Talking To: Goya Gumbani
Goya Gumbani’s A Thousand Months dropped in January; the seven track EP was produced entirely in house and recorded at Total Refreshment Centre, a creative hub in East London. The extended play reflects on the transition of seasons, specifically of the end of summer and the burdens of the everyday, referencing, with fondness, late summer nights in New York and the icy breeze of a London winter morning.
Brooklyn born and of Guyanese/Jamaican descent, Goya Gumbani, now residing in London, is an artist with a stand out sensibilities. Combining slick summations with a signature verve, he describes his plight and passion in his music through an open and assured delivery.
With an incredible track list behind him, Goya has performed at shows around the world - including the Boiler Room Festival. It was our pleasure to have a chat with the Goya and the album’s producer about his latest drop.
Tell us a bit about yourselves
NG: I’m a producer from London, I started a label called Hallowed Ground Records in order to put out music that I’ve worked on.
GG: Yeah waddup, my name is Goya Gumbani, born and raised in Brooklyn and migrated to London in the later stages of my life to pursue music and gain a different view on life.
Tell us about A Thousand Months
NG: A Thousand Months came about organically, I sent over some beats and we linked at the studio a couple days later, we made the track “The Lows” that same evening. Afterwards it was about regularly linking in the studio and vibing off each other. After a while, maybe a few months, I felt we had a solid collection of tracks that became A Thousand Months.
GG: A collaborative project me and Hallowed Ground Records, A Thousand Months was based off a recent understanding of self, and it was an expression of the factors in my life that made me recently realise who I was and who I was becoming
Who did the production on A Thousand Months?
NG: I produced all the tracks on A Thousand Months, there was a combination of different styles and instruments that I used,
Who are your biggest musical inspirations?
GG: That’s a secret.
NG: urmmm…. There’s a lot, I respect people who have carved out their own sound, I think we all know who those people are regardless of genre.
What’s your favourite track right now?
GG: Confrontation and Conversations from the tape, and maybe not from the tape, Muse by Roc Marciano
NG: Yeah I really like The Inbetweens of the tape!
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