In this episode of the Good Job Podcast, Beth Roars talks to Fabienne Erni and Chrigel Glanzmann from Eluveitie. Eluveitie combines an intriguing mix of Celtic folk and metal, soaring clean vocal and screams. Beth chats to Fabi and Chrigel about Celtic culture, how history writes music and how Eluveitie has evolved into its current lineup.
“In the end, metalheads are just metalheads. We’ve played in India, Bangladesh, Japan, South America, everywhere, even South Africa. Bangladesh was a culture shock you know. But at the end of the day, metalheads are just metalheads. I found that a very, very beautiful thing because it shows the power of music”
Podcast Episode Highlights:
01.12 - What were Fabienne Erni and Chrigel Glanzmann’s worst jobs?
02.09 - Did Fabi and Chrigel always know they would be in the music industry?
03.54 - How did Chrigel learn to scream?
04.40 - How did Fabi feel about joining Eluveitie when they were already an established band? Did she try to emulate the previous Eluveitie singer?
06.32 - How has Chrigel found going through lots of iterations of the band? From both his perspective and the perspective of his fans.
08.06 - Why did Chrigel start the band as a recording project?
11.05 - Chrigel speaks about Celtic culture in Switzerland
12.13 - Where did the name ‘Eluveitie’ come from and what does it mean?
13.14 - How does the use of Gaulish affect Fabi when she sings?
15.26 - Quickfire
16.36 - Fun Fact
17.31 - Do Eluveitie define themselves as successful?
18.24 - Why do fans connect with Eluveitie’s music?
20.26 - What are the best and worst parts of touring?
23.17 - Who writes Eluveitie’s music? What is the music-making process?
26.19 - If Fabi and Chrigel could wake up with one quality or ability tomorrow, what would it be?
26.47 - Advice for people entering the music industry
Key Points:
Take your challenges and go for it. If you don’t do that, you can’t make progress
Quotes:
“People make the job”
Fabienne Erni
“I didn’t think I would be a singer in a band. It was more for becoming a teacher or a choir conductor or something, I never thought I would actually end up in a band”
Fabienne Erni
“The last year of kindergarten was really tough because I needed to learn guitar and wanted to get an education in classical guitar”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“I was thrown into the cold water a little bit, but I like challenges”
Fabienne Erni
“I already gave up a couple of times but it wouldn’t let me go”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“There was just one time when the people involved met each other and that was for the ‘band’ picture, that’s the only time they’d ever seen each other. It’s not that I wanted it to be like that, it just wasn’t possible”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“Life has so many ways to keep your feet on the ground and keep you busy. I think if you have time to think about being famous, it must be the gods’ way of telling you, you have too much time”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“Folk music is basically the oldest genre there is and it just doesn’t show the decency to die. It just keeps on existing”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“(Folk music) keeps on living. It keeps on being given from generation to generation and it changes with each generation. But, it never loses its soul.”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“We are just following our passion, which is awesome”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“In the end, metalheads are just metalheads. We’ve played in India, Bangladesh, Japan, South America, everywhere, even South Africa. Bangladesh was a culture shock you know. But at the end of the day, metalheads are just metalheads. I found that a very, very beautiful thing because it shows the power of music”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“I think history writes music”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“Songs are a little bit like kids you know. They just grow with time and the older they get they actually point out what they want. They develop their own will. They just grow, organically and naturally”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“I lack a lot of things, but that makes me who I am”
Chrigel Glanzmann
“There is something very primal in it, there is something that just talks to our hearts, no matter who we are”
Chrigel Glanzmann
Resources Mentioned:
Beth Roars: Website YouTube Instagram Twitter Facebook Patreon
Helvetica (Celtic tribe) - Swiss website
Languages: Gaulish, Swiss-German, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Irish
Nuclear Blast (Label) - Black Water Dawn (Song Eluveitie mention recording)
