{"id":29969,"date":"2014-05-20T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T09:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=29969"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:10:36","slug":"new-noise-mapei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/05\/20\/new-noise-mapei\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: MAPEI"},"content":{"rendered":"

We caught up with Rhode Island-born, Swedish-based singer \/ rapper Mapei, to give her a New Noise grilling.
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Making music from the tender of age of 12, Mapei has garnered quite the musical CV.<\/p>\n

With her debut EP ‘Cocoa Butter Diaries’ blowing up the blogosphere and catching the ear of every tastemaker on the internet, she’s returning with her goals set on the global stage and about to take the reigns of 2014 with a track proving difficult not to fall in love with- the perfectly crafted pop-sound of ‘Don’t Wait.<\/em><\/p>\n

Are there any other emerging musicians coming from Sweden that you love that we might not be aware of yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A DJ \/ producer called DJ Nevadeelay! She does dreamy ambient electronic music.I also think Young Lean is fun but maybe you know about him<\/p>\n

When did you first start making music and writing songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wrote a song in class when I was 12 and put together fake CDs when I was 15.<\/p>\n

What kinds of music did you listen too as you were growing up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I grew up slamming Cadillac doors listening to Mary J Blige.<\/p>\n

How do you feel singing such personal lyrics to crowds of strangers? Do you ever feel vulnerable?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes I feel vulnerable because people don’t know what you have been through and can be judgementa. All I want is some understanding.<\/p>\n

Would you say that songwriting is escapism? Were you ever interested in spoken word or poetry before you began making music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw the Saul Williams movie Slam and use to hang out at the Nuyorican cafe I’m really intrigued by spoken word as a means of escapism. I love to flee the world a little bit to much.<\/p>\n

How does your newer material differ or progress on from your earlier recordings?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The music from my upcoming album has more light and love more positivity and hope and it’s more pop oriented<\/p>\n

We love ‘Don’t Wait’, both visually and musically. Is it important that you have full creative control over everything that you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes but working with Magnus Lidehall on my album has made me more open to share ideas rather than the project being a one-man show.<\/p>\n