Paris-born producer and multifaceted creative Aime Simone has newly released his latest album Oh Glory , with a long list of shows to follow. A powerfully introspective and emotive body of work, Oh Glory signifies vulnerability, mixed with expressive melodies and an impressive vocal range.
Aime sits with his creative counterpart and partner Sonja Fix for F Word's latest series, where the couple delve deep into his past, present, and there's even a hint at a future dream holiday! In a captivatingly candid interview, Aime and Sonja explore questions and answers that only loved ones can. You had been into so many genres of music before that too. How do you think your musical taste has changed in the past few years? Aime Simone: I think that my musical taste just widened. SF: So do you feel like you have gone from being a more casual listener to a more scientific listener?
Music was everything but casual for me. Just liking a song or feeling emotionally connected to it is not enough, it needs to also fulfil me in a sonic way, in the sense of the quality of the sound, it needs to fulfil me in a lyrical way, an aesthetic way, there are more layers to my listening, there are more steps to it.
AS: No because there is no reference point, there is no excellence. SF: What do you look for in an artist? AS: I think I really respect when an artist manages to create something new and also very authentic to who they are, like not too constructed but more natural - but accidentally groundbreaking. And there are people, for example like Drake, that were completely bad at what they were doing and they really built their sound, their character, their lyrics, their rapping abilities, their performing abilities, and they perfected it.
I also respect that. SF: So you feel like there are two different ways to be an artist you can love, and one of them is accidentally stumbling on-. AS: This perfect combination of authenticity and innovation. SF: When we moved to Berlin you had never been there before. What was the most unexpected aspect of the city for you? AS: The thing that was striking to me about Berlin was that the city has a universe.
