“To make the language of our roots, that of the country in which we live, and that of the globalized culture cohabit to embody the cultural hybrid that we are<\/em>\u201d has been French group Dowdelin\u2019s goal since 2018, year of their debut Carnaval Odyssey<\/a><\/em> release. Co-founded by multi-instrumentalist David Kiledjian, Lyon-based singer-songwriter of Martinique origin Olivya Victorin, French-Guadalopean drummer, saxophonist and bandleader Rapha\u00ebl Philibert and Greg Boudras, the band has already released two projects with their 2019 EP Poul W\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a><\/em>, drawing inspiration from modern jazz and alt-pop with an omnipresent Creole twist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Their upcoming album Lanmou Lanmou<\/em> will pulse Afro-Caribbean polyrhythms with Creole jazz and future-funk grooves, representing the \u201cpossibility of hearing the same melodies in traditional African music, as we do in music from the west today<\/em>\u201d. The single \u201cSim\u00e9 Love\u201d and “On Nou Al\u00e9”, already available, exemplify well the direction the band is taking, with the importance of love as a central theme – in Creole French, \u201cSim\u00e9 Love\u201d stands for \u201cspread love\u201d and \u201cLanmou Lanmou\u201d translates to \u201cLove Love\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n