Back in Holland, Lilian fine-tuned the album whilst productiehuis ON assisted in converting this ‘sampled’ album into a live event. Samples and ‘real’ instruments are the building blocks for Lilian’s music, a pastische of times past and present. Old Powder New Guns is an album to engage and enthrall, much like a good suspense film. Lilian incorporates the sound of ‘real’ musicians on both the album and in her live performance: bass, drums, strings, brass, guitar and piano, an eleven piece band beautifully set within a web of samples.
LILIAN HAK
Saturday 28 May 2011 2011
Singer/song writer Lilian Hak took a flight of fancy from her native Holland to the bustling city of Bangkok, armed with nothing more than her fascination for the film music of yesteryear and a collection of old movies. High above the steamy city streets on the 22nd floor of a friend’s apartment, ‘Old Powder New Guns’ came into being: a patchwork of samples cut from the cloth of old classics. The music from these films served as the inspiration behind this collection of songs charged with drama, glamour and suspense.