{"id":587,"date":"2017-01-10T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T09:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/?page_id=587"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:15:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The I-Twins is a vocal duet composed, as the name suggests, of twins brother and sister, Quentin and Camille. Their music takes root in the Jamaican music from the late 60s till the early 80s and bears touches of jazz and soul. Vocal harmonies play an essential role in it. The I-Twins perform on stage since 2014 accompanied by musicians partly coming from the <span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><a style=\"color: #7d5020;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.najavibes.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Najavibes<\/strong><\/a><\/span> band, most of the time with the complete group with drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and horns, and at certain occasions with an acoustic group, with guitar and keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>\r\n<div class=\"slider_4\">\r\n\t\t<ul id=\"slider_4\" class=\"huge-it-slider\" data-autoplay=\"0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Solal-1.jpg\" alt=\"Solal\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"huge-it-caption slider-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Solal<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Antonin-1.jpg\" alt=\"Antonin\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"huge-it-caption slider-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Antonin<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Leo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Leo\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"huge-it-caption slider-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Leo<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Stuf-1.jpg\" alt=\"Stuf\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"huge-it-caption 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noreferrer\"><strong>Fabwize<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Since then, they played their compositions on the occasion of more than twenty shows in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, alongside concerts, they kept on composing; the second album &#8211; also autoproduced &#8211; naturally took shape in this way. It was released under the name &#8220;<span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><a style=\"color: #7d5020;\" href=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/the-master-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Master Plan&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/span> le on the 2nd of June 2017. Recordings started in June 2016 and ended in January 2017. For the mix of this album, the I-Twins were lucky to work with <a href=\"http:\/\/loneark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><strong>Roberto S\u00e1nchez<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,<\/span><\/a> a well-known producer and a roots reggae specialist.<\/p>\n<p>To the I-Twins, music is a powerful vehicle for messages, that is why they attach much importance to the lyrics. Their songs deal with themes that matter to them, some being of political nature, others being of personal nature. The aim is that, even when the topic is very particular and personal, the lyrics be written in the broadest manner, so that every one, no mater his-her experience and emotional baggage, can identify with them.<\/p>\n<p>Besides their common musical project, the two are involved in different musical projects since many years, Camille being the singer of the <span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><a style=\"color: #7d5020;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skankinsociety.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Skankin\u2019 society sound system<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, and Quentin being the bassist of the band <span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><a style=\"color: #7d5020;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.najavibes.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Najavibes<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and one of the producers of <strong><span style=\"color: #7d5020;\"><a style=\"color: #7d5020;\" href=\"http:\/\/fruitsrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fruits Records<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">The I-Twins is a vocal duet composed, as the name suggests, of twins brother and sister, Quentin and Camille. Their music takes root in the Jamaican music from the late 60s till the early 80s and bears touches of jazz and soul. Vocal harmonies play an essential role in it. The I-Twins perform on stage since 2014 accompanied by musicians&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/about\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions\/1450\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theitwins.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}