Prossimi a diventare uno dei gruppi più esclusivi del panorama post hardcore più estremo e creativo, gli Amia Venera Landscape si accingono a debuttare su lunga distanza con un disco che farà discutere a lungo; destinati a raccogliere il testimone di Cult Of Luna, Breach, Burst e Burnt By The Sun, i 6 componenti di questo progetto hanno deciso di “aumentarsi l'ingaggio” dopo le più che confortevoli sperequazioni sull'omonimo EP d'esordio. Sequence Mag li ha incontrati per share its deafening volume, the rarefied atmosphere, the mystical thought and bottles of vodka.
-Introduce ....
We are a band of six friends who try to express through music what I feel ... for the past few years ...
-your new album is coming out you can get a preview of the type of work?
The new work will contain 8 pieces, including the three already present in 'debut EP. Compared to the latter, the album is full of many more facets and allow a better understanding of the spectrum sound in which we move. There will be more violent situations, and other much more open than those encountered in 'EP, all of which so far we have tried to anticipate on stage.
Submit a music so rich in nuances, often very distant from each other, leads us to maintain a discipline almost meccanica, per non poter sacrificare nessuna componente sonora. È inutile proporre un cd con sonorità molto eterogenee, per poi non riuscire a riprodurle fedelmente dal vivo. Siamo dell idea di riuscire a trasmettere meglio la nostra musica quando l'ascoltatore ha una percezione più completa possibile di tutte le varie componenti. Non credo che questo vada a togliere qualcosa alla proposta, né che la faccia suonare più fredda. Con la nostra puntigliosità cerchiamo di valorizzare al massimo la musica che proponiamo, è un continuo processo di miglioramento e crescita. Non ci interessa aderire ad un concetto come quello di rock, di hardcore o di qualsivoglia etichetta e clichè che ci va dietro.
-Despite the amount of concerts you played in your career, you are always looking for new situations that could stimulate the creativity of the band, how important is the constant comparison with other sonic, maybe completely by the AVL?
is vital. There is always something to learn from every artistic expression, musical and otherwise. Especially today, that the opportunity to promote and learn about new bands and musicians have become huge, you are faced with an avalanche of new realities, sometimes exciting, others decidedly not. However, it is always useful to have eyes and ears open to all types of proposals, I do not think to be conducive to creativity sector.
-I know that you have asked in the most but you have a monicker that curious, is there any special meaning behind those three words so mysterious and appealing?
is those three words are the basis of a concept, an idea very important to us ... guiding us through an almost spiritual music ... the explicit meaning of those three terms instead believe that for a long time will only know about these six people who live there in that concept ...
-melody and aggression are the two main components of your sound, a key feature of post hardcore, but perhaps the light dell'imbarbarimento wild that has characterized almost all the exits like the last two years, reducing them to mere homework home, has become a way of writing music now outdated and inflated. Have you ever thought of separation from this "umbilical cord" experiencing a different juxtaposition of opposites?
We never thought to break away from that umbilical cord because we have never heard of having one in particular. Many aspects of our music may sound definitely more mainstream than others, but the reason for this is upstream, if ci piace come suona un pezzo, lo sviluppiamo e lo proponiamo, che sia un breakdown, un coro o una parte di chitarra acustica con archi. Siamo sempre aperti a nuove soluzioni e sperimentazioni, ma non vogliamo precluderci niente per il mero fatto che possa essere più o meno congeniale alle orecchie del pubblico di questo o quel settore.
-Solitamente un buon gruppo rock'n'roll ha una coppia di chitarristi, voi addirittura tre, e addirittura un paio di vocalist; quanto determinanti sono alla luce della tipicità del suono di questi strumenti aggiuntivi riconoscibili non proprio da tutti?
Avere tre chitarre ci permette di arrangiare i pezzi in modo più free, and to weave together and share facilities with only two guitars would not be able to obtain. We always wanted to insert parts made by many different tools, in fact, our bases can also hear strings, piano and other instruments also unusual for a genre such as ours. It is a collection of things aimed to complete as much as possible the sound we have in mind.
-Returning to the musical situation in our beloved country, now that you have the possibility to obtain objective feedback from some proactive label deemed "interesting"?
honestly do not know ... not a problem we ask usually ... well, we're working hard for a long time to be as productive and independent in the future, through the self and the total management of records, videos, etc. ...
-Like all (or almost) the bands that you respect, you have a great myspace profile, a system of communication become virtually irreplaceable and critical to have visibility across the border "is now more important to have a page which is a very high number of hits per day, rather than a long list of gigs around, there seems to be a ridiculous paradox?
This is the era of the Internet, there is little to do. The myspace has become the most immediate way to introduce themselves and make themselves known, is a business card. Nevertheless, as we are concerned, if it is proposed in a specific way, trying to reach the largest audience possible, not by the number of plays per se, but easier to find contacts and opportunities to get in the van and carry around their music as "traditional" ...
-The Northeast Italian manufacturers are producing not only excellent but also groups that envy and which seem superlative heavy metal: the Slowmotion Apocalypse and The Secret are now regarded by critics and audiences of valid reality rather than to bet on both the local market for the border. You are following suit in their footsteps, legitimizing this inexhaustible quality, you have some other name to suggest that, at present, able to compete and interact with this level?
Devotion I would say ... for all the class, experience and how they can broadcast live.