Your order is on its way, in between time your delivery driver is busy sharpening his mic skills. While working as a delivery driver during the day, Orion still finds the time to listen to rap instrumentals on the job. At the age of thirteen, he picked up a Guitar as part of a rock-metal band, and for a while longer, he worked as an engineer and music producer. Having paid his dues, in March of 2021, Orion stepped from behind the scenes to begin his journey as a rap artist.
Today, age 25 and more inspired than ever, to provide you with a look at his creative aesthetic and the possessions he holds timeless at this stage in his music evolution. I asked him to pick three items of personal effect to be buried in a time capsule for the next hundred years. Here are the three artefacts he’s chosen for the century-long stint, and what each one represents.
In his own words.
~ My Vintage Yamaha
“ Before COVID hit, I worked at a music shop. One day, a guy with a full beard and an Overcoat walked in. He picked up a guitar and we both started jamming - like proper shredding it. 10 minutes later he puts down the guitar and walks out without saying a word. The next day, I get a phone call saying a customer had brought in this beautiful! Vintage Yamaha Guitar and gifted it to me. We call him the ‘Blues Wizard’. ”
~ My Macbook
“ If you asked someone 50 years ago to put their whole studio in a capsule, they couldn't. Today a Laptop is basically a Studio. I can write, record, produce and release an entire album on it. My MacBook has everything I've made over the years, If someone found it a 100 years from now, they will hear my evolution through sound. ”
~ One nicely rolled Joint
“ I smoke to enhance and enrich what I do. For a lot of people it's an important part of the creative process. Those who smoke understand its a lifestyle, you meet friends over a smoke session, have wide conversations, form bonds . . plus, I genuinely write my best bars after I've lit one. In a 100 years, some hippie finds my time-capsule, I bet you he’ll smoke that 100 year old joint. [laughs] ”
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Published: 12/11/2021
Written by Dan O. Eboka
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