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Melissa Alemain, is an independent journalist, and radio producer currently based out of London England. She recently caught up with Marchitect about his music and various projects. To read more about your favorite artists and then some visit..www.alemainvozzo.com



In December 2008 Marchitect was admittedly freezing his ass off. In Pittsburg, finishing off a series of shows, and wondering how he could get back onto a tougher grind with all that comes with nurturing ambitious music career aspirations, he received an unexpected call. Excited and hardworking staff from his publishing administration office phoned with the yo-inform that the 49’ers had just hit number one with their track ‘Imagine’ on the i-Tunes Hip Hop Download charts in Japan. A territory culturally and geographically detached from his native Delaware surroundings, Marchitect returned to his hotel with this news, and with solidarity, lit a fire to keep the cold outside, and lock the heat of the accolade- high moment firmly inside the building. With his newly appointed key to Japan, Hip Hop’s seriously solid, yet quirkiest remote cousin, Marchitect combined the evergreen with the ever-growing.



Having followed the success of ‘Imagine’ and it’s newly found pontification with the Japanese i-Tunes Hip Hop massive, I was impressed to witness it’s journey from number one in December 2008, to return for a second picking again at numerical primo in February 2009. In February 2010, I finally caught up with the 49’ers and Marchitect himself.




ALEMAIN: Has your image changed since your number-one chart status in Japan?



MARCHITECT: My image has changed, because now i am what a number one artist looks like. It’s not something that me and Jas Mace did intentionally, it’s something that came along with being number one. Our sound is something that fortunately we never had to change, because it was our natural sound that topped the charts.



ALEMAIN: What track refuses to depart from your molecular syncopation?



MARCHITECT: Recently the tracks ‘ So Rough’ and ‘Blow My Thing’ by Zapp and Roger have been in my head. Not only do these songs remind me of my youth, they really remind me of the genius of Roger Troutman, as a recording artist and a performance artist. I think these two have stuck in my head, because certain musicians know exactly what they are doing and craft music, just to touch certain parts of your brain and heart.




ALEMAIN: What should we know about you that isn’t readily hyped?



MARCHITECT: People should know that I have a catalog of songs with as many songs as an artist could possibly have. It spans every format, vinyl, cassette, CD, mp3, mini disc. We were on 31 releases in Japan alone just since 2007. If I reflect over the last few years, I’m proud of ALL of the music we have been able to record and release. This was the basis of all of the successes we experienced. True, we went to #1 on itunes, we were featured on allhiphop.com, voted best Delaware hip hop group, and countless other honors. The thing that makes me most proud though, is that even on the worst days, with the worst weather, we are still in the studio, releasing creative energy.



ALEMAIN: Your musical legacy extends far (far) earlier than your arrival as a number-one act on the charts in Japan. What advice would you give that young boy who grew up in Delaware on how to prepare for the journey to share his music with the world?



MARCHITECT: You have to always remain original, and true to yourself. You have to be prepared because it’s a treacherous road, with snakes, snares, and traps, but at the end of that road, or sometimes along the way, there are lessons to be learned, and goals you will reach. By the time you get to the end of the journey, you’ll know how to deal with everything that could possibly block you on that road. At that point, you are untouchable, and can move at your own pace!