{"id":88287,"date":"2022-07-06T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=88287"},"modified":"2022-07-06T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:55:05","slug":"rising-rb-artist-dan-iris-talks-individuality-influences-and-the-creative-process-inspiration-behind-his-debut-ep-stardust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2022\/07\/rising-rb-artist-dan-iris-talks-individuality-influences-and-the-creative-process-inspiration-behind-his-debut-ep-stardust\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising R&B artist Dan Iris talks individuality, influences and the creative process & inspiration behind his debut EP ‘Stardust’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Iris grew up on a soundtrack of old school R&B, and the passion he developed at a young age has a direct impact on the music he makes today. Born and raised in Hungary, Dan Iris moved to London when he was 23, with the dream of pursuing his music career. Dan has opened himself up to new genres and listens to gospel, afrobeat pop, R&B and techno, and pushes himself to draw from different genres when he writes.<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/p>\n

What or who inspired you to begin a career in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in the day when I was 11 or 12 my best friend brought over the Boyz II Men and Jagged Edge albums. That was a life changing moment for me, that’s when I fell in love with melodies and harmonies. I never considered doing music professionally until like 17, but for whatever reason it just didn\u2019t happen until I turned 28. I put my mind to it and decided to push hard and get my music out there.<\/p>\n

So I can tell that all those old school RnB artists inspired me but also it’s a voice or feeling from inside that says just do it. My head is full of melodies and it\u2019s getting \u2018worse\u2019 as I\u2019m getting older [laughs]. I just have to take those melodies and transform them into songs, so yeah I inspire myself too.<\/p>\n

What differs you and your sound from other R&B artists in the music industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowadays most of the artists just sound like another artist. In my opinion it feels like they are trying to copy each other. I really just do what comes out of my mind and soul, and that’s what I believe differs my sound from other artists. I just want my music to feel real and authentic.<\/p>\n

Your debut EP \u2018Stardust\u2019 is out now. Can you please describe the creative process and inspiration behind the project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a funny story. I\u2019ve been writing plenty of songs over the years before \u2018Stardust\u2019 happened, and I\u2019ve been struggling because I didn\u2019t know which songs to put on the EP. I have to say the \u2018Stardust\u2019 idea didn\u2019t exist until the very last studio session.<\/p>\n

I had old songs and brand new ones that I wrote literally the night before. I was just playing around and producing some stuff and improvised, less than an hour later ‘Stardust’ happened. I was so in love with that song that I decided to take it to the studio and record it. My demo ended up so good that we left most of it in the final version and of course I named the EP after this song.<\/p>\n