CHRYSTA BELL TALKS ABOUT HER PASSION FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES, HOW SYMPATHETIC SHE IS TOWARDS A RUSSIAN AUDIENCE, THE ILLUSION OF TIME, AN ENERGY EXCHANGE, WORKING WITH DAVID LYNCH AND MANY OTHER INTERESTING THINGS
As Chrysta Bell’s long-time artistic and life partner, and world-known film director David Lynch describes her: “Chrysta Bell looks like a dream and Chrysta Bell sings like a dream. And the dream is coming true.” And it is not just a pompous poetical metaphor, it is an objective impression that Chrysta Bell makes on people through her stunning and untypical beauty, her charming voice and breathtaking and infernal music.
Having been in the music since her teenage years, Chrysta Bell started her way in this industry at the age of 18 as a singer in the popular Texas bebop band, 8 ½ Souvenirs. At the age of 21 she had a memorable meeting with David Lynch, who as a sensitive person with a developed fantasy, remembers his first impression after meeting her this way: “The first time I saw Chrysta Bell perform, I thought she was like an alien. The most beautiful alien ever”. This meeting led to a fruitful artistic and romantic union, one of the first results of which was a song “Polish Poem” that Chrysta Bell made with David Lynch for his film “Inland Empire”. The further developing of this union led to two albums that they made together “This Train” and “Somewhere in The Nowhere”. Somehow, these two beings have excellently artistically supplemented each other and we can say that the music on these records, on one hand, showed to the world Chrysta Bell’s unique charisma, and on the other, deeply reflected the strange and trippy vibe of David Lynch’s movies.
Chrysta Bell’s latest musical affair covered the territories of different musical styles and concepts. She made an album “We Dissolved” with a well-known and respected producer, long time P.J. Harvey collaborator, John Parish, which had a bit more of a jazz, blues and rock sound compared to the works she did with David Lynch.
Chrysta Bell’s latest, 4th album “Feels Like Love”, which she has done with the co-author and producer Christopher Smart, has much more of an influence of dark disco, new wave and post-punk and in her description is “like everything culminating together in my spirit and my artistic expression, it’s like an explosion”.
Besides being a busy songwriter and performing artist, Chrysta Bell releases her powerful talent in other fields like modeling and being an actress. Her biggest acting achievement at the moment is as one of the leading roles in David Lynch’s series “Twin Peaks: The Return”.
We had a lucky chance to chat with Chrysta Bell about her latest album, passion for live performance and the level of energy she gets from different audiences, the philosophical concepts that keep her wondering, working with David Lynch and many other interesting things.
Interview: Dmitry Tolkunov
Hi Chrysta Bell! Thank you for finding time for us. It would be great to know what you have been up to recently in music. As I understand, not long ago, you released your new album “Feels Like Love” and your main activities are probably connected with this work?
Hi! Currently, my main focus is on a tour that will start just in a few days, which will be called Time Never Dies, which is also the name of one of my favorite tracks from “Feels Like Love”. Time Never Dies is a kind of expression that is particularly close to me and my personality, I am really intrigued by thoughts that go beyond the cosmic horizon and things like time and the illusion of time and cycles of our nature and humanity, these things keep me awake at night. Time Never Dies is like a romantic encapsulation of this vertical feeling of spinning in circles. I like to play with these kinds of concepts.
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