Peace Black Hesher, you just released your new album 'Rituals'. Congrats on that!
Can you tell me how to process of creating this album was?
How's it going. The process was alot of starts and stops at first. Working on the music but having writers block when it came to the lyrics. Last summer I went throw some really intense things in my personal life that once I came out of it , the album started writing itself. The first part of it was getting my head clear. Aside from recording properly in a studio, I did a lot of other things to bring this album to another level. Recording vocals in some really weird and strange places to infuse the proper mix of magic into the music.
How is a Black Hesher album made? You are not a regular MC / producer, you involve a lot of live instruments right?
I guess if you think about baking a cake and you were using a recipe to bake it. I get the cake recipe with all the ingredients, then I totally rip up the recipe and create my own recipe. I always make my albums from a hip hop producers perspective. I use a combination of live instruments, hardware,software, and samples to put together my musical vision like a puzzle. Theres really no set formula. I just try to make music I like and hope other people do as well.
This is your third project after the self-titled project 'Black Hesher' and 'Portals'.
How are you growing in the process as an artist?
Acutally "Rituals" is the second album and "Portals" is the third. The both were released back to back this year in Oct and Nov. They were recorded during the same sessions and around the same time, aside from a handful of tracks.They are a 2 album set that completes a cycle or phase. I feel with the first album I sort of was figuring out what the Black Hesher sound was, which is a mix of everything that influences me musically. I feel like with each record I evolve and fine tune what my sound is . On the new reocrds I've gone in several new sonic directions adding some grunge rock , weird moog and acoustic style stuff to the mix and lyrically getting more vunerable and personal. Each record I make , I try to push myself to new sonic boundaries.
You are a versatile artist, what can the fans expect from you in the future?
I sorta have an idea of what I want the next album to sound like so I'm excited to see how I make that work. But for the upcoming new year I plan on playing tons of live shows and touring to promote the "Rituals" and "Portals" albums. I plan on doing more cool videos/visuals for songs from both albums. Do as much press as possible to get the word up there. As well as coming up with other cool and unique concepts to promote them.
Do you have any specific collabs in mind for the next Black Hesher projects?
Aside from the rest of my labelmates on Cult Muzic Media or other artists I've collaborated with on the first 3 albums. I have a bunch of great ideas I want to work on with some new artists I've met recently that I can't wait to explore. Either way I'm excited to see what is in store next for Black Hesher and where things go sonically.
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