Nic Manders Releases New Single ‘Walking Slowly’
Aotearoa Music Awards Producer of the Year Nic Manders returns with his new single Walking Slowly; a contemplative and immersive track born from a quiet moment amidst the busyness.
The song began unexpectedly at Roundhead Studios, where Manders – minutes before a session – sat down at Neil Finn’s new Steinway piano and captured an unplanned two-minute improvisation.
“Some songs tell you what they need to be,” says Manders. Walking Slowly came together through a set of little revelatory moments. I recorded a couple of impromptu chords on the piano, not thinking anything of it.
Back at his Parachute Music studio, Manders revisited the piano sketch, crafting a beat around it and quickly laying down the first vocal phrase: “walking slowly.”
“It wasn’t until I listened back a few days later that it even dawned on me what I had sung,” he reflects. “Sometimes the subconscious will reveal things you’re not necessarily even aware of, and I felt it was important to listen to that whisper! We’re living in such tumultuous times – globally and internally, and hopefully this is an encouragement to us to breathe, slow down, see the wonder, and find peace within the chaos.”
