Name: Idd Aziz
Nationality: Kenyan
Occupation: Vocalist, songwriter, producer
Current release: Idd Aziz's Iphathi EP, a collaboration with Aytiwan and featuring remixes by Kususa and &lez is out via Deep In Your Soul.
Recommendations: Book of life is the best read. Your nature and your surroundings, listen to my song in the singing part; and the way I express my feeling with the voice.

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When I listen to music, I see shapes, objects and colours. What happens in your body when you're listening? Do you listen with your eyes open or closed?

Happy faces - that’s what I see. :-)

What were your very first steps in music like and how would you rate the gains made through experience - can one train/learn being an artist?

I don’t remember, but me and music … we chose each other.

According to scientific studies, we make our deepest and most incisive musical experiences between the ages of 13-16. What did music mean to you at that age and what’s changed since then?

At the age of 13 to 16, that’s when I realised that music chose me spiritually and the force of the sounds and the spirit of music was so deep in my core heart and soul.

What, would you say, are the key ideas behind your approach to music and what motivates you to create?

What makes me create is as simple as nature, people and my surroundings … that’s why it comes so natural to me.

To quote a question by the great Bruce Duffie: When you come up with a musical idea, have you created the idea or have you discovered the idea?

The more I create the more I discover myself for sure!

Paul Simon said “the way that I listen to my own records is not for the chords or the lyrics - my first impression is of the overall sound.” What's your own take on that and how would you define your personal sound?

For me my music is like a piece of art, I paint the track with beautiful colours behind it - just like Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci portraid themselves.

Sound, song, and rhythm are all around us, from animal noises to the waves of the ocean. What, if any, are some of the most moving experiences you've had with these non-human-made sounds? In how far would you describe them as “musical”?

Music is bigger, that’s why we call it a universal language, nature, life and healing medicine …

It is one of the safest things we have in this world.

From very deep/high/loud/quiet sounds to very long/short/simple/complex compositions - are there extremes in music you feel drawn to and what response do they elicit?

You can never be drawn to music, music always uplifts us. It is sweet and calming, peaceful and loving.

Could you describe your creative process on the basis of one of your pieces, live performances or albums that's particularly dear to you, please?

I create in a way that it is easy for me and when it’s time for creation, be it in the studio, or on stage … it comes naturally to me.

Do you conduct “experiments” or make use of scientific insights when you're making music?

You can’t experiment music, music is ready-made medicine that has always been there. That’s why it makes things easier for the scientist to invent things like rockets - because they use sounds.

How does the way you make music reflect the way you live your life? Can we learn lessons about life by understanding music on a deeper level?

I think that you have to listen to my music and it will explain it all. You will find the answer there. :-)

Do you feel as though writing or performing a piece of music is inherently different from something like making a great cup of coffee? What do you express through music that you couldn't or wouldn't in more 'mundane' tasks?

What I can say is it's tasty just like the feeling when you are making love … it is more tasty than coffee.

Every time I listen to "Albedo 0.39" by Vangelis, I choke up. But the lyrics are made up of nothing but numbers and values. Do you, too, have a song or piece of music that affects you in a way that you can't explain?

I think all my music is like that … because it comes from deep in my heart and soul.

If you could make a wish for the future – what are developments in music you would like to see and hear?

Music is the future already and more …

I just want to hear more music, because there can never be enough.