interview
TrèHùs
TrèHùs publish When You’re
Anything But Ok, their first work
with a blend of alternative sounds,
without limiting the constraints of
gender.
How is your duo born and what
is the (curious) name?
Our duo was born as a trio in the
first 2017 when me and Elvira (our
former singer, however, present in
the album) we started writing about
our music involving soon after
also Luca. Everything was born al-
most as a game and out of curio-
sity, starting from a great desire to
experiment without too much fear
of contaminations only apparently
irreconcilable. The name Trè Hùs
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instead comes from the idea of the
“treehouse”, to tell the truth, bor-
rowed from Lorenzo, our friend
and co-producer and Luca’s pas-
sion for Iceland (Trè Hùs literally
means “tree house in Icelandic”,
which was well suited to the atmo-
sphere of the project. Hipster at-
mospheres, but always
atmospheres.
On your record there
are consistent soul
sensations along
with electronic deve-
lopments: what were
the sound starting
points of the record?
On the record everyo-
ne brought a piece of themselves
and their own cultural baggage: I
(Pietro) started a lot of alternative
rock and emo while Luca started
from more techno and psychedelic
experiences; Elvira has put a touch
of soul and 90s, while Lorenzo was
a magician in bringing a little gro-
ove and giving us a hand to make
everything fit in a sensible way. If I
had to give a common
meeting point, I would
say the Tame Impala.
Soul themes, r & b,
electro, hip hop, dance cross
each other in your record. But
what are your cornerstones?
See above, I am the son of the
emo and of the al-
ternatives and only
then did I listen for
more “soft” genres;
Luca, on the other
hand, starts from
Berlin sounds of the
deep house and of
the electronics, up to
more analogue and
retro sensations.
Do you think that your duo for-
mation will be the definitive one
or will you change along the
way?
At the moment I think we will re-
main in two, it was a good job al-
ready so, but we are stimulated and
charged for the promotion of the
album!
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