Chateau Flight is the experimental project of former drum'n'bass producer Gilbert Cohen - who has also run Paris' Versatile Records since 1996 - and Nicolas Chaix, known to the minimal scene as I:Cube. The last time we heard a studio release from the duo it was a haunting soundtrack for the classic horror film Les Vampires.

DD: You've described CF as a playground project before. Is it serious yet?Gilbert Cohen: It's still not, and it has to stay like this. Nicolas is doing his music and I'm running the label. We always like to try new instruments and new stuff we haven't tried before with Chateau Flight.

DD: What's the new live set up like?GC: We're trying to get away from the computer. We've realised that when you're looking at the computer too much that takes away from your interaction with people. Now we're using one computer with a lot more live hardware - keyboards and effects boxes mainly - which is much  more exciting for us.

DD: Do you want to use vocals or sound more pop?GC: We've just made a three-minute song with a pop singer called Lisa Lund on it, called "Before I Started To Dance". Our graphic designers run  an academy for young designers to do artwork for Versatile, and they asked them to make a video. They needed a song to go with it, so we had a bit of fun in the studio. We're pretty happy with it.

DD: Is it true that your studio is next to a cemetery?GC: Yeah, Pere-Lachaise. Jim Morrison has his grave there. When we were making the Les Vampires soundtrack Nicolas and I walked around it a lot, it helped inspire us with that project.

DD: It's been nearly a year and a half since Les Vampires. What's next?GC: We want to do an album in a short time, maybe over the next three months. In the past our tastes have changed a lot over the course of making an album and I think people have got confused - we want the next album to be a clear picture of the moment that we're in.

DD: What genres are you interested in now?GC: We've just put out a track on Sonar Kollektiv's new compilation called "GRN Adventurine". It's quite cosmic, but for our own 12"s this year we want to explore more club-focused house.

DD: What do you think of the cosmic disco trend?GC: It's putting people like Baldelli and Mozart into the light and they're really special DJs. I saw Baldelli play and he was pretty unique, I didn't expect to find that sound in Europe. It's Europe's answer to Paradise Garage.

DD: What about the new wave of French producers?GC: It's a bit funny for me because I was doing Versatile when the first wave happened with Daft Punk, and it was great for us. Most of the  producers now are playing abroad though. There aren't as many clubs in Paris as in London or elsewhere, so people have more time to focus on  producing records.

DD: Who are you listening to at the moment?GC: On Saturday night I saw Frank from Smith & Hack and it was great. He  uses elements of classic disco stuff but in a very fresh way. I wanted to sign him ten years ago when he did his first 12". There's also the German band Sis, they mix minimal and Latin elements, but not in a cheesy way. I really dig them.

Chateau Flight play live at East Village, 89 Great Eastern Street, London, on Saturday, with Deetron, Mock & Toof and Toby Tobias