John Doe (47)

John Doe is a former very close friend (nearly family) of Fabien Doe, - RIP - , member of one of the best and darkest french darkwave bands back in the end of the 80's. At the beginning, John Doe (the musical project) was created as a tribute to his personal friend, but the music and the lyrics slowly evoled in something larger. There was some place for John Doe's own poetry. So the artist threw himself through this blackhole, where emptiness and singularity go faster than speedlight (hum..). Something different was born. More musical and a bit roughless, except for the sound quality, the 2nd demo show a real evolution. But John Doe doesn't forget where he's from : In the second demo, Hurlemensilence (2023), a cover of Trop Tard - "Les Anges d'Aujourd'hui" (Photodrame - 1987) is the 4th song among the six tracks forming this poetical dark travel. If Depression & Hate continue to last, as it seems to do, other demos will see the light, and even a full-length. John Doe began its first demo with a PHILIPS one-track mono recorder. With low battery. And so he went on for the second one as for the "Ma Folie se Dessiner". But this time, he managed to mix correctly the individual sounds before assembling them. Lyrics are always invented during the song, hence several incomprehensive stuff even for frenchies, but most of the lyrics are totally understandable. Just after he found a label to release this second demo tape "Hurlemensilence" on cd-r and tape, John Doe recorded another cover of Trop Tard, called "Ma Folie se Dessiner". It will be a bonus track on a lp version if somewhere, whoever it might be, decides John Doe's musical poetries worthes the wax format. Meanwhile, this song will be the first of the next demo tape, which will see the night later this year. - More to come -