Fidelis thank you for coming on to interview with Nefarious Supply, to get this interview started tell us about yourself, where you're from, and how long you've been a musician?
Hi, pleasure’s mine. So I’m a singer songwriter, was born in Nigeria but did most of my growing up in London, and music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember but it was only till recently I got comfortable with the idea of sharing my art with anyone that wasn’t my family.
How has your experience been so far and what are some things you enjoy about being a new artist in the industry?
Honestly it’s such an interesting space, as an artist I have a lot of discovering and growing to do, so the fun thing about being a new artist for me has really been the adventure I get to go on and all the surprises that come along with it. Everything from coming across new sounds and seeing how imma freak them to 4 am strategy meetings cause of the different time zones. It’s been a loop.
How has your location influenced your sound, and how is this area for underground and emerging artists?
Well I can say for sure that my sound has definitely grown, might even say matured. I mean just the exposure to other creatives that I’ve worked/working with helped me understand my creative process better. The area is really brimming with potential though, especially for emerging artists, I mean as well as myself there are some crazy artists coming to knock the door down
In addition to your location, what artists would you say have had the biggest influence on you and your sound, and which artists and songs do you currently have on rotation?
I’m influenced by damn near everyone I listen to these days, I hear a song and all I can think about is how I would do my own thing on it, I’m just in such a good place with music. If I had to pick a few artists though, who have had a huge influence on some part of my creative process it’d be h.e.r, Bruno Major, Pink Sweats. My rotation is a mess. It's some Dominic Fike to Malia, Frank Sinatra to Snoh Aalegra and everything in between. I’ve been heavily into Ben Platt’s “Sing to Me Instead” album lately, as well as Giveon, very different I know but crazy melodies!
2020 was a mess and it set a lot of people back but it seems as though you've powered through it, how did you keep yourself focused during the hard time last year, and what are some of your goals for 2021?
I don’t be saying this too loud cause of obvious reasons but 2020 was actually good to me, probably like everyone else it screwed up all the plans I had initially made but that ended up being a good thing, especially for my music, I was travelling between Europe and Nigeria and I ended up getting stuck in Nigeria during the lockdown for like 7 months but luckily I was quarantined with my producer, so we put together a makeshift studio for ourselves and got to work by the time we saw some sunlight, we had recorded something like 27 demos. So despite all the insanity that was going on it was the most focused and productive I had been in a minute so I really can’t complain. For 2021 the goal is just consistency, I plan to release new music more frequently, and just stay working. I can’t say for sure cause the worlds been pretty crazy lately but I’m tryna put out a song a month for the rest of the year.
You have two songs out right now “Want This” & “Sinner” tell us about both, what inspired them, who helped you put them together including production and mixing, and out of both which one is your favorite?
“Want This” is my baby being my debut release and all, so it’s always gonna have a special place, but it does also happen to be my favourite of the two. I wrote the first version of it just when covid had started picking up and no one knew how things were gonna turn out. Honestly, it was my way of processing all the emotions I had been going through, a way of voicing all the frustrations I had been feeling and mirroring the feelings of my friends and people who were definitely in similar circumstances. There was lots to write about when you think about how bad things got with covid and the BLM movement so it was a pretty easy one to write.
”Sinner”, from a music perspective, was much more experimental. It was my producer and I exploring sounds I hadn’t really worked with before and seeing where we ended up, turns out it was magic. The song itself is really about accepting the flaws we have as people, and getting comfortable with them. A big part of the message behind it was that, it’s okay if you learn what the right things are by doing too many of the wrong ones, shit gets janky so just do what you can and go from there. The production and mixing for both of them was done by my extraordinary producer and all around G @doronclinton and we have some more heat in the pipeline.
When can we expect a new project from you and what will that sound like?
It’s gonna sound like the best of me, I feel like I’m growing with every track, so every new track you hear will be an improved version of my last self. In terms of timeline, I’m just gonna say pretty soon but an exact date hasn’t been given to me just yet.
Who should we interview next for Nefarious Supply
You guys should definitely check out trs @trs.mp3. She's a crazy singer and one of those artists who inspires.
Any last words?
Wishing love and light to everyone in these strange times, stay safe and take care of yourselves.
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