Sick Drummer Magazine

Keep up with Bertrand here:

www.myspace.com/sedativechamonix

 

 

My name's bertrand Sautier, i'm french, coming from the alps (chamonix), i'm 22 years old and i'm a drummer since i was six.I
started drums because i saw a friend playing on a kit when i was six so i told myself 'dude i want to make some noise too!!' So i started taking courses in my town during 11 years, learnig all kind of music styles, from jazz to rock and latin stuff.

I joined my first band when i was 16, during high school, at this time we were making covers of neo metal bands like korn or slipknot. God that was a blast because we were playing with friends but we were shitty musicians playing crap songs!!  Then i moved in 2004 to Grenoble to study law for now five years (yeah i'm still a student and glad to be one) as i started to listen to grindcore and death metal. During this year i joined the band called SEDATIVE (moutain grind):this guys used to play with a drum machine so it was a good challenge for me to work hard so i can play the crazy shit they were making!!I had to find the way to go up to 200 bpm with my feet in two month so i bought a giant step and i started practicing!!I'm style playing with those guys and it's a lot of fun! We're are currently recording our first album with jéjé from nostromo/mumakil and it's gonna be huge!!! I also began to teach drums to kids and i'm still taking courses with eric thievon, trying to play some latin stuff and some jazz too.

More video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrhQ05he1-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ms_UCEwkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60vE608AuRg

 

 

Bertrand Sautier Interview:

SD.com: How old were you when you started playing?

Bertrand: I was six, and i was already pissed of at the world so i wanted to make noise!!





SD.com: Did you play in a school band or any drum corps?

Bertrand: i played maybe for ten years in the orchestra of my town so the drum lessons were free!





SD.com: Who are your top 5 influences?

Bertrand:

Flo mounier (cryptopsy)
Dirk verbeuren (scarve, soilwork)
Dave Grohl
David silveria
Thomas Lang

 

 

SD.com: Assuming that influences doesn't mean favorites, who are your favorites?

Bertrand: I really enjoy the way Kevin Talley hit the drums! it's really powerful but to me Flo mounier is the craziest motherfucker i've ever seen on drums.





SD.com: Let us know 5 CD's that are in your current rotation

Bertrand:

War from a harlots mouth (transmetropolitan)
Aborted (goremageddon)
Benighted (ICP)
Pendulum (hold your color)
Glenn Miller (all)




SD.com: What do you do to warm up before a show?

Bertrand: I don't do anything to warm up before a show because if i'm making some little movements, hitting a chair or stuff, i'm gonna stress my arms and i'm gonna make a crappy show so i just relax and drink water as the guitar players are making warm up.

 

 

SD.com: Can you remember a night you think was your best playing ever? If yes, when and where?

Bertrand: I remember a gig we played in 2006 near geneva where i had a huge fat sound coming out from the monitors!! That's the kind of gigs you loved to play cause whatever fills or blast you try to realise, you know it's gonna kick ass,and
you feel like driving a train on stage!!





SD.com: Do you have a favorite brand of drums or cymbals?

Bertrand: I love my pedals!!! in fact i'm playing all the double bass up to 180 bpm with one feet, because of my giantstep (sonor) it's amazing, you can speed up to 240 bpm and keep your left foot free to give tempo with your charley! BY the way if there are some other drummers doing the same shit as me, please contact me!!!





SD.com: If you could give one piece of advice to young drummers, it would be...

Bertrand: Try to create stuff you've never heard!! And play with your balls, not with your brain!!

 

 

SD.com: Who gave the best live performance you've ever seen?

Bertrand:I would say Seb the drummer from mumakil. First time i saw them playing, it blow me away, but i'm aslo thinking of paul the drummer from the german band "war from a harlot mouth" who is realy amazing!!





SD.com: If you had to stop drumming, what would you want to do with your life?

Bertrand:I would probably become a lawyer, or a bass player!