Delasi - Thought Journey
“Unless you are super passionate, committed and non conformist this ain't for you because you're gonna be fighting battles you never dreamt about”
DELASI
Before we met Delasi, our sources told us that he's been busy building a cult of his own in the underground alternative music scene in Accra. And although his music is played everywhere from BBC6, NRk, Rfi, CKUT Montreal, Worldwide Fm, Radio Le meuh, Ghanaian radio and audience is yet to really appreciate him as an artist. When we met him, we asked if this bothers him and he was like "nah, it used too, but not anymore, I love what I do. It has its own legs. It goes around by its own".
Delasi recently completed an artist residency in Morocco and is working on releasing his second album - below is his story. Make sure you sample his work - He’s an artist that you’ll be hearing for many years to come.
My inspiration comes from divine intelligence from my ancestors, my genetic leanings to the side of my family who are musical educators. My environment and daily observations of life, struggle, ecstasy and everything in between.
I don't have a personal philosophy but I strive to be better everyday, I am a sponge soaking in all my eclectic eccentric influences and observations and these themes seep into my consciousness, drip into the ink of my pen unto notepad and manifest as lyrics, as music, as my message, as my philosophy.
Every day brings opportunities to rediscover something new and often a shift in perspective.
Inspiration can come from something simple as a bus ride, the colors, sights, smells and nuances.The facial expressions of people, their body language, non verbal communication, the utterances, man I love travelling.
My mind probably a Kodak with a high functioning zoom, I get to immerse myself in new cultures, understand the next man's way of thinking, celebrate, relish in exotic delight and their sorrows and pain become new narratives for me as the gatherer, the storyteller, the novelist.
What's important to me is receiving messages from people, sometimes folks I don't even know who say that I've impacted them in a way. This is what gives me the most sense of fulfilment, that these talents and superpowers are to serve humanity
What do I believe in? That no matter where we find ourselves on this beautiful planet earth we all have a role to play to make our lives better, we can transcend into the highest empathetic beings radiating love, respect and positivity to one another and the planet we all call home.
My art is encompassing, from forays into poetry, poetry metamorphosed into songs, sprinkled with bits of illustrations. This helps me create a storyboard for my own visuals, guest lecturer, an unknown badass actor to now a budding music producer and model who's getting captured by world renowned photographers and filmmakers... I guess I'm creating a new galaxy
Before we met Delasi, our sources told us that he's been busy building a cult of his own in the underground alternative music scene in Accra. And although his music is played everywhere from BBC6, NRk, Rfi, CKUT Montreal, Worldwide Fm, Radio Le meuh, Ghanaian radio and audience is yet to really appreciate him as an artist.