With “Lost My Way Home” out now, we took some time to hear from Night Wolf and Lois Powell. Read below to learn more about Night Wolf and Lois Powell, the story behind “Lost My Way Home,” and what’s to come.

Hi! Let’s start with how did you both choose your artist names?

Night Wolf (“NW”): When I was younger I was massively into professional wrestling and thought I would be a wrestler, when I was older I started to train in schools under the name of MC Wolf Base , I was also very much into my hip hop at the time and was writing lyrics often hence the MC part (although I do have Scottish in me), I ended up training with Jake The Snake Roberts in St Albans at his short lived wrestling school and changed my name into Night Wolf, I have been creating music as long as I have been able to and decided this name would be both my wrestling name and music alias, sadly or luckily which ever way you look at it, I am only creating music now which my back thanks me for.

Lois Powell (“LP”): My artist name is Lois Powell. I chose it because that’s my name. And, singing songs from personal experiences. I did not think to use another name as I was not creating a persona. I was becoming/expressing myself as I feel I was quite shy.

What city are you both from, and where are you both based now?

NW: I was born in Milton Keynes, but left at the age of 3 and grew up in Luton, after living abroad for a long period of my life and traveling, I came back to the UK when the world shut down and decided to come to Bedford to start again so to say.

LP: I was raised in Hertfordshire and now live in Norfolk.

When and how did you two get started in music?

NW: I had my first drum kit at the age of 3 and apparently did not put off my mother enough to then put me into piano lessons, I grew up playing in a few church concert things as my piano teacher was the wife of the vicar, and in each of my schools I ended up always making friends with the guitar players and teaming up on the drums. As I got older, I would create songs and work with the bands I was part of to bring them to life as well as the guitarists ideas. I then got my hands on a Roland Fantom X6 workstation and learnt how to put together a song bit by bit most of the time not even using quantize, which showed! I only started producing music on a laptop and midi keyboard around 14 or less years ago and taught myself how.

I then had my first EP released with a label in UK called Fly Productionz, and worked with many of the best upcoming artists in Luton and went on to BBC Introducing several times and preformed live once. After a while I then started to publish my music with my first music library called The Music Jar and landed my first film trailer for The Essex Boys Retribution. I then continued to make music and build a back catalogue whilst traveling most done on my little travel keyboard until I co rented a studio in Budapest, which I then sold exclusively to Flipper Music releasing 9 albums with Deneb Records and Barry Music based in Italy. I have had many placements in visual media around the world and am continuing now to work with new up and coming artists and am now fully independent and self-releasing. Here we are today!

LP: I did flute lessons at age 9 as passed my grade 1 test. It was a struggle. At one point a friend said I wasn’t very good and I stopped playing. A few years later, I was in hospital very bored, and another patient there would play guitar and it was music to my ears. He taught me seven nation army on one string, and a few basic chords. I practiced relentlessly until I could sing and play at the same time and until my fingers stopped hurting.

I started to write poems and would sing them over the chords. The first one I wrote was girl on the beach, imagining what her life was like as a traveller. I continued this for a few years, until I started learning piano from my step mum. She taught me dance monkey, talking to the moon, cry me a river and moonlight sonata. I would learn these songs by memory on a shapes/pattern recognition basis. I am still not very good at reading music.

I recorded my first song at age 17 – the red light syndrome was immense. I wrote that song for my auntie sick with cancer.
Later that year, I joined the open mic scene, where I met other musicians to record and collaborate with.

I took myself on a trip to remote Scotland black bay studio. To record an EP, made one of my favourite songs – pain. 10 days before that trip I had gallbladder surgery. And, this song sheds a positive light on pain and its helpfulness.

I also recorded lots of improvisational albums with Mat Roberts, one of my favourite songs – who am I now. Which I wrote after my dog passed.
Now I am learning cello. And hope to learn drums too. As well as taking music production lessons. Also attending improvisational music sessions. Currently writing an EP/album I’m very passionate about.

Me and Night Wolf met in 2024 at an open mic in Bedford at the flower pot. Night Wolf spoke to me that evening and said there’s a song he’d like me to sing for and I agreed. Shortly after that we met up and started recording!

Do you all have any hobbies outside of music? What do you all do to stay creative?

NW: I am an avid gamer and am a bit of a hermit these days due to several things, I do not want to jinx myself by saying this but I do not ever really get creative blocks other then bouts of depression and just not being motivated, I am constantly getting out my phone to record a voice note of an idea that gets stuck in my head so I can get it out and not forget it, although I have never actually gone back and made one of these ideas now I say that, but I am always humming or thinking of melodies. Getting a new plugin is like getting a toy at Christmas for me.

LP: I love sea swimming- I started this year and have kept it up through winter. aerial silks and acrobatics, I love to do handstands, hanging upside down, acroyoga – holding people or being held in funky shapes. Hopefully can start doing some flips soon. I always laugh so much because we drop each other it’s too much fun. I love aerial silks, flexibility strength and grace – have been imagining a cinematic music video using that for years. My plan is to invest in my own silks this spring. candle making – I’ve been enjoying making candles in shells from the beach.

I’m also starting landscape oil painting lessons next week. But have always enjoying painting random shapes and colours on a canvas. Quite a lot of the art on my Spotify I made.

I love going on walks. Long drives with music. I like diy and home decor. I’m currently decorating my first place and have gone for a bold purple in my bedroom. And have many drawings for custom cabinetry – so yet to see how I’m able to build it.

I enjoy gardening, my favorite is to plant spring bulbs. The first flowers always bring me so much joy. This year I have gone for purple tulips.
I have an interest in the sciences – I’m really interested in outer space at the moment. I like star and moon gazing. Scanning the sky and learning what’s what, what type of star, name, how far away etc. looking at folklore too about it. I ordered a grand orrery to get a better visualisation of the motion of the solar system – but sadly I was scammed and is not an accurate representation.

I also love to have baths, averaging on 10 a week at this point. Enough to call a hobby. I lay there for hours in total peace/ thought/processing until the waters cold. Without the bath I am an irritable person. I also love my dog and people in my life and making them happy. I also ponder world peace a lot and how I could influence that.

Who would be a dream to collaborate with?

NW: I once had an idea and started a project called the song of travel where each country I visited I would get random people to play on my little keyboard to the same tempo and build a song gradually, I would like to do a 2.0 version of this, but a little better organised and finish the songs, but you can find the start of that project on YouTube.

I would just like to collaborate with people that have a vision with music and do not want to sound like this or that artist, people that are an artist within themselves and want to explore and experiment to find there own genre that makes them happy to create or helps them when they create it.

LP: I have always dreamed of orchestrating a room full of people – like an auditorium. And, playing with collective sound, frequency and emotion. I heard theories of the pyramids being built from song. And, the ideas of how powerful music and sound can be play on my mind. I’d like to experiment with it! Imagine getting everyone on the same wavelength of intense emotion to vocalise that together. An idea in progress, but it certainly sounds fun!

What would you both say are the greatest lessons that you both have learned so far?

NW: In life ? To try and not be a d*ck! To remember that others are most likely having a bad day too! Otherwise to just not take life to seriously and try to enjoy it while spending your time doing what you love as life is to short to waste lining someone elses pocket that only sees you as a stat. I am learning still everyday and I guess the greatest lesson of all is to learn that no one is coming to save you.

With Lois? We are learning about each other more as we work with each other more and we have learned how we work best together when creating music. Like Lois says we are both learning to put ourselves out into the world currently so we are learning along the way.

LP:We are learning to put ourselves out there. I think new for both of us – and quite scary for me too. But reaping benefits and nice to have people listening to our music.

I have learned not to judge people – although I still do accidentally. But it helps with not caring about being judged. Because who really knows what’s going on. With this mentality I can help to get off my high horse when feeling critical of others. And reject the negative vibes when people judge me. So ideal for having a fun chill life.

Learning so much it’s hard to put into words of most important – quick fire:

Stay present, appreciate life, be kind, forgive mistakes/regrets. Look after self. When overloaded it is not the end of the world, have a bath. Chill out. Do fun things. Exercise. Drink enough water. Find balance between work and play thoughts and peace. Trust people less, remain friendly. Love body, self, existence as much as possible, just cos hating it sucks and no fun. But okay to hate everything for short periods of time.

Now onto “Lost My Way Home.” What inspired this song?

NW: I wrote this song whilst in a depression but realising finally it was self made, it was about realising my own advice before and finally accepting that no one is coming to save me , knowing I had strayed of the path I had set out for myself and wanting to do something about it, get it out in the open, and then move on like I would with any other song. They say the first step to recovery is to admit it right?

I reminded myself once I wrote this song how much I get frustrated with the sound of my own voice and have always believed that female voices just work better with the kind of music I enjoy to make and I would say brings a warmer and even more haunting sound to the cinematic scope so Lois works in this department big time! Her voice is very ethereal and folk combined into her own style.

LP: Night Wolf wrote the lyrics and music. So, I was just inspired to sing on a track as I enjoy that. But for sure the lyrics he wrote were shining through emotionally without realising.

Now when I listen to this song, it’s reminds me of that time. Sleep deprived, uncomfortable eating food I don’t like, hanging out with people I don’t like. Doing everything for everyone not me. Hating life, wanting more.

What is “Lost My Way Home” about?

NW: “Lost My Way Home” is a reflection of my own life during the time of writing it, I have been in long relationships since high school and after the world shut down and I came back to the UK, it was the first time in a long time I have been alone, I felt like I was stuck but in my own making, I felt like I had suddenly grown up and had no one was left around me to see the new me, I felt like I had became angry at the world and myself and did not like the person I was becoming, it is about not giving up at the lowest point but accepting you are there, accepting you may have wondered of the path you had mentally made for yourself but with enough hope left to try and climb out of the self made hole. I had also just started to rebuild my home studio during this time so it actually encapsulates this raw energy and recording the vocals through a Rode NT1 and untreated room certainly made the quality of the recording not as I had hoped for, but after a few mixes I was happy with how it sat and felt like Lois was in the room with you telling you a story.

This song was our first collaboration together and it was great to know I had found Lois with her voice being such a good fit for what I was trying to achieve with a feeling, instrumentals are great but vocals really tell the missing story so there is not so much you have to make up yourself.

LP: I think “Lost My Way Home” is the frustration, realisation and acceptance. Of being in a position you potentially put yourself in and realising that it’s not for you anymore. The realisation before the first step to something better.

How did this collaboration come about?

NW: I would force myself to go to open mic nights around where I live to try and find some singers with voices that stood out to me and ask them to come and work on some songs together and Lois really stood out that night so I approached her and asked her to sing a song I had wrote and she followed through thankfully.

I am always on the look out, or ears out for mainly female singers to work with as you would tell from my back catalogue , I find the female voice just works very well with the sound I have in my head and final product, and during this time I was out looking for a different kind of voice that had power and was able to have restraint as well, I knew how I wanted the song sound but Lois was able to take my ideas and make them her own. A lot of the time when I have met musicians or singer/songwriters on open mic nights they do not get back to me about working together, but Lois did and I was very happy to get her voice onto my style of music I enjoy to make, she is very unique sounding and brings emotion to her vocal work with out trying. I do not use auto tune on any of my work as I like the rawness and natural sound, Lois certainly does not need any auto tune on her voice. She was very open to the idea of working on music and that shows as we ended up creating 4 songs in a relatively short space of time. After we talked the first time I was sent some of her previous work to listen too and lyrics/songs she had wrote and knew that she was very talented and would understand what I was envisioning as well as being a real talent to work with on her own ideas.

LP: We both wanted to make music! As we love it. I think we were impressed with each others skills and saw a way to create something more/ better working together.

What was the inspiration behind the cover artwork for “Lost My Way Home?”

NW: I wanted to create a look that would be recognizable with each single release for the first 12 releases on the newly formed EscaVolt Records label with branding and a good look to it, Lois is very photogenic, so it works well to have her on the artwork itself.

LP: The picture is of me at the beach in Scotland – after returning from what seemed like many years of darkness. For me, that picture marks a moment of being found.

What was the creative process like when making “Lost My Way Home?”

NW: We met at my home studio and after a chat we jumped into recording ! We just keep going until we feel we have enough layers for me to then play with in the cut, stacking harmonies and pining the rhythm. I feel like we learnt a lot about each other and our boundaries and how we work when in creative mode on this first song, the songs after “Lost My Way Home” became all most like we had known each other for years and were very much locked into a shared vision even if we did not see it until it appeared, we have not sat going over melodies or instrument choice etc., “Lost My Way Home” was the only song that we worked on together that was, instrumentally complete before adding the lyrics so the other songs after as a duo really had more of a flow in creativity and allowed Lois more freedom to bring her own interpretations to the mood and story of the lyrics she wrote. It allowed us to learn about each other musically and has allowed for us to know by this point how to get the best out of each other when collaborating on music from scratch, we intend to continue to work together and explore what we can bring to the music world.

LP: We sat down, had some tea and chatted. Listened to the song a bit. Night Wolf sang to me the melodies that he was envisioning, and I tried to take that into action. We actually did a lot of takes as I’m not used to singing more fast paced – I normally long out each syllable.

How long did it take to complete “Lost My Way Home?”

NW: In total from making the song till the final product, I think it was 2 weeks or so, I then made another mix and changed some instrument sounds before releasing it, we were originally going to release the song via my ex publishers, but I decided to no longer release music with them as after a change in management our communication broke down, so it took us nearly a year to release it! But now with the forming of EscaVolt Records, we are releasing our singles each month.

LP: I imagine a few weeks?

What do you two hope fans take away from “Lost My Way Home?”

NW: I hope that they can appreciate the story behind the creation of this song along with the being able to connect with Lois as she tells the story laid out. I hope that my music leaves something with the listener or makes them feel a certain way (hopefully not to turn it off), but yes the happy ending would be to gain more genuine followers that enjoy what we create and what I create as a producer and enjoy the unpredictable side of my music genres. I hope people that listen to this song can relate some how to the lyrics and music and help them when they also feel lost and alone in the world.

LP: I hope they can share that realisation and think about whatever they’re unhappy with in their life – and hopefully that emotion will push them to move forward to something better.

What’s next for you two? Are you both working on any upcoming projects, or do you two have any upcoming shows that we should be on the lookout for?

NW: We have another 3 songs we are releasing together coming in the following order, “Death Of The Wolf” is next on 25th Jan, followed by “Unstoppable” on 22nd Feb, and lastly, “The Laws Of Life” by both me Night Wolf and Lois Powell. I then have other releases coming after this including one with The Fods and hopefully Radio Razeem. We are mainly focusing on gaining placements and spreading the songs before preforming. I have always written music with visuals in mind even when I was not consciously trying to, a lot of what I create comes from scenes I can almost see playing out as the track develops, I can take how I am feeling and then add a layer of how it would be seen or played out in a video. “Lost My Way Home” feels like a moment that would sit very naturally in film or TV during a transition or turning point for a character, that quiet space where something has ended but the next chapter has not fully begun yet. It is not a song that demands attention, it supports the emotion of the scene and lets the visuals breathe while still carrying weight underneath. I can imagine it working well in scenes dealing with isolation, reflection, regret or acceptance, whether that is someone driving at night, walking alone through a city, or even a game moment where the player is given time to pause and process what has just happened, it could also fit well with a reborn again moment or a character developing and moving past a traumatic moment.

Because the song builds without being overbearing, it gives editors room to work with it, leaving space rather than filling every second and working with silence as part of the story telling is something I enjoy to do in my recent works more. Ultimately, I see the song living alongside a story rather than leading it, helping underline a feeling without telling the audience what to think, which is where I think music works best in visual media.

The shows will come later, but of course we would not turn down any offers to preform our music!

LP: No dates as of current.

Where can we follow you both on social media?

NW: Please visit my site for any of your music needs or to browse my works and learn more: www.nightwolfuk.com.
On social media, you can find me @nightwolfuk.
If you would like to collaborate or have a project you would like music for, you can contact me directly here: Contact@nightwolfuk.com.

We hope you will follow our journey.

LP: You can find our more about me and my art here: loispowell.com / on social media: @loispowellmusic.

Before you all go, let’s ask a random question. What is a fun fact about you?

NW: My first real experience with chopsticks in China was on the first night in a bar where I was served fried sweetcorn with a spicy little salad and was given only chopsticks. The floor ate more then me.

Thank you both for the great interview; wish you two much continued success!