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another track entitled “A Hole In
Paradise” with Philip Bardowell
as a special guest, and I also
co-wrote with my good friend
Frédéric Slama “No One’s Gon-
na Hurt Me Anymore” , arranged
by Tommy Denander. It’s so nat-
ural for my sister and I to write
with Frédéric. It’s a very good
way to express ourselves and
to feel complete! To be honest,
the fact that Frédéric worked on
the lyrics doesn’t mean that this
album isn’t our own jewel. And
we’re proud to work with such a
talented man. Indeed, we have
our own personalities, so the
album has been created with
that vision. Frédéric helped us
with his great talent to have the
best album possible. We can
say that the result is wonderful,
and beyond our expectations!
Melissa: We traveled a lot for
this album. We recorded “Out-
side Heaven” in various cit-
ies such as: L.A., New York,
Stockholm, London & Paris. For
most of the songs, we recorded
in the own recording studio
of our guests. We had a lot of
laughs during this project, that
has been created in a cool and
relaxed atmosphere ! The main
difficulty was to concentrate on
our work! because the places
were different each time. We
had no time to feel bored! Ha!
Ha!
Sarah: As you know, Frédéric
is the producer of “Outside
Heaven”, so he supervises
everything. This is also his
“baby”, so he’s heavily in-
vested in it. It’s very important
Interview with that everything’s perfect! He
CHASING VIOLETS by Tom Mathers. never hesitates to give us some
advice, and it’s a real pleasure
For more band information visit: for us to have him by our side
facebook.com/ChasingVioletsOfficial throughout this album! We hope
www.ChasingViolets.fr that he feels the same about us!
We keep our fingers crossed!
Ha ! Ha ! “Outside Heaven”
was mastered by Alessandro
Del Vecchio, a member from
Singers/Songwriters Sarah & Mélissa Fontaine are certainly no strangers to small sold out clubs. During the last five Lionville and Hardline. He did a
years, they developed a strong following performing in the west country of their native France. Their unique style reflects great job! He’s been a great help
and he’ll always have a special
an influence of Melodic and Classic rock by bands that range from The Eagles to Giant, Heart, Dakota, Toto and Sur- place in our hearts!
vivor. In a chance meeting with Frédéric Slama of AOR fame (who played with members of Toto, FM, Chicago, Dakota Rocknation: Please fill us in
among many others) their careers, and their new band. Chasing Violets took an exciting turn and they decided to record working with Frédéric Slama
their first English CD “Outside Heaven” produced by Frédéric Slama. “Outside Heaven” is sure to become an instant of AOR fame (who played with
AOR classic, following in the footsteps of other Aor great’s Robin Beck, Fiona and Heart. Produced by Frédéric Slama members of Toto, FM, Chicago,
and co-arranged by the legendary Tommy Denander (Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley from Kiss, Toto, Jimi Jamieson etc.) Dakota among many others)
with the help of Paul Sabu (Only Child, Shania Twain), David Diggs (Quincy Jones, Richie Furay), Christian Tolle and how did you meet him?
Sarah: We knew Frédéric for his
(CTP, Cooper inc.), and various top arrangers including Frédéric Slama of AOR fame, “Outside Heaven” great band AOR and we always
is a pure stroke of genius taking Aor music to a new level of perfection. dreamed of doing this kind of
music to the highest level! We
were of course big admirers
Rocknation: Hello Sarah & “Outside Heaven” & produced by Fré- the songs. We had all three a lot of of his work and music, and we
Mélissa and welcome to Rocknation. déric Slama (AOR), would be that we ideas! So working on this album was quickly became really good
You just released your CHASING already had its name in mind for quite pretty simple, since we had the same friends. For the record, we met
VIOLETS album “Outside Heaven” a while. We wanted a title that could vision. The songs came very quickly backstage at a Toto concert
on Perris Records. Please tell us give us a wide range of possibilities, and we started working with the best in Paris, in 2006 and we hit off
about the recording and writing because we wanted to deal with dif- musicians in the world just a few right away! So he came several
process for this release. ferent topics in relation with the view weeks after all the writing was done. times to see us on stage in
Chasing Violets: Hello Tom! Thank of the world we evolve in. “Outside Sarah: Most of the tracks of the west of France, during the
you! It’s a real pleasure for us to Heaven” is a Melodic Rock album our album were completely written by last few years. At that time we
do this interview for this incredible with a sexy edge, beautiful melodies, Frédéric, except for 3 songs. Mélissa did some Rock music! So we
Magazine! And Hello to all catchy lyrics & unbelievable vocals & I wrote a song together called “Just quickly developed a real friend-
your readers! trios! When we knew what direction Wanna Be Your Heroin”, co-produced ship and we stayed in touch.
Melissa: The best way to we wanted for this project, we started & arranged by Christian Tolle (Coo- Step by step, we started to work
introduce our first album called with Frédéric to work right away on per Inc.). We co-wrote with Frédéric together.