You’ve been living in NYC for many years, what are you currently working on?
I've been living in NYC for 7 years now. I work at the New School's university's equipment center, taking care of cameras etc. for student projects. In my free time, I write songs for my album or occasionally score some short films for independent filmmakers here. I'm scoring a film at the moment.
What’s the inspiration for your upcoming album and when is it scheduled to come out?
The new album is already out via iTunes since January 14th and limited copies of CDs were scheduled to come out by the end of Jan, but Bangkok's political situation is delaying it, so will probably see it in store by mid-Feb. As for inspiration, I wanted to make something bright for this album because artists from so::on dry flower seems to have a stigma of being dark and, to many listeners, and difficult to listen to. I'm also bored of dark and serious music. So I set out to write something simple, fun and friendly--a pop album of sort.
What’s next? Do you have plan for a gig in Bangkok?
I have a small gig here in my friend's living room coming next week. We plan to film it and release it on youtube. I'm not sure about going back to Bangkok at the moment. Thailand seems so chaotic right now.
What was your inspiration for this clip?
My brother Warut, the director of this video, wanted to film me writing in my bedroom studio, but we don't want to show our recording equipment to the audience because we don't want kids to feel like they need all those expensive equipment to make music. Plus we didn't have a lot of money to make the MV. One day, I came across a documentary called Caine's Arcade and was really inspired by that. Me and my brother also love watching Sweded films on youtube (amateur recreations of famous films after Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind).
How long did it take to shoot, what was the hardest part?
It took about 5 shooting days and about a month to make all those props. The shooting was easy because we knew exactly what kind of shots we want. The hardest part is getting people together for the shoot. We wanted our good friends to play in it but they are all so busy with schools and jobs, so scheduling the shoot was a bit tough.
check out "Kor Hai Ter" below
