Muziktology
"MUSIQUE AVANT TOUTE CHOSE"
What is your main motivation to create and be creative? Being able to share ideas and emotions not easily conveyed through words or visuals is the reason I create. There are strange surfaces to explore, and Off Land is the vessel I share to experience these aural realms.
Sit Down and Listen #23 features Arborescent by the Romanian post-rockers Valerinne self released in 2013.
What are the actual steps that you take when you are creating? Do you need to enter or go to a certain setting in order to get creative? For me, the best environment to create something is set up by having a lot of time, no disturbance through internet or people and a pleasant, quite atmosphere and enough food and coffee ;-). I can work very good at home. But sometimes I have to compose in between appointments, rehearsals etc. which can be inspiring too, because then you do not overthink things to much.
How long does it take to go from a song to an album from scratch to the fully recorded version? I think it's all dependent on how much you work on it. For me I think 8 months to a year is a suitable time frame. Usually when I think a track is complete, I will go for a week to a month, months of not working on it at all, and revisit it later to see if I feel it needs to be developed more.
Hidden Gems in Plain Sight #21 features Until Your Chest Explodes by Our Ceasing Voice & Matthew Ryan released on That Day Last November in 2013 on Frontal Noize.
Sit Down and Listen #20 features Kokomo by Kokomo released in 2013 at Toppershouse Recordings.
Hidden Gems in Plain Sight #16 features Gemma by Alira Mun released as a single in 2017.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? I’m not a particularly happy person so I don’t really have a definition for it. I think for me the closest to a state of happiness is achieving peace of mind; feeling confident and loved, having a reason to get out of bed in the morning with a smile on my face. I’m not quite there yet.
Tanu Index’s Track of the Week #6 features Der Einsiedler by the Dutch band Urfaust released on the album Einsiedler in 2009 at Ván Records.
Sit Down and Listen #12 features The Ever Shifting Fields by the Swedish band Seas of Years released in 2016.