound?

I would quote a journalist that recently wrote: “Imagine what would happen if you left Michael Jackson, Imagine Dragons and Coldplay in the same room. That could begin to describe the original sound of STEVANS.”

Well, I hope his is right! ;)))

How has your sound evolved so far?

STEVANS was initially a brit rock band, that became electro pop, and with this new single, I would define it as soul pop. I love combining electro sounds with organic instruments.

What can you tell us about your last job? What inspired you? What do you want to convey?

“The Storm” is a song about that creeping sense your life is in free fall, but you can’t help fighting back – even if you’re just beating the air. I think the them can talk to many people, whatever age they have

What can you tell us about each song that makes up your latest work? What is hidden behind?

If we talk about the single, maybe the fear of not staying young inside;) How are you living the current situation because of COVID? Has your work affected you a lot? Do you think there is hope? I feel like the underground scene will continue to persist.

I am part of the lucky person who didn’t suffer too much of Covid, also because I refused to let myself get south. Still managed to make tours, of course, smaller ones, but still. And as many artists I guess, I took the time to record new stuff, because Covid doesn’t forbid that;) What projects are you working on right now?

Going back to tour in South America, in Colombia and Brazil, also releasing the other new single “Melo Prune” in end of March, and hopefully manage to go back to tour in China. The Chinese disco queen called Rose Zhang Qiang is touring in sold out venues singing 5 songs of us, we are supposed to join her on stage!