The Dø

The Dø

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Dø


Img_capt = The Dø's official logo, resembling a vinyl disc.
Img_size = 170
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Paris, France
Helsinki, Finland
Genre = Folk rock, Indie rock
Years_active = 2007-Present
Label = Wagram
Cinq7
Get Døwn!
URL = [http://www.thedo.info/ The Dø.info]
Current_members = Dan Levy
Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti

The Dø is a French rock duo formed by musician and soundtrack composer Dan Levy and French/Finnish singer Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti.

They met while recording the music for the film "Empire of the Wolves", and they then continued to collaborate for the films"The Passenger" and "Camping sauvage".

Their early songs include "At Last !", "The Bridge is Broken", "Playground Hustle" and "On My Shoulders", the latter of which has been used in television commercials for Oxford stationery. All feature on their debut album "A Mouthful", released on 14 January 2008. The Dø is known to incorporate a great range of instruments in their songs, as well as being a duet completing each other member, Merilahti bringing the melody, and Levy the symphonic or jazzy structure. Most of the lyrics are written in English, the rest being in Finnish. [http://thedo.info The Dø's official website.] It is not known yet if the band will release songs in the French language.

Name

The "Dø" in the band's name is pronounced the same as the English word "dough," with a long "o" sound. The band's name is presumably derived from the first sound of the C scale Solfege (Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Si-Do).Dan said in an interview on French TV that the name of the band is formed with the initials of their names (Dan & Olivia).

"Dø" is also the Danish word for "Die".

Discography

*2008: "A Mouthful" [ [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/The-Do.html The Do ] ]
**"On My Shoulders" (2007)
**"At Last!" (2008)

External links

* [http://thedo.info Official Web Page]
* [http://www.thedofan.net Fan Club]

References


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