Tell us about your musical relationship with Elliot and how Wild Belle was incepted.

N: "Aside from growing up in the same house and listening to our parents' music together, we started to develop our own musical tastes and constantly shared records with each other. Elliot ventured into a world of jazz and turned me on to some amazingly informative artists. Some examples include Tom Zé, Miles Davis, Studio One's Delroy Wilson, Fela Kuti, and Pharaoh Sanders. These artists represent a combination of jazz, reggae, Tropicália, and Afro-pop that have influenced both of our sounds independently. I was listening to a lot of Astrud Gilberto — especially her early recordings with Stan Getz — Aretha Franklin, Aaliyah, and early Bob Marley. I think this blend of musical muses has really helped to define the Wild Belle sound. It's really exciting to write and record music with Elliot — someone who shares and has inspired so much of my musical history."