{"id":2044,"date":"2018-07-25T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2018-08-08T16:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:06:40","slug":"louisah-pillott-huch-x-hoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/louisah-pillott-huch-x-hoka\/","title":{"rendered":"How running saved a DJ\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

Louisahhh has been touted as techno\u2019s next superstar, but to get there she\u2019s battled addiction and convention. Her story is the\u00a0latest profile in our Huck x HOKA series, looking at mavericks who found a new perspective through running.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a feeling Louisa Pillott sometimes gets when she plays. When the music sounds right, the crowd is psyched; things are going really well. \u201cYou become present,\u201d says the Paris-based American DJ, who is better known as Louisahhh, a moniker her fans chant during her epic sets \u2014 like a war cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in your body, and you feel hyper-connected to the world around you. For me, it\u2019s like an epiphany. I suddenly come to and I\u2019m grateful and emotionally moved by the fact that I get to do this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting into the groove<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a sensation she only experiences while performing or running, her other passion in life. It might seem incongruous that one of the world\u2019s most exciting electronic artists is a mad keen runner, but it\u2019s true. It\u2019s also not a stretch to say that if it wasn\u2019t for running, Louisahhh might not be here at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisahhh started running just over a decade ago after a serious stint in rehab. \u201cI was addicted to cocaine and diagnosed as hypomanic,\u201d she says. \u201cThey tried to put me on medication to stabilise me, but I was adamantly opposed to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Instead, she picked her own path back to health on the dusty trails through the Santa Monica Mountains in California. \u201cIt was not a terrible place to start. I would gallop around these beautiful trails with a giant discman listening to CDs. That image seems so archaic. It was only 2006 \u2014 I guess I had pretty limited resources back then.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisahhh found running evened out her mood and allowed her sleep properly for the first time in a long while. It also made her feel happy, an emotion she\u2019d never expected to feel again. A heartbreaking thought for anyone. \u201cI came into recovery thinking, \u2018This is what I have to do not to die,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cSo to suddenly come into contact with something that I found I loved \u2014 that I didn\u2019t need anything to do, all I had to do was get some shoes and get on the road \u2014 it was such a relief. It saved my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Going against the grain<\/h3>\n

She moved to Paris. A great move creatively, as she started working with French techno wunderkind Brodinski and released some seminal tunes, but it was a less fun place to run than the hills behind Malibu. \u201cIn LA, I went for epic 25-mile runs without ever crossing my own path. Paris is much harder as I don\u2019t like roads. But there are some parks with tracks and canals where you can run all the way to Amsterdam.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“To suddenly come into contact with something that I found I loved \u2014 that I didn\u2019t need anything to do, all I had to do was get some shoes and get on the road \u2014 it was such a relief. It saved my life.\u201d Louisa Pillott<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is running considered unhip in her line of work? \u201cWhen I moved to Paris I thought that. I was really focused on ultra-marathons and long-distance trail running with people who are in that world and super-nerdy. I was like, \u2018I\u2019m sober so I\u2019m not going to your after-party. I\u2019ll feel weird as everybody else will be super-fucked. I\u2019ll be up weeping with joy running while the sun rises instead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in France literally the first group of friends I made, which was seriously lifesaving, were from the Paris Run Club, which is part of the global Bridge The Gap urban running crews. They were a group of creatives, everyone was a producer, or designer, or art director. I was like, \u2018Ah this is where the cool kids are. No one told me!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond that she also believes running makes her a better DJ. \u201cIt definitely does, as I \u2018run-test\u2019 all the tracks I listen to. It\u2019s very visceral. If it makes you focus and dig in, then it\u2019s going to really work on a dance floor. If I want to turn it off, it would be the same on the dance floor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRunning has made me realise that suffering is okay. Being uncomfortable won\u2019t kill you. The trick is to gracefully accept that you\u2019re uncomfortable \u2014 and keep moving.\u201d Louisa Pillott<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the benefits for her head are bigger than just helping her perform well. She says, \u201cRunning has made me realise that suffering is okay. Being uncomfortable won\u2019t kill you. If you\u2019re having a down point in your career, or relationship, or if you\u2019re suffering from anxiety or depression, it\u2019s okay, it\u2019s part of being human. Resisting it is not helpful. The trick is to gracefully accept that you\u2019re uncomfortable \u2014 and keep moving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Huck is a youth culture channel. It celebrates and explores independent culture \u2014 people and movements that paddle against the flow.\u00a0Find out more about\u00a0HUCK<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Le<\/i><\/b>arn more about the innovative Clifton trainers<\/a> Louisahhh wears.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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