Parisian trio dOP doesn't DJ, rarely spends time in clubs, prefers physical instruments to VSTs, and writes "songs," not "tracks." Perhaps their outsiders' instincts are exactly why Damien Vandesande, Jonathan "Jo" Illel and Clement Zemstov are poised on the cutting edge of house/techno, though their songs barely fit those genres.

With releases spread across Milnor Modern, Circus Company and Orac Records so far, the group has exhibited the inventiveness to meld disparate sounds (rap, blues, free jazz, Malian kora, house, experimental pop are a few) into oddly stirring, funky packages with only a modicum of concern for a stylistic classification or hapless DJs.

Damien was kind enough to answer a few questions about the group's origins, their techno education and offer some inspiring words to burgeoning producers.

www.myspace.com/dopdopdop 
RELEASES.
DOP - Untitled (Not on a Label)
DOP - Between the Blues EP (Circus Company 2007)
DOP - No Passport (Milnor Modern 2007)
DOP - God bless the Child EP (Milnor Modern 2008)
DOP - The Lighthouse EP (Orac 2008)
DOP - Just a man (Eklo 2008)
DOP - Panic (Milnor Modern 2008)
COOPERATION RELEASES.
Sety - Sweet & Sour (Circus Company 2008)
The Armaberokay (Einmaleins 2008)
Dop vs. Catz´n´Dogz (DirtyBird 2008)
Noze feat. DOP (30Porumalinha 2008)

REMIXES.
Francis EP - Minimailundwir (DOP Rmx) (Einmaleins Musik 2007)
Piano EP - Piano (DOP Remix) (Milnor Modern 2007)
Remember Love - Remember Love (DOP Remix) (My Best Friend 2007)