For Episode 6 we’re joined by Tay Iwar and Nix Northwest.

A driving force in the Alté music scene, Tay Iwar’s ascent has been steady but deliberate. Not even 16, Iwar released the projects ‘Passport’ and ‘Renascentia’ in quick succession, but it was in 2019 where Iwar finessed his signature cool blend of distilled soul, RnB and afro-rhythms on ‘Gemini’. Beyond his noteworthy credits for other artists, Iwar is gearing up to unveil his next solo experiment, the project ‘Summer Breeze’. For Overtones, Iwar shares why this forthcoming body of work is a bridge between worlds and diasporas, how he developed his moody, after-hours sound and what the future holds for one of Nigeria’s most versatile risers.

Our second guest, Nix Northwest, is a modern-day sage; a rapper, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London who emerged on the scene in 2019 making nostalgic jazz-laden rap. Later this month, Nix will release ‘Xin’s Disappearance’, a concept album filtering through surreal moments from his childhood and adult life through the voice of Xin, a fictional alter-ego growing up in the shadows of a metropolis. In conversation, Nix shares his DIY process which is both spiritually demanding and liberating, and the inspiration behind the idiosyncratic storytelling he so intricately invokes through the album’s 15 tracks.