“He wasn’t there to coach me or make me into something. He’s dabbled in the group songwriting culture prevalent in LA but found he’s not comfortable in that scene, and prefers to put his energy into writing his own music rather than songs for other people.īut he did find someone to guide him through the process of making the second Lontalius record, Grammy Award-winning producer Om’Mas Keith, who has worked with the likes of Erykah Badu, Jay-Z and Frank Ocean.Įddie says Om'Mas introduced him to this world "in a careful and loving way”. The 21-year-old Wellingtonian has been based in Los Angeles for the last two-and-a-half years, making music full-time, mostly at home. But what I usually tell them is that making it really helped me, it gave me something to do and something to focus on.” “It’s pretty wild, it’s a weird thing to interact with - people who say that I saved their life, and listening to my music really helped them through some hard times - I mean that’s unreal. So that’s what I want to do.”Īnd that honesty and vulnerability in his music connects with his fans, who message him to tell him so. Being able to relate to it at that level - that was really striking. I appreciate that, but when I was 16 or whatever, I was listening to that guy Baths, and I realised that he was singing about boys - that changed my life. I think I remember The XX talking about wanting to make music that could be palatable to anyone. “There’s a case to be made about making music kinda neutral.
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