I asked my favorite band, Stylish Nonsense (members:
June & Pok, their soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stylishnonsense)
after their concert they gave in Berlin. Pok antworted me.
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| photo@Stylish Nonsense |
Stylish Nonsense: they were borned at the moment while we were doing live performance in concert, big or small show...
Lajhi: How do you record them and reproduce them at concerts?
Stylish Nonsense: we recorded direct to our ears and reproduce in next few second, and re reproduce on next show. we practise like this
Lajhi: I felt it was partially a jam, like you took the original theme and set it free.
Stylish Nonsense: we have old tracks like our original them and composition
when we were sit in front of computer or spend time with instruments, arranged-composed
them together that was we did in our first era (1994-2007) we play some of
those tracks in our present live sometime and set them free
Lajhi: Does this music come from your hearts? (please confirm!)
Stylish Nonsense: yes, direct from heart of loving music
Lajhi: You live in Thailand. How are your lives there? Can I hear you play somewhere when I'm there? in Bangkok?
Stylish Nonsense: we were borned Thailand and study and grow up like other
kid in Bangkok. We have some music talent until we met each other in university
(1994) and started writing song together then we know music is what we’re love
and always excite. at first start not so many chance to play at all. but these
day we play few times per month for friends event, in different venue in
bangkok, need to check by month or week because bangkok events always last
minute planing. our favourite place to play in bangkok is 'The Overstay’
because it so freedom.
Lajhi: Do you have favorite musicians? Who inspires you? (not only musicians)
Stylish Nonsense: if musician, June like Herby Hancock, Pok like George Harrison, if not only musical John Lennon also inspired to pok
Lajhi: To me your band seems like the true meaning of "band". I witnessed strong mutual trust, respect and attention when you played. How did you find each other? What motivates you?
Stylish Nonsense: we were study at engineering faculty, there’s no other
friends who interested in and addicted in music, there’s some of music talent
friends but not same style, then we have no choice to formed band together. we
don’t want to be 2 members band from first start but it had to be...
we’re in the band together from student time, to office work routine time,
to married and have children time, to hard time, poor or little poor or health
situation, then we have to stop spend time for making music together and stop
talking each other that was wasting more time to create music and deal with
life. but we still keep only performing live without talking each other
seriously, from 2008 to now, we met only at show without talking, all the
booking was only email or text message that pok sent to june with no reply at
all that very risk to miss appointment that only happen few times for the whole
happen. i think we’re so trust in music, we need no any word for each other
it’s 8 years already i can’t believe too but it happen for real. This made me
never disappoint in music we play. our relationship is stylish nonsense music
that enough. and stylish nonsense way help us deal with life :)
we love and enjoy to play with other great musician too if they like,
because we play together so long then we can go further easier than any
combination we tried.
Lajhi: The West German band "CAN" played psychedelic rock music in
the 70's. Your singing reminded me of the same elemental powers I feel when I
hear CAN. Here is one song from them. What do you think? CAN: Vitamin C
Stylish Nonsense: I love CAN i knew their songs for few years, my singing
just influenced by The Charlatans and Nirvana that i was listen to their songs
when i was student, it can’t help that i still think about try to write song
and melody that i was like when teenage time.
Lajhi: I mentioned this to you when I came up to you after the concert. This
did not bother you, on the contrary, you were interested. This association can
be amusing sometimes... but some people hate it. Not you, so I will give
another comparison
Stylish Nonsense: comparison is the way to communicate thing to thing, i
understand, we all maybe have same experience but different environment
different time, i have no negative or positive when comparison :)
Lajhi: One of my flatmates records music in his room. It is very interesting
and original and experimental. Your music also reminded me of this kind of
freedom. There is no sense of competition. How do you do this? In Europe the
pressure is really strong: career, social expectations, you have to show others
and yourself that you are cool and successful. Otherwise people will crush you.
Does this exist where you live? If yes, how can you turn off the pressure? How
do you manage to slow down to the speed of sound?
Stylish Nonsense: i don’t think music is problem or competition but people.
i don’t expect in music, music make me don’t expect to. that why we stop too
much discuss, when we hear the sound when pok play and june play. it tell us
everything we want to know. i think your friend found this too.
Lajhi: I went home after your concert filled with life. Your music filled me
with loads of positive energy. Is there something you'd like to express to
people in another form-- in words?
Stylish Nonsense: we've ever say the word that 'music can cure every
sickness' :)
Lajhi: Your music was released by panda records, this is an own release if I
am not mistaken. Do you work with other musicians' recordings, releases,
distribution? Do you support other musicians and if yes, who are they?
Stylish Nonsense: panda records is bangkok based music label that pok run
for support other thai indie bands, stylish nonsense was produced or remixed
some tracks for many thai major and indie acts in past. the recently produced
by pok is ‘Hariguem Zaboy’ ‘Monomania' 'Abstraction XL’ ‘Summer Dress’
Lajhi: Thank You for your antworts!
