Dashoda’s Gavin MacDermott: 'You have no choice but to believe in yourself, regardless'

"You need stillness in your life to kind of get to the truth of who you are. So much of life is just noise, you know"

Gavin MacDermott, aka Dashoda

I’m originally from Malahide in Dublin and I lived there until 1998. I moved to Gorey with my mam and my sister when my parents split up. We moved in with my grandmother.

I started learning the piano when I was nine and playing the guitar and drums when I was about 11. In 1997, I went to Paris; my dad was working over there. I remember drinking sparkling water for the first time and being like ‘what the hell is this drink?’ That’s one of my earliest memories.