aaamusic | On 29, Jan 2011

AAAmusic introduces you to Jill Is Lucky, tipped as one of the hottest musicians for 2011!

AAAmusic: Hiya Jil, what made you decide you were lucky?

Jill Is Lucky: It’s a way of looking at things, positively. It’s not about forgetting the troubles but more about using them. Changing nervosas into works of art. I have the feeling that everything can be a source of inspiration, and it’s a chance.

AAAmusic: So what is your story so far?

JIL: I met my musicians while travelling. Then I met my record label when I settled somewhere. Everyone’s work and the desire to play speeded things up. Love of good music is what drives us all. The first record was born quite rapidly and followed by long tours.

AAAmusic: You have been pretty much everywhere; do you think location is important to your music?

JIL: I have travelled a lot and still do. From Mumbai to New York, from London to Havana, from Berlin to Lima. I like to alternate the near and the far, the known and the unthinkable. There’s nothing  more inspiring than feeling the ground of certainties collapsing under each step that the wild eyes guides. India absorbs me and spits me out completely young and new. Each trip is like a new birth

AAAmusic: What inspires you?

JIL: My musical influences come mainly from England and the US, between Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen and Jonathan Richman. Otherwise, plants, snow, the streets, the cold sun, and love are my main inspirations.  I also listen to a lot of electronic music and rap. I really think I move with the times, I belong to my generation, Daft Punk, Metronomy, Of Montreal or Dr. Dre are part of my bedside records. I have a passion for the melody and the song, all of my favorite artists are great songwriters

AAAmusic: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard any of your music?

JIL: I consider my music as very pop and natural. Both elaborate and instinctive, my fear in compositions: commonplaces. I try to make each song well defined, with its own identity.

AAAmusic: How did “The Wanderer” end up on a Kenzo commercial!?

JIL: Kenzo’s  artistic director first loved the record and the song, and later decided to use it, I only knew about it at the last minute, and it made me happy.

AAAmusic: Do you have any plans to tour the UK anytime soon?

JIL: Of course. At the end of March, we will come for ten days to show what French people can do!!!

AAAmusic: What are you listening to right now?

JIL: Of Montreals’ album « Hissing Fauna » , a little pop music masterpiece !

AAAmusic: What are your hopes for 2011?

JIL: To play a lot in the UK and in the rest of the world, and still have time to make the best record I can…

Author: Josie Payne