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IIWII
‘It Is What It Is’
Press Pack
CREDITS 1. Innocent Soul Featuring: F-‐Jay, Dani Sofiya, Micah the Tiger, Intalekt Writers: F-‐Jay, Dani Sofiya, and Intalekt Producer: Intalekt Guitarist: Matt Allen Bassist: Duane Atherley Saxophone: Charly Richardson Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 2. Chip In Featuring: Damone Tyrell Writers: Damone Tyrell, Intalekt Producer: Intalekt Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 3. FOF Produced: Intalekt Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive
4. Off Too Many Featuring: Kojey Radical Writers: Kojey Radical Producer: Intalekt Guitarist: Matt Allen Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 5. Get By Featuring: Jay Prince Writers: Jay Prince Producer: Intalekt Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 6. Game Break/Press Pause Producer: Intalekt Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive
7. Intalude Featuring: The Homie Jeff Producer: Intalekt Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 8. Comfortable Featuring: Ella Frank, Intalekt Additional Vocals: Slic Vic Producer: Intalekt Writers: Wolfie, Intalekt Guitarist: Matt Allen Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 9. Loading Featuring: Intalekt Writers: Ella Frank, Intalekt Producer: Intalekt Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive
10. Young Featuring: Jacob Banks, Sophia Thakur Talkbox Vocals: Intalekt Producer: Intalekt Guitarist: Matt Allen, Matt Gardinar Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive 11. Gloria/Thank You Featuring: Slic Vic Recording from: ORPHGANG Producer: Intalekt Guitarist: Matt Allen Bassist: Duane Atherley Mixed & Mastered by Adiktive
Photo Credits: The Jolade
BIOGRAPHY With a name given to represent his characteristics, Intalekt found real meaning in his name later on. Amused by the irony, Intalekt opened himself to accept he was always learning new things about the world. The 24 year old musician from South London is known for the trippy-‐electronic soulful sound he creates, displaying a strong aspect of live instrumentation easily recognisable in his music. With a strong influence of Hip-‐hop and Jazz, Intalekt is inspired by the likes of Pharrell, J Dilla, Thundercat, Flying Lotus, Kanye West and many more. Intalekt is adamant to make people question the typical structures that music has and intends to change how people think and feel about this.
IIWII – THE ARTISTS PERSPECTIVE Completely based on feeling, IIWII is something I can now share with the world. When creating this project, I felt that no one particular experience could be the descriptor for the different sounds that are exposed in each individual piece. With my younger brother being a reflection of all that is brand new, I use his wisdom throughout this project. I see much of myself in him. He reminds me of my youth – of what it is to live, to learn, to love and to grow. I feel that during our youth we have a vulnerability that allows us to experience different things, be fearless and open. As we get older, we almost have a tendency to let go of the idea of ‘new’ and what ‘change’ feels like; as if it were a phase, or something that should only last for a certain period of time. Growing up, I couldn’t grasp the idea of not being able to control everything and became unhappy with this. I got older and I realised I began to use the phrase ‘it is what it is’ a lot, as I had come to understand the way in which the world works and that it is a lot easier to accept things for what they are. When we are young, this process of acceptance is a lot simpler, as we may question things and their existence, but we are not fixated on them. I want to use this EP as a way to tell others to never lock away your inner child. This will stunt your creativity; break culture. Don’t let life force you to grow up. This project is also a
reminder to myself to hold on to that feeling of youthfulness and everything it entails, as it is not reflected by age, but solely by feeling. It is not something that should be definable; we should accept all things for what they are. I’ve used live instruments for this EP, as I am a musician before everything else. I have integrated the wholesome live aspect along with the intricate midi production to take the music to another level as I feel that the purest of sounds come from live instruments and there is a way you can express yourself with a real instrument that you cant with midi instruments. I feel this was the best way to express experimentation and challenge, much of which we are open to when we are young. In society we tend to pigeonhole and try and put things in a box in order to make things easier to understand, but with this Project I want to take away all pregiven labels and allow the listeners to decide for themselves what they feel this project is. I feel this is meant for the world to hear and isn’t subjected to any age. Anybody that has ears needs to hear this project. I feel this can change people’s perception on what music should sound like. So, with two years in the making, the only thing I felt could describe this project is ‘it is what it is’ – do what you will with it.
IIWII
02.12.15
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