Document Magazine – 9 mai 2018<\/p>\n
Text by
\nMegan Wray Schertler<\/p>\n
How Prada\u2019s music producer Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Sanchez landed on 90s classics for their 2019 Resort show
\nPrada Resort 2019 Show at Piano Factory, NYC. Photograph by Griffin Lipson\/BFA.com. Copyright BFA.
\nThe music producer crafted a show soundtrack inspired by timelessness and Daft Punk for Prada’s 2019 Resort show.<\/p>\n
As one of the biggest show music producers in fashion, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Sanchez has created show music pieces for the biggest names in the fashion industry since his first live show gig for Maison Martin Margiela show in 1988. Ahead of the first Prada\u2019s 2019 Cruise show in New York\u2014its first in the city after a 20-year absence\u2014Miuccia Prada tapped Sanchez, a long-time collaborator with the designer to provide a soundscape for the show that was unquestionably 90s\u2014think lots of Daft Punk and R.E.M. Document spoke with Sanchez backstage at the designer\u2019s headquarters, a former piano factory on West 52nd Street, following the show\u2019s noisy melange of technical fabrics, loud prints, and graphic logos placed front and center.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014How did you land on this particular musical direction for the show?<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014When Mrs. Prada and I started talking about the collection, we were feeling nostalgic for certain things that we did in the 90s. There was also a hint of the psychedelic. This season the word we kept returning to was \u201ctimeless\u201d and the idea of being without any references, which is kind of completely the opposite of what I was saying five minutes ago. That\u2019s why we used a few pieces of music that felt very iconic from that time, like the first record from the French band Daft Punk that came out around that time. We both said, \u201cThis is so iconic that it does not feel old.\u201d<\/p>\n
Document\u2014What was the specific mix?<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014I used two specific songs from that record [1997\u2019s Homework], but I kept only the rhythm, and we remixed in a way that makes it even more contemporary. Then, we had three songs mixed with this a track from the film Donnie Darko, Gary Jules\u2019s \u2018Mad World\u2019, and then the song \u2018Wake Up\u2019 from a band called Mad Season. It\u2019s two musicians, one from a band called Alice in Chains from the grunge era, and another one from Pearl Jam. Then, we used an R.E.M. song. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s very difficult to look at what is happening in the current moment because there\u2019s so too much of everything. I think the only way to create something that resonates is to go deeply into yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Document\u2014What was the R.E.M. song that you used?<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014The R.E.M. song is The One I Love. It\u2019s from an unplugged record.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014A total classic.<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014Yes! So very classic songs and very romantic in a way. The obvious thing would have been to use the electronic sounds from Daft Punk to open the show, but we used the song from Donnie Darko, which is a very, very romantic thing. Then, suddenly, you have that clash with the very strong electronic beat coming in. So, it\u2019s really these two things that are clashing through the whole show.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014It\u2019s impossible to tell whether something will stand the test time without substantial distance. R.E.M. is a really great example of that. I feel like they hit the peak of their pop-stardom in the 90s then kind of fell out of favor as the decade came to a close. But, I think a lot of their music sounds really fresh now when you revisit it.<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014Yes, yes. And also because the personality of the person that made them, you know? When you think about Michael Stipe or Kurt Cobain, they have become icons. Icons don\u2019t die. [Laughs]<\/p>\n
Document\u2014I think they start to mean different things to different generations.<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014I think it\u2019s very difficult to look at what is happening in the current moment because there\u2019s so too much of everything. I think the only way to create something that resonates is to go deeply into yourself.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014To let intuition guide you.<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014Exactly, yes. It makes it personal and sensitive.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014Mrs. Prada must be a fantastic person to collaborate with in that case. I feel like intuition is very much a tool she uses to navigate each season.<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014Completely. It\u2019s fantastic because she pushes you to go deeply into what you want to create and what you think.<\/p>\n
Document\u2014How early do you start working on the soundtracks for the shows?<\/p>\n
Frederic\u2014I work for Prada all year long, so I am researching all the time for them, but I called them maybe two weeks ago to discuss music for this show. The process really starts the moment when they put the clothes together and do the fittings, so like a week before the show. I arrived in New York on the Monday before the show and was there everyday. When making the soundtrack for the live event, I always like to use existing music because it\u2019s almost like the effect of perfume. I can transfer emotion through references. There\u2019s a sort of romanticism and poetry to the songs. The rhythm tells you something about modern things, architecture\u2014the modern world as we know it.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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