{"id":946,"date":"2020-03-23T15:27:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=946"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T08:35:17","slug":"interview-dani-vega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/entrevista-dani-vega","title":{"rendered":"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What could be hidden in the home of such a prolific musician? Guitars, pedals, amps and more guitars?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>23 March 2020 by <a href='https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart'>Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/_mg_3646_-_dani_vega.jpg\" alt=\"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vegas_banquet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dani Vega<\/a> has always revolved around music. He went from his first chords on his father's guitar to being a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Mishimabcn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mishima<\/a>. More than two decades of success later, Dani is still on the road with both Mishima and his solo project. And between gigs and recordings, he still has time for his work as a music producer for documentary films, television and advertising. Let the show begin!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Tell us about yourself and your work. Where did your vocation start? Any first memories?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, he was born one afternoon when my father taught me to play The Beatles' \"I Need You\" in his Spanish. It was hot and my hands were sweating. I put a lot of effort into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">What do you find most satisfying about your work?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the faces of the people when they sing and applaud, to know that these songs, these melodies and these arrangements are important to them, that they represent very deep emotions and feelings that can only be explained through music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignright is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>My favourite corner is my study. It smells like a mixture of stone and wood. Of guitars and (if I open the windows), grass.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">What is your creative process like, what are your sources of inspiration, any particular music while working?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I don't usually listen to music while I work. Before I do; I prepare the sessions by listening to it beforehand. If it's for an advertising assignment, it's a fundamental part of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960xn_\/public\/mediabrowser\/photo-2020-02-03-22-58-27_-_dani_vega.jpg?itok=6Tafivs6\" alt=\"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega | Monapart \" title=\"Dani Vega\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Favourite colour, book, film and record - in that order!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book I would tell you about today is the <em>Poetic anthology<\/em>by Ida Vitale (edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visor-libros.com\/tienda\/cerca-de-cien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Viewer Books<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Paris, Texas<\/em> or any Werner Herzog documentary (tomorrow I'll tell you different ones).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today's disc is <em>Death and the Maiden<\/em> by Schubert (Deutsche Grammophon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 &quot;Death and the Maiden&quot; Quartettsatz\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/52TpHWTzSBf8SRsvbpsPDz?go=1&#038;sp_cid=fd727a3e1f73196193831a97f99a4aab&#038;utm_source=oembed&#038;utm_medium=desktop&#038;nd=1&#038;dlsi=4405d5c837ac463c\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Is your home a reflection of who you are? Tell us what it smells like, your favourite corner?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>My favourite corner is my study, of course. It smells like a mixture of stone and wood. Of guitars and (if I open the windows), grass. The reflection of who I am I don't know what it is, but what I'd like it to be is definitely a million plants populating every corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">If you could buy anything right now and take it home, what would it be? Anything!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I would buy Neil Young's collection of vintage guitars and amps so that he would have to visit me often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">A great plan at home always includes...<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Red wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/84846878_191356932272876_5398895704724983230_n.jpg\" alt=\"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/88869692_204104044032245_8681444616933633190_n.jpg\" alt=\"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Do you have a signature dish?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I make risotto and canarian stew very well (I know I'm cheating: I have a Thermomix).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Where is your favourite place in your city and abroad?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In Barcelona, the Gr\u00e0cia neighbourhood. Abroad, I could live in Berlin or in a hut in Tahiti. Places are one and the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Anything you want to tell us that we haven't asked you, speak now or forever hold your peace!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a monkey when I was a kid. And that's the closest I've ever come to Michael Jackson in my life. I am a naturalist ecologist. The animal kingdom is crucial to the survival of our rampaging species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960xn_\/public\/mediabrowser\/89716152_603267987187953_1467786649435446888_n.jpg?itok=faQgw5p8\" alt=\"Mishima and much more: Interview with Dani Vega | Monapart \" title=\"Dani Vega\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you want to know more about Dani Vega, you can find all his discography and a sample of his work as a music producer at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/danivega.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">danivega.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dani speaks with the same sensitivity with which he composes: unhurried, humorous and down to earth. Between guitars, amplifiers and recipes made with Thermomix, his home reflects that mixture of craft, curiosity and passion that also defines his music. And although we can't hear him live every day, it is clear that in his house - as in his songs - there is always room for emotion, enjoyment and a bit of grass when opening the window.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dani Vega's world has always revolved around music. He went from his first chords on his father's guitar to being part of Mishima. More than two decades of success later, Dani is still going strong both with Mishima and with his solo project. And between gigs and recordings, he still has time for his work as a music producer for documentary films, television and advertising. 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