DJ Spery meets Stani Vana from !Deladap

"It's really great to have this interview with "Mr.Dap" - Stani Vana from !Deladap!

Stani can be inspired from anything so to make his music..Actually, he has so many melodies

in his head that sometimes he can prepare a whole record in one night! That's why he is a

music producer, a DJ and leader of this great band, !Deladap.

We know each other since 2008 and i can say for sure that he is not just a good musician

but also a very good friend! 

-Stani, what does !Deladap mean for you in personal and what in general?

DLDP is this great musical power that is an essential part of my life, and always is at my side. It´s my way of talking with the people, talking with “the world”.

-You are a Vienna-based DJ, producer and musician coming from Czech Republic and your band’s members come from different countries like Hungary, Serbia etc. Is it difficult to understand all these different cultures and work with them?

Yes, that´s true! I was born in Prague, then still part of  Czechoslovakia. I left the communist system there for Vienna, but my roots and my personality are still very well connected and in touch with what you might call a very open “Balkan mindset”. This makes it easier for me to interact with all these people, even more so as ours is the universal language of music. Plus, we all see and respect each others as human beings, push our strengths and don´t care that much where each one is from.

How much has your band’s music style changed from the beginning till now?

Our musical style is our artistic path through the world. One time you're on a mountain, the next time you find yourself at sea, then stranded in the desert ... that´s a challenge, but also very exciting, as you have to try to stay true to yourself, find and keep your very own musical vision/style. I think with DLDP we managed to stay authentic after 10 years and 4 albums.

-Recently, you released your new album “I know what you want”. What is it about? Do you think that you know what kind of songs does your audience want to hear?

Yes, it may sound a little pretentious, but we do! The people who turn to our music, our records and live-shows share that special knowledge with DelaDap. The album-title simply reflects that, plays with it and also states that we´re more than willing to deliver …  

-Last February, you were nominated to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. How was that experience and what went wrong?

Yes, we were nominated, and in my humble opinion – we won! Our song “crazy swing” that was originally chosen to be part of the Austrian competition for the ticket to Baku, had to be withdrawn because of a shitty live-video from a live-performance of an early sketch of that song turned up in the internet..which is against the rules of the EBU, who are behind the Eurovision song contest.

Shit happens, never mind. Tough, through the whole process – we entered the competition with a new song – a lot more people than ever before became aware of DLDP and our music. As for the whole thing: my opinion is, if you're at it, then you should make the best of it. We did and we had a lot of fun doing so.

-Would you like to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year but with a “nu Gipsy-Balkan” style song this time? Or you would prefer something more mainstream?

I do not necessarily want our music to become “mainstream” whatever that is. We will not conform to certain standards of sound or appearance and as I am happy when I am surprised, I love to surprise others and I hope I succeed in that, whenever and wherever. As for the Eurovision Song Contest – if the people of Europe and Austria invite us, any time!

-Which are your next steps/plans?

 Well, if I link music to wine, I hope I can make enough wine for at least the people to hear the good music drop by drop, sip by sip. Otherwise I hope we don´t run out of good wine so we can write more music and the joy of doing it is not lost.

-What’s the thing that you like the most? Playing & producing music alone as a DJ or performing with your band?

..which is a circle, with every part essential. I don´t want to miss any part of it. Daily exchanges with the musicians, wake up with a harmony in my head, jamming on a terraced beach, having heavy thought on the way to a performance, being annoyed by the ignorance of some people, totally excited to find new tunes, trying to find new paths. It´s the life for me!

-And what about Greece? Would you like to have a concert here, despite the crisis?

For me, any “crisis” remains stolen time. I mean, this is not the first “crisis” and will not be the last, as we should all know. I have no totally clear idea about the mechanisms behind it, but I think we should not let it irritate us, many will try to beat the capital and then become hypocrites in their own right. It’s not good! I stand for “love, and do what you want”.

DLDP would love to come to Greece and share our music with the people there!

DelaDap are: Stani Vana – Dj / Melinda Stoika – Voc. / Aleksandar Stojic – Git. /

Alen Dzambic – Acc. / Rainer Gutternigg – Trump. / Benjamin Angerer – Bass /

Simon Plötzeneder – Trump. / Mathias Auinger – Drums // "

-http://www.deladap.com/

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