I love to find out where artists of all disciplines draw their inspiration from. This week I presented Mozez with 5 Key Questions based
around, ‘Wings’ The Album, to discover the motivation and purpose of his latest work.
Can you speak about your albums preceeding Wings to give us a little
background information?
My own personal albums I released were, ‘So Still,’ in
October 2006 and the other one was ‘Time Out,’ which was a re-mixed album, an
amalgamation of different tracks- some old tracks and some new tracks. ‘So
Still,’ was the title track and we had, ‘Feel Free,’ which was produced by Guy
Sigsworth who worked with Madonna and is a top producer. We also had Baby Blue
and Eternity. The overall theme was to share my experiences as a child and up: my life in the church and my life generally, giving a background to who Mozez
is. I talk about human nature and my visualisation of how life was at the time.
I would call it a brief encounter with Mozez.
What is the inspiration behind Wings? That’s a good question because Wings was written over a
period of time, a period of around nine years, so I was inspired by various
different things. I’m easily inspired. I’m inspired by life itself, inspired by
burdens, inspired by just living. If you think of it, to me we are privileged
to be a part of this vast multiple expanse called nature: we are very, very
privileged so I’m inspired by the things I see, just living, just being a part
of life.
How did you choose Wings as the title track for your album? Well the title track initially when I first created the
album I anticpiated would be, ‘The Absolute,’ because I thought it covered a number
of different elements of the album. However, after reviewing it we decided to
go with, ‘Wings,’ as we thought, 'The Absolute,' is a more abstract title that
people might find hard to relate to. Everybody will understand what Wings is
about because everybody has the challenge of wanting to be free, has the
challenge of wanting to fly- to be somewhere else sometimes. So we thought that
Wings would be a better title and indeed it encompasses what the album is about
more so than The Absolute.
What do you want people to take away from your album? What I want people to take away: the album is about my
experiences and I hope that I share similar experiences to a number of people,
so the whole point is to be able to learn from each other. The album is about
faith in human nature, it’s about love of self and covers a whole raft of
different ideas I think, if I put it in one term it’s how to live; my
visualisation for our society.
Do you have any favourite songs on the album? Yes I have. Mirror Mirror for me is probably the outstanding
favourite for the moment, but The Absolute is another track I have a lot of
time for because it’s an encouraging track. It’s a track about standing still,
believing in yourself and facing the challenges you have as a human. Mirror
Mirror reflects on who we are as people, as a soul. How we see ourselves, how
we value things, what inspires us, what challenges us- a lot of things, so
Mirror Mirror from that sense is a favourite song.
Next week we will participate in a little lyrical study based on, 'Mirror Mirror.'
Links: Numen Records: Wings Album Review
Jaz McKenzie
Word Magician, Poet and Writer. Contact me for a professional
review or bio that will be presented in my original, distinctive style to help
create YOUR desired image. itsbraap@live.co.uk
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