Brian Soko

TK: You are part of a group called the Order. How did you all meet?

Soko: The Order is made up of Andre “Dre Moon” Proctor, Rasool Diaz and me. Dre and I were randomly placed as roommates in our 1st year of college and Rasool had the same classes as us. Weirdly enough as time went on we realised we worked well collectively rather than individually and we decided to stop competing and team up!

http://www.zimachievers.com/uk/brian-soko-the-man-the-hitmaker-the-musical-genius/

http://www.zimbojam.com/grammy-winner-brian-soko-speaks-on-zimdancehall-business-his-love-for-chimbetu/

THERE ARE 4 OF YOU IN THE ORDER. HOW DO YOU ASSIGN PRODUCTION RESPONSIBILITIES? DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPECIFIC SKILL & ROLE?

We don’t, we all pull our own weight. We are all very competitive so if someone is falling behind they’ll usually know about it and get a lot of jokes until they make something exciting. Myself, Rasool and Dre are all producers, and KaeLou is a writer.

HAVE THERE BEEN TIMES WHEN ONE MEMBER MAKES A FULL INSTRUMENTAL ON THEIR OWN? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOKO BEAT & SOMETHING FROM THE ORDER?

Yes, happens all the time. A Soko beat is an “Order” beat, just like if Dre and Rasool do a beat, that’s an “Order” beat.

ON DRAKE’S ALBUM, THE 2 SONGS LISTED UNDER THE ORDER ARE CREDITED TO ANDRE PROCTOR. THE BEAT FOR TAPOUT WAS CREDITED TO DETAIL, SOUTHSIDE & TM 88. ON BEYONCÉ’S DRUNK IN LOVE YOU ARE LISTED AS A COMPOSER. HOW WERE THOSE PRODUCTION & COMPOSER CREDITS ALLOCATED?

I personally didn’t do anything on Drakes album, my partner Dre was out in Canada for 3 months working on that. The songs were credited to him because at the time we were not well known as a group. Tapout was incorrectly credited, not sure why, Rasool produced that.

https://www.africanhhb.com/2014/03/beats-breaks-ahhb-interviews-brian-soko.html

Among them – there are three other members – The Order have produced for A-list artists such as Rich Gang, Future, and Drake. There’s also Beyonce’s “Drunk in love” which was [wrongly] attributed to recording artist Detail. I ask Soko about this.

“It’s all industry politics,” he tells me.

Later, he’ll reveal: “I made that beat about four years ago.”

http://africasacountry.com/2014/10/south-african-hip-hop-series-producer-brian-soko/