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There are not a lot of bands that can brag about their first live gig being the opening act for a world renowned name. But that was never the less the case last year, when Loui Foo, Lisbet Fritze, Sofie Johanne and Davis Ciccia aka Giana Factory were the opening act for this year’s Roskilde-playing Scots Glasvegas. Loui Foo explains:

”Lisbet and I were on tour with Raveonettes last year. We then met James (Allan, lead singer in Glasvegas, ed.)  in London and he asked us if we had our own band.  At that time, we were new in the game and we had a lot of material at hand, but we’d never played it live. We accepted and thought: ‘Sure, we’ll be your opening act at Vega, and then we have ten days to rehearse. It was our first concert.

Valuable live experience

Glasvegas were so pleased with Giana Factory that they brought the Danes along on their European tour and the live experience has been of great use, according to Loui:

”Our songs have grown, and we have added more and more parts, because we now know what works. It’s also very important for us to make something that we can play. We like our instruments. Lisbet has her guitar, I have my sampler and Sofie has her bas and synth, and that’s that.”

Sweet and sour

The three girls originally met in the girl group-inspired Cookies, who were in state of sixties nostalgic. But last year they felt like pursuing another direction:

”We really needed to renew our selves and make something that really touched our hearts. We used to play a pretty straight rock setup, which we then replaced with synthesizers, drum machines and samples. We felt like it was a rip-off in some way, because we played very retro.”

It is exactly the balance between the dire guitar synth sounds and the feathery girl vocals that are the characteristics of the group’s sound, which has been described as both indie rock and electronic music.

”We used to play music that was very sweets, so we needed to break free from that.  It was to create a balance, because we like the edgy and dire music, and want that with us, otherwise it will just get too delicate. Because life is both sweet and sour.”

Debut album on the way

At the moment, Giana Factory are working hard with their debut album in a studio in the north western part of Copenhagen. Along with them are the most experienced gentlemen from the Danish electronic stage, in the shape of Anders Trentemøller and member of the Danish band Filur, Thomas Barfod.

“ It’s a bit of an experiment on our part, because we already have a sound, and that makes it an experiment on their part too, because they are not used to work with a band that have their own sound. But it’s been a really exciting process, because we have discovered that they bring out the best in us.”
The group are hoping to have their album ready in autumn, and besides the music they are also the master minds behind the music videoes and artwork.