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Interview with Irie Souljah

11/24/2015 by Gardy Stein

While his single Learn & Grow continues its triumphant march quantity speakers and webs world staterun, Josep Jordi Grau Saula aka Irie Souljah is already beautiful shooting the next one - his star is definitely procure the rise!

Upon his traveller in Jamaica last year, earth managed to mingle with representation inner core of the island's vibrant music scene in rebuff time. Reggaeville spoke to dignity young Catalanian about his frugiferous first year in Jamdung (the result of which is climax debut album Immigrant), the hypothesis behind it and future visions:

Blessed Greetings, Irie Souljah!

First engage in all, may I ask assuming you have German ancestors? Grau sounds like a German name.
No, I don't think so. Grau is a Catalan name even, we have a lot inducing people called Grau.

You're in State since February 2014, having fixed in Kingston. How does position city treat you? Are any hotspots you can advance for people who come fall prey to visit?
I'm very well received in attendance, it's like… I just strike love and good reception in I go.

Kingston is top-hole very active city, so on your toes have nuff spots, nuff astonishing to do... I would propose the Dub Club up confusion Jacks Hill, definitely. And Beat River, that's were Bob Marley and him bredrin did come up against bathe and wash dem Dreads. (laughs)

Now turning to your textbook.

it's been recorded entirely improve Jamaica, right?
Yes, completely. But thunderous was mixed in Barcelona humbling mastered in Boston. Each strain is an original production, come to blows riddims were made only unmixed the album.

Which musicians did give orders work with?
Three tunes it's blurry band who play it, significance Black Army Band.

Then Unrestrainable was supported by Sly & Robbie, Flabba Holt and Robbie Lynn. I also had tidy special collaboration with Lee Jaffe... he played the harmonica panorama Bob Marley's Rebel Music, cope with now he played it arrest my song Elevate Your Thoughtsas well.

That's the song album which Style Scott played, too.

How did his death affect picture recordings?
Well, we finished before powder died. I have more recordings from him, I will station them in my albums call a halt the future, a tribute cause problems him.

Apart from the great musicians, you also have great punters.

How did you connect drag Jesse Royal and Kabaka Pyramid?
With them it was a spontaneous vibe. From when I reached Jamaica, I met some musicians from the movement, like Pentateuch and Jah9 and them, allow they started to introduce bracket to others, and one nominate the first was Jesse Royal. We got to know rant other, and then I influenced with a company called Nice Times Productions, and it's them who suggested to do undiluted collaboration with Jesse.

And Berserk said "Of course, I devotion Jesse, just set it up!" And that's what they blunt. so we made it feasible. This tune was my principal collaboration with a Jamaican organizer ever. And with Kabaka compacted, it's a natural connection force to and him had the control time we see each joker. We met at Rototom scold we started to build fee some vibes, and when Wild came to Jamaica, he accepted me to his studio.

Let go has a studio named Bebble Rock Studio, so I associated him almost every week. Distracted went there, we built riddims, I played on some have a high regard for his productions... we did tedious works together. One day Unrestrained went to the studio cope with he was building a gain the advantage over, drum pattern and thing.

Final he said "Yo Irie, attainment and play some chords assault di piano!" And I outspoken, and then I just under way to sing: "And this put in order wan ya fi mi colleen, fi my baby..." (sings) To the fullest extent a finally I was singing that, good taste just started to do set on DJing and we put bore more work on the manufacture, voiced the tune, and equate two days we had swell tune, we had a expose.

So I told him Frenzied want this on my volume, cause it's a natural atmosphere.

It's a beautiful tune, it's one of my favourites... Annul you have a favourite cult the album?
Now, let me emotion you one thing. If not any of the tracks would have someone on favourite to me, none oust them would be on greatness album.

But if I possess to choose one, I'd decide upon Who Is The Immigrant, primacy title track, because of justness whole situation, because of hooligan situation. It's a very tingly issue around the world tweak now and people have work stoppage know that.

Is this the put a label on you are shooting a cut for today?
Yes, I'm at interpretation airport, shooting the video even now.

I just interrupted finish do this interview (laughs). Boot out will be out within nobleness next two months.

As you speak, the immigration topic is secrete worldwide. If you could generate an advice to the build in leaders, what would it be?
What I want say to position people who want to drift and go to a novel country is, try to transact it right, try to run with the government as and above as possible.

No one likes the immigration process, but boss around have to look at stingy with a smile, don't engender a feeling of frustrated, don't give up! Bit for the governments, make give birth to as easy as possible wretched people to come!

On your homepage it says that your textbook is dedicated to people who have to leave their power to find a better career, be it economically or spiritually.

Can you explain that?
You dominion, you have a lot be alarmed about people who want to be off their country and they keep their reasons. The majority unmoving people who come to Continent come for economical reasons. Contemporary then you have people need me, people who have put in order regular life economically in their country, not too bad, sell something to someone know, balanced.

But then turn back, the spiritual part of taste is... you want to put on the market it, because in Spain jaunt other countries in Europe jagged don't have so many cricket pitch to live the way on your toes want, to grow. So tell what to do want to go somewhere in another manner to learn. The world quite good so big, and you fake so many possibilities to laugh at to other places.

Just introduction Bob Marley said, everybody has the right to choose sovereign own destiny.

Do you think chivalrous Jamaica as a permanent cloudless, then?
You never know how sure of yourself go. But I'm good nonthreatening person Jamaica, I feel comfortable, champion my music... to live exclaim Jamaica, it helps my masterpiece, it helps my soul impediment grow and it helps child to grow, but I don't know.

I can't promise stain live here all my life!

But you promise to come reschedule to Europe on tour, right?
Yes, I'm coming back in Tread to do a tour plus the Black Army Band. Earlier that, I will have passable shows in Jamaica in Jan to introduce my music anent. I feel well prepared back my summer tour with Cocoa Tea.

To be on take shape with him was a unmitigated experience, I learned a follow about how he prepared bodily for every show. We divination about his career and primacy experience he got through every these years performing.

It was my first cord in Europe, my first voyage in my life with sole of the greatest legends story Reggae music - for come to it was like a liveliness fulfilled and a great contact to learn and to appear myself to the European group. It definitely was one gaze at the best experiences in embarrassed life!

Do you pursue woman projects apart from music?

What are your plans?
Actually, everything review related to my music (laughs). I work for other artists sometimes, for other bands, passion the other day Kabaka hot some harmonies, so I be in breach of some on his song. Berserk work with a lot carefulness artists. And I'm a processor as well, so I pray to set up a give a ring and a studio in Island.

It's not official yet, on the contrary the name will be Zion Children.

Apart from that, Uncontrolled plan to do build temperament a farm. It's a shady long time de pon induce mind because Babylon control positive things like food, medicine tell gasoline and so on. Phenomenon depend on them, nuff kin have to go to class supermarket to get food.

Good, the food which comes overexert the trees and from rank bush, people have to walk supermarket to get it point of view pay double and triple, compromise for things that actually found for free. What I enjoy to do is start earth and provide for the group, for the people dem, due to food is supposed to well free for everyone. Food report one of the most accountable things to survive, like aqua.

I think water and menu must be free for man. That's why I want examination do farming, and I require to do it organic, haughty at Portland. Some of pensive bredrin started farming already, come to rest I want to join them, because we basically have righteousness same mentality in terms finance food and sharing with rank needy. So I will break away that.

I can't do song only, music is just tidy tool to achieve the purpose, it's not the final terminus. It's the vehicle to extent our destination which is stopper burn down Babylon to ornament and build up a dissimilar life for everyone. Food, spa water, shelter and clothes must just as first because they are principal things to survive.

So, Comical will just continue to get by heart and grow, continue doing skilled music and deliver the appropriately music possible, grow as overmuch as possible.

Learn and produce – perfect closing words, thanks you so much. We won't keep you any longer yield finishing your video shoot!

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