Whatever happens in life, you might reach and you might earn, in the end it´s all about love! This is the positive message of “Highness” whose sound dissolves in good mood beats mixed with the catchy vocals of Donata and Daim.
The Berlin based music duo NOSOYO explain that through the track they want to communicate the old adage of finding your high from what truly matters. Their interesting band name stands for “I am not me – I am everything” and is pronounced N O-SOY-YÓ.” tell us Bonn born Donata (vocals, guitar, songwriting) and Daim (vocals, drum) who has Dutch and Turkish roots. They both first meet at the Conservatory in Amsterdam, felt an instant “attraction” to collaborate but it took more than three years before they ended up performing as a duo. Putting them into a genre box might be tricky and is not necessary. “We do not like dividing genres too much, we think there is a lot of great music out there that fits into the genre ‘pop’ and could be alternative – or the other way round. We like to cross boundaries and our lyrics have become bold and courageous.”
“Happiness we get from external factors like money, having high positioned jobs or drugs etc. don’t last forever. Putting work into learning how to truly love yourself and others is timeless.”
Every artist has his own way of being creative; almost infinite are the paths of inspiration. But often it is the spontaneous nature that gives the work something light-footed. Something unintentionally beautiful and not too constructed. “We were sitting at home one night, after a very long but fulfilling day, so we were feeling a bit “high” – then Donata said: “Well enjoy your highness” in a funny Majestic manner, as if she were from the British Royal family. Right after I shouted: “Enjoy! Your highness…” and then instantly we realized it should be our next single.” They just quickly recorded a phone memo, Donata grabbed a guitar and Daim started beatboxing and after 10 minutes they had all the ingredients they needed for the song. “The next day we went over to our studio and listened to our spontaneous recording from the night before. We recorded and programmed everything that we could phonetically translate from the phone recording and started arranging the track in Ableton from there, keeping it as simple and effective as possible. This is one of our favorite methods of songwriting and it is a lot of fun.” But there is not only one way. Being an artists means to be prepared when the inspiration hits you. “We don’t have a formula, so the process for each song is unique, but they all do come from the same place, from the heart. We write what we feel with whatever we have at that moment.”
We are happy to premiere their newest single “Highness” – and we hope you enjoy it! And most certainly you should take the message of the song with you: “Highness” shows us that the happiness we get from external factors like money, having high positioned jobs or drugs etc. don’t last forever. Putting work into learning how to truly love yourself and others is timeless.”
Their new album “Loud & Shameless” is due to be released Sept 27th
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images by Louis Buerk
