Former Beatenberg frontman M Field is back with brand-new music this week as he premieres ‘Fiona’ – the fourth single off his upcoming debut self-titled solo EP.
The singer explains that the song is centered on the foundation of the tessellating sounds and rhythms of a rhumba and was inspired by a trip to the coastal city of Port Shepstone in South Africa.
“My band was doing a gig there and I went for a walk on the beach and I sang this melody. The name came with the melody – ‘unbidden’ as they say (do they say that?). I made a note of it and when I got back home I did a rough arrangement of it,” the star says.
He adds “That demo hung around for a long time, with very buzzy guitar takes and no verses. Then last year I finished it, added the verses and produced and mixed it with Bullion, over the phone/internet between Cape Town and London. It is obvious, but I will add that the guitars are inspired by Congolese rumba and soukous music, which I deeply love. I don’t know what the song is about, and used to worry about it. At some point I realised that the repeated names might be separated by a comma, creating two Fionas.”
Listen to ‘Fiona’ below and read more music news here.
