The Sway in France
Who we are and what has marked us / Qui sommes-nous ? Et qu'est-ce qui nous a marqué ?
Nolwenn Ville-Duboq
Bass & Vocals
La musique qui m'a marquée : The Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin; Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71, Act 2; Joe Hisaishi - Castles in the Sky, The Destruction of Laputa.
Groups/artists/figures: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Couch; Hildegarde Von Bingen.
Livres : Musicophilia, Olivier Sacks; Becoming Supernatural, Dr. Joe Dispenza.
3 films: Blade Runner, Ridley Scott; Dark City, Alex Proyas; L'Arbre (The Tree), Julie Bertucelli.
Plat préféré: La Paella.
Boisson préférée : Le café !
Tom Gamble
Guitar & Vocals
Songs that have marked me: The Who, Substitute; Pulp, Babies; The Velvet Underground, I'm Set Free; Radiohead, Pearly; Neil Young, Sugar Mountain.
3 fav groups/artists/figures: Pete Townshend, The Who; Edward Hopper; Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Fav books: Cannery Row, John Steinbeck; The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho; Staying Alive - real poems for unreal times, edited by Neil Astley; Amazir, Tom Gamble.
3 great films: Doctor Zhivago, David Lean; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh; The English Patient, Anthony Minghella; Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi.
Fav food: Lobster. Or maybe 2 boiled eggs with bread and butter soldiers.
Fav drink: A double Irish whiskey with 2 ice cubes (slightly stirred, not shaken). Ginger tea with lemon.
Website: www.tomgamble.org
Lucas Binard
Guitar & Effects
Songs that have marked me: Smashing Pumpkins, Starla; Radiohead, Karma Police; Bob Marley, Soul Rebel.
3 (or more!) cool groups: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zepp, Pink Floyd, Burning Spears, The Clash, Blur, Kula Shaker.
3 fav books: It, Stephan King; Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; Leçons sur le Paléolithique, François Bordes.
3 great films: The Big Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Cohen; Catch Me If You Can, Steven Spielberg; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sergio Leone; 12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam.
Fav drink(s): Beers, mojito.
Manu Lecadot
Drums / Sound / Recording
Songs that have marked me: The Headhunters, God Make me Funky; Groundation, Music is the Most High; Bob Dylan, Hurricane.
Fav groups/artistes/figures: Otis Redding; Janis Joplin
Fav books: Les Illusions Perdues, Balzac; Sous le règne de Bone (Rule of the Bone), Russel Banks; When I was five I killed myself (Quand j'avais cinq ans je m'ai tué), Howard Buten.
Great films: Le Péril Jaune, Cédric Klapisch; Whiplash, Damien Chazelle.
Fav food: Ravioli aux crevettes
Fav drink: Water.
