« I listened to Eminem in secret » – Liberation

This former engineer successfully switched to the ultra-trail less than ten years ago. After a beautiful second place at UTMB in 2022, this 37 -year -old Frenchman from Cavaillon scored the spirits by flying over the diagonal of the madmen in October in Reunion (160 km) and the Yukon Arctic Ultra (600 km in 8 days) in February and in a polar cold.

What is the first disc you bought adolescent?

The Marshall Mathers of Eminem. I remember that he had in France the reputation of being mega vulgar. So I listened in secret because my parents did not like at all!

Your favorite way to listen to music?

With my free ear headphones. Music while training in trail, listening to the sounds of nature.

The last disc you bought and in what format?

I would say Hybrid Theory of Linkin Parkin the 2000s. But I haven’t appreciated this kind of music for a long time.

Where do you prefer to listen to music?

Everywhere: in training, in transport, in concert.

Are you listening to music by working?

Yes often, I listen to electronic sounds without speech, minimal, or alpha waves.

The song you are ashamed to listen to with pleasure?

Aicha from Khaled and Baby One More Time by Britney Spears.

The record that everyone loves and that you hate?

I’m not a fan ofHarlequin from Lady Gaga. I was disappointed by the film Joker,, So it must come from there.

The disc to survive on a desert island?

A sound that can be listened to to rest, to sing but also work or dance. SO Legend, The Best of Bob Marley.

What disc cover do you want to supervise you as a work of art?

Abbey Road (Beatles), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) and Nevermind (Nirvana).

A record that you would like to hear your funeral?

A super emotional thing. I will always love you by Whitney Houston.

Do you prefer discs or live music?

Both, I just like to listen to music! The lives are rarer and more precious, we appreciate music differently since we can connect with the artist.

Your best concert memory?

I would rather choose the most beautiful festivals I have experienced: the Sziget in Hungaryand the igloofest at -20 ° C in Montreal.

Do you go to a club to dance, flirt, listen to music on a good sound-system or do you ever go in a club?

I did it a lot in my student life in Montreal, I loved it. But today, my life as a pro athlete no longer allows me to go there often, but I still go there punctually, in the periods of post-course releasing.

What group you hate to see on stage but whose records you love and vice versa?

I was disappointed by Kavinsky. When I listen to the house or while running, it’s super catchy, while in live, at the igloofest, I found it zero. It was not at all dancing.

Your favorite musical film or your favorite film music?

I am very fan of everything Hans Zimmer does, for example Time In Inception.

What is the record you share with the person who accompanies you in life?

Shores of good understanding.

The song that drives you crazy?

Any piece of metal. The singer screams all the time, it’s awful music. In my muscular room, a guy put that and I left the room, I couldn’t take it anymore.

The last disc you listened to in a loop?

Walkerworld From Alan Walker, on my Yukon Arctic Ultra, I needed energy.

The group you would have liked to be a part?

That of my father: the Six Ones. He set up this group at fourteen, it worked great, he told me a lot of stories. But he finally chose to become a math teacher.

The piece of music that always makes you cry?

James Horner, Legends of the Fall.

What are your favorite titles?

Michel Sardou, I come from the south (1981). Daft Punk, One More Time (2000). Eminem, Lose Yourself (2002).