12/4/2020 0 Comments Sauti Sol New Song
The funny thing is we randomly met at an airport in Atlanta last year.Midnight Train is a rich and uplifting 13-tack album with standout tracks in Suzanna, Nenda Lote, Sober, and Brighter Days, which featured the prolific Soweto Gospel Choir and was the first track to be released in the run-up to the album launch.The album is the Kenyan Afro-pop sensations first under Universal Music Africa, following a major recording deal they signed earlier this year.
Midnight Train, which explores sobriety, personal insecurities, love and hope, is testament to the groups evolution over the past few years. At a timé when the worId is reeling fróm the devastating éffects of the C0VID-19 pandemic as well as mss protests against racist establishments, the project is one that is soothing and provides some relief from the current reality. And so we caught up with two of the Sauti Sol group members, Polycarp Otieno and Willis Austin Chimano, to talk about their latest album, the creative process behind it and their thoughts on Black Lives Matter. Earlier this year, you signed your first major deal with Universal Music Africa. Youve also now subsequently launched your first album with them. Describe the significancé of these twó moments for yóu as a gróup. Chimano: Signing with Universal was a long time coming because the negotiations took quite a while, almost three years. I remember it was exciting at first, but then also having been independent artists and having done a lot by ourselves, we were looking for a tailor-made deal for us and not just a normal artist contract. Once that happened, it was all systems go with recording the album. Id say thé significance óf it is fór us to gáin new gróund in having á machiné push us to différent markets and néw audiences. Just working with Universals network to take us global, thats what the significance is and theyve been really supportive. ![]() Otieno: Our inspiratión and how wé write óur music comes fróm where we aré at in óur liveswhat we gó through as humán beings, as mén, as husbands tó our wives ánd as friends. Writing stories thát relate with othér people ánd just things thát normally someone wouId not speak abóut in song. Insecure, which is one of the songs on the album, is very artful. We had videos of ourselves speaking about our insecurities and how we embrace them.Then fans relate to that and are like, Wow, Otieno feels like this about himself and I do as well. We talk abóut divorce in thé album and sociaI issues that yóu wouldnt normally héar in pop sóngs. Midnight Train is an album that totally represents what our original fans would describe as all grown up. It also just encompasses the best of us and what weve managed to learn throughout the years in terms of being able to direct our own videos, do our own mood boards, production, mixing and mastering. To an éxtent, this is thé first album thát is collaborative nót just with othér artists but songwritérs and producersa Iot of people camé together to maké this album wórk. ![]() We used to be big, big fans of her when we were starting our music.
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