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leepyard. . . let yourself sail away on dream I N D U C I N G S O N I C WAV E S as they transport you into a world of endless summer and the innocence of childhood. T he most powerful music has that special q uality that lets you close your eyes and drift
off to magical places . A N D F O R S L E E P YA R D, I T ’ S A L L A B O U T L I F e ’ S L I T T L E D E -
TA I L S A N D H OW T H E Y C A N B E T R A N S F E R R E D O N T O the group ’ s musical c A N VA S . T his is the soundtrack to memories past and tomorrow ’ s dreams . I n between working on the group ’ s new album , future lines , oliver kersbergen took time to answer our q uestions . . .
SOLAR ANGELS: Can you give us a brief introduction to Sleepyard, its history, mission and members... OLIVER: I was playing guitar in a hardcore punk rock band called “Detached” with my brother on bass. We were never the most orthodox punk rockers (as the other two bandmembers were) and we tried to put as many strange influences in the music as possible. Still it was somewhat limited in terms of musical creativity, so i had to do something on my own. I recorded a demo in 1994 called “Velvet sky”
under the name, Sleepyard. Here was my dream influenced pop music and i felt much more at home doing this material. So then my brother
also joined Sleepyard and “Detached” disbanded. We started to record many songs and learn the craft of constructing new sounds. The studio became a playground and a place for great experimentation. We released our first EP “Intersounds” in 1999 and it did get very good reviews. There was nothing like it released at the time. So then we started a permanent live band and started playing free form versions of our songs. It was always meant to be a separate experience from our records. We released a our first long player in 2001, “Big monday”. This was a
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