interview
MUSIC MAN: Tarrus’ music
blends a wide mix of styles
Tarrus Riley
Music is like teaching for me so I
kind of feel like a history teacher.
Music is mind empowering.
Following She’s Royal, his number one
On your track Microchip you
warn us of the dangers of tech-
Jamaican single, Tarrus takes on the UK
nology. So does that mean you
don’t like to use computers?
Well man maketh the machine and
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hile in London recording for inspired by your very own special yes, computers makes life easier,
his new album, Tarrus Riley lady? Or a fictional character? but you know what? There must
took time out to squeeze I wrote it because of slavery, a be a balance so people should get
Flavour in for a chat where we lot of conditioning from slavery into nature. Moderation is the key
discuss nature, his relationship with still resonates today and women – and balance is life. When was the
music and of course, letting us into still lack self esteem. Women are last time you went swimming?
the inspiration behind his Jamaican looked at second best, so this
number one hit single, She’s Royal. is my gift to women – it’s a love Well I can’t swim.
song, it’s a reality song. I wrote it OK, well even go for walks, just
How did you first develop a just to let woman feel nice. They enjoy being outside you know,
relationship with music? need some music to make them it’s good. I know we do need
My dad was in the music industry feel good, so I think let me sing a machines don’t get me wrong,
and I was always hanging about song to big up the girls and say but there has to be some kind of
at the studio, so then I got into she’s a queen and ‘She’s Royal’. a balance. That’s all I’m saying.
dancehall which then got me into The woman is the backbone of the
DJing. From there I wanted to learn house, so I make her feel nice. If How has coming from Jamaica
more about music so I decide to a woman feels nice, then you feel made you who you are today?
learn how to play the piano. Then nice. If you come home to your Well I’ve seen all different walks of
my mum said I should sing, so I woman and she’s miserable then life and had schooling in Miami.
quickly took that up too. you feel miserable and so does Because of that I’m blessed and
everyone else around. because of this I’m also going to
What are you working on now? get into acting and commercials.
I’m working on my third album Wow so you wrote it for me?
ola
which is out next year. Yeah (laughs). Oh so when can we see you
on the big screen then?
What sort of musical experience You were born Omar Riley. Why There’s time and no need to rush.
ea Ilka T
can we expect to get from it? did you change your name?
Well… what can you expect? That’s my personal life. I have kids Thanks for taking the time out
There will be similarities in quality and I’m in the spotlight, so I think of your schedule to do this
but I have put in lots of different that keeps this personal. My mum interview. I’ll let you get back
sounds, topics and melodies into it. calls me Riley anyway too. to your recording.
ds by Andr
No thank you, it’s been fantastic.
or
So I’m sure you know we all want What would you do with your life These kinds of things are very
W to find out if She’s Royal was if you weren’t doing music? important to me too.
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