The Do Chat To I Like Music
The Dø are Paris based duo, Dan and Olivia. He is French and she is half Finnish. Their debut album A Mouthful was released in France in 2008 and skyrocketed straight to the top of the charts (the first time a French record sang in English ever reached number one in France).
Dan and Olivia composed, arranged, played and recorded the whole record in their own studio in the suburbs of Paris. I Like Music cuaght up with Olivia to find out more about their music, inspirations and future plans.
"I Like Music because… it keeps me away from the dark side of the force." OLIVIA, THE DO
ILM: How would you describe the sound and vibe of The Do?
Olivia: The sound of a hungry stomach! The vibe of a swinging koala!
ILM: A Mouthful includes a lot of different sounds and musical influences. Who are your biggest musical inspirations?
Olivia: Beck, Ella Fitzgerald, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Alicia Keys, Wu Tang Clan, Thelonious Monk.
Dan: Coltrane, Bela Bartok, James Brown, Frank Zappa, Radiohead.
ILM: Unissasi Laulelet is a fantastic track! How did that track come about?
Olivia: The melody came naturally in Finnish. I didnt really plan to have a song in Finnish on the album but I must have had it in the back of my mind somehow at the time. It sounds very traditional, but I guess that's also because we were listening to a lot of Touareg blues at the time. We're in love with traditional music.
ILM: What is The Do's process of making music? How do you work together?
Olivia: It depends, but when we're in a rush, or touring, I write the basis of the songs with the lyrics and Dan arranges or restructures them. When we have time, we spend days at our studio recording everything we can, in no particular order or logic. We end up with fifteen songs in an hour or something. That's great fun.
ILM: How do you write your lyrics? Is there a set process or is it spontaneous? Where does your inspiration come from?
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