![]() What is the inspiration behind your new single, “Ceases To Beat”? K: For me it’s largely trying to capture what I love about bouncy 80’s arcade video game music, as well as the Jpop compositions of Yasutaka Nakata, who’s most known for his work with Perfume and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. It’s not really a conflict but one thing I think is funny is that Keith often writes really upbeat and fun songs and I for some reason always end up writing sort of sad lyrics. Doing art and music together has been a good way to keep us connected through all of that. Can you recall a particular one? A: We’ve actually gotten along pretty well our whole lives but we’ve had times where we drifted apart because of school, work and different lifestyle. Being siblings, I can imagine that you’ve had a few silly fights or disagreements when it comes to your music. ![]() We may be silly but we take our music seriously. In our version Odette and Odile are two sides of one person, like Jekyl & Hyde and we hope that our music will reflect a similar kind of yin/yang balance. The name Odette/Odile comes from the 1981 Toei Animation version of Swan Lake that I was obsessed with as a child. To do this, we’ve been tapping into a lot of things from our past like the music, movies and video games we loved growing up. We created these characters (Odette and Ghost Lord) as a way to really embrace the idea but we don’t mind people knowing our real names! One of our goals with the music was to bring forth a feeling of nostalgia. It was such a big deal! Can you talk about how this duo first formed? Why did you decide to go by Odette/Odile and not your own names? Why do you think you make such a great musical pair? A: We are both pretty silly and we are having a lot of fun with this cartoon persona concept. One of my first memories of this was being in Middle School when one of his bands was trying out for the High School talent show and getting to go on stage with them. I think it helped that Keith let me sing back-up in his bands when we were younger. I was named after Keith Richards! A: My “when I grow up”, I think was Fashion Designer/Princess! I always loved music and singing but I was never that much of the showman type. ![]() Music has always been a pretty big part of our family history. I still remember the melody of it! But also I just remember playing songs with our Dad, or listening to him play songs. I remember Ashlie making a song about her stuffed animals when she was like, five or six years old. I studied music in college Ashlie studied art, but I also actually do visual art for my day job. I think we both actually have a pretty wide variety of interests. Growing up, did you both always want to be musicians? Can you recall your earliest musical memories? K: Among other things. ![]() We have a whole little universe and we hope other people enjoy going there as much as we do. ![]() Over the last year or so we have been writing lots of music, working on some music video concepts and other fun things like the comics and stuffed animals. Things are just set up in a way so that it’s really fun to write new music, make music videos, do the social media stuff and do shows. Follow Odette/Odile Online here: /OdetteOdileMusic /OdetteOdileSays Learn more about Odette/Odile in the following All Access interview: Thanks for your time! Now that we are more than half-way through 2016, what are some words you would use to describe it? What were some of the highlights of 2015 for you and your music? A: One of the cool things with this project is that since it’s just the two of us, we find it really easy to really dive in. ![]()
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