| ......................................INTERVIEW |
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| . | with Bastiaan Los, the keyboard player of Dutch Progressive Rock Band TROY |
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by
Sergio Motta,
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Sergio
Motta - From what I could get, Troy was formerly called Sinical Glance.
What has
Bastiaan Los: In the first place leadsinger Frank left the stage and female singer Marrieke replaced him. A new ‘golden’ voice gave the band a new sound. Another change is the writing process of the songs of Troy; the composition of a song is based on a melody instead of a chord sequence. Each song has it’s own atmosphere. Compared to Sinical Glance you’ll find heavier parts in the new songs. The music we make we describe as progressive melodic rock.You have said that you were looking for a new sound, an inspiration source and creative impulses. Have you attained your aim already, or is there still something to be caught up? Bastiaan Los: I have to admit that trying to create your own sound is a continuing process, which will never end. It’s the beauty of making music. Last year we wrote ten beautiful songs (not yet on cd), so the inspiration and the creative impulses were there. I hope we won’t lose them. Will a writer’s block appear, it will be time for a holiday.Concerning your debut ‘Truth or delusion’ you have depicted the passion and the resurrection of Jesus Christ through a rock opera while the band was still called Sinical Glance. This work is apparently taken for a grandiose production. How did you idealise fulfilling such a project? Bastiaan Los: The opera was written in a one and a half year period. At that time we collected money by doing some gigs. It had always been our wish to do such a project. It was the challenge to translate an existing story into music. This part of the bible is characterised by many different atmospheres which we worked out in different songs. When the songs were ready they were linked together in order to fit into one musical story. We spend 8 days in the studio and then we were out of money.‘Truth or Delusion’. Was that title merely given to the EP as a reference of the theme to be depicted by the band, or does it reflect indeed a polemical view of you, in which it is related to the story itself? Bastiaan Los: Besides bringing a musical opera about the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ we give the listener a short message at the end of the cd. The story is an important part of history and we encourage everyone to make a choice: is it the truth or is it a delusion?As far as I can understand only some lucky listeners have got the chance of knowing your work, which has been under a promotional finality. Is there already a perspective of you to have this work issued officially? Bastiaan Los: I have to disappoint you. It’s hard for us to earn money for a new project. Progressive rock is not that popular in Holland, so it’s hard to get some gigs. Besides that we still don’t have a record company. We’re promoting Troy with the promo-single and I think that the big bang will come some day. We can hardly wait to record our new songs and release a full-length album.I have known the bass player Arjan Pijning was temporarily away from the band after suffering a bicycle accident on a mountain ride. Did you get to break off the band activities on that time through? Bastiaan Los: We slowed down our activities a bit that time. We found out how important the roll of the bass is in our songs. A big hurrah for Arjan, he’s back and he rocks the world again!Troy has been lately taken for a mature and promising band, and a bit of it is being imputed tot the change of its name. Don’t you think the change of the band’s name is one of the less important things in the evolutionary process of the band? Bastiaan Los: Yes, that’s true, but now we all like the name and with ‘Sinical Glance’ that wasn’t the case. Because we changed musically, the change of our name meant something more.For the time being you are working hard in the making of the new album. According to you some brand new songs are ready and also some other old ones are being improved. Regarding the oldest songs, will there be some alteration on their original version? Bastiaan Los: For most of the songs the creation of the atmosphere and sound is a long process. When a song is finished, we hardly ever change it. The members of Troy are growing regarding their technique on their individual instruments: that leads to some positive changes.Would you like to impart a message for all those who appreciate progressive rock music, and will likely have the opportunity to read your interview on our site? Bastiaan Los: Don’t stop buying cd’s of your favourite progrockbands. One day progrock’s gonna conquer the world! They don’t know what they’re missing!. Sergio Motta |
Marrieke
van Veelen - Vocals & Saxophone
Sinical
Glance Discography:
Troy
Discography:
Troy
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1999 the Dutch Symphonic Rock Band "Sinical Glance" brought out it's first
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