dOP the Parisian trio of Clement Aichelbaum, Damien Vandesande and Jonathan Illel been on a tear since they burst upon the scene three years ago, riling dance floors with their strange, sexy, infectious brand of irreverently soulful house, and leaving writers scratching their heads at the same. The three musicians aren’t just great showmen – something their drunken live sets amply prove but also real musicians: before discovering house music, they played rock, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, and African music, and they bring that wealth of knowledge to bear in their quest to turn dance music inside out. So while their music has plenty of slinky funk and dirty grind, it also explores far more diverse moods and grooves, from hot jazz to autumnal, orchestral folk.

Two important people can be cited in the development of dOP’s music – Nicolas Sfintescu from Nôze introduced them to the idea of electronic music being more than just a DJ behind a console; or creating repetitive beats on cold machines in lonely bedrooms in the dark of the night. Nôze showed dOP that a dance music act can be entertainers in the same way that rock n roll musicians and hip hop acts behave on stage. They both also share the same idea of making organic dance music in the classical way of composing with real instruments and voices.

dOP’s songs are always different, depending on their feelings and frame of mind. It ́s essential for the band members to speak about experiences, moments, past or future. They also retain a passion to collaborate with artists across the globe – Nôze, Aquarius Heaven, Cat ́z n ́Dogz, Sety, Dave Aju, Khan, Guy Gerber, DJ Koze, Wareika, Guillaume & the Cotu Dumonts, Tiefschwarz, Mathias Kaden, or in projects like Enliven dOP Acoustics (Enliven Deep Acoustics) from North Thuringia, Germany, or as Armaberokay with friends from Kassel, Germany.