Not sure that everybody would appreciate that, or understand, but to me humor is important, and I love musical kind of humor. Of course, there are some love lyrics, but there are quite a lot of songs that has completely different touch as well. I think the album has its own twists lyrically. Lyrically, what is represented on the new album? Any intention of keeping it traditional AOR and several topics about hate, ehem.love? We both used a lot of colored chords and it could have been a train wreck, but it works like a charm. Despite that we didn’t communicate about it both our arrangement parts/ideas, it worked like a charm together and that's what on the album as well. It was just to insert the tracks and mix it. Two days later I had Lars vocal tracks in the mailbox. I then did the orchestral arrangement for the song, but never sent it to Lars. For example on the song "Waltz for the Movies" I wrote the song and sent just a guide, piano track and the lyrics to Lars. Lars has a unique way of thinking and arranging melodies and it works great together with my way of thinking/arranging. Small tweaks only and mostly to suit his voice. I write songs and the melody is always my starting point and in focus. That's important for me since I don't write backgrounds and let singers come up with their own ideas for melodies. He has total freedom on harmonies, but he's been very true to my original melodies. How much flexibility did you allow him on vocal harmonies, melodies, etc.? We both work with other things as well so the pace has gone both up and down. Since then when have been working on this album. In 2015 I sent Lars some songs and asked if any of them was something he would consider singing. We met for the first time when WOA played support for TOTO in Smögen. Already in 2010, I talked with Lars, since he sang demo vocals on the songs. I play bass, keyboards and rhythm guitars as well on these songs. "Castaway" on the second WOA album "In Progress" and "The Turning Point" of the third album "Framework". Two of them ended up on Work of Art albums. In 2010 Robert and me met and wrote a bunch of songs together. Only the song "Let The Games Begin" is written and recorded during the lockdown. Not at all a lockdown album! This album has been in the making since 2015 and the most of it was written and recorded before the lockdown. Would you say it's a "lockdown" project or something else? How did you hook up with Lars Säfsund from Work Of Art? Lars also shows a little bit more of himself and what he is able to do, I think. I know it's important for Lars to feel that songs suit his vocal style and he sings truly amazing on this album. We recorded 17 and 13 in total are being used (with the Japanese bonus track). Many of them really great too, and I will try to use them in the future for other artists. I have written many more songs that haven't been used. A clear focus on the melodies and Lars also have had a big impact on what songs that has ended up on the album. Hard to completely change yourself, so there are of course some similarities, but I think this album has less prog than Grand Illusion. Are we supposed to expect the same grand work on this project? The Grand Illusion trademark is a Work Of Art, an almost technological approach to albums and sound. I think we have discussed at least 100 name suggestions, but to find a good band name is 10 times harder than to write an album. Instead of using our names, we used parts of our band names instead. Easy to think that, but the name is more of a salute to our past. ANDERS RYDHOLM.Īrt Of Illusion? (AOI) Are we running out of band names :) Find out more about the project and what to expect from the band in January-21. has been praising the 'grand work of art illusion' in the past. Plenty of sing-a-long moments and Swedish AOR at its most technological and crafty approach. It's their tribute to music that focus on great melodies, big catchy hooks and tons of background vocals. This is what you get when you combine the melodic music of Anders Rydholm (GRAND ILLUSION, Code, Demon Kakka) with the magic voice of Lars Säfsund (WORK OF ART, Lionville). "X Marks The Spot" - the debut album available from AOR-Heaven, Germany and from Marquee/Avalon in Japan, release date: January 2021. Art Of Illusion interview (2020/)ĪRT OF ILLUSION - It's Melodic Music from Anders Rydholm (keyboards, bass, rhythm guitars) and Lars Säfsund (lead and background vocals, keyboards).
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