If the life of supermodel Ana Beatriz Barros were to transpire from the catwalk to your ears, you would find the resonance of her exotic grace, and allure in the tracks of Voices of Black “Plastic Dolls” being released under Wolf + Lamb. The harmonious east coast duo consists of Baba Doherty (21) and Jules Born (21). Both source their point of inspiration to “Plastic Dolls” during the state of captivity they found themselves of a muted Ana Beatriz TV interview. A cosmopolitan background sets the glitz and beauty that echoes throughout the album.
Sindy: Am always intrigued to learn about the formation of music groups, How did you guys meet and began to make music? Was music always part of the plan in life?
VOB: We both met in high school in 2005. We went to a prep school in New Jersey notorious for its sports programs and we were both athletes with a change of heart. I (Jules) used to put out mix-tapes of raps and was big into writing rhymes and poetry and word got around fast being that it was a small school. Baba approached me with some Cd’s of instrumentals (lots of Dilla, Madlib, and a couple of his snuck in) and I recorded like 15 or 16 songs to them. We then began hanging out more and had a lot of the same musical, political, social, and even fashion beliefs. In 2006 we realized that rap was kind of limiting and we always had a thing for dance and electronic music secretly anyway and decided the most “hip hop” thing we could do was to stop rapping as a whole and make something organic that we truly felt held no restrictions. That energy inspired and turned into the project “Tomorrow’s Today”.
Sindy: Why did you guys feel most compelled to compose songs that resonated the modeling industry? I understand that you guys made many observations about that scene while hanging out in New York, can you describe what you saw, your observations?
VOB: For the most part Plastic Dolls was inspired by Ana Beatriz and models in general. At the time we began making these tracks it just so happened that we were separated attending college (Baba in Providence) and (Jules in NYC). We don’t necessarily think the album reflects or is meant to reflect the industry as a whole mainly because that is hard to do with an instrumental album. We just had all of these feelings of shame and humor being that for half a year every girl we both met or got to know was an “aspiring model.” Baba would come to the city to record or hang out and every social encounter we had with young women we had, somehow the topic of modeling would come up or be mentioned by them. It actually almost became comical to the point that we thought we were jinxed. I got pretty grossed out and above all concerned being that some girls we knew after analyzing it..never ate at all (laughs) maybe the broth of chicken soup from Republic but only the broth. I would eat the chicken.
Sindy: What is ahead for Voices of Black, What is Doplar Music, and that fancy term you both use called, Yarch?
VOB: We are currently working on remixes for Wolf and Lamb artists and others, and our next project will be a vocal album titled “13- 7” which we believe is going to have a strong impact in the world of electronic music. Yarch is not fancy..(laughs) in fact Yarchism in itself is the promotion of a constant subconscious feeling of freedom and purity. Whether it is music, style, or culture, Yarchism is about going out and doing things because that’s what you feel. It’s tapping into ones true conscience thoughts and energy and reflecting it into the world and promoting diversity and growth. We feel that our generation is overly image conscious thus making people hesitant to create music or art that they really want to make or express. People blame the system and the music industry for conforming however if people never conformed from day one the industry would be a lot different in our opinion. Yarchism or Yarching promotes inspirational acts of freedom and artistic expression and the appreciation of women. Women are the pillar of life and the most beautiful creatures on earth therefore valuing women on a personal, and societal level would mean valuing ones own life. Doplar music is our crew, which is Voices of Black, Reuben Dowdy (The Creator of Yarchism), Turntablest T.E.D. and William Wian our right hand man. We’re working on an instrumental project with Reuben now and maybe an independently released EP for Turntablest T.E.D. this Spring.
Plastic Dolls is a raw album where there is an exploration of textures, samplings, evoking a profound demeanor. “I tried to Love” “Klossy” captivate a momentum and mix of expressions that is often found in New York, pairing well for the dance floor, to a midnight easy listening. Wolf + Lamb scored yet another wonderful talent for the family, this being only the beginning there is much to be seen. Much thanks for the interview, and blessings to these two true gentlemen. “Yarch to the Masses.”
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A new year, a new site, a new sense of amusement for those interested in mediocre jests concerning Lionel Richie’s ohh but you were supposed to be ready three months ago face. Well we’re here now, exhausted from festive cheer, and some twelve or so pregnancies, but fear not because there’s still enough spunkism around for us to begin a fourth year of bad jokes and pretty pictures. If, however, you arrived here expecting naked Ellie Goulding snaps because your favourite slutwaver deleted her tumblr account, then well you visited two years too late. We’ve grown up a bit now. Like Emma Watson when she chopped off her hair and wore some nice frocks, ideally, because in reality we’re probably more like Lindsay Lohan five minutes before her nasal septum falls out. Looks like we better get to it then.
