On Dominique Fils-Aimé’s third album Three little wordsAll song titles consisted of three words. Guess what the Montreal artist did for her brand new and fourth album Our roots run deep ?
Go ahead and ask for $200 if you answer that she chose four-word titles for each of the 12 compositions.
That’s not all. After exploring the musical heritage of Afro-Colombian communities on his first three albums, all associated with a primary color (blue, red and yellow), the artist begins with many ideas with “Our Roots Run Deep”, the first, a new trilogy part appears on a green background.
There is certainly no more conceptual artist in Quebec than her.
“I realized that the more I give myself a predefined structure with a guideline at the beginning of the trilogy, the better I feel and the freer I feel in my creation,” she says with a smile in her voice. .
“I have the confidence that the message will be concise and coherent,” she adds.
Photo Jetro Emilcar provided by Ensoul Records
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Conciseness, especially when it comes to his hopeful lyrics, is the key word. His texts are short but impressive. With rhythms undeniably inspired by jazz, with percussion and vocal loops at the forefront, Dominique Fils-Aimé relies on the repetition of words to touch hearts.
“They’re like mantras, little poems that are easy to digest and really get into your head.” I don’t want it to be an information bombardment like we often see. I needed to do more naked things. »
When she rehearses “Just Let Me Go,” “Love Will Grow Back,” or “Give Me a Reason,” there’s no need to paint a picture. We understand what she wants to convey.
“When there are fewer words, they have more weight,” says Dominique Fils-Aimé.
” I like humans “
On “Our Roots Run Deep” the Montrealer turns to nature. She uses the example of the “supercomplex network” that connects all trees through their roots and ensures that they become stronger as they grow to hypothesize that people can have influence on others.
Once again, Dominique Fils-Aimé wants to use his music to bring people together in love instead of dividing them. “I love people and I deeply want them to be well. »
She doesn’t claim to change the world, but believes that every small gesture, like each of her songs, can make a difference.
“It’s like a little hummingbird that sees a burning forest, takes a drop from the sea and sets it on fire. The other hummingbirds laugh, but he tells them: If we all add a drop, we can put out the fire. »
- The album Our roots run deepavailable from September 22nd
- Dominique Fils-Aimé begins a tour of Quebec and Canada in October, which will take her to France, Switzerland and the USA. All dates at domiofficial.com.