Review Fix Exclusive: Toshin’s Tosin Bankole Talks Origin in Music And More

February 18, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Tosin Bankole, who discusses their origin in music, creative process and more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Tosin Bankole: Toshín started back in 2016. All of the band met at University in BIMM Dublin, coming together for a performance exam. Afterwards I took the opportunity to ask if the band wanted to start a serious project. 5 years and a few new members later here we are!

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Bankole: Our create process can vary from song to song. Sometimes it’s just me coming up with melodies or ideas and bringing them to the full band to jam it out. Other times Louis (keys/sax) and I meet up and work out ideas together. The majority of the songs are about my life and past so I play a big part in the lyric writing process, but we’re lucky to be a band where inspiration and creativity can come from anyone.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Bankole: Our stand out song would have to be ‘Oh Lord’. This is a song I actually wrote in my room in about 20 minutes from remembering a bad memory from my childhood. I then took it to the band and after two rehearsals it was pretty much as it appears on our EP. It’s one of those songs we find ourselves getting totally engulfed by on stage, and our audience seem to share in that intense energy.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Bankole: This year, we’re really focusing on writing as much good music as we can. Before COVID stopped us, we were playing multiple gigs a month, and most of our time was spent trying to make every show really special, so it’s been nice to be able to write and develop as songwriters without constantly refining and rehearsing live sets. That said, I think we’d all sell an organ for a gig at this stage!

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Bankole: We want our music to affect others in the most positive way. We want to make statements and inspire people and other artists to be the best they can be in any situation and path of their lives. We also love bringing our fans on a journey and love telling stories about our past, present and future life. Especially with our live shows, we put a lot of importance in our own enjoyment of the show, and that energy inevitably results in the audience having a good time

Review Fix: What’s next?

Bankole: With everything up in the air cause of COVID, I’m not sure anyone in the industry can properly predict what’s next! We’re taking the lack of gigs and festivals as an opportunity to write as much and as well as we can, and hopefully we’ll be in a position in the near-ish future to look at another long-form project please God!

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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