Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with D-L Goe
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
Each of us has had a connection to music from an early age. I, Dani, our frontman, started out performing cover songs by various bands in high school, before going on to be involved in several musical projects prior to forming this band.
As an actor, music was also part of my training, since developing musical skills came with the profession. Another member, Horea, is also an actor with a similar background. Tz, our drummer, has been playing since childhood, while Cosmo and Colorian, our guitarist and bassist, both started making music in their teenage years. In fact, Cosmo first learned guitar from Colorian, who later went on to complete formal musical studies at the Romanian conservatory.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
While our individual journeys were different, the common thread is that music has always been there, something we grew up with, explored in different forms, and eventually came together around.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
It all started in an apartment in Bucharest, inspired by one of Ion Luca Caragiale’s most iconic characters. The original story follows a spoiled young boy who travels to the seaside with his mother, aunt, and grandmother, only to lose his train ticket along the way. We wanted to reimagine that character and ask: what if he’s now a twenty-something living alone in the big city, trying to figure life out? Who has he become, and what would his life look like now?
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
DI Goe – Dirty Surf Beats from the East
DI Goe is the sound of forgotten Eastern European summers. Beach music with a punk attitude, surf grooves infused with urban irony. Born somewhere between train stations, street corners, and the Black Sea, their songs taste like cheap beers on a broken pier, sunsets over crumbling concrete, and late-night drives to nowhere.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
That sometimes, less is better.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Logic Pro, Reaper, Cubase, Fl Studio, we play a variety of instruments, each one of us is a multi instrumentist.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Most of us are really into Angine Poitrine and Turkish retro music from the 60s and 70s.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
Two of our band members are actors, which has naturally shaped the band’s identity and live presence. Because the project is built around an iconic character, our shows lean heavily into theatrical storytelling rather than functioning as straightforward concerts.
Our discography follows that same approach. One of our albums is conceived as a sonic narrative: something you experience like a theatre play through sound alone. Our second album expands that universe through film, using cinema as an extension of the music to tell the next chapter of the story. Both releases follow the character’s journey into adulthood: navigating an ordinary job at a well-known Romanian supermarket chain, falling unexpectedly in love, and trying to make sense of modern life. We trully believe people need stories in their lives and that’s why we revolve around concept albums because we still believe people can still listen to an album as a whole. Even though these days, the attention span is lower than ever before
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
We hope listeners find a mix of nostalgia, irony, freedom, and a bit of beautiful chaos in our music. Our songs often sit somewhere between humor and melancholy: they might make you laugh at the absurdity of everyday life, but also hit you with something unexpectedly honest or emotional.
Because the band is built around a character and a larger narrative, we want people to feel like they’re stepping into a world rather than just listening to a collection of songs. There’s storytelling, flawed characters, awkward romance, dead-end jobs, growing pains, and that strange tension between wanting more from life while also being stuck in its routines.
If there’s one message, it’s probably that adulthood is messy, absurd, sometimes heartbreaking but also strangely funny and worth romanticising a little.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
Perseverance is key and so is staying connected with your fans.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
We would love any international venue, we want our music to be heard by as many people as possible. If we had to choose, maybe Glastonbury in the UK or Crossroads festival in Roubaix, France.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
That’s a difficult question, there are so many greats. Our third album leans into a surf rock vibe, almost like a modern take on The Beach Boys, so they’d definitely be up there. At the same time, our next album explores African influences blended with our Balkan roots, and Fela Kuti is an absolute legend whose work has been a huge inspiration.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xbQPmUmcw9YXf05h8AkIt?si=TqyH9dE1RFWNh4DlQdMqnA
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@dlgoe?si=MEzRsiIppI3GG-9i
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musiugoe
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dl.goe?_r=1&_t=ZN-96NWspxM182
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bq2is5N9q/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
We’d love to take the project onto the international stage, bringing our Balkan roots with us and introducing that part of our identity to wider audiences. A big part of what drives us is the idea of making those influences more visible, reinterpreting them through our own sound, and showing that this part of the world has rich stories, energy, and musical character worth discovering.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
We hope listeners discover that our music is more than just sound: it’s storytelling. Each song is part of a larger world, with characters, narratives, and emotions that unfold along the way. Beyond the music itself, we’d love people to get to know our sense of humor, our theatrical side, our cultural influences, and the way we turn everyday absurdities into stories that feel both personal and universal.
