The Artist Explains: Archy Moor - 'The Long Road'
Nigerian born, Dublin raised rapper Archy Moor, has just released his track ‘The Long Road’ featuring North London artist Osquello. The jazz-infused single deals with the hardships before reaching something beautiful - he took a moment to talk to us in more depth about the track.
Hey there, so your track ‘The Long Road’ is out now - how does it feel?
It feels great finally having it out, I've been sitting on this one for a few months now. Alot of different things kept going wrong meaning I had to push back releasing it many times so having it out is putting smiles on the face for sure.
Can you tell us what the track is about?
The song just highlights that music, or mine in particular, isnt an overnight journey. Theres time to be taken with it and mistakes to be made which will get me where I'm supposed to be in the end. I'm still fresh in all this, only been at it a couple of years with 4 songs out up until now. I used think accolades, numbers and just all these unnecessary things validated whether my music was good or not and if I didnt achieve them I automatically thought the worst of my work. Now I just do it for me and the people, the rest will fall in place when it does.
It sees you working with Osquello, how did that partnership come about?
Osquello has been my guy for awhile now. He had messaged me a few years back saying how he liked a soundcloud song I had up and since then we've been cool with each other. I didnt want to force a collab for the sake of it but when I heard the instrumental I knew it was one he'd go crazy on which evidently is what ended up happening. A very sick artist, he just dropped an album aswell you should go listen to if you havent.
You were born in Nigeria but brought up in Dublin, do you feel the combination of those two cultures have helped influence your music?
I take inspiration from anything around me so I would say overtime both have definitely influenced the music I make. Ireland moreso just because this is where I grew up, this is what I know. I view Nigeria as a home away from home kinda thing but when I am over there its sick, the culture is crazy. I definitely need to visit more than I do and really take it in now that I'm grown and know what's going on around me.
There is a poetic flow to your music, do you read poetry?
If so, who are your go to writers?- Not as often as I should, all of that just comes because I always just wrote things as a kid, stories, poems anything. So I've just always had that nature about me I guess. Maya Angelou is someone I do drift to when I do find myself reading poetry, Caleb Femi aswell. Hes a very talented musical-poet so to say. I'd say those two have been my recent favourites.
This new track is the first taste of your debut EP ‘Moorlands’ - when can we get to hear that?I don't want to set a definite date on it but its piecing together nicely at the moment. I just want to sit back and know I'm fully happy and proud with it rather than rushing to put out mediocre music. Just want my best out in the world, so when I make that you will have my EP!