4/11/2023 0 Comments Musicality group![]() While the sound is propelled by beats, giving it a vital, youthful feel, it is balanced by a sense of supple musicality. Production-wise, says Fassie, the group does not go into the process with a specific sound in mind. “I’d say Daev is heavily influenced by Flying Lotus, myself as well, I like Thundercat, Christian Scott and all these modern guys who are breaking new territory musically Robert Glasper as well.” ![]() He says he turned to Daev (and YouTube) when it came to learning in the ins and outs of producing. Fassie is a staple in the jazz scene having worked with contemporaries Nduduzo Makhathini, Bokani Dyer (who composed the song The Artist especially for him) and Shane Cooper. It fosters growth as a unit when the system is built around a budding friendship as opposed to around session musicians. In terms of what I bring to NLite, it’s the same as everyone, but I would say the other guys in the band are lazier with arranging.” “There is a song I produced on my own there called Get Widit. While fulfilling Daev’s ambitions of being in a band, and Nwokedi’s wishes to be more than a session musician, NLite is also an outlet for Fassie’s long fascination with electronic music, which was all around him even as he first picked up the trumpet in grade 10. But then I’m like, ‘Nah, let me just take it out.’ ” Daev Martian, Robin Fassie and Chenoa Nwokedi formed NLite after two years of jamming together. “It’s funny because whenever I was adding trumpet to the album, I always felt as if I was adding too much, and the guys always say, ‘No, it’s just enough, leave it like that’. ![]() “In the studio I’m hands-on when it comes to the arrangement of the songs,” says Fassie, as if accounting for the sparse use of trumpet throughout the album. “Meditative” is how beatmaker, producer and former Orbit soundman Daev Martian describes the sound of the group.īy “spontaneous truth”, Chenoa Nwokedi (Crunchy Sweater) is probably describing the off-hand lyrics and musicality of Daev Martian alongside guests such as ASAP Shembe, Mr Kudakwashe and Sio.Ĭonsidered as a whole, the band’s sound is a combination of Daev’s aquatic beats, Fassie’s airy approach to the trumpet (and his newfound love for producing), along with Nwokedi’s “crunchy” bass playing. The first, offered up frequently by group member and trumpeter Robin Fassie (RFKoncept), would refer more to the formation of the group, following two years of jamming together and running into each other in the country’s various jazz scenes. Also “meditative” and “spontaneous truth”. ‘Organic’ is a word that comes up a lot when NLite discuss the musical choices made in their self-titled debut album, released on STY TRU BTS near the end of September. Trumpeter Robin Fassie (centre) is also a hands-on producer and tends towards sparse use of his instrument on the album. ![]()
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