世界の様々な奥地で採取されたフィールドレコーディングによる天然音と電子音を掛け合わせた楽園アンビエント・ミュージックで人気を博すDolphins Into The FutureことLieven Martens Moana（リーヴォン・マーティンス・モアーナ）。アマゾンを題材にしたFinis Africaeの名盤をまるごと音素材にして、更なる仮想アマゾンの奥地へと足を踏み入れてしまった2017年度大注目な最新作『Three Amazonian Essays』（EMレコード）を引っ提げて、私たちの愛すべき「イルカおじさん」が盟友スペンサー・クラークの最新名義Typhonian Highlifeとともにもうすぐ来日！ということで、ファミリーとのバカンス中にこちらのショート・インタビューに答えて下さりました。ご本人の人柄の良さが伝わる、どれもいい意味でざっくりな回答（笑）ですが、来日公演の予習がてらに是非どうぞ！
Hello, my name is Lieven Martens Moana. How are you?
When and how did you start to create the music?
This is kinda difficult to remember. Probably somewhere around 1981 when crying for milk.
Your new record "Three Amazonian Essays" will be released from EM Records on October. How did you make this record?
It's an interpretation of Finis Africae's Amazonia album that came out a few decades ago. Parts are created with using the original sound source and mixing these in with excerpts of my sound archives (chainsaws, dogs, rain, electronic vignettes...). Other parts are abstractions using Melodyne software.
What inspires you to create new music?
Ideas.
What is the field-recording for you?
Ideas. Intuition.
You are running the own label as Edicoes CN. How is it going?
Good!
You will come to Japan soon. I can't wait! I think this will be your second time visiting Japan. What do you think about Japan?
Japan is my favorite country of the world when it comes to performing music. The openness, dedication and enthusiasm is rarely met in other parts of the world. Furthermore I highly regard the Japanese feel for aesthetics, design, food, sound, poetry, et al.
LIEVEN MARTENS MOANA
