Wednesday, November 30, 2011

AMACHREE Storms with ‘Wonders of Grace’


The Nigerian music industry is currently witnessing another mind-blowing music revolution as multi-talented and wave-making artiste, Amachree Ikijana Alexander, popularly known as Amachree Super star is surprising many with his unique gospel hip-hop genre of music. Amachree disclosed to THE GIST PLUS in a chat that he has been into the music industry since 2006, but professionally in 2007. On why he ventured into this genre of music, the native of Andoni in Rivers State said: “Music is a calling to me, and I am into the gospel hip-hop because of my upbringing”. Right now, he has succeeded in recording nine tracks in his maiden album “Wonders of Grace”. Right now, I have a lot of songs, but I have succeeded in recording a 10-tracker. But for my first album, already titled: “Wonders of Grace”, I have 9 tracks, he said. When THE GIST PLUS probed on what motivates his creativity, this Information Technology student of National Open University of Nigeria said that his inspiration comes from God. Amachree, is currently promoting his songs; “Great Love”, an inspirational song where he tries to let people know that God is great. “Second Chance”, “Heaven”, a song he said was inspired by Kirk Franklin, “I Got somebody” among others. On his mentors, he said Kirk Franklin, P-Square and Sammy Okposo. This up and coming artiste revealed that in the next five years from now, he hopes to see himself in a vantage position, touching the life of many people around him with his music, as he also has great plans for the younger people in the country. As an inspirational singer, Amachree said music is a great tool of influence that can be used in salvaging some of the world’s situation around us.

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