But I am an artist and I studied visual arts so the colors and the aesthetics of everything-we always try to make that very appealing in the shows. 'I'm not so much into that, I let her be the leader in that. I know that Li is very into fashion with her own swimsuit line and vintage collection, how about you? It was mainly a mix between dub and Cumbia, a folk genre from Colombia.' 'Not modern reggae, but yeah for sure in the 70s, like the original dub and reggae when reggae was in being made in Jamaica for me is a big influence, and was one of the biggest influences when we started. It’s like a triangle that we move around.' But for our music specifically is like a blend between music that comes from Africa and electronic music, especially what’s made in Germany or in London and the Caribbean. We love of course Daft Punk and those huge bands. Who are your biggest role models or biggest influences?

Bomba is a Latin band and they’re indie rock and we’re in two different worlds, but it's very cool to be joining music from all over the world.

He became a fan of the band and then two years after they invited us for opening these shows. We had one show under a church with maybe like 200 people and the Arcade Fire singer went by chance to see us there. We played at a festival in Montreal three years ago, and we played at small venues all over downtown Montreal. It’s kind of busy because we’re also releasing the album so it’s promotion, playing, promotion, playing.Įverything that has happened to us is very beautiful because it has been organic. We have this huge tour with this band Arcade Fire from Canada. 'Until December we're touring in the States and Europe and Latin America. Your touring schedule is pretty packed through the end of the year it looks like. 'Yes that one is biographical, it’s actually Lilliana and her husband where they live.' I actually looked up a translation and I was like, that’s what I figured! I don't speak Spanish but I was watching the video for Somos Dos and I could relate to it. Obviously we have strong lyrics, but if people don't speak Spanish they can relate to the music through the body, and that’s awesome.' But at the same time, our music has no language because it's so oriented toward the dance floor. The Latin and Caribbean music is becoming mainstream nowadays. I am very impressed every time you come here you see more people speaking Spanish. The Latin presence here in the States is huge.

So every time we came there were more Americans in the crowd. And then the American boyfrienss started telling their friends. These Colombian girls came with their American boyfriends. 'At first all of our concerts here were mostly Colombian girls.

What’s it been like as you get more well known in the U.S.? And we started making music together until now, 11 years later.' And when she listened to my music it was like chemistry at first sight. So it was like the perfect match for the music I was making. The timbre and the style had a lot of that, but at the same time it was contemporary. So she grew up listening to all this folk music and the way she sings is very related to that folk music from Colombia. Lilliana comes from a very special particular place in Colombia on the Caribbean coast, Santa Marta. And I came out with a sound that was a fusion between the two. Then I tried to blend those languages-international dance music with local dance music. And I had to do something about it so I started searching for our local dance music. And one day I started wondering why am I making electronic music if I live in Columbia? They make it better in Detroit and Chicago and London and Berlin. 'Yeah, before I started making this, like, fusion music, I was making a purely electronic music, like house music. How did you know she was a good match for what you wanted to create? You were making music for a while before Li became your singer.

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