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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:43 pm Post subject: TVICE'S OLIVIER DURET: STORY BEHIND "TOI & MOI" |
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The song "TOI ET MOI" sung by OLIVIER DURET seems to be one of the favorites of many on the just released T-VICE cd "Welcome to Haiti". Kompa Magazine caught up with OLIVIER to get the REAL STORY behind the song.
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KOMPA MAGAZINE: OLIVIER, can you give us the history of your song "TOI ET MOI" and how it came about? Is it a true story; or should we say that it has been something that you've personally experienced?
*What advice do you have for people/fans that might be in the same situation that you are describing in the song?
OLIVIER DURET: Well, I personally think that EVERYONE at least once in their life went through this similar situation. sometimes its the parents and friends hyping up a relationship which NEEDS to be over with and sometimes, as in this case, its them trying to put an end to one. i chose the ladder because i thought it would be more of a positive message.
Powersurge was at my house one day, working on something with Mikaben and I asked if he had anything I might be interested in, and he said try this beat... as soon as i heard it, the melody of the chorus came to my head, so i recorded it right then and there. the days after, listening to it, trying to find words to come up with a subject, for some reason "Kite yo pale" was stuck in that part where it's at in the song; so a cousin of mine (Lesly Duret) suggested I write around that, so I did. It wasn't something I was experiencing at the moment but its something I had been through and as I said, I know a lot of people that had gone through it.
So while working on the T-Vice album, Powersurge asked if the guys would be interested in this type of song cause as we know, its not a typical T-Vice beat. So he sent the beat to the guys, without my vocals, they seemed really interested to do something different, new, so they said they wouldn't mind working on it. when I got to the studio that day, i told Reynaldo to put the beat on cause I had wrote something on it already. i started singing on the beat and that was it... they were like "ket, sa gen yon lot flavor net... So you have it all written and all, ok next song". when the time came, Rey, Berto, Powersurge put their touches in and the song was done.
Sometimes its true that people are right and you should listen, your making a mistake and especially "granmoun toujou gen rezon" (lol) but sometimes THEY are wrong and if you believe in the relationship you have, as it says in the song, its "Toi et Moi" against the world. But above all, a relationship is between "YOU and I", there's not suppose to be "and the rest of US", only YOU know what you want and need, if the person next to you is who you FEEL should be there than no one else can tell you different.
As you can see, we've added some stuff to the Live interpretation for all you REAL kompa lovers... so come check us out when were playing, bouk senturonw ap klere nan muzik sa kanmem 
Big thanks to POWERSURGE and of-course T-Vice for letting me showcase what i can do vocally and also what i can do when it comes to composing on this album.
Thanks
***VIDEO LINK TO LIVE INTERPRETATION of "TOI & MOI"***
http://www.youtube.com/kompagrooves#p/u/6/AtpaHDBcRT4
KM!
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