#FeatureFridays Interview With Miikah

Words By Phil Chard

“Up until last year I was basically fooling around on [Fruity Loops]without a serious drive for it. Then at the beginning of this year I felt like this was a viable option for my life.”

Michael Bopape aka Miikah is an enigma. That's the only way I can describe him. A 17 year old producer and rapper who balances his time between music, school, binge watching anime and pondering on the various topics of philosophy and introspection.

My first introduction to Miikah came in the form of his 8 track debut project - NegativeXero.

“The whole EP is based on the title Entropy to Nihilism. So the whole thing is idealistic Entropy from the surface of what Miikah’s daily thoughts are, which incorporates the influences from Japanese anime. Like 10 Tails”

For an artist so young and so new to music NegativeXero is surprisingly dense yet impressive. It's not an easy listen by any means. The beats are layered and complex, Miikah's lyrics touch on several abstract topics loaded with nerdy references that even I had to look up. From covering anime, to depression and the existence of God, it is by no means a project that the masses will latch onto. 

What it is though is a well packaged window into the mind of an artist with a non linear and developed thought process and how it relates to his surroundings. Much like the Woke Warrior on our timelines, we might always get what they're saying or the references, but you can appreciate the art form. The way Miikah builds his beats with sounds that you would never normally pair to make diverse and palatable soundscapes is impressive. Even more impressive is all 8 beats are completely different to each other. There is certainly a lot of potential in Miikah's work and I look forward to hearing more. 

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