Levi Nice is a multi-faceted singer/songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer from London. Levi’s sound has its roots in the Post Rock genre but he continues to dabble in genre-bending sounds and push the limits, refusing to be confined by the expectations of a genre or sound. The recording restrictions of the COVID pandemic forced Levi to adapt and experiment with different production methods that don’t require relying on other people, this birthed a unique sound which mixes large orchestral arrangements, harsh distorted guitars and experimental electronic sounds. Levi continues to follow the lead of a new generation of musicians who experiment and blur the lines between performance and synthesis.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Hello Levi Nice. What first got you into music?
My dad is probably the reason I got into music. He’s a musician as well and was definitely a big influence on me as a kid. Even to this day my music taste has its roots in the music that my dad would play when I was young.
What do you think your role is in this world?
To enjoy it, be nice and make stuff.
Your latest track is 'Come, Buried Men'. Can you share with us the background of its creation and did any unusual things happen during its creation?
Writing Come, Buried Men was a horrible experience because of how indecisive I was at the time. I knew the kind of song I wanted to make and the different modular sections that it would include but it took me months to make a final decision on the arrangement of the track. I tend to write one song at a time so being stuck for months on a seemingly endless project is not nice.
What’s your scariest experience?
Almost dying from a seizure.
How do you spend your time?
I spend most of my time on my piano or on my laptop writing songs. I also spend a lot of time in pubs or at gigs.
What are you most proud of?
I can play pool with both hands.
If you could go open a show for any artist who would it be?
This is a tricky one. Either Death grips or frank ocean. Mainly just so that I could meet them.
What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as an artist?
Constantly Listening to music that I’ve never heard before and just experiencing new art in general whether that’s films, books, TV shows, paintings whatever.
Do you think that technology is improving lives?
That’s a hard question to answer. If you look at all the harm that technology has caused in the past 100 years (the Atom Bomb, social media etc) and then factor in the rate at which it is advancing, its very possible that in 100 years’ time modern society as we know it will not still be intact. Although that is the case, you could argue that the harmful technology is balanced out by the countless medical and scientific technological advancements. But will these advancements matter when everyone is dead from the nuclear winter? I don’t think so.
What superpower would you have and why?
Bring dead people back to life for 10 minutes at a time so that I can solve famous cold cases.