SOME/THINGS ISSUE002 CONTRIBUTOR JUN MIYAKE WITH WIM WENDERS BY DIETER EIKELPOTH

WIM WENDERS with SOME/THINGS ISSUE002 CONTRIBUTOR JUN MIYAKE photographed by Dieter Eikelpoth for Rolling Stone [2011]




PINA TRAILER WHICH features the song 'Lilies in the Valley' by JUN MIYAKE. The film has been selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.



[...MONIKA BIELSKYTE / COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUSIC ENTERED YOUR LIFE?

JUN MIYAKE / MY FAMILY ENVIRONMENT WAS ALWAYS EXTREME: MY MOTHER WAS A BIG MUSIC FAN. HER LULLABY WAS MY FIRST MUSICAL EXPERIENCE. MY FATHER HATED SOUNDS IN GENERAL, INCLUDING MUSIC— NO SOUNDS OR CONVERSATIONS WERE ALLOWED AT OUR DINNER TABLE. HE WAS A CHEMIST RESEARCHER WHO WENT AWAY TO GERMANY FOR SOME YEARS WHEN I WAS 6. THAT WAS WHEN MY MOTHER BOUGHT A PIANO. I HATED PIANO LESSONS OR READING MUSIC BUT LOVED THE FEELING OF A MELODY STICKING INTO MY BRAIN THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET RID OF. I WAS SO OBSESSED BY IT. JAZZ STRUCK ME HARD WHEN I WAS 12, THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THE MUSIC IS IMPROVISED! I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET & DECIDED TO BECOME A JAZZ MUSICIAN. HOW COULD I HAVE ONE OF THE LOUDEST INSTRUMENTS IN THE HOUSE WITH MY FATHER? IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. IF HE HEARD ME PRACTICE WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM WORK, HE WOULD YELL AT ME (WHICH WAS THE LOUDEST NOISE A HUMAN CAN EVER MAKE – WHICH WENT AGAINST HIS POLICY) & PUNCH ME IN THE FACE...]


/ EXCERPT FROM AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JUN MIYAKE BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE IN SOME/THINGS ISSUE002