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Grand Tralala by Purple Prose

Artist Biography For Purple Prose

Purple Prose Is A Bluesy Band From Brussels With "older" Musicians Among Who Dani Klein Returning To The Forefront After A Number Of Years Of Absence. The Group Was Founded When Musicians Thierry Plas And Marc Ysaye Both Member Of The Symphonic Rockgroup Machiavel That Had A Revival At The End Of The Nineties The Second One Also Drummer For Burning Plague And An Influential Radio-Presentor On Radio 21 Where Jamming Together With Jan Cordemans And Werner Braito Both Ex-Responsibles Jan Used To Play With Rick Tubbax Werner With Vaya Con Dios . The Result Of This Jamsession Was So Good According To These Gentlemen That They Started Looking For A Singer. They Didn't Have To Look Far To Find A Really Good One Since The Girlfriend Of Mr. Plas Dani Klein Was Prepared To Take The Job On As She Had Rested Enough After The Hectic Times With Vaya Con Dios. In A Relaxed And Domestic Atmosphere In A Homestudio They Started Working And Recording Songs For About A Year And A Half. The Basic Principle In All This Was That Everything Had To Be "spontaneous" "We All Know Each Other Really Well We Are All Forty-Somethings We Don't Have The Constant Urge To Prove Ourselves Any Longer. It Rather Went Like We Get Together And We'll See What Happens. We Also All Make A Living Well With Activities Outside Of The Band. There Was No Pressure.".
Still The Project Was Tackled With Some "sérieux". Dani Confessed In Weekend-Knack "that The Choosing Of The Name For Example Has Taken Several Meetings. It All Needs To Be Really Good But This Time I Want To Take Success Into My Own Hand I Want To Make The Choices Of Interviews And Gigs". The Resounding Fame Of The Names In The Band Gave Them A Deal With Major BMG. On The Self-Titled Debut CD In 1999 The Bio States That The Mixture Of Preferences In Music Of The Different Band Members Old Blues Led Zeppelin Folk Robert Wyatt Chanson Resulted In An "energetic Album With Daring Eclecticism" Although Other Heard A Rather Moody Melancholic Album With A Lot Of Life-Experience And Great Skill. The Lyrics To The Songs Are Mostly From Dani Klein With The Help Of Ian Ramsey Poet Jacques Crickillon And Suzanna Strub In English Spanish French And German. Band Members - Dani Klein Vocals - Werner Braito Harmonica - Jan Cordemans Bass - Thierry Plas Guitar - Marc Ysaye Drums

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