Stepping beyond comfort boundaries proved difficult for most artists yet Star Seeds Report used this opportunity to develop their artistic expression. As a melodic techno and progressive house artist the musician transformed his sound with Nouadhibou while producing a track which brings feelings of nostalgia and adventure alongside warmth.
After experiencing six months of travel from Amsterdam to Cameroon he gave the song its name after the Mauritanian city Nouadhibou that became a permanent part of his memory. The artist rediscovered nostalgia through browsing his travel photos that inspired him to develop his music with a combination of resonant melodies and rhythmic vitality and vocal selections which represented the essence of this destination. The song integrates his electronic components but delves into a natural and bright musical direction.
The interview explores Nouadhibou’s creation journey alongside the struggles of maintaining emotional depth while remaining danceable along with how the song showcases his new artistic freedom. The report with Star Seeds Report provides details about his musical artist name together with upcoming releases and his approach to making authentic music from his heart.
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What inspired you to create “Nouadhibou”? Does the title reference the city in Mauritania?
-The name Nouadhibou does indeed refer to the city in Mauretania, I visit the city on a 6 month road trip through Africa ( from Amsterdam to Cameroon over land) years ago.
How would you describe the sound and style of “Nouadhibou” compared to your previous work?
-With this track I stepped out of my ‘comfort-zone’, I wanted to make a more sunny and cheerful track, but you can still hear my favourite sounds I think. Normally I make more Techno/Trance like tracks.
Was there a specific moment or experience that sparked the creation of this single?
-I was looking through some photos I took on my road trip and remembering the beautiful time I had in Nouadhibou, that made me want to write a this track.
What themes or messages did you want to explore through “Nouadhibou”?
-I wanted to make a happy, sunny track, and take people to the feeling I had when I was in Nouadhibou, the nice people, the weird but beautiful landscape, the warm weather…
Can you walk us through your creative process for this track? Did it evolve significantly from your initial concept?
-I was looking for vocals that could give me the same feeling as I had when I was over there and stumbled on the vocals now used in the track. And after that it all went pretty fast. I had some difficulties mastering the track because I didn’t want it to sound ‘heavy’ but also didn’t want to lose it’s danceability, because for me that’s what music is all about, you have to be able to dance on it 😉
What musical influences shaped the sound of “Nouadhibou”?
-What I said, it was the vocals that gave me the inspiration, later in the process I noticed that it had a touch of the old but epic track from Neneh Cherry and Youssou N’Dour – 1994
Did you collaborate with any other artists or producers on this single? If so, how did those partnerships influence the final product?
-No, for this track I worked alone.
How does “Nouadhibou” fit into your artistic journey as Star Seeds Report?
-I don’t really know…. Maybe it doesn’t but I had fun making it and it definitely has my signature all over it 😉 And actually I noticed lately that I like to get out of my comfort-zone and not get stuck in one genre
Were there any particular challenges you faced while creating or recording this single?
-As I described before, I didn’t want to make it to heavy in the sound design, so I had to change some times after a time, first I had a pretty solid but to prominent bassline, so later I decided to go for a more ‘real’ bass guitar sound. And that seems to worked out pretty well.
What do you hope listeners take away from “Nouadhibou”?
-I hope they can hear the sun shine and that it gives them a chill but energetic vibe that make them want to dance.
Do you have any interesting stories from the recording sessions for this track?
-Not really…
What’s the significance of your artist name “Star Seeds Report” and how does it connect to your music?
-A pretty philosophical question, but I’ll try to answer it: as I make music from the heart and just want to share my emotions with the listeners through my music I kind of like to think that what I make is not something ’I came up with’ or something that would be good for millions of stream…
I’m pretty pretensionless but on the other hand I’m proud of what I make. I’m verry happy and thankful that I have the opportunity to use music to express myself. But I’m also a Star Seed, just like everybody else is in my opinion… and my music is the ’report’ to the listeners of that gratitude for being able to make music and express myself.., I hope that makes some sense 😉
Are there any visual components planned to accompany the single, such as a music video?
I tend to make my own visuals (videos) for my tracks, and I did so until now for all of them (YouTube) but for Nouadhibou I asked a friend who’s really good at it to make a video for this track, so yeas, there will be a video but I can’t tell you when it will be ready for now, but soon, I promise…
What’s next for Star Seeds Report after the release of “Nouadhibou”?
-When making a track I always focus on that track alone, of course there always ideas running through my mind but nothing that keeps me from the track I’m working on. But no that Nouadhibou is out in the open and left home I was thinking of making a pretty upbeat and driving progressive house track, with of course my love for the ’90 vibes written all over it, so stay tuned and I hope we meet again… until then I really hope you enjoy Nouadhibou, and don’t forget to dance! With love, Star Seeds Report
