Harry de Waij en Joos van Leeuwen started WALE in the summer of 2009. They have been working on this project on a regular basis since then..and finished the Tokyo Girl project early february 2011.
We want to thank every body who gave their best make this album into a really enjoyable one..
Our special thanks to: Erwin and Jochem for their superb guitar works. Ton for his great bass-parts. Tom Trapp for writing all these beautifull arrangements. Todd for bringing hte sticks in the air. Harriet for being her and doing a great job Coco for all her help.. fixin things. Yusura for creating this album into a special one. Jonathan allen for his great hospitality at the Abbey Road Studios which was a great experience for both of us.. thanks for having us..
Gordon for being his super assistentloved the soup. Frans for having and making the time to do the photography and all the rest.. all the pople in the Katsu, all the people all over the world who send their support.. keep doing so!!
Thanks for all the love we get from our ladies Shyla and Sunit.
Many thanks to John and Appie super!!!
Other names to be mentioend for their support and inspiration are: Iso Peter, Bas v/d Heuvel, Francis Rossi, Ron Wood, Michel van Dijk ( blue eyes..), Yoshiko, Kariem: Matt Lee for his great hand-clapping, Bert Wouters, Stan Schram, Ben Carstens and Rob Malasch for their enthousiasm and company
When you experience something so exciting that you just can’t find the rights words to say at the time to express how you feel.. Hamana. we hope you will enjoy our album asmuch as we did creating it