Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with wholes
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
“One of my earliest memories of music is sitting with my mother’s box of old singles. I must have been seven or eight, dropping the needle onto those little disks like it was some kind of ritual. ‘Revolution’ by The Beatles, ‘Dear Mrs. Applebee’ by David Garrick, ‘Mr. Pleasant’ by The Kinks,… those songs were my first gateway into a world that felt bigger, stranger and somehow mine. The physical act of placing the needle, hearing the crackle, and then getting hit by those melodies… it felt magical.
”How did your passion for creating music begin?
“My passion for creating music probably began around the age of ten. I had this little toy acoustic guitar, and in 1986 there was no internet to tell me it actually needed tuning, so I just started playing it as it was. Somehow, even on that wildly out-of-tune thing, I began writing songs. It felt natural, like the instrument didn’t need to be ‘right’ for the music to start happening.”
What’s the story behind your current music project?
I was playing bass in a band called Elefant and felt the urge to play electric guitar. Sadly my father died shortly after that and that coloured all the music I started writing. WHOLES grew out of that chapter, a place where all those emotions could live and transform into something new.”
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
“It’s eclectic noise — a kind of cathartic, fuzz-soaked exorcism. Optimistic lament music: heavy, haunting, but somehow hopeful.”
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
“About fifteen years ago, an architect friend designed a demo cover for a surf band I was playing in. He made everything deliberately off-center — nothing was symmetrical, nothing was mathematically ‘correct.’ It completely opened my eyes. I realised that imperfection and imbalance can be a creative choice, not a mistake. Since then, I’ve carried that lesson into my own writing: things don’t have to line up neatly to feel true.”
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
“I rely a lot on recording myself while I’m jamming. I ad-lib riffs and lyrics in the moment, and capturing that raw flow helps me write quickly and come up with ideas that surprise me. It’s a very instinctive process — hit record, play, and see what comes out.”
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Our guitarist Jesse just opened the world of Caroline to me: I really love their Caroline2!
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
“My personal life shaped this project in a profound way. I went through an extremely traumatic loss, and for a long time I felt completely paralysed and disconnected. Eventually, writing music became the only path forward — a cathartic way to make sense of what I was feeling. Our album “A Mass In The Water” came together quickly during that period, and its atonal, dissonant riffs reflect exactly where my mind and heart were. The music mirrors that fractured, fragile space, but also the act of slowly piecing yourself together again.”
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
“If the songs can guide someone through their own emotional storm — the way they guided me — then the music has done its job. It’s catharsis through noise, a small exorcism in sound.”
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
“Music has taught me that it’s wax for the heart — it warms, repairs, and gives you the space to become whole again, even after being shattered.”
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
I would love to play at l’Olympia at Paris.
Jacques Brel namedropped this place in his song “Jojo” and this pmlace has become mystical to me.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
I would have love to do a collab with Bowie 🙂 Or let Cohen write some verses. They are my teachers and the ones that helped me get through hard times.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565386036106
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
We are already working on new stuff, so a small dream is to finish this new music asap!
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
Love is all you need
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link to our Video “Till We Don’t Meet Again”
