"...Wigelius with their debut album, "Reinventions", left us hungry for more! For more melodies, for more catchy songs and generally for more good music. Nowadays, the band released its brand new single "Please, please, please" which is the perfect appetizer of what to expect from its up-coming new album later this year. Jakob Svensson, the guitarist of Wigelius is back again to Heavy Paradise to share some really interesting things about the new Wigelius record but also some other cool stuff. Enjoy!...."
Reviewer Vassilis Hassirtzoglou
Reviewer Vassilis Hassirtzoglou
Heavy Paradise : Hello, Jake, it’s really a
pleasure to have you back in Heavy Paradise for another
interview!
Jakob : Hi! Thanks for having me back!! Always a
pleasure talking to you guys!
Heavy Paradise : You guys
in Wigelius left us hungry with your catchy single “Please, please,
please”! Really awesome tune, Jake! Can you give us a ‘picture’ of how the
new album will sound and when it’s gonna be released? Are there going to be
differences between the debut and the new one?
Jakob: Thanks man!! I’m glad you liked
it!
We really feel that we’re on the right
path here. The new tracks are a good projection of where we wanna go sonically.
We’re aiming for a tighter sound with some modern stuff thrown in there. It’s
just like before with lots of guitars and huge drums but with a smother
production. I just have to mention that Eric is an extremely talented producer
and engineer. And the way we can discuss and come up with everything in the
studio is just killer!
This release is going to be different from
the debut for sure and we can only hope that people will like it even
better!
We’re so blessed finding Pär Winberg at
Atenzia Records that really believes in us and lets us go our own way! The new
album will hopefully be out this fall!
Heavy Paradise : In “Reinventions”,
Anders and Erik were the main songwriters except from “Right Here, Right
Now” that you co-wrote it with. The new album will be a result of a more
team work regarding of the songwriting?
Jakob : Yeah! Nowadays the three of us are
co-writing almost all the new stuff! And it’s a fun process! We complement each
other in a great way and we try out all ideas before we decide whether to keep
them or not. In fact, this goes so well that we’re overfed with new material!
Haha!!
Heavy Paradise : From where you draw your ideas to
compose music, Jake? What are the things that inspire you most?
Jakob :Oh, that’s a tricky question! I think I’m
inspired by everything I’ve ever heard and all the people I’ve played with over
the years. But the easiest way to analyze it is that I’m a sucker for great
melodies!
A friend of mine once told me, when we
were going through one of my playlists: “Jake, you only like songs that are
meant to be sung from the top of a mountain” Hahaha! He could be right… But
really I’m into lots of music!
As for my guitar parts I’m also thinking
in the line of melodies and what fits the song best! I always go from what I
hear in my head before I start recording it. If someone not working with music
can sing along with one of my solos I’m a happy man! =) But of course as a
guitar player I’m also in to the shred thing but I think that stuff has to be
played in the right context.
Heavy Paradise : In your debut, you had the
valuable help of Harry Hess and Daniel Flores who mastered and
produced the album respectively. Are they both going to be part of the new
album, too?
Jakob :No, all cred goes to Eric! =) He’s
amazing!!
We had a blast working with Daniel and
Harry but now we can really focus and take the time to sculpture the songs the
way we want them. As I’ve said before, we wouldn’t be here without Daniel and
we’re so grateful for that!
We did an opening act for Harem Scarem
last year and it was great to finally meet Harry in person but it’s so much
easier just working within the band nowadays. We’re complementing each other and
that goes from writing the songs to arrange them and finally polish them
together.
Heavy Paradise : Let’s get back to your new
single “Please, please, please”. As I already said above, this new one is
extremely catchy and I love it! Are you satisfied by the feedback so far? Is
there going to be a video-clip?
Jakob :Yeah! Thanks mate!!
We’re overthrown with great feedback on these new tracks! And we want to send our love to all of you that believe in us! We know we have killer record coming out this year and we’re really proud of what we’ve done so far! We hope not to disappoint you guys!
We’re overthrown with great feedback on these new tracks! And we want to send our love to all of you that believe in us! We know we have killer record coming out this year and we’re really proud of what we’ve done so far! We hope not to disappoint you guys!
We haven’t planned any video as I’m
writing this but I think there’s a great chance for that with the next
single!
Heavy Paradise :
Both H.E.A.T. and Dynazty released some really impressive albums
this year! You guys, with your debut left a promise of some bigger things in
the near future. Now, do you believe, the future comes to prove
that WIGELIUS has a lot to offer and to be one of leaders in the Euro
melodic rock scene? What does the word ‘recognition’ mean to you?
Jakob : It’s really up to you guys to decide! =)
If I may be a little philosophical here, I
don’t believe in competing in music. I know some of the guys from Dynazty and
they’re just great and I’m a big fan of H.E.A.T.’s music! Variety is a good
thing!
We’re doing this from the bottom of our
hearts and we’re all thinking of WIGELIUS as a life-project! If people like what
we do we’re even happier!!
Heavy Paradise : With which bands would you
be delighted to play with in a gig? Are there plans for live performances to
promote your new music?
Jakob :That really doesn’t matter as long as the
audience is with us! Of course we would be delighted to play with our big heroes
like Whitesnake, ToTo, Journey… but so far we’re really glad with the response
we’ve got on stage! It’s amazing when people sing along with the songs and when
we played in Madrid last year the crowd was tearing it up! We’d love to do that
again and we’d love to come out and play more shows in Europe. When we’re done
with the studio stuff we’re aiming towards that!
Heavy Paradise : Closing this interview Jake,
is there something else that you wanna add or something to tell to your
fans?
Jakob :I’d like to thank Heavy Paradise for
taking the time to do this interview! To all our fans – we love you!
Keep track of the new things coming out on
our Facebook-page and website!
Rock’n’roll!!!
Heavy Paradise : Thanks, mate, for this
interview. I want to wish you and Wigelius all the best for your future plans
and one last thing....keep on releasing great music!!!
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