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<\/a><\/p>\nGive us an insight into your journey? Where did it all start for you?<\/b><\/p>\n
Josh: We all came together via friends of friends and a love of music, really.\u00a0Andy\u00a0and I met at a concert and he is friends with Tino from previous bands. I worked in the spoken word scene with Izzy and when\u00a0Andy\u00a0and I wrote the first song, ‘I Can Be Your Light’ we roped the others in.<\/p>\n
Were there any previous projects before Hugh \u2013 we know Joshua Idehen from his work with Benin City.<\/b><\/p>\n
Izzy: I’d been working for a few years in the studio with different dance producers. I was sampling vocals for Rinse and doing collaborations with people like Russ Chimes and Pushaman when I met the boys via Hugh.<\/p>\n
How do you think London has shaped you as a collective? How has the city inspired you as creatives?<\/b><\/p>\n
Josh:\u00a0I am highly inspired taking the long trip from North London to\u00a0Andy’s in Lewisham. It should take about an hour, but I never pass a chance to ride the DLR – if you sit at the extreme front or back its like a government sponsored rollercoaster; London opens up to you on those rides. Also, it’s hell of a place to experience love and\/or self doubt; everything is magnified.<\/p>\n
Give us an insight into the creative process. How do you begin making a track? What\u2019s the initial starting block?<\/b><\/p>\n
Andy:\u00a0It usually starts for me in the middle of the night, thats when I make most of my music, i just can’t seem to make anything decent before about\u00a010pm. With Hugh we have a few\u00a0different ways we start tracks, sometimes it starts with some music\u00a0I’ve made, or some guitars Tino’s recorded, and other times it starts with a lyric or song that Josh or Izzy has. Every track is different. Lately we have been doing more writing from scratch together in the studio, which has been great!<\/p>\n
Is it a compromise to come to the final conclusion of how a particular track will sound?<\/b><\/p>\n
Josh:\u00a0We all have our sticking points:\u00a0Andy\u00a0is usually bullish when it comes to production and my lyrics shalt Never Be Touched By A Hand Not Mine, but we’re pretty much all for one, one for all: if it’s a choice between two outcomes we put it to a vote\/try both ideas and see which one doesn’t suck, and if one person does not like a song then we either drop it or try and make it better.
\nIzzy:\u00a0Joshua’s favourite phrase I believe is ‘i told you so’. Yeah there is often always a conflict somewhere in the mix but give the track a few more listens to and we tend to all agree on the same thing in the end.<\/p>\n