Alex Kapranos, frontman of Franz Ferdinand and former chef, talks about his love for Parisian bistro Le Pantruche, the magic of a perfectly made souffle, and his latest album which explores his Greek heritage through a rebetiko-inspired song.
The Franz Ferdinand frontman, and former chef, on songwriting, souffles and celebrating his Greek rootslex Kapranos has been a regular at Le Pantruche since he made Paris his most regular home two or three years ago, following his marriage to French singer-songwriter Clara Luciani.
Food and music have been inseparable pleasures in his life. For a year or two when Franz Ferdinand first threatened to become the number-one indie band in the world Kapranos wrote a fabulous, detailing the band’s search for a decent dinner while on tour in Osaka or Buenos Aires or Austin, Texas. He hasn’t given up that quest. The band have just returned from Mexico where they have been playing gigs alongside the Killers, who are old mates.
So much of songwriting is accidental. You think for ages and suddenly a bassline you wrote in 1996 pops into your head
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