“She was open... open to all of to my ideas.' Steve Lacy opens up on working with Solange, growing up in California, and the process behind his debut album in his i-D cover story. See more here:
20 miles north-west of central Los Angeles, somewhere between Malibu and Pacific Palisades, lies the quiet, secluded Topanga Canyon. Verdant and lush, largely untouched by developers and enclosed by the city’s largest national park, Topanga has been a locus of musicians seeking refuge from the chaos of Los Angeles and a great source of inspiration for decades. The quiet bohemia of its rolling hills and rocky lanes notably shaped the work of Neil Young’s solo career.
Having just returned from a world tour with his band The Internet, soon to release a highly-anticipated debut album and about to turn 21, there’s plenty of things to be excited about in Steve’s life at the moment. Yet the only thing he can think of right now is the new bed he’s just bought. “Just the bed. I’m not really excited for that much else… you know?” an inflection that follows most of his answers. “I only focus on one thing at a time.
Steve’s mother wanted him to be safe from the more nefarious aspects of life in Compton. He attended a “nice, intimate” private school from kindergarten to sixth grade and wasn’t allowed out much during his childhood and early teens. “I call it, like, a hood suburb, that’s what it feels like to me. It was definitely a lot worse growing up and I grew up very, very sheltered because my mom was afraid I would be part of illegal activities or get hurt or something.
At age ten, Steve began playing the guitar. “At the time that I picked it up I was just in love with it. It was just cool I was playing a lot of Guitar Hero, and then it was like ‘Ok, I need the real thing now’.” At high school he joined the school band and met Jameel Bruner, the keyboard player for The Internet at the time, and what ensued is nothing short of musical history. Steve soon began work with The Internet on their third album,.
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