Solo Project 2002 Violet UK.

Q: Good evening, Yoshiki!!
Y: Good evening
Q:It's great to hear your voice again, we don't have much time let's us start the question.
Y: Yes.
Q: Can you explain about the work you're doing right now?
Y: Yes! The work we have been pushing it is call Violet UK
Q: Violet UK, we have been heard of it. What is it mean and how you came up to it?
Y: As  you know violet is color violet , right?  I saw it this way, colors if we mix it together it'll come up to violet.
Q: The mixture of all colors?
Y: Yes, this work of mine is kinda like that.
Q: And 'Violet UK' is the name of the band or the name of the work that will get release?
Y:It's tthe band's name. But the 'Violet' already took by some others band so I put UK in it, because our songs will be English style.
Q: You doing the solo work like this whatavout others work?
Y: Now I stopped every work, so I can do this work fully.
Q:Everything? And what Yoshiki do in this work, we heard that you play the guitar by yourself too, is that right?
Y: Yes, I play guitar, bass and piano and I also sing.
Q: You sing too, it's like you do everything by yourself. Can you introduce us the member?
Y: There is on singer, her name is Sarah. She is vocalist.
Q: Is she Japanese?
Y: No, she's American.
Q: And how the VioletUK project go, any finished record?
Y: Yes, now we finished 7 record, but in the demo tape have 17 songs which are very much. But we have to choose another 5 out of that.
Q: As the conclusion what the position in the band you are?
Y: It's piano...um... Now I think it's piano but maybe also keyboard, but mainly will be piano
Q: Wow, look like you do everything.
Y: Yes, almost everything.
Q: Produced and Arranged too?
Y: Yes, I did. *laugh*
Q: When this work planned to release?
Y: May, if we can finished on plan it might be in May next year.
Q: May 2002?
Y: Yes! But it sound not to sure. *laugh*
Q: How long you have been doing Violet UK?
Y: umm... 8 years now.
Q: 8 years!!?
Y: Yes! I have been thought of doing it.
Q: Why you think you want to do solo?
Y: I started doing it about 'Jealousy' of X-Japan
Q: And next year we will be able to listen to this secret project you have been work for 8 years. /laugh*
Y: This project I also make the perfume too, VioletUK's.
Q: The perfume, is it going to be on sale in America or in Japan?
Y: At first I think will be in Japan first.
Q: Yoshiki, did you ever think of VioletUK's fanclub? 
Y: Fanclub? That will be great.
Q: In Thailand, there are a lot of your fan so we wouls love if you make the international fanclub too. Because almost of it is the club that accepted only in Japan.
Y: Oversea fanclub? That is a good idea.
Q: VioletUK Thailand Fan Club!!
Y: *laugh* I miss Thailand too.
Q: Really, when are you going to come visit again?
Y: I'm thinking of it if I have time next year I would like to go.
Q: Really, unbeliefable that's so great. If that so please put 'Thailand' in your plan next year too.
Y: Yes, I would...!!
Q: We heard that you produced for others band too, a lot of it too. Can you say anything about it?
Y: Yes, I produced for a lot of Japanese band. I think it late last year I started produce for 'Dir~en~grey' and 'Beast' which is kinda Hard Rock style plus with Digital Rock and 'Revenus'.
Q: Revenus? What this name mean?
Y: It's came ffrom Re-Venus, the style is pop.
Q: Yoshiki produced them.
Y: Yes, and there is 'Shiro'. She's single vocalist the style is Pop Rock. Everyone is the member of Extasy.
Q: Do you have the studio in Japan too?
Y: Yes, Extasy Japan.
Q: Can you talk about your studios, we heard that you have both in North Hollywood and Hollywood too. Are there a lot of peoples using it?
Y: Yes, there a lot usually in Hollywood because in North I uses for my work too.
Q: And did you ever go talk with person who come uses the studio?
Y: No, because I don't have a lot of time. *laugh*
Q: Ok, let come back to your work. After produced them do you follow their news?
Y: Yes, just last month Dir~en~grey camr here too.
Q: To work or for vacation?
Y: For vacation, and Shirochan is having the radio program now... I can't remember more than this.
Q: Do you think about produce another Japanese indies band?
Y: Yes, I have been looking.
Q: Any interesting?
Y: Yes, there a group that already made a deal. Head Phone President.
Q: Next question is about Forever Love that you just make a new version.
Y: Yes, it just release last month because in Japan is using this song for compaing.
Q: And any work in name of X Japan?
Y: Now I'm doing 'X Japan Last Live' it's DVD I think it will be on sale next year.
Q: And Yoshiki ever heard the news of your friends? Like, Heath and Pata now forming the group call 'Dope HEADz' have you listen to the song?
Y: I heard but I don't have a chance of listen to it. But I'm sure that it'll be the great song.
Q: Do you have free day?
Y: No. *laugh*
Q: And how you relax?
Y: Sometime I stay at home too.
Q: We heard that Yoshiki went to tonsil surgery, how was it?
Y: Yes, I can't speak for three weeks.
Q: Three weeks, that a long time.
Y: Yes, after that I came back for recording.
Q: Ok, we're out of question now.

translate by: Rocepta Iris
interview from: Music J. Station

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