 Yes, and that was Tim Adrick. He is a dancehall artist, a producer, and he'll be telling us a bit more about himself, you know, when he started the music journey, and what he has been up to, and what he has brought us today. Tim Adrick, welcome to the show. Thank you. How are you? I'm good. You know, I know dancehall artist no na kwa kwa me changamka. Munoja changamka? I'm the dancehall guy, the cool guy, you understand? Cool guy? Yeah. Okay, alright. So tell our audience market home, who is Tim Adrick? Yeah, so Tim Adrick basically is a dancehall artist, recording and performing, music producer, you know? Yama na entrepreneur, yama na accountant, ETC, you understand? Yes. Yeah, so we're all around. Yes. So how do you find time to balance all these things? Okay, music and music producer, you know, those two can come together but the accounting? It's a mud rush but you know, you have to get the knowledge about finance to manage your businesses and things, you know? So it comes in handy there. So it's an easy task for me, you know? Okay, I feel. Yes, so you started off as a producer. So tell us how you ended up being an artist. So I started as an artist, you know? But people didn't understand, mostly producers then and the music industry didn't understand what I really wanted, you know? So Tim Adrick is an artist who likes his own space, you know? I like my own attention, which can be divided into other people's attention too, you understand? I need my own space. So I had to create my own production skills, you know? And my own record label which can house me wholly. So from there, the production really pushed my artist side, you know? Till now, you know? So I think that was part of the history. Yes. So you say that having your own label and doing production has pushed you as an artist. What other advantages does it have to be a producer on your label and be an artist at the same time? It comes with a bunch, a handful of advantages, you know? You learn with experience, you know? It's a first-time learning experience because when I'm in the studio making the beats, I'm also thinking about the lyrics, you understand? The melodies, you know? So I can get to write on my own beat and my own melody, you know, more than an artist. Another artist will come, you know? I make a beat for him and things, you know? So it gives me an advantage too because people take you seriously more than other artists, you know? So I think it comes with a whole bunch of advantages. You can't even name all of them. Yes. Okay. So being a dancehall artist, we don't have so many dancehall artists in Kenya. So what do you think about the Kenyan dancehall industry? What direction should we be taking? Yeah, so right now, okay, my studio is called CleanShot Records, you understand? We have woli parties there, you know? Dancehall artists are coming, you know? So they'll be coming out to the public soon. So I really don't care about the people who have been in the scene because they haven't... Okay, they have tried but they haven't done really much to our expectations and to your expectations and so, you know? Yeah, so this is a new generation, new vibe, you know, new energy and things. So right now, dancehall is safe with CleanShot. See the dancehall guard, yeso? We ready, you know? We ready. I have woli per bunch of artists behind my back, you know? So I just expect the dancehall scene to rise up high. Yes. Is there someone asking, are you Kenyan? Yeah, I'm Kenyan. Yes. Yes, someone thinks you are Afoana, I think, because of the patua. Okay, I'm sorry I can't speak that because... It's just an accent. Yes, does the dancehall artist have to have that accent? You know, mine is derived from writing lyrics, you know? Writing lyrics with the dancehall accent, you know? So it's driven from there, you know? But I think it's important, you know, to have that signature. Yeah, you have to have that signature to be a serious dancehall artist. Yes, right. So what is the reception out there of people when it comes to your music? People love... I feel they love my music, you know? Yeah, they love my music and I feel grateful, you know? Yeah, thanks to everybody supporting Team Audrey, making sure that the dancehall god is standing still and strong. So I think the reception is cool. Yeah, I'm good with that for now. Yeah, we just aim higher international heights. Yes, speaking of international heights, before we even get to, you know, and you have worked with the international artist as well, before we even get there, who are the people you would like to work with in Kenya? Maybe in the reggae scene, dancehall scene, the likes of Red Sun, the likes of Waire, who would you like to work with? I would like to work with young upcoming artists, fresh talents, people who are still, you know, hungry and starving, you know, for the best, you know? Yeah man, I really want to work with young upcoming artists and assist them as far as I'm concerned. I don't want to work with any of the established artists and why not? I've not said that. So you've misquoted me. I've just said that. I would love to work with young upcoming artists because I feel they need me more than I need the other bigger artists. But that doesn't close the room. We still can't work with any serious dancehall artist, the so-called dancehall artist. So that's that. I'm not going to ask about the quotes. I'm just going to let that slide. So you've talked about you have a group of artists that you're working with at Klinchoch Music. So if someone wanted to work with you as a producer, how can they get access to you? And do you do production for dancehall and dancehall music only and if they wanted to join, does that mean that they have to be dancehall artists only? Okay, so first of all, I do dancehall music strictly, you know? I've specialized in dancehall, you know? But if you want to reach out as a dancehall artist to work with Klinchoch Records, you can go to Instagram, Klinchoch Records, email klinchochrecords at gmail.com, you'll find the right management which will guide you on the right thing to do. So long as you have talent and you have the drive discipline, we don't want jokers definite. Yes. So that's so we can find you. So talk to us about your latest project. All right, all right. My latest project is Which Badness. So I'm doing an album called The Art of Badness. So it's rolling off strategically right now. We have one chap which has been played here. We have motion featuring Celestika and she's a bad dancehall artist, kind of female. So with that tune, it hasn't dropped but it will drop anytime this week. So it's featuring Stoola and Stimade from Jamaica, Bad Bro. So that's my latest project, a mad project. We can definitely launch it even here some other time when we plan. This is the home for Kenyan music. Bless up. And also tell us a bit about that album. Why are you calling it Art of Badness? Art of Badness. As a dancehall artist, nothing good. We just have to put out the badness to people. Badness doesn't mean that you're a gangsta. It doesn't mean that you're all this sort of bad things associated with the regendansal scene. So badness means that you fit, you know, if you take the stage, if you take the floor, if you take the scene. Like you're that good. That good that it makes you bad. So Art of Badness came from that. I had a list of names, you know. I had a list of names, you know. But we settled for Art of Badness and that's history. Yeah. So when will the album be out? When will it be complete? It's complete, you know. Just scheduling the release. So, you know, we just have to be strategical right now. It's not all about releasing things, you know, and wasting resources, you know, just being strategical. Yes, yes, yes. You have to have a plan. Yeah, exactly. So today we are asking our audience what is that one thing or maybe two things that feel illegal that actually aren't? I'll give you an example. When you were talking about the Art of Badness, you started by saying that it is not bad the way we think about bad. It already feels illegal for you to say bad, but we know the bad you're talking about. I'll give you another example. When you go to a store, to a supermarket, you're looking for something, then you walk out without anything. You know, people are looking actually like, okay, ya ni umengi atu apa and you're not getting anything. It looks illegal, but it isn't illegal. Window shopping. Yes, window shopping, yes. So what do you think in your opinion that is illegal but it isn't illegal? Something that looks illegal but isn't illegal? You know, people create law, you know. So there's no way that law was meant to be like that. Law is created by people. So what you feel is right to you, I don't go by the legal and illegal. I'll do the right thing, you know. I'll do the right thing, because people say like marihuana, you understand. It's illegal, you know. It's illegal, you know, just by mouth, you know. But when you touch down the street, you know, people use marihuana, you know, like basically, you know. So okay, to me, it's illegal by name, but on the ground, the thing is legal, you understand. So I just go by everything right, you know. I just say this and this, you know. Yes. Right. So anything else you need to know about Tim Adrick as we finish up? I want to just tell the people, you know, go and check out Tim Adrick, you know. We're trying to build up the dance as far as Africa is concerned, you know. The links, the links them there. We're just trying to push the network up high, you understand. So a dancer is still alive. Yes. And he can dead. So go and subscribe to Tim Adrick everywhere and check out clean shot records. Big up everyone supporting Tim Adrick once again. Yes, so kindly tell them, remind them what they can find you as, you know, an artist and as a producer. Okay, as an artist everywhere, these are iTunes, Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, all these kind of social and streaming, online streaming, you know, sites, you know, Tim Adrick, T-I-M-A-D-R-I-C, you understand. Yes. To find my management, clean shot records at Instagram, Facebook and email cleanshotrecords at gmail.com. Yes. So thank you so much for coming through. We do appreciate your time. Yeah man, bless up. We hope to see you some more and hope to see those dancehall artists that you're talking about. We need to take dancehall music in Kenya to the next level. They'll come on board. Yes. Yeah.