Singer/song writer Lilian Hak took a flight of fancy from her native Holland to the bustling city of Bangkok, armed with nothing more than her fascination for the film music of yesteryear and a collection of old movies. High above the steamy city streets on the 22nd floor of a friend’s apartment, ‘Old Powder New Guns’ came into being: a patchwork of samples cut from the cloth of old classics. The music from these films served as the inspiration behind this collection of songs charged with drama, glamour and suspense. Back in Holland, Lilian fine-tuned the album whilst production company ON assisted in converting this ‘sampled’ album into a live event. Samples and ‘real’ instruments are the building blocks for Lilian’s music, a pastische of times past and present. Old Powder New Guns is an album to engage and enthrall, much like a good suspense film. Lilian incorporates the sound of ‘real’ musicians on both the album and in her live performance: bass, drums, strings, brass, guitar and piano, an eleven piece band beautifully set within a web of samples. The album has been released by Lilian’s own independent record label Sirenmusic. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.