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DAIANA LOU – Back in the jungle First time back on the streets doesn’t sound so special at first sight, but for Daiana Lou, is an immense step forward during the Corona-crisis. The two musicians love busking and playing at festivals around Berlin, Germany, Europe but this spring Corona had something against it. Now they can start giving love […]

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Is there love that works at second glance? When you tell the story of “Daiana Lou“ and her producer Peter Hoffmann, the answer is definitely “yes“. Summer 2017: Hoffmann walks through the Berlin Mauerpark when he sees Daiana Mingarelli and Luca Pignalberi. “Addicted“ is the first song he ever heard from Daiana Lou – and Hoffmann, successful producer of Falco, Tokio Hotel and Lina, knows that he is experiencing something unique: Daiana’s powerful voice, Luca’s driving riffs, her unconventional shared drum playing. Hoffmann is thrilled, but the collaboration doesn’t start until a year later. He doesn’t find out until 2018 that the two don’t live in Italy, as he assumed, but in Berlin. Hoffmann walks again through the Berlin Mauerpark, and again he sees the Italian duo. Hoffmann is extremely touched by the music of the two, he invites them to his studio in Vögelsen. The joint work begins.

If you tell the story of Daiana Lou, there is also love at first sight. It all started with John Mayer – a little more than six years ago, in April 2013. During an open jam session near Rome, Daiana and Luca went on stage at the same time and within a few seconds the two agreed on “I’m gonna find another you“ by the American singer-songwriter. Luca played the song on guitar, Daiana joined in. Love and understanding at first sight. “Since then we haven’t left the stage“, says Daiana.

The stage can be almost any place for the two of them – whether on the streets and squares of Rome, in a small club to in Berlin’s Mauerpark. Daiana and Luca create their very own stage – through their presence and their unique division of instruments. This can be seen, among other things, in the playing of the drums. Daiana plays the snare, Luca Hi-Hat and base drum.

Two people, drums, guitar, vocals: there are inevitably thoughts of bands like The Ting Tings, The White Stripes, or The Black Keys, who create a maximum of sound and energy from the smallest possible band formation. It is these three bands – as well as the Belgian singer Selah Sue – who inspire the music of the duo with their varied songs.

Daiana Lou – this is also the combination of different musical styles and different musical vites. While Daiana has a background in reggae and R’n’B, the musical “home“ of Polo instrumentalist Luca is a classical blues education. But she has also inspired the music scene in her adopted home Berlin, where she has been living with small interruptions since 2015 – and especially electronic music. “Everywhere in the city, in the clubs there is this wonderful electronic music“, Daiana says. They have become fans themselves but have never forgotten their roots in acoustic music. Rather, the music is “an inspiration“ and has only added further facets to their own pieces.

“The positive energy of the city has certainly further developed our music“.

This energy and this richness of facets can be found in various ways in the songs of their album “Coordinates for colorful egos“: Powerful-rocky songs like the first single release “Misery“ or “Dancing on fire“ alternate with reggae-like tracks like “Jungle“ and haunting-emotional ballads like “Thousand scars“. Based on the English lyrics, the Italian duo found their way back to their mother tongue during the production of the album. Some of the songs can be heard in both English and Italian. Both of them, as they repeatedly emphasise, regard Berlin as a place of artistic creation and maturing. Just as the city unites different languages, cultures and stories, Daiana Lou also combines their different backgrounds, facets and influences in their album.

In September 2016 the Spanish-German singer and juror Alvaro Soler chose them as one of the bands for the tenth edition of X-Factor Italia, making the duo famous throughout Italy. After the fourth live show, however, Daiana Lou left the show because they felt that their artistic freedom was cut off by the station and the format.

Just as the two of them don’t allow themselves to be bent musically and pressed into a prefabricated form, it is just as important for the duo to show clear edges with their lyrics. Everyday racism, social inequality and oppression – in many of their songs they deal with socio-political themes that they encountered especially during their time as street musicians. With their music and lyrics, they want to shake people up and sensitise them to the great themes of our time – and entertain their audience at the same time. “We believe that music is a very strong cement that connects us and can make the world a little bit better.“ That’s another reason why humour, along with positive energy, is an elementary part of their artistic work.

With the producers Peter Hoffmann and Jonas Schumann, the two have now found two partners who, together with them, bring together the stories they have experienced, the images they have seen and their own sound. Completely independent of whether it is love at first or second sight.

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