Glare Seethe
07-14-2003, 09:48 AM
Someone on the Zwan board translated it from Dutch, and there are some really interesting bits of information there:
"Talking about recordings: in September [or perhaps earlier because of the premature return of the band] the recordings of the new album start. A record that will be put out under the name Djali Zwan.
JC: "That's just going to be a DVD. There won't be an audio-CD, just a video of the recording-process, live in-studio footage."
Djali Zwan is the more modest and acoustic incarnation of Zwan. Given the work David Pajo delivered with his brilliant project Papa M, it seems that there will be a lead part for him in this record.
DP: "It's the style I feel comfortable with. It's also in line with my solo work."
JC: "We're going to rely on Pajo's handy work for the next record. It's of course right up his alley. And hopefully Dave will sing a lot of songs. We really want him to take the lead part in this. He just knows what he's dong. Zwan is a band with a big diversity of musical talent. Everyone has a different angle and has strong features. So we want to exploit David and Paz more, musically speaking then."
And then there are rumours of more incarnations of Zwan. There is talk of a hard, metal variant, a more ambient, film music/soundscape variant and perhaps even more. Chamberlin was rumoured to write songs.
JC: "That's right. Billy and I worked at home at some soundtrack material for the Chicago Bears. I've got a more jazz-like b.ackground. So we might go into that direction.
...
There's certainly some prog-rock material on the way. And apart from that we'll just see where it ends. We're taking it one album at a time."
JC: "Zwan's strongest feature is the live interpretation of the songs. We're going to bet on that on our next record; record a lot of songs live. The first record was a statement, to get a foot in the door. Streamlined and pop. Our plans for the next album are more in the direction of Mary Star of the Sea-like tracks. The long threaded epic songs. We didn't want to confuse people from the start, so we kept it simple"
Well, it sounds pretty damn promising, but I'm not sure I want to get my hopes up. Click
here (http://zwan.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=2606028202&f=9116028202&m=6196066073) for the thread with the full article.
"Talking about recordings: in September [or perhaps earlier because of the premature return of the band] the recordings of the new album start. A record that will be put out under the name Djali Zwan.
JC: "That's just going to be a DVD. There won't be an audio-CD, just a video of the recording-process, live in-studio footage."
Djali Zwan is the more modest and acoustic incarnation of Zwan. Given the work David Pajo delivered with his brilliant project Papa M, it seems that there will be a lead part for him in this record.
DP: "It's the style I feel comfortable with. It's also in line with my solo work."
JC: "We're going to rely on Pajo's handy work for the next record. It's of course right up his alley. And hopefully Dave will sing a lot of songs. We really want him to take the lead part in this. He just knows what he's dong. Zwan is a band with a big diversity of musical talent. Everyone has a different angle and has strong features. So we want to exploit David and Paz more, musically speaking then."
And then there are rumours of more incarnations of Zwan. There is talk of a hard, metal variant, a more ambient, film music/soundscape variant and perhaps even more. Chamberlin was rumoured to write songs.
JC: "That's right. Billy and I worked at home at some soundtrack material for the Chicago Bears. I've got a more jazz-like b.ackground. So we might go into that direction.
...
There's certainly some prog-rock material on the way. And apart from that we'll just see where it ends. We're taking it one album at a time."
JC: "Zwan's strongest feature is the live interpretation of the songs. We're going to bet on that on our next record; record a lot of songs live. The first record was a statement, to get a foot in the door. Streamlined and pop. Our plans for the next album are more in the direction of Mary Star of the Sea-like tracks. The long threaded epic songs. We didn't want to confuse people from the start, so we kept it simple"
Well, it sounds pretty damn promising, but I'm not sure I want to get my hopes up. Click
here (http://zwan.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=2606028202&f=9116028202&m=6196066073) for the thread with the full article.