I wanted to share this big interview with the entire band earlier already, but due to circumstances behind the scenes I was asked to wait with sharing it here until the second interview of the set was finished and published as well…
So I’ll make it a double feature today. As a birthday present from myself to everyone I could share the interview with all members of 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) at the end of January already: (Re)Introducing: 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) – Arlequin Photography
And today I can add the solo interview with the drummer, 響(Hibiki), to the list: A chat with: 響 (Hibiki) (from 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)) – Arlequin Photography
(Both interviews are also available in Dutch if that’s more your language of choice!)
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Neither of the two actually. I wish I had someone who could help me with these kind of things.
I ask them questions in my not-great-Japanese and they answer based on that. They usually understand what I am trying to say very well. Not just Matenrou Opera, but all artists I’ve ever done interviews with.
Oh yeah, for sure. Though I can honestly say that Sono in particular is one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Hibiki being a close second, because it was actually Hibiki who asked me if I wanted to do a solo interview with him after the interview with the entire band was published.
I did not give any information that I had more questions I wanted to ask to anyone, he somehow either picked up on it, or he was just really lucky that I had something left when he asked me if I was interested in that.
But you also do a lot of interviews (and at a much higher pace than I do). Do you do yours in Japanese, or do you have help / Google Translate?
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