Inside Boabie-DCL’s “Blossoms,” Where Melody Speaks Louder Than Words
Punk Head: ”Blossoms" is dedicated to your relatives. At what point did you realise this personal story needed to become music rather than stay a private feeling?
Boabie-DCL: I always like the idea of converting emotions through music - I find this an expressive means of communicating
Punk Head: You describe the track as having "intertwined intensity." What does that phrase mean to you in musical terms?
Boabie-DCL: I like the melody which feels to me quite forward looking whilst the “chorus” sections feel more reflective.
Punk Head: Hans Zimmer is your biggest influence, but your music isn't trying to sound like a film score. What have you borrowed from his approach rather than his sound?
Boabie-DCL: I love the way some composers channel music through film - Zimmer and Morricone are the experts in many ways the film is not complete without the soundtrack
Punk Head: There's an interesting contrast between the solitary nature of producing music at home and the collaborative environment of playing jazz with other musicians. How does moving between those worlds shape your creativity?
Boabie-DCL: This is a good question I recently tried to blend some live jazz with electronica and production but I think whilst collaboration can be successful it wasn’t working for me in this respect, so I now keep these as separate pursuits
Punk Head: Simplicity is often much harder to achieve than complexity. When you describe "Blossoms" as being built around a simple melody, what makes a melody strong enough to carry an entire piece?
Boabie-DCL: Good question - my first answer to this is a melody is good enough to carry the whole piece when a) It stays in your ear on first hearing and you want to sing it often and b) The subtlety of a strong melody which is sometimes reduced and sometimes extended but retains the vitality of the tune and maintains the “earworm” effect
