Life is Lifeing Right Now but Jeff Darko is Helping Us Get Through it With Strange Dreams

Life maybe really lifeing right now but Jeff Darko is going through it with us and if his latest EP ‘Strange Dreams’ is anything there is a certainly hope at the end of the tunnel. The British-Ghanaian artist released his ‘Strange Dreams’ independently in partnership with Kartel Music Group. The Alt-R&B, Soul crossover is a five track EP which Darko himself describes as “a journey of perspectives,..”

Joining fellow contemporaries music trailblazers such as Moses Sumney, Sampha, Childish Gambino and Yves Tumor, ‘Strange Dreams’ is set to establish Jeff Darko among the new Black British artists and visionaries who have been altering the current musical and art landscape.

We caught up with the man himself to learn more about the ‘Strange Dreams’ experience and what Darko does to get away from it all when he is not working.

 So talk us through what you want the listener to feel and experience as they listen to your latest EP “Strange Dreams”.

This is EP is an introduction to what “Psychedelic Gospel” is about. The listener may feel many things because its music designed from the perspective of light and darkness. You may feel both at the same time, but my overall goal is to bring the listener closer to the truth, to reflect and heal.

The EP appears to focus on some of the issues that a lot of us seem to have been experiencing lately, depression and the woes of the world. How much of your personal experiences contributed to the record?

I co-wrote this with Jay Haze whom I call a brother. The EP is a mix of my personal journey and his. When we first met in 2019 to make music together, we realised we had one thing in common, even though we came from different places, backgrounds. We were both suffering internally, and music gave us the opportunity to let out the suffering and inhale peace, which is the effect you get after revealing your soul and truth. Now the truth we revealed is raw & unfiltered, it’s not always beautifully put, it’s sometimes beautifully ugly and I believe the more explicit it is the better and longer it lasts.

What sort of things do you do to take a break from the world and your work?

I mostly spend time in nature and explore more of it.

You had massive success with your previous singles “Blue Skies” and “Follow -You” what would you define as success for yourself as an artist?

Currently the digital landscape is very noisy, and at the same time my music isn’t  fast food, so to bring light into the midst of chaos would be a good way to view success.

What’s next for you in your musical journey?

I’m focused on more and more music and pushing “Psychedelic Gospel” forward.