Newcomer Morenike introduces herself to the world with entrancing debut single 'Nobody Knows My Name,' via French indie institution Kwaidan Records, the label behind Nouvelle Vague. Blending folk, jazz, soul and electronic experimentation, the track introduces a striking new voice shaped by cultural multiplicity and a deep-rooted musical discipline.
Born in Ireland and raised in Rome, Morenike Vincent carries the weight and richness of hybrid identity through her work. A classically trained pianist and cellist who later studied jazz vocals, her move to Paris marked a creative rebirth, one shaped in collaboration with producer Marc Collin and fuelled by the desire to find a space where contradictions can coexist freely.
'Nobody Knows My Name' unfolds in two hypnotic movements. Its opening section centres on voice and minimal melodic structure, drawing from Arabic harmonies, blues cadences and the circular motion of folk chants. The track later shifts into a faster, percussion-driven passage, introducing hand-played rhythms that evoke ritual, embodiment and release. By returning to its original pace, the song creates a cyclical tension - an oscillation between introspection and liberation.
Conceptually, the single meditates on anonymity as a portal to freedom. Rejecting genre boundaries, Morenike threads oriental and African percussion, grunge textures, trip-hop atmospheres, and spiritual chant traditions into a sound world that resists categorisation.
“In a culture obsessed with visibility, there’s something liberating about being unknown,” she says. “When you’re not confined by who others think you are, you have space to transform.”
