Simone: You have the mountain and the eye, which it is how we see the world and there's the underwater world that is much bigger than the world we actually see. Can you describe some of them ? Why a buddha for instance? Guillaume: The art-cover is a very complex picture with a lot of symbols. But I don't think you can ever perfect music, it's a natural flowing thing. Nicolas: How did you find the perfect mix between the many elements of every song (vocal, instruments, choir, orchestra, grunts.)?Ĭoen: We always search for the perfect mix, we will always continue until it's perfected. Simone: It's more compact, we don't have many long songs, we have catchy melodies and good riffs.Ĭoen: Yes I think they're more songs on this album instead of musical pieces. But still I think the overall songs are easier to get at first hearing. So instead of working through the internet and sending each other melodies, we went to the studio and talked about it and interacted more so the level of detail is much bigger on this album. We all went to the studio together and had more time to focus on the details together. But I think it's because we recorded it a bit differently. For instance, I think you don't have to listen to it as many times as our previous album. I actually think this album is a bit easier when you hear it for the first time.

How did you compose the album?Ĭoen: It's basically the same as we always did. Guillaume: Every song on this album sounds really complex and needs several listenings to 'understand' them.

(Simone to Coen) Do you have something else to say about the quantum enigma and the meaning of it? It sounds very complicated and scientific but it's a huge unknown world on which we can write many more songs about. The human mind is basically what we are writing about. This red line goes through all the songs and lyrics, they're very spiritual and philosophical. On this record Marc wanted to have this little bit of a concept. And quantum physics has also been a part of 'Design your universe' with 'Kingdom of heaven'. So in a way it's really philosophical but also scientific. So it's not really reality but what you think is reality. What I see and what you see is different because what I see is influenced by our mind. Simone: The quantum enigma is basically a part of the quantum physics: the search of the perception of reality. Nicolas: Can you explain why the album is called 'The Quantum Enigma' and what is the main theme of this album, lyrically speaking?

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