Brisbane musicians Caprice Quinn and Druovanni Defoe never gave up on their ultimate dream: raising a family and having successful careers in the music industry.
Having spent the past ten years focussed on their children, and with the release of their debut, double album ‘La Femme/The Maestro’ under the moniker Capovanni, the loving couple are finally seeing their dream come true. “Always from the very beginning, it was music before anything else,” Caprice says.
“Before I met Dru, this has been a dream of mine since I was seven-years old. I always wanted to do music, I’ve always wanted to be in the entertainment industry and that was the dream but when Dru and I met we fell in love.
“We had always wanted to be young parents and have a family, so we knew that we would have to put the dream of music on hold to fulfil this other dream.
"We never lost sight of that dream, so now that the kids are older and we have more time we are going to pursue it.”
Druovanni echoes Quinn’s sentiments, adding that during the entire time of raising their young family they were also focussed on developing their respective careers and preparing to transition from parents to performers. “We definitely wanted to be young parents,” Dru says.
“I didn’t want to be an old dad, I never pictured that. This whole time we’ve still been developing our music, it’s not like we just focussed on parenting and forgot about music.
“We’ve built a home studio, we kept on investing in our talents and skills, and even though it’s been a difficult journey, Caprice and I have always built value so that at least we’re valuable as commodities in the music industry whether it’s as artists or as ghostwriters or production.”
Their debut is a double record featuring ‘La Femme’ by Caprice, and ‘The Maestro’ by Druovanni.
Each album represents each artist’s respective musical style and influence; ‘The Maestro’ pays homage to golden era hip hop, while ‘La Femme’ brings out a more soulful edge drawing on classic ‘90s R&B. “Look at it like this,” Druovanni explains, “I’m a big music romanticist, so I always think about lineage and my place in the music pantheon.
"I started out as a music listener so I was a fan of that era, and it was my main inspiration as a writer and producer. “When I think about lineage I think about what I would be doing if I was doing that old-school music but in today’s time, so it freshens it up.
“‘The Maestro’ does have those old notes because I tried to stick with what I knew. I didn’t ingratiate myself or go along the trap lines of music; I stuck with what I knew and where I came from. I’m bringing that old sound back but freshening it up for today’s era.”
“It’s such a big thing for me,” Caprice says of ‘La Femme’. “I feel like it’s taken me so long to find my feet as a music artist and find what my sound is.
"Now I feel I’ve really zoned in and found what my vibe is, what my feel is and what my zone is.
“This album also shows the growth and development in Dru’s production. He knows me very well and when he’s producing beats he keeps what I like in mind. He’s getting to know what resonates with me.”
‘La Femme/The Maestro’ by Capovanni is out now.
