A Musician who has come out of thin air but thanks to his songs he has immediately struck the attention of FutuRadio Web Staff and not only them. Anthony Kunstlinger is making his debut with the album “Frutti Tutti” and we’ re proposing , interviewing and officially launching to our listeners.

I’m 28. I was born and raised in Paris, France. My mom had a great influence on my musical tastes and gave me a genuine and reliable rock education. As a kid, I used to play her Kinks and Rolling Stones records for hours instead of having fun with my friends or doing my homework. When I was 10, she offered me my first guitar lessons and I was immediately hooked. On the other hand, my dad has always considered music as a dead-end career path. Like any regular teen, I had to be rebellious and praise rock like the apple of Eden.

What really initiated the desire and dream of playing music professionally was seeing Guns n’ Roses live in Paris. I had never seen such charisma and so damn impressive yet melodic guitar solos. It was in 1992. In 2001, a new band was about to stun me for good: the Strokes. This is when I got enough guts to start up a band with my best friend and play my first gigs.

“Frutti tutti” is a 4-track EP that I came up with rather quickly. I wrote the songs in 3 weeks or so. What took me longer was figuring out what language I’d sing in: French or English. I think English is obviously more adequate for rock but I didn’t want to deny my mother tongue. So I thought the best way to content myself was to use both… and nobody had ever done it before; at least not in the same song.

Although the first 3 songs are rather happy ones, “Garde fou” shows a more melancholic side of myself. I think it’s important to be ambivalent… it gives you substance. Girls are known to like mysterious and complex men. I had to try and be one of them.

One of my friends began dancing like a maniac as I was playing one of my songs to her at my place. It kinda struck me and I thought: “That’s the spirit I want in all of them”. Making people want to dance without being a DJ is a hell of a challenge and I love it.

I’m currently working on new material for my future LP that I’ll hopefully record in a few weeks.

Music makes me happy, it makes me forget about all the rest… It’s like drugs without the bad aspects of them.

I truly hope “Frutti tutti” is only the beginning of it all. I want to make many gigs and get on tour. I want to travel and meet people. I’d be honoured to play in Italy one day.

I read an interview of Pete Doherty a few years ago. He was speaking about his debut with his former band the Libertines and explained the concept of “Guerrilla gigs”: the fact of crashing parties and playing his songs to an audience that was to conquer as they didn’t expect him at all. I thought it was the best way to test your sound. Playing your material to your friends, family or fans can be misleading: there’s no danger. So I tried what Pete did. I started going to people’s apartments and play. I’ve been kicked out a few times but it was fun and I gained popularity and confidence.

Now I’ve got to chance to have struck the interest of a record company based in Paris.

If you don’t mind, I’ll consider two meanings of the word “free”: first, “free” as in free of charge and second, “free” as in freedom. First, I think that granting access to music without charging it is essential to its subsistence. It enables artists to get directly in touch with their public and build their notoriety. Second, I believe in majorly joyful and catchy tunes. Music should be spontaneous and come from the bottom of the heart not from deep inside your brain. Every time I think too much, my sound lacks soul. Free music is making it as you feel it when you’re playing it, no matter what turns out.

F. R.

23/03/10