Are there any particular steps you take when putting your music together? Take us through your songwriting process. Also, a lot of our inspiration comes from sci-fi Books (Asimov mainly) and animal documentaries (it is true !). We’d say in ourselves, we’re inspired by what we’re going through as people, and also what we’re passionate about. Where do you gather songwriting inspiration? To succeed, musicians have to be unique in every way, and offer strong experiences through all kinds of medias (sound, video, photo, live etc…) What would you say some of the challenges artists face today in the music industry?
We also listen to Nino Rota, because Summer !Īre there any key pieces of equipment that you are using to define your sound?ĭefinitely, we have a 70s Riviera Organ, and a Suzuki Omnichord (a 1981 Japanese synthesizer) that sounds quite unique. Which other artists are you into at the moment and why?We’re into different genres of music, so you’d find The Last Shadow Puppets, for Alex Turner’s energy and grandiloquence, Todd Terje (it’s Album Time) for his mastering of jazz and electro music. What are the 5 albums that have influenced you the most? We’d say it’s a blend of electro and pop music, with hints of rock. To those not familiar with you, how would you describe your sound? Really good ! We’re currently improving the studio tracks of our next album. Hi there, how are you and what are you up to today? We caught up with them and had a chat about their music, inspirations and their future. This foundation has been building up to more than 6,5M views on Spotify (May 2017) and has allowed Napkey to tour around France. Napkey’s debut album « 42 » (January 2017) refers to the meaning of life as depicted by Douglas Adams and offers a true retro-futurist, optimistic and nostalgic journey through space, underwater, beyond cities – into the light.
Their captivating and aerial melodies with synthesizers and guitars are both epic and vintage, almost cinematographic. Benjamin Cholet and Justine Rousseau are Napkey, an electro-pop duo from Paris.
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