{"id":31505,"date":"2014-06-12T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=31505"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:34:12","slug":"new-noise-mizan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/06\/12\/new-noise-mizan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Noise: Mizan"},"content":{"rendered":"

We catch up with New York hailing songbird Mizan, to talk honesty, industry stereotypes and her Ethiopian upbringing<\/p>\n

\"Mizan<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes, the Internet can let you down. Search the World Wide Web over for traces of Mizan\u2019s sultry, resplendent offerings and you\u2019ll be hard come by to stumble across more than three. The emerging songstress is currently taking supporters on a journey with the slow but deliberate release of her Dark Blue EP \u2013 each month or so, debuting a new single with an accompanying visual. But the sounds we do see, taken from what\u2019s thus far been unveiled are wholly satiating, cocooning you in world of her making, all the while enveloping you deeply in a hunger for more, and more, and more of her sound.<\/p>\n

How much is in a name? Mizan, meaning balance in Islamic dialects, perfectly encapsulates hers with her raspy, whilst sweeter-than-honey vocals, which sink and soar over stripped back beats. Here we talk honesty, her Ethiopian upbringing and industry stereotypes\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Mizan<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell us a bit about you for those who don\u2019t know\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m Mizan, I\u2019m an artist, I enjoy reading morbid poetry and long walks in the park during fall.<\/p>\n

When did you first discover you could sing?<\/b><\/p>\n

Probably when I was around seven or eight years old.<\/p>\n

What about with writing, what\u2019s your writing process like? What kinds of things inspire you?<\/b><\/p>\n

Intense feelings\u2026 positive, but especially negative.<\/p>\n

A lot of your writing is very honest, is there anything you feel too personal to reveal or is that the whole point?<\/b><\/p>\n

I like the idea of presenting myself and the world very bluntly. I don\u2019t think my songs are particularly personal, most of my songs are about life and the people in it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your objective in doing this? If people could take one message away from listening to your music what would you want it to be?<\/b><\/p>\n

That they\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n