If the first phase lasted a decade then we are in a new phase, bifurcated by a collaboration with Sparks, who - lest we forget - enjoyed a fruitful period across la Manche when they teamed up with seminal dance legend Giorgio Moroder for their highly regarded second phase. The new record is more oriented towards electronic dance music, although getting people to dance was always part of their agenda. The album was recorded at their HQ in the south west of Scotland and finished off in the City of Light, with Cassius’s Philippe Zdar - of Phoenix, Pharrell, Cat Power and Beastie Boys production fame - at the helm. “And that is why we chose the venue for this evening,” says Kapranos without missing a beat (when I catch up with him at the venue pre-show.) “And it has nothing at all to do with the fact we were filming a new video here last night”.Ĭoincidence or not, there are many good reasons why Franz Ferdinand would choose Paris to start their new campaign. In case you’re wondering, the alliteratively monikered public figure who the avenue is named after was shot dead by a nationalist fanatic in 1914 as the First World War got under way. There may be spooky and unconscious forces at work in the choice of the venue though, a mere stone’s throw away from the Avenue Jean Jaurès which connects the 10th arrondissement to the 19th. The intimate and likeable riverside arts centre in the 10th arrondissement, with a space for around 300 Spotify winners tonight, caught singer Alex Kapranos’ eye when he took a break from mixing new album Always Ascending in Montmartre to attend a Moonlandingz show in April. This is a seasoned band after all, who headlined the 30,000 capacity Rock en Seine festival twelve kilometres across the city less than two months ago. The Point Éphémère will only ever be a temporary bolthole for a group like Franz Ferdinand, as its name implies.
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