Motel Eola

Motel Eola, is a 20 year old hip hop producer from South East London UK and this is my new visual “Can I Live” off his debut beat tape “Kids Looking For Gold” available for download/stream at www.moteleola.bandcamp.com

“Can I Live” is the deep, chilling, piano driven instrumental which sets the backdrop for this emotive animation, magnifying the emotional conflict of loving someone, against loving what they do.

This instrumental project is about youthfulness, inspiration & the pursuit of happiness versus harsh reality. “Kids Looking For Gold” is my metaphor for our generation of individuals. We are all in search of our own “Gold” whether it be physical material possessions, the notion of success, or the achievement of our wildest dreams. Along this Journey for our “Gold” we may forget who we once were, conform to the norm, submit to defeat or accept “reality”. As “Kids” we were forever optimistic, imaginative & experimental. The more we grow up the more we set aside our dreams as if the countdown of our life on earth is ever decreasing, leaving not enough time for us to do what we yearn for. No, we are dream chasers, creators and forever young at heart. We are “Kids Looking For Gold”.

My production influences vary from Apollo Brown’s hard hitting solid drums to Oddisee’s experimental drum patterns and classic breaks, to 9th wonder & Exile’s amazing sample play and full album productions, to Just Blaze & Alchemist’s epic theatrical style of production, to Dreamville’s variety and incorporation of different genres to sample. I simply love the genius of an instrumental and the art of production.