Netherland Dwarf
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Topic: Netherland Dwarf
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Subject: Netherland Dwarf
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 10:17
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NETHERLAND DWARF is a one-man band from Tokyo, whose sole permanent member so far have chosen to stay anonymous. While this musical endeavour made it's first digital appearance in 2008, it wasn't until 2010 that it solidified into something concrete. Debut album Moi Moi was recorded and mixed in 2010, and in the summer of 2011 this production was picked up and released by French label Musea Records. I got in touch with Anonymyous and here is the Netherland Dwarf story and the songs he sent me for our enjoyment. ###################################################################################
Why,
when and where did you set up Netherland Dwarf ?
I
came up with the name "Netherland Dwarf" officially in
early 2010. The recording of the first album was almost finished
then.
Did
you play in any other bands before setting up Netherland Dwarf ?
I
used to play in some other bands, but they had no relation with prog
music, and I did no recordings with them. I did some DJ work at some
dance clubs until this release of the CD.
Why
did you choose that name and which bands were you influenced by ?
Netherland
Dwarf is a name of a famous kind of rabbit. The reason is that the
pop and friendly images from the rabbit are similar to my musical
ideals.
My
favorite artists are VANGELIS and ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA.
My
album contains a lot of keyboards, I was influenced by COLLEGIUM
MUSICUM a lot.
Of
course I love EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER and EKSEPTION, as well.
And
beyond these, SEBASTIAN HARDIE's continental style had big influence
on this album,
and
of course, there was influence from HANS LUNDIN (KAIPA) who
participated in the album.
I
love various types of music, as well as prog music....so I cannot
tell you all the names of them.
The
identity of yourself is Anonymous. As a world exclusive, do you want
to reveal your identity here ?
You
should imagine a lovely rabbit, because I don't want to break your
dreamy imagination.
 Your
debut album Moi Moi was released earlier this year. Please tell us
more about this album. How would you describe the music on this album
?
The
debut album "moi moi" consists of nine tracks (one of them
is a bonus track). The language of the greeting in Finland was chosen
as the album title, because it is a first album. I want to give the
listeners my greetings.
As
you know, nowadays, we can purchase single track on the Internet, so
I made each track to be able to be released as a single CD.
This
album is a concept album. From dawn to night, a rabbit does various
things, so imagine the rabbit while listening to the music, please.
I
just remembered that I often listened to BO HANSSON's "Music
Inspired By Watership Down"during the recording.
That
album is also a concept album of a rabbit, isn't it ?
What
have you been up to since the release of that album and what are your
plans for the immediate future ?
Thanks
to prog fans all over the world, it seems that "moi moi" is
spreading day by day.
I
am very happy and grateful for my fans.
I
have uploaded an unreleased track on YouTube, so listen to it,
please.
About
my future schedule after the debut, I will release Toy Music that has
a Symphonic Rock element. Maybe it will be released as a download
release. About a second album of Netherland Dwarf, God only knows.
To
wrap up this interview, is there anything you want to add to this ?
As
you know, Japan was hit by the terrible earthquakes on March 11th
this year. I was processing the contract with MUSEA RECORDS then.
Many CDs in Japan were delayed being released because of the
earthquake, and concerts were called off.
And
during this period of suffering, I am very happy to send my music to
more people around the world. Thank
you very much for reading this interview until the end.
I
want to express my thanks to the stuff of Prog Archives for giving me
this brilliant chance, as well.
(think about rabbits)
(don't forget........imagine rabbits)
Thank you to our Japanese friend for this interview The PA profile is http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6561" rel="nofollow - and the homepage is http://www.myspace.com/netherlanddwarf" rel="nofollow -
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Posted By: m2thek
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 12:15
| Yay =) I really love Moi Moi, I'm excited for whatever else ND has got coming! |