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ay_link June 23rd, 2008

Another great article found in today’s news about Alex and “My Vintage Romance.” Wow, is he on the spotlight or what thesedays? =) So happy for him though.
This article is a great reading for me. So glad they interviewed him about his view and take on the album, as what he had in mind gives me more insights as when I re-listen his album again and again.

Alex “What I had to give up to make my album”

2008’s romantic guy Clazziquai’s Alex takes off his ‘mask’ before public. He recently released his first album “My Vintage Romance”, the album that Alex himself challenged himself as his own music producer. For four years, no doubt his musical view is influenced a lot by Clazziquai, but this album was actually planned to be released last year, lbum has already been released late last year to plan for six months between the time the album has more space, tailored work.

As Alex looked back into his past, he said, “I wasn’t prepared. I felt like I would regret it if I continued on like this. So eventually I decided to circle on Clazziquai’s 3.5 album.” Regarding his solo album, he mentioned that “It is completely different from Clazziquai and it is my own music.” Alex gave up the familiar style of Clazziquai music style and even the nuance as a whole and just made a whole new album.

“When i was in Clazziquai the only thing we did was have fun with the recording. I was just an instrument in DJ Clazzi and my scoop was limited to only singing. But in this album, I am the main producer, so I get to pick which songs I want, and when I wrote the lyrics, my emotions and interpretation are imprinted in them. Including the album artwork, there are no parts where my arguments for and against aren’t included. “

While his style in Korea is seen as elite electronica styles, for his album, he tried writing different styles of music as he has broaden his music view after Clazziquai. “The track with Dynamic Duo’s Gaeko was a mixed of hiphop music, and the “Waltz Lession” has a image of girlfriend and having her on top of your shoes dancing along the music. I needed a song where everyone could enjoy at a concert such as “Lovers” so that’s why I included this song and “Daisy” is a song where you can sing along straight away”, he added.

“I bravely threw away the desire to compose music. Instead of making an ablum that will be in my memory fits my satisfaction, I wanted to make a well-made album,” said Alex.
“From my durablitiy, it is still hard to accomplish… ” he said it truthfully.

And as we know, Alex was working on his album which was the reason why he had to leave the show (”We Got Married”). Because of this he got questioned by many, but his reply was short and simple, “I don’t gamble in a game where I don’t have success. But I gave up many things but I think I gained so much more… “

And at the end of the article, the writer of this article concludes, “I think Alex is smarter than he appears.”
Well, can’t argue on that for sure =)

(*special thanks to sanbi & kiki08 for the quick help*)

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