Dan Britton Interview, 2009

This is an interview I did with Dan Britton (Deluge Grander, Birds & Buildings, All Over Enerywhere) in 2009. 
It was posted originally in Prog Archives and Progressive Ears.
Thanks to Duncan Glenday for the editing and arrangements and to Debby Sears for the pictures and Frank Stickles for the video at the end.


Progressive Ears (Assaf Vestin): Can you tell us about your musical journey - what were your favourite childhood bands/musicians? How did you come to listen to Prog-Rock?

Dan Britton: The first music I remember obtaining as a kid were cassette albums by Bryan Adams, Howard Jones, Don Henley, The Cars, and Phil Collins when I was about 7 or 8 years old in the mid-1980's. Then I got into The Eagles and ZZ Top when I was about 12. The big revelation was getting Genesis' Duke CD and then, a few weeks later in 1991, Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot, on the same day. After Genesis came Yes, then ELP, then King Crimson, then Gentle Giant, and of course I became aware of Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd along the way, but didn't get as enthralled with them.

Osada Vida interview, 2009

Here's an interview I did with Osada Vida in 2009 in light of their then new album, Uninvited Dreams.
This interview was posted in Prog Archives and Progressive Ears. The version below is taken from Progressive Ears. Thanks to Duncan Glenday for the editing and design.


Assaf Vestin: For those unfamiliar with Osada Vida, can you give us a brief background of the band? How did it come to be, and what were your musical influences?

Adam Podzimski (Drums): Osada Vida was set up in 1997.  Lukasz and I created the band in 1997 as a trio.  The members of our band had changed several times and the same was with our music.  In the year 2000 we recorded our first demo album Moment Krytyczny (The Critical Moment).  Since then we have recorded two more albums: W Drodze Na Ksiezyc in 2002 and Osada Vida in 2004.

Our music was changing, developing you can hear it on our previous albums.  But the year 2005 was very crucial to our band.  We invited the new guitarist - Bartek Bereska - and released an album Three Seats Behind a Triangle in 2006.  We try to find an inspiration in every good piece of music.  No matter if it’s pop, jazz, metal or even classical music.

Lukasz Lisiak (Bass): Together with Adam, we wished to play our favorites’ music: Rush, King Crimson, Camel, early Porcupine Tree, Talk Talk and a stuff from 4 AD.  We never chose any style or never gave it a name.  We simply wished to play the music, which we felt, we loved, enjoyed and we wanted to listen to.