Run On: An Interview With Owen Ni
An Interview by Adam Harmless “Used to, I would have dreams about meeting a hero or having everything be a cakewalk once you made your “hit”, but as an artist, you grow and mature and learn that music is so much more sacred. It’s such a higher power than to simply want to be famous. I make music for my own self-consumption nowadays… My motivation is to attempt to continue to push my own limits and create something beautiful from it.” Growing up, Owen Nye's dad introduced him to the music of KISS and Pink Floyd, while his mom shared a love of Prince and Michael Jackson with her son. Owen credits them with his early taste and interest in music. Today, under the moniker of "Owen Ni", he continues to voraciously search for and consume interesting sound. As soon as one speaks with Owen Ni, it’s becomes abundantly clear how passionate he is about music and his philosophy toward his own music, which he at first describes as “electronic”. He quickly elaborates, “S