Dust of Soul are interviewed by Radio15.ch, Switzerland’s largest internet radio station with over 1 million listeners. This week their single «Lost» is the “Single of the week”
Singer Dusty and pianist MiKey have been Dust of Soul for ten years. They have been touring internationally for ten years and have initiated numerous music projects in Europe, in Tunisia, on the Arabian Peninsula – the Sultanate of Oman – and in Mumbai. Whether on the «MTV India Unplugged» stage with Bollywood superstar Ayushmann Khurrana, at the concert for the King of Oman in the amphitheater in Muscat, or at the music video shoot «Victory» in the slums of Mumbai with the «Dharavi Dream Project» – part of Universal Music India initiative, their vision for the future is «sustainable music».
«Writing music that motivates people to use their positive power to achieve their goals»
— Singer Dusty
First singing coach
Singer Dusty: «We wrote the music in such a way that we take up topics such as «courage»: One of our songs is called «Brave» and it is about activating your courage so that you are brave in everyday life or in situations , which may not be very easy. Because we all need a bit of courage. Furthermore, this song is written in a pitch that revs up your chakra for more courage. So it fits both together – melody and lyrics. And the lyrics are never whining or blaming someone else for their own life situation, but rather dissolving. Realizing that you are the maker of your «Wonderland». And that you can regain your self-power and make something out of your life.»
Wonderland
«The lyrics of Wonderland are about having your «Wonderland» in your hands. It’s not something that’s far from you. It is within you and you can create it. And often it is only a blink of an eye away. But you have to create it. It’s not just in the head. You will have to bring it into reality afterwards too.»
«I like doing special things. I’m bored with what I see. I want to do something that challenges me in a way that the whole concept pulls into itself»
— Singer Dusty
MiKey: «All our songs are written from life. This means that we have experienced all the positive experiences that we express with our songs ourselves. We are through all the topics. As a result, the songs reflect our lives.»
Dusty: «Dusty: «With «Wonderland» we asked ourselves: Are we creating anything at all or are we just consuming. I thought it must be possible to create. Because when you create something, it comes from your ideas. It is not just in your head. This is how the lyrics for «Wonderland» came about. As Michael said, we go through these issues and write them down. It is all connected. The crowning glory is the music video or an event to make this topic a reality.»
«”Smile” is also a song that fitted the current time we were in with its message: “Never lose your smile”.»
— Singer Dusty
Mathias “Betschi” Betschart: «You can see that in your music. Your music is always something special. That means you’re always trying something new. You don’t stick to a common thread. And yet you do. You are still you. Even while you are experimenting with many things.»
Positive Music Power
MiKey: «Our “Positive Music Power” embodies us in everything we do. We love the challenge of combining ourselves with different art forms, music forms, and music styles. Because every artist has his own expression. We are convinced of that and that is also the reason why we always work with different artists. And we love to merge these individual expressions into fusions. Hence the interest in India, Oman and many different cultures. This collaboration and cultural exchange has also taught us a lot about music. We realize that all over the world there is a power behind the music. And it us so nice when this positive power can combine and something new is created.»
«This collaboration and cultural exchange has also taught us a lot about music. We realize that all over the world there is a power behind the music. And it us so nice when this positive power can combine and something new is created.»
— Pianist MiKey
Dusty: «Life is pure change. And I am always changing. What I thought was great yesterday, I may not find so great today. Yesterday this interested me, today I am interested in something new. I think one of the most important things as an artist is to listen to my heart.»
Lost
Dusty: «”Lost” was a huge topic for us. So we worked on this song for almost five years and rewrote it about 70 times. We felt so lost in Switzerland, the safest country in the world, and at times we didn’t know how to continue.
At some point, however, we became aware that we are not “lost”, but that we are being talked into us from outside with various beliefs. It’s up to us to keep going. We mustn’t listen to these «whispering ghosts» who whisper to us: “It’s better not to do this”, or: “It’s much too difficult for you”, but just do it. Because I can grow from it.»
