An interview with the French duet Lou & Dust. Their music is beautiful and the voices are also co-dependent and complementary .
Listen to the video shared here but the others on their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/louanddust
Thank you so much for the interview Aïcha & Esther. Can you tell us a little bit about
you? Where did you grow up and where do you live now?
It's a pleasure ! We are musicians and we play in a women’s duet called Lou & Dust. We grow
up in two different areas of France.
Esther grow up in the south of France and now she’s living in Nancy (Lorraine).
Aïcha grow up in the region of Paris, and that’s where she still lives. We're 23 and 24 years
old.
Have you had previous experience as a solo singer? Can you give us details of past singing
experiences?
We had some experiences but not a lot. We like doing music in solo but… when you meet your
artistic alter ego, you have an energy that you couldn’t even imagine before.
Can you remember the first time you decided you wanted to be a musician?
Esther : Wow ! I remember me at 10... Music was the thing I loved the most. But music as a
job ? Didn't seem real ! I was afraid to talk about it, it was my secret. I really decided to
be a professional musician when I was working in a cultural center in Paris.
Aïcha : Well, at 10 I was in elementary school doing some choreography like the Spice Girls
and talking with my BFF about how I'll become a famous singer ! But it was just a little
girl's dream, I knew that I have to study and get a “real” job... So I played piano and
guitar in my room and choose medicine studies... And thanks god I failed ! And then had
nothing to lose to do what I like the most.
Where and when did you meet for the first time?
We've met at music school, “Music Academy International” in Nancy. We saw each other for the
first time in backstage in October 2013.
When did you decide to create a group?
A few weeks after we met ! It was obvious.
Who chose the name "Lou & Dust" and why?
Both of us chose the name. It's a balance between the names, a karma thing. We would take
hours to explain.
When did you get the idea to start uploading videos?
We did covers at first, we like to choose a song and do it in our way, so why not sharing it
?
Your covers are very eclectic. Who are your main musical influences, and where do you get
your inspiration to write your songs?
We have a lot of different influences. And not only musical, everything can be an
inspiration.
If you had to name your top 3 artists, who would they be?
Emma Louise, Julien Doré, The Do, Half-moon run, Jeff Buckley, Lola Wolf…That’s more than 3
but you know, we’re two !
Do you prefer write/sing in French or in English?
Definitely in English and we don’t even know why !
How many songs have you written? Who write the music? The lyrics? Can you explain your
process of writing and composing songs?
There is no process, we both write music and lyrics. Sometimes together, sometimes not,
sometimes with a piano and sometimes with a guitar ! That a lot of sometimes but we do music
with our heart, we don’t anticipate.
Is your album soon due?
Not an album but an EP, our first CD, we hope it will be available in spring.
Do you really need glasses? It was a will or a coincidence?
We do really need glasses ! And it's totally a coincidence that we have almost the same.
Karma thing again...
Have you discovered some singers through my blog?
Actually, to be honest, we don’t. Sorry ! But we don’t read a lot of blogs, we prefer
discover some artistic and weird Tumblr.
Do you have a website to publicize your music? Can you give us few links?
Yeah, you can follow us on Facebook, Soundcloud, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube of course !
https://www.facebook.com/louanddust
http://soundcloud.com/louanddust
http://instagram.com/louanddust
http://lou-and-dust.tumblr.com
https://twitter.com/louanddust
You have a show in Paris soon, are you anxious?
Not really anxious, we can’t wait for it ! It’s gonna be the first time that we’ll be 3 on
stage (with our lovely musician, Shrek).
Have you touring or any plans for a tour?
We’d like to organize a tour after the release of our CD.
How many members with you for shows?
We are only 3, both of us and the luckiest guy (haha joke).
What’s the most exciting thing about being on the road?
We didn’t have a tour yet so we don’t know much about that. But we think that being on stage
every night and discover cities and people would be amazing.
What are your goals/dreams in life?
We know exactly what we want to do and who we want to become in the music industry. We also
know what we don’t want obviously. But it would take hours to explain, and we like to keep it
secret ;)
What's next step for "Lou & Dust"?
Run the world ! (Isn’t that a famous song ?!)
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