1. Michele, is inspired by your mom. Walk us through this process – the experiences you had during recording, your relationship with your mom etc…
-My mum and I are very tight. She pretty much brought my brother and I up on her own. She’s been pushing and guiding me into the life that I now live. She could see that I had this connection with music at an early age, so she made it possible for me to explore music and to find my place within it. I would always be set on my ideas and vision, but then my mum would come along and say “why don’t you do this rather” and at first I would disagree, but soon I would realise that she was right (as all mothers are).
My mom has always been a fan of dance music. We would listen to Fela Kuti, Deep Forest, The Police and countless dance music compilations on the long journeys to and from school every day.
Since I started writing and performing in a solo capacity my mom always wanted me to write music that would make people move. I disagreed in the beginning but the more and more I tried writing dance music the more I enjoyed it. It is now pretty much the only style of music I write and perform at the moment.
This album is for my mum; for all the guidance she has given me and an album that she can dance to.