Hey Arhin it's been a almost a year since we interviewed on Nefarious Supply and since that time it has seemed like you have grown as an artist, as well as a business man. So just update us on what has been going on with you since we last spoke.
In the last year, since I was last interviewed I would say that I have been focussing more on the visual aspect of my artistry, I have been doing more in terms of my business such as working more on the clothing in an effort to try and grow and learn more about the industry. I’ve also perfecting my engineering skills with my sound whilst working on Superfly 2 as i want to get better each project. I have also been developing a website to showcase everything that I drop including Wolfred clothing and my new music videos, songs, and albums. So I have created a two in one website that showcases all of my works where every person that’s interested in Arhinslim and or wolfred will be able to find it one place
What 5 albums and artist have you had in your daily rotation and as of right now what song is your favorite?
Five albums that I’ve had in heavy rotation as of late are
1 friend or foux by Lancey Foux
2 Clairvoyance by Thouxanbanfauni
3 8 by UnoTheActivist
4 Back from Hell by Drippinsopretty
5. Almost there by LUCKI
I’ve also been listening to SUPERFLY 2 alot also
A couple artists that I’ve also had in heavy rotation are Cochise, Duvy from Toronto and Revo from Toronto also. I feel like each of these artist’s sounds are very new fresh and fun to listen to.
My favourite song right now would have to be More Than Ever by Lucki. The beat on that song is like magic, I love driving to it daytime or night time. But especially in the night time because it feels like the lights of the highway and the city match the vibe of the beat. How relaxed he is on the song is perfect, nothing is forced, everything just flows and that’s the way Music should be in my opinion. I’ve had this song on repeat for almost over a year and I still play it till this day on repeat.
2020 has been pretty mucha a wild time for everyone with lock downs and such but it seems as though you're not letting that derail you. You've continued your work ethic by dropping your newest project Super Fly 2. tell us about this project and what inspired it?
Yes 2020 hasn’t been the best year for things that I would’ve planned to do in 2019. However life doesn’t stop, you have to keep pushing through it regardless of the situation and I feel as if that now is the perfect time to take advantage of the time that I have right now to push my career further. Superfly two is an extension of the first Superfly and the things that inspire Superfly are my everyday life at this current moment and the lifestyle that i am living currently. This project showcases two sides and the first side is more of a light hearted side, the second side is more of a dark side which showcases the current situation of the pandemic and the lockdowns of everyone feeling kind of down this year.
Regardless of the sad tone of the second part there is still a vibe to it with the listener being able to groove to the music and dance to it. This is my signature sound and I always carry this type of feeling throughout any of my projects, albums or songs of mine regardless of the mood, happy or sad. I began recording Superfly two right after I finished the drop of Superfly 1, and I decided to record each track one at a time at its own pace because I wanted to focus on the quality of each song on its own whereas on Superfly 1, I recorded most of the songs in a certain period of time for example like in one month or two months.
Superfly two was more gathering the songs on the way whereas the first Superfly was a planned project were all of the beats were set from the beginning and of the tracks were planned from the beginning.
On this project you've featured Sxvji, Big Lou, Aychce, Srry, Trnsit, Nate Annor, and Ythesoull. How did you pair up with these artists and get them as features on the project?
For Superfly two, I credited all the producers that I had been in contact with over the duration of the making of the tape as features. So majority of them are not actually features with an exception of HC on the song ain’t alright. It’s a trend that I want to start for myself to highlight the producers that I’m working with. Majority of the producers I met through the Internet after first Superfly project and other producers I’ve known in my hometown Brampton Ontario like Nate Annor and TRNSIT. Other producers like sxvij I’ve met through your platform Nefarious Supply off of a repost you posted to your story. And my feature with HC is an expected occurrence on any Arhinslim tape as I work close with him. We will also be working together in the very near future.
In addition to the features you have on the project who helped you on the production end and most of all who mixed and mastered the album?
For the production, I work with various producers like big Lou, Nate Annor, TRNSIT, Ythesoull, Srry and I also produced four tracks on the album. The tracks I produced where all the way, go, let you down (me), and mama took my 40oz with Nate Annor as the co producer. As far as mixing and mastering goes, I do all that work for myself. I’ve been mixing and mastering my own work since 2017 I believe. It’s been a long process to get the right sound however I feel like I’m the closest to perfect thing that sound at this moment and I’m really happy at the job I did for Superfly two.
So going along with Super Fly 2 you've also been growing your clothing line Wildfred. Tell us more about the brand as well as the new collection.
For my brand Wilfred I started it in 2018 after my tape boy meets world, and it was just a test run brand to see how well it could do and I believe that it lasted the test of time for the two years that it was private. Now I’ve developed it more into a bigger brand and my goal is to make it as big as possible along side the music. and that’s why I made my website a two in one website where you could find both the clothing and the music all in one space because I create everything. In terms of the new collection, I focussed on new designs from what I’ve had in the past and I want to diversify the products to be more of a unisex appeal to suit both female and male counterparts.
Being both an artist as well as the owner of a clothing line how do you balance your time, as well as continue to stay creative?
Being an artist and an owner of a brand is pretty hard. I don’t have too much time to do other things because everything is just learning about both fields like how I can grow each, and what the next move is 24/7. I’m also constantly learning about new marketing strategies I could use for both Music and Clothing, however one strategy may not apply to both music and clothing because the two are marketed differently. As well as staying creative I am able to do so by just going out and running my every day errands for my brand and just imagining things while I hear music. For an example when I know that I like a beat I’ll play it over and over and over again while I am out in a different part of town and I would imagine how I would approach this song and what I would write about. My creativity process is more visual driven than it is sitting down and thinking.
From last year to now what are some things you have learned as an underground artist, and for new artists looking to make a start what is advice you would give them.
From last year to now, some things that I’ve learned as a underground artist are to make a lot of videos for your songs because videos are the visuals that connect fans to the Artists. without the video it’s hard for fans to put the face on the artist. Videos are also very important because it’s a chance for the artist to flesh out the visual concept of what the artist was thinking while making the song. For any new artist making a start I would suggest that they start by making videos on YouTube and promoting the videos on YouTube and build a fan base before focussing on Only the DSPs like Spotify, Apple Music and others. I say this because every artist that I’ve seen and that I have been attracted to I’ve seen on YouTube first.
2020 is coming to an end so in addition to the goals you have already accomplished what are somethings you are looking to get done before 2021.
My biggest goal that I want to accomplish before the end of the year is to start the Roll out of my videos for Superfly two. I already have one video out which is “all the way” and I wish to get the rest of them out consistently over the span of the next year.
Who should we interview next on Nefarious Supply?
The next people that I believe Nefarious Supply should interview are Mxrvin.fg an artist from Toronto and modern dystopia a clothing brand from Toronto also. I’ve worked closely with both of these people and can guarantee that there’s something special in both of these parties.
Any last words
Thank you to the good people at Nefarious Supply for this interview it’s always a pleasure talking to you guys and thank you for putting on for underground artist like myself. Peace and love. thank you!
Big shout out and thank you to Arhinslim for interviewing with Nefarious Supply, be sure to check out the rising artists newest project “Super Fly 2” available on all streaming platforms now, and while you listening be sure to follow him on SoundCloud, Instagram, and Twitter.
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