September 23, 2025 • 29 mins
On today’s show, we welcome Pearl Matador 🎤✨—the French-Malian artist redefining the alt-rock/bedroom pop space with his cinematic single Neurotic 🎶. Inspired by the Korean film The Empty Dream, the track explores the chaos of the mind through expressive visuals and raw lyricism. Neurotic is the first taste of his upcoming album Black Magic 🪄🎬, arriving November 2025, which Pearl describes as his most ambitious and polished work yet. Drawing influences from The Beatles to Lil Peep, his “bedroom rock” sound channels loneliness, resilience, and belonging. Tune in for a fearless conversation with one of indie’s brightest voices. 🌍🔥
“Neurotic” is out now on all major streaming platforms. Black Magic arrives in November 2025.
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“Neurotic” is out now on all major streaming platforms. Black Magic arrives in November 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/@pearlmatador
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4D03NswXQMWuGnfVqIZCJY
https://www.tiktok.com/@pearl.matador
https://www.instagram.com/pearl.matador/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vigilantes-radio-live--2166168/support.
Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2025
Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings
Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26009230/
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:43):
All right, all right, welcome to the show. You're listening
to VRL. That's Vigilantes Radio live right here on iHeartRadio,
and I am your host, Deani. We have another special
guest for you guys. You could definitely want to stick
around for that. And as a matter of effect, text
your homies, your friends shared on social media rights now
(01:06):
and let them know that we are about to dive
deep into another interview. Before I bring my guests on,
I do want to say that this is the frequency
of the fearless. You know, sometimes music feels like a dream, surreal,
restless and hauntingly honest. Today's guest captures that dream state
(01:27):
and translated into a sound building a cinematic world where
loneliness and belonging could lie. His music isn't confined to genres.
It's a tape screen of rock popping raw emotions, sticks
together by vision and vulnerability. With this new single, Neurotic,
(01:47):
set in the stage for a bold new album, he's
showing us what it means to find your voice and
create your own community. You're not just here for a
talk show. And this isn't just radio. This is revit
for your mind, body, as spirit. This is Vigilantes Radio Live.
My name is Coach Deani, and change is possible. Are
(02:10):
you ready?
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Are you ready? Well, let's go, let's.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Go, all right, all right again again, Welcome to the show.
You're listening to VRL. That's Vigilantes Radio Live from right
here on Iheart's Radio, and I am your host, Deani.
Our interviews are designed to go beyond the music, news, books, art, acting, films, technology, education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, spirituality,
(02:56):
and sometimes even past that thing that we call the ego.
Our interviews are designed to go behind the scenes into
the minds of these brilliant people, you know, the ones
who are out there giving it. They're all for me,
for you, and for the world. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
Perl Matador has emerged as one of the most compelling
(03:18):
new voices and independent music. His sound blends alternative rock
and bedroom pop with cinematic storytelling, drawing inspiration from clash
of rock legends and SoundCloud era icons alike. With this
new single, New Rotic and forthcoming album Black Magic, he's
(03:39):
stepping into his fullest artistry yet, building community through honesty, loneliness,
and resilience. Tonight we dive into the world of Pearl Matador,
So please join me in saying welcome friend to Pearl Matador. Hey, hey,
welcome to the show. I'm thanks, all right, all right,
(04:02):
well again, welcome to the show, per Matador. Before we
talk about Neurotic and your upcoming album, Black Magic, what's
been on your heart and mind lately?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well, on my hearts new music, of course, and on
my mind, U say, I've ever played it?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
All right? All right? So New Rotic was inspired by
the Korean film The Empty Dream. What about that film
stuck with you so strongly and how did it translate
from visuals to a.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Sound actually neurotics?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Yeah, an old Korean movie where two people just mix
at the dentist, and the old movie is about the
hypothetic relationships now both slated and I really liked this
movie because it's a black and white movie, but it's
(05:07):
also a very psychedelic with a lot of very inspired
visual ideas with the phones and and things like that,
and so that's the kind of a movie I really
like because I don't know, you can just feel the
(05:28):
passion behind it, and that that really invited me.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
So I've just.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Made a song out of it so easily. It was
just just simple for me.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Yeah, I've read man where you said that a lot
of your songs come from the perspective of a crazy person.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
What does that mean to you and how does embracing
that lens help you create more authentic music?
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
I think, Uh, I'm I'm kind of weird person, like
I've always been facing.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
All my life.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I've always been identified to that kind of person, So
I mean I was uh m hm natural too to
write songs and lyrics from that perspective. And I don't know,
I'm kind of fascinated with strange people, like I think
(06:47):
most of the artists are strange people actually, and to
mean I was like get kind of natural to at
that point of view, original point of you.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Mm hmm, do you really consider yourself a crazy person?
Speaker 5 (07:08):
I vote, uh.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, in no way. Yeah, what makes you crazy?
Speaker 5 (07:21):
I don't know. I make cop my music mostly m
m okay.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I'm not going to ask you what made you crazy
or or should we you know, because the reason I'm
asking these questions because you know, it's to fully understand
you as an artist, to understand your music, to understand
how you craft your music. And you know, okay, just
because to me, just because a song is I don't know,
(08:01):
it's different, you know. I guess it goes to the
translation of the person who's listening and what they're going
through at the time. What may be crazy for some
may be normal for others.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
You know.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Okay, Yeah, that's that's true. That's so that's can a
product the process. Like I'm I think, I'm mm hmm.
I'm making some only when I have a strong feeling
(08:38):
about something, uh, And I don't know that I just
try to translate while I'm feeling or just thinking and
and yeah, I like the fact that's people can be
(09:01):
connected to my feelings in a way.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Absolutely, the track was written quickly once the instrumental was done.
What was it about that beat or sound that unlocked
the words so easily?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
I think I'm writing, oh my thought about very quick
because I'm very, very attached to instrumentals. But actually I
don't really care about the lyrics like I don't. I
(09:49):
think I'm a very very good writer. I think I'm
a better musician than writer. And that's why under I
think I'm always starting with making a good instrumental, hiding instruments,
making guitar on it, and after that it's like so
(10:14):
easy to just just write the lyrics. The hardest thoughts
is to me, it's the art of thought is the instrumental.
And that's also the most universal because I feel I'm
not uh English native speaker, and I'm all prime, I'm
(10:36):
naturally connected with the instrumental before the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Mhm uh. You blend beatles, Janis Joplin and Hindrance influences
with Little Peep as as Tantashi on how do you
balance those opposite worlds and what's the thrid that tied
them together into bedroom rock.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Yeah, I'm really attached to that influences because originally my
parents are very fan of that kind of hold rock
psychedelic stuff. But you know, when you grow up, you
(11:27):
just try to find your own influences, and suddenly I
was kind of natural to just start making new things
like the sound cloud era and just stay thatched to
my original influences like andreichs are as adults.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
So yeah, that was that was kind of I don't
know how to explain it, but I uh, I always
wanted to do some rock, but uh, I don't.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
I don't think I would be a a a good
rap artist, and that's why I just try to make
my own, yeah, my own uh rock instrumental but only
by using the same uh tools that uh sound cloud
arts who are using by the computer and audioce ud
(12:38):
uh in my comfort if only on on your computer,
uh in your bedroom, but to do some rock music.
So m rock music is mainly a live music, but
uh I was doing by with my computer and so
I I've mixed uh those two universe uh very simply.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I love it. I love it. Then uh you do
your own mixing and mastering, which can be tough, uh,
did you learn anything about yourself through the challenges of
producing Neurotic on your own?
Speaker 5 (13:13):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Yeah, if the most hot are also to do, it's
like having a step back with your own music, because
it's pretty hot to know if if this song is
good or not for when it's just h But I'm
(13:38):
not a good thing in Neurotic, and that's why I
tried to push it the further.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Second.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Yeah, man, So tell me about your musical journey. How
how did you get immersed in music?
Speaker 4 (13:57):
Yeah, I think my musical journal I started with Jimmy
and like, I've always loved this music. Even when I
was a child. I was listening to Electric Lady them
(14:23):
all day and that was like mind blowing to me.
And that that's why I always tried to do guitars.
And I've bought my first guitar at a very young age.
And then I've been first by all the groups but
like Nevana and all the grunge, all the grunch era
(14:49):
and after that, Yeah, I grew up fenced by my my,
my friends. My was really in the rap steps and
so yeah, so with that part of too like simple
(15:11):
and I don't know, just loved all the influences that
come from the rap scene, and so it's pretty easy
for me to listen to both and being improved by
(15:33):
both of these.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Music.
Speaker 7 (15:40):
Okay, all right, your upcoming album, black Magic, uh, I
think will be described as feeling cinematic.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Even the title nodge to visuals. How important are imagery
and storytelling to your artistry and how do you how
do they shape the way that you approach your music?
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Yeah, I feel this folk black Magic. I wasn't really
attached with the visuals, but this new album is very
especially and all the songs in it have been really
influenced by some movies, like yeah, Nolic is inclused by
a Korean movie, but most of the songs in.
Speaker 5 (16:29):
Black Magic have been inspired by you.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Know, visuals and storytelling ideas.
Speaker 5 (16:37):
So this this problem is.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Really related with with cinemas and so that was, Yeah,
that was.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Important to me to have good visuals related.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
All right, well, guys, it's time to get into some music.
We have neurotic viperl Matador and then we'll be right
back to put him in our traditional hot seat where
he could perform for us if he wants to. He
could sing rap, spoken word, tell us a joke, tell
us a story from his life, play an instrument to
(17:19):
give some advice or do nothing at all. That is
cool as well, but for right now here it is neurotic.
Stay tuned all the news.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
As nobody call me off. If I could get discovering
(18:05):
my home, it's still for me. Now. We've gotta been a.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Black He's like you want.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
He'll never say.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
He's like you want.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Said, he'll never say yes. Gos gs.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
E disc Tosca say.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
You'll loves God.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
It's like you us said.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
You love so.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Sacu said, he'll nervous say.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
I says CAUs gus Let leaves case to secular said.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
He'll never stay.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Alright, alright, welcome back. That was new Erotic by Pearlmattador.
I love it, I love it, I love it. All right,
let's go ahead and bring him back. Yo yo yo,
your back live with us and in our hot seat.
Are you gonna perform for us? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:18):
I have a poem for you guys.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
All right, nice.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
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Speaker 2 (21:34):
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the Walman sky domos beda bon bon Angeles, conkey Dons,
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(22:24):
don't from subadon fac love Molas done your Navy from
a Book of footbo Salo come on from this.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
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a vocai doki.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Nice nice, I love it. I love it man. You
said that, Uh. I read somewhere where you said that
this album feels like you've found your sound. What as
finding your sound means to you? And how do you
know when you've arrived?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Yeah, Actually, uh, this year I've made uh three small
albums that was like very experimental because I was changing,
I was searching for my sounds. I meant one that
(23:54):
was very soft and the more uh h, I want
to say that one really rocking up because I'm just
I don't want to make the same thing we're here today,
(24:15):
and I wanted to just you know, find my yeah,
find my find problem at at all, and find the
game of sound that's nobody else UH is doing right now.
So yeah, I'll make those three little albums too, just uh.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Buy that music. And I think with black music, I've
I've found it.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
All right?
Speaker 5 (24:49):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (24:49):
And where can our listeners connect with you on the Internet.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
I'm on old social media, on Instagram, tik talk, in
all the music platforms s.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
But if I app on music and all the others,
so you can enjoymazed.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
When you write songs like neurotic, do you imagine them
live on a stage in a bedroom or on headphones
late at night? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
But uh, you know, I'm mostly yeah, bedroom artists, and
I think I'm I'm kind of okay with that.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
I like some some some personalities like uh, you know,
like John Lennon just made a revolution from his bed,
and I like the idea that I can be the
stuff from my bed too.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Absolutely, I believe that as well man, from the bedroom
to the stage, anything is possible. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And
did I get your social media links from you?
Speaker 5 (26:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
All right, listeners. Just in case you didn't get those links,
I will have them in the description of this episode
and in the show notes. So all you guys have
to do just click the links and connect with Pearl
Matador Pearl Tonight Man, you gave us a glimpse into
the somatic world that you are creating, one world loneliness
becomes connection and chaos becomes art. From the dream like
(26:43):
inspiration behind Neurotic to the vision for black Magic, you've
shown us the raw honesty of an artist stepping into
his full identity. And to our listeners, make sure you
scream Neurotic now and look out for black Magic this November.
Support Pearl Matador by following his journey online and don't
forget to subscribe to Vigilantes Radio Live. Leave us a
(27:06):
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Coffee dot com for slash Vigilantes Radio and share this episode.
Perl Man, thank you for reminding us that music can
be both a mirror and a movie. Thank you so much,
and have an incredible evening.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
All right, take care, peace to all.
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Speaker 2 (00:43):
All right, all right, welcome to the show. You're listening
to VRL. That's Vigilantes Radio live right here on iHeartRadio,
and I am your host, Deani. We have another special
guest for you guys. You could definitely want to stick
around for that. And as a matter of effect, text
your homies, your friends shared on social media rights now
(01:06):
and let them know that we are about to dive
deep into another interview. Before I bring my guests on,
I do want to say that this is the frequency
of the fearless. You know, sometimes music feels like a dream, surreal,
restless and hauntingly honest. Today's guest captures that dream state
(01:27):
and translated into a sound building a cinematic world where
loneliness and belonging could lie. His music isn't confined to genres.
It's a tape screen of rock popping raw emotions, sticks
together by vision and vulnerability. With this new single, Neurotic,
(01:47):
set in the stage for a bold new album, he's
showing us what it means to find your voice and
create your own community. You're not just here for a
talk show. And this isn't just radio. This is revit
for your mind, body, as spirit. This is Vigilantes Radio Live.
My name is Coach Deani, and change is possible. Are
(02:10):
you ready?
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Are you ready? Well, let's go, let's.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Go, all right, all right again again, Welcome to the show.
You're listening to VRL. That's Vigilantes Radio Live from right
here on Iheart's Radio, and I am your host, Deani.
Our interviews are designed to go beyond the music, news, books, art, acting, films, technology, education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, spirituality,
(02:56):
and sometimes even past that thing that we call the ego.
Our interviews are designed to go behind the scenes into
the minds of these brilliant people, you know, the ones
who are out there giving it. They're all for me,
for you, and for the world. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
Perl Matador has emerged as one of the most compelling
(03:18):
new voices and independent music. His sound blends alternative rock
and bedroom pop with cinematic storytelling, drawing inspiration from clash
of rock legends and SoundCloud era icons alike. With this
new single, New Rotic and forthcoming album Black Magic, he's
(03:39):
stepping into his fullest artistry yet, building community through honesty, loneliness,
and resilience. Tonight we dive into the world of Pearl Matador,
So please join me in saying welcome friend to Pearl Matador. Hey, hey,
welcome to the show. I'm thanks, all right, all right,
(04:02):
well again, welcome to the show, per Matador. Before we
talk about Neurotic and your upcoming album, Black Magic, what's
been on your heart and mind lately?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well, on my hearts new music, of course, and on
my mind, U say, I've ever played it?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
All right? All right? So New Rotic was inspired by
the Korean film The Empty Dream. What about that film
stuck with you so strongly and how did it translate
from visuals to a.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Sound actually neurotics?
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Yeah, an old Korean movie where two people just mix
at the dentist, and the old movie is about the
hypothetic relationships now both slated and I really liked this
movie because it's a black and white movie, but it's
(05:07):
also a very psychedelic with a lot of very inspired
visual ideas with the phones and and things like that,
and so that's the kind of a movie I really
like because I don't know, you can just feel the
(05:28):
passion behind it, and that that really invited me.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
So I've just.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Made a song out of it so easily. It was
just just simple for me.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Yeah, I've read man where you said that a lot
of your songs come from the perspective of a crazy person.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
What does that mean to you and how does embracing
that lens help you create more authentic music?
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
I think, Uh, I'm I'm kind of weird person, like
I've always been facing.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
All my life.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I've always been identified to that kind of person, So
I mean I was uh m hm natural too to
write songs and lyrics from that perspective. And I don't know,
I'm kind of fascinated with strange people, like I think
(06:47):
most of the artists are strange people actually, and to
mean I was like get kind of natural to at
that point of view, original point of you.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Mm hmm, do you really consider yourself a crazy person?
Speaker 5 (07:08):
I vote, uh.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, in no way. Yeah, what makes you crazy?
Speaker 5 (07:21):
I don't know. I make cop my music mostly m
m okay.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I'm not going to ask you what made you crazy
or or should we you know, because the reason I'm
asking these questions because you know, it's to fully understand
you as an artist, to understand your music, to understand
how you craft your music. And you know, okay, just
because to me, just because a song is I don't know,
(08:01):
it's different, you know. I guess it goes to the
translation of the person who's listening and what they're going
through at the time. What may be crazy for some
may be normal for others.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
You know.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Okay, Yeah, that's that's true. That's so that's can a
product the process. Like I'm I think, I'm mm hmm.
I'm making some only when I have a strong feeling
(08:38):
about something, uh, And I don't know that I just
try to translate while I'm feeling or just thinking and
and yeah, I like the fact that's people can be
(09:01):
connected to my feelings in a way.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Absolutely, the track was written quickly once the instrumental was done.
What was it about that beat or sound that unlocked
the words so easily?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
I think I'm writing, oh my thought about very quick
because I'm very, very attached to instrumentals. But actually I
don't really care about the lyrics like I don't. I
(09:49):
think I'm a very very good writer. I think I'm
a better musician than writer. And that's why under I
think I'm always starting with making a good instrumental, hiding instruments,
making guitar on it, and after that it's like so
(10:14):
easy to just just write the lyrics. The hardest thoughts
is to me, it's the art of thought is the instrumental.
And that's also the most universal because I feel I'm
not uh English native speaker, and I'm all prime, I'm
(10:36):
naturally connected with the instrumental before the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Mhm uh. You blend beatles, Janis Joplin and Hindrance influences
with Little Peep as as Tantashi on how do you
balance those opposite worlds and what's the thrid that tied
them together into bedroom rock.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Yeah, I'm really attached to that influences because originally my
parents are very fan of that kind of hold rock
psychedelic stuff. But you know, when you grow up, you
(11:27):
just try to find your own influences, and suddenly I
was kind of natural to just start making new things
like the sound cloud era and just stay thatched to
my original influences like andreichs are as adults.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
So yeah, that was that was kind of I don't
know how to explain it, but I uh, I always
wanted to do some rock, but uh, I don't.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
I don't think I would be a a a good
rap artist, and that's why I just try to make
my own, yeah, my own uh rock instrumental but only
by using the same uh tools that uh sound cloud
arts who are using by the computer and audioce ud
(12:38):
uh in my comfort if only on on your computer,
uh in your bedroom, but to do some rock music.
So m rock music is mainly a live music, but
uh I was doing by with my computer and so
I I've mixed uh those two universe uh very simply.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I love it. I love it. Then uh you do
your own mixing and mastering, which can be tough, uh,
did you learn anything about yourself through the challenges of
producing Neurotic on your own?
Speaker 5 (13:13):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Yeah, if the most hot are also to do, it's
like having a step back with your own music, because
it's pretty hot to know if if this song is
good or not for when it's just h But I'm
(13:38):
not a good thing in Neurotic, and that's why I
tried to push it the further.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Second.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Yeah, man, So tell me about your musical journey. How
how did you get immersed in music?
Speaker 4 (13:57):
Yeah, I think my musical journal I started with Jimmy
and like, I've always loved this music. Even when I
was a child. I was listening to Electric Lady them
(14:23):
all day and that was like mind blowing to me.
And that that's why I always tried to do guitars.
And I've bought my first guitar at a very young age.
And then I've been first by all the groups but
like Nevana and all the grunge, all the grunch era
(14:49):
and after that, Yeah, I grew up fenced by my my,
my friends. My was really in the rap steps and
so yeah, so with that part of too like simple
(15:11):
and I don't know, just loved all the influences that
come from the rap scene, and so it's pretty easy
for me to listen to both and being improved by
(15:33):
both of these.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Music.
Speaker 7 (15:40):
Okay, all right, your upcoming album, black Magic, uh, I
think will be described as feeling cinematic.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Even the title nodge to visuals. How important are imagery
and storytelling to your artistry and how do you how
do they shape the way that you approach your music?
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Yeah, I feel this folk black Magic. I wasn't really
attached with the visuals, but this new album is very
especially and all the songs in it have been really
influenced by some movies, like yeah, Nolic is inclused by
a Korean movie, but most of the songs in.
Speaker 5 (16:29):
Black Magic have been inspired by you.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Know, visuals and storytelling ideas.
Speaker 5 (16:37):
So this this problem is.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Really related with with cinemas and so that was, Yeah,
that was.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
Important to me to have good visuals related.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
All right, well, guys, it's time to get into some music.
We have neurotic viperl Matador and then we'll be right
back to put him in our traditional hot seat where
he could perform for us if he wants to. He
could sing rap, spoken word, tell us a joke, tell
us a story from his life, play an instrument to
(17:19):
give some advice or do nothing at all. That is
cool as well, but for right now here it is neurotic.
Stay tuned all the news.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
As nobody call me off. If I could get discovering
(18:05):
my home, it's still for me. Now. We've gotta been a.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Black He's like you want.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
He'll never say.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
He's like you want.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Said, he'll never say yes. Gos gs.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
E disc Tosca say.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
You'll loves God.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
It's like you us said.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
You love so.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Sacu said, he'll nervous say.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
I says CAUs gus Let leaves case to secular said.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
He'll never stay.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Alright, alright, welcome back. That was new Erotic by Pearlmattador.
I love it, I love it, I love it. All right,
let's go ahead and bring him back. Yo yo yo,
your back live with us and in our hot seat.
Are you gonna perform for us? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:18):
I have a poem for you guys.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
All right, nice.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
Okay, silk that shun os.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Me o blue.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Calm Nave Overland They janas.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Don sand bufa, what's the man loa reclue fried uh
the Walman sky domos beda bon bon Angeles, conkey Dons,
Oh good, baton sure the follow the tab barass dad
(22:24):
don't from subadon fac love Molas done your Navy from
a Book of footbo Salo come on from this.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
Kee, what's your bag with boons?
Speaker 4 (22:43):
Theyve go dono come on from GROSSI barbla phunc de
Glassy God Gone Lord tau Obau the d don I'm
a vocai doki.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Nice nice, I love it. I love it man. You
said that, Uh. I read somewhere where you said that
this album feels like you've found your sound. What as
finding your sound means to you? And how do you
know when you've arrived?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Yeah, Actually, uh, this year I've made uh three small
albums that was like very experimental because I was changing,
I was searching for my sounds. I meant one that
(23:54):
was very soft and the more uh h, I want
to say that one really rocking up because I'm just
I don't want to make the same thing we're here today,
(24:15):
and I wanted to just you know, find my yeah,
find my find problem at at all, and find the
game of sound that's nobody else UH is doing right now.
So yeah, I'll make those three little albums too, just uh.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Buy that music. And I think with black music, I've
I've found it.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
All right?
Speaker 5 (24:49):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (24:49):
And where can our listeners connect with you on the Internet.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
I'm on old social media, on Instagram, tik talk, in
all the music platforms s.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
But if I app on music and all the others,
so you can enjoymazed.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
When you write songs like neurotic, do you imagine them
live on a stage in a bedroom or on headphones
late at night? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
But uh, you know, I'm mostly yeah, bedroom artists, and
I think I'm I'm kind of okay with that.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
I like some some some personalities like uh, you know,
like John Lennon just made a revolution from his bed,
and I like the idea that I can be the
stuff from my bed too.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Absolutely, I believe that as well man, from the bedroom
to the stage, anything is possible. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And
did I get your social media links from you?
Speaker 5 (26:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
All right, listeners. Just in case you didn't get those links,
I will have them in the description of this episode
and in the show notes. So all you guys have
to do just click the links and connect with Pearl
Matador Pearl Tonight Man, you gave us a glimpse into
the somatic world that you are creating, one world loneliness
becomes connection and chaos becomes art. From the dream like
(26:43):
inspiration behind Neurotic to the vision for black Magic, you've
shown us the raw honesty of an artist stepping into
his full identity. And to our listeners, make sure you
scream Neurotic now and look out for black Magic this November.
Support Pearl Matador by following his journey online and don't
forget to subscribe to Vigilantes Radio Live. Leave us a
(27:06):
rating and purchase me a coffee over at buy mea
Coffee dot com for slash Vigilantes Radio and share this episode.
Perl Man, thank you for reminding us that music can
be both a mirror and a movie. Thank you so much,
and have an incredible evening.
Speaker 5 (27:26):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
All right, take care, peace to all.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
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Vigilantes Radio Live. I think that we are beyond just
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