![]() Q: What was the process like completing your first album, PainKiller?Ī: Prior to this album, I had released so many songs that were so different that I felt like I had lost my identity. Fidelia on the bottom right-hand screen, shown inside the recording studio. A security camera inside the recording room. Fidelia stands in front of the doorway to the recording room, where a sign indicates whether an artist is recording. Once you become more self-aware, it allows you to understand what direction you want to go, and I felt Ottawa was the perfect place to do that for myself. I realized I needed more growth and I felt like that would come from coming back to my roots. Q: What was behind your decision to come back to Ottawa after moving to TorontoĪ: I made my move to Toronto because I felt like I hit a ceiling, so I wanted to get … uncomfortable again. At CRANIUM Fest, fans raise their flashlights as Fidelia performs a song about a friend who passed away. Inside of the recording room at Real Studios. I was born in Montreal and my father would have shows in Montreal sometimes so there’s some French influence there too. Watching his band growing up, it made me think to always include instruments in my music just to give it that organic feel. From there I just fell in love with music. Q: How did you get into music and develop your own sound and style?Ī: I’ve been a fan of music since I was born because of my father. ![]() Fidelia greets the audience as he takes the stage at CRANIUM Fest. City Fidelia fiddles with the buttons in the recording room at his downtown recording studio, Real Studios. Before he performed PainKiller for the first time at the recent CRANIUM festival, we met with Fidelia at his downtown recording studio to talk about his take on the growth in Ottawa’s interest in hip hop. Luigi Fidelia, a 29-year-old Ottawa recording artist otherwise known as City Fidelia, released his debut album, PainKiller, in early October.
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