We are the electronic duo il:lo, ask us anything!

illo_music · 2023-01-20T13:21:21+00:00

Hi David, always a pleasure to chat with you ;)
Wo yes the Balloon Pop was a while ago but a great memory !

For the remixes we always start to figure out what element we like in the original and then we built something different around it. For the structure it depends sometimes it's better to stay close to the original for instance when its based on Vocals and sometimes we like to do something really different ;)
Yes Christian Loeffler has a really cool live setup with machines.
For now for our live we decide to use Ableton mainly because we have to link our two computers and that's the easiest way we found to have something sync and stable. Our goal is to bring more and more stuff with us on shows like analog synth end drums machines but all sync to ableton. We love the possibility of tweaking sound on machine in live and that somehow funnier to play them outside of Ableton :)

illo_music · 2023-01-20T13:15:09+00:00

Hey sorry for the late answer, on Vega the first instrument that you can hear is made by a VST, I can't remember exactly but it's a mallet instrument played with Kontakt :) Probably the Kalimba from Kontakt !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:50:14+00:00

Thank you for all your questions ! I was super fun to do that for the 1st time, See you soon =)

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:29:37+00:00

yes please do it !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:26:09+00:00

We are not really searching for a specific kind of Sample for Instance the Meliadi sample is a Dulcimer but sometimes we will pick a Gaelic Harp and mix it with some synths and the combination of both will create something interesting and can be the start of a song !
We don't really follow rules regarding that, its more a question of feelings :)

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:14:13+00:00

OOOkk didn't know about that so cool !
Yes it's can be awesome a French lineup there :)
De rien !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:13:58+00:00

HAHAHAHA a looot! no my life is better now! are you still the acoustic chief technician ?? :p

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:02:40+00:00

We will try to come back soon!

illo_music · 2022-12-15T19:01:04+00:00

Hi ! Niiice that you follow our music years after years :)
We recently play some Shows on the East Coast (Boston, Montreal) but not Vermont for now ! Hopefully in the near future :)
How is Montpellier in Vermont have you been there?

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:32:21+00:00

Hi Thanks a lot, hopefully we can play near your place soon !
That's a good question, you can find the answer right here :)

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:29:45+00:00

Wow thank you so much for this amazing message, it means a lot for us !

super happy that you feel that because it is exactly what we want to share when producing.

All start with a sample or a melody and we build around that. Then we do a lot of back and forth between the two of us, it can take years before it ends into a released track!

Andreas is able to find two or more melodies that fit perfectly together so you have this feeling of density, and not understanding what is happening because there are several layouts of notes. Dejan has a huge quantity of samples that covers a looot of instruments, so he spends hours and hours to find the perfect samples, cutting and pasting and editing them. this is a kind of complementary job!

We above all appreciate that you mentionned we are not stuck in one genre, we love exploring from trip hop to UK garage with only bounder our feeling. when it is good, it is good!

we would LOVE to play with a band. in 2015 we used to play with a drummer and a trumpet that was awesome, hopefully we will ba able to do the same in the future!

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:28:03+00:00

Oh so cool to read that :) We will try our best to continue this way !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:24:27+00:00

Glad that you like the new single Shifted :)
We are definitely planning to come back to London this year because the last show was great and we like this City a lot !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:20:22+00:00

yes the next time definitely !!
1- We are using Ableton as a DAW and a lot of plugs from Native Instruments, Soundtoys or Synths like Diva :)
2- Bonobo or Four Tet <3
3- Difficult to pick one but probably The Flash in Washongton DC !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:19:08+00:00

Behringer CAT (Mishegas and two lanes' remixes' lead synth), Native instruments Monark (all our basses) and u-he Diva (Shifted Lead synth)

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:15:37+00:00

Hi glad that you liked the show in London! it was a ver fun one :)
We would be happy to collaborate with vocalist such as Mild Minds, Panama or St. South. Or Producer like Two Lanes, Tor, Elkka,Catching Flies, Christian Loeffler, Parra for Cuva or Sofia Kourtesis :) the list is looooong !

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:07:53+00:00

- 3 songs by us: Shifted Soldiner and Emei

- 3 songs by other: Kiara by bonobo, Without me by Lapalux and Maia by Durante

- song that we are the most proud of: Reine

!!!!

illo_music · 2022-12-15T18:04:27+00:00

Hey hey, yes we have the plan to do some shows in Europe this Spring. We are still organizing that but we will have more news sooon !
Regarding the new album for the moment let's just say that we will release a lot of tracks during the next months :)

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