The Chef
The Chef makes music the way he cooks, passionately mixing and stirring the genres, creating a unique flavour of his own which is impossible to pigeonhole. Always inspiring with his arresting, emotive vocal work, it’s now time to branch out into the world, with food for your mind, body, and soul.
At eight when singing on the way up to his aunt’s flat, he was taken aback by the sound of his voice and the acoustics of the stairwell. An hour later, he had written his first song and his musical journey began. Since then he’s been in acapella groups, performed live as a solo artist, done backing vocals for a number of projects, and produced tracks for both himself and other musicians.
Disillusioned by the current tendency for over-production, his debut album comes with a rustic look and sound, inspired by the authenticity and simplicity of being in that moment and being at one with the music. Catabatic Wind captures the ambiance of a live performance in a raw studio album, conveying an eclectic mix of emotions and sentiment. Lyrically, the music introduces you to The Chef’s kitchen, a place infused with hope, honour, vulnerability and love, serving up sounds formulated from all genres of music.
For The Chef, it’s therapy. “Music means to me, you know, what you need, like your antibodies, you can’t live without it, it’s part and parcel of what makes you who you are, you know, it helps you with your sorrow, it helps you with your happiness, it helps you to grieve, it helps you to enjoy…”
Each note from each artist, new and old, around the world influences the music The Chef produces. “Not one specific musician has inspired me. I don’t listen to someone and try to recreate what they do; I just go in and do what I do Wolverine style. Everything has already been said, how to live and survive, now it’s just about saying it in a different way.”
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