“I believe music is hearing. It’s just what your ears find perfect,” Magicsticks says to me while describing his self-taught adventure through music production and engineering in a grandiose Lekki apartment in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Echoes of a female vocalist recording in another room permeate the crowded apartment, and a handful of producers and songwriters mill around as we settle on a sofa for our interview. Magicsticks is clad in an all-black ensemble, accentuated by a gold Jesus neckpiece. The Nigerian-born producer has added color…
