{"id":8033,"date":"2013-11-14T21:45:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2013-11-14T21:45:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:45:49","slug":"hana-lu-lu-presents-you-with-a-keepsake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/11\/14\/hana-lu-lu-presents-you-with-a-keepsake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hana Lu Lu :: Presents you with a Keepsake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Martyna Turczynowicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hana Lu Lu is set to release their very first EP, Keepsake,<\/i> on November 15. The Winnipeg based trio is made up of Kevin Desjarlais on vocals, keyboard and synthesizer, Atom Dzaman on synthesizer and Chris Aquin on drums. \u00a0The band made a name for itself with it\u2019s fresh, synth-heavy sound. Stylus <\/i>caught up with Dzaman and Desjarlais to talk about the new album and the band’s upcoming plans.<\/p>\n

Hanalulu came together when Dzaman and Desjarlais would interview bands together. \u201cMe and Kevin were doing a project where we were interviewing bands. We were doing an interview with Mise en Scene and they suggested we should jam sometime. I don\u2019t even know where it came from but somehow we actually ended up jamming and it was good,\u201d says Dzaman, 28.<\/p>\n

The very first Hana Lu Lu encounter, Dzaman recalls, happened at a party. He was playing in the basement and Desjarlais came up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember playing in a basement at a party and Kevin was singing over me and playing guitar. So even before we were interviewing bands, there were little previews of Hana Lu Lu.”<\/p>\n

Keepsake<\/i> is set to come out on November 15, with the release party will be at 72 Princess. Attica Riots will open for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big night. It\u2019s an exciting treat after putting all the work into recording. Especially in your own hometown,\u201d Desjarlais says. The release party is a collaboration with Synonym Art Consultation. Synonym is a Winnipeg-based initiative that specializes in art consultation for hospitality and retail establishments and event planning. Working with Synonym has allowed Hana Lu Lu to focus on their music.<\/p>\n

\u201cChloe and Andrew (from Synonym) are fantastically hardworking people. They just showed up one day, looking really slick,\u201d says Desjarlais. Both Dzaman and Desjarlais agree that they would work with them again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were walking home from the jam space another day and Atom echoed this feeling that it\u2019s nice to have that sense of community. \u00a0Working with other artists lightens your workload and your event is exponentially better because they\u2019re bringing their circle of friends into your event. It\u2019s beneficial for everybody,\u201d Desjarlais says.<\/p>\n

Hana Lu Lu has had a very busy year, playing gigs and festivals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a good summer. We played MEME, Rainbow Trout Festival, International Jazz Fest here in Winnipeg,\u201d explains Desjarlais. Both agree that Saturday night at Rainbow Trout Music Festival was by far was the best. \u201cEveryone was there to dance and party. It\u2019s easy to play for people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Up next for the band is touring. \u201cWe\u2019re touring for two weeks. We\u2019re playing Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and some smaller towns like Windsor and Peterbourough. We have nine dates right now, we\u2019re trying to get twelve. It\u2019s our first tour so we\u2019re trying not to go too huge.\u201d Desjarlais says of the band\u2019s upcoming plans.<\/p>\n

Bands in the cities that they\u2019ll be touring in have been very forthcoming with the resources they have Dzaman says. \u201cIt\u2019s their own town, they\u2019re like \u2018come play, we\u2019ll split the door with you, we\u2019ll get our fans out, we\u2019ll give you a place to stay, show you the city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Martyna Turczynowicz Hana Lu Lu is set to release their very first EP, Keepsake, on November 15. The Winnipeg based trio is made up of Kevin Desjarlais on vocals, keyboard and synthesizer, Atom Dzaman on synthesizer and Chris Aquin on drums. \u00a0The band made a name for itself with it\u2019s fresh, synth-heavy sound. Stylus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[563],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}