Iggy Pop has revealed that he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq’s novel ‘La Possibilité D’une Ile’ (‘The Possibility Of An Island’).
In a video interview originally posted on Iggypop.org, which you can watch below, Pop explains that he decided to record the album – called ‘Preliminaires’ – because he was "sick" of listening to guitar bands.
"It’s a quieter album with some jazz overtones," he said. "That’s because at one point I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars, banging out crappy music. And I was starting to listen to a lot of New Orleans-era Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton type of jazz."
Pop added that he was originally approached to contribute songs to a documentary about Houellebecq‘s attempts to get the novel turned into a film.
One song on the album, called ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’ (‘Autumn Leaves’), is sung in French.
Source NME
