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Twinspirits are one of the
hottest new progressive metal bands to burst onto the scene in more recent
times. Their debut album 'The Music That Will Heal The World' was
released on the Lion Music label just a few days before this interview
took place. An album that is both a very accessible and enjoyable
release and a total joy to listen to. Today we catch up with founder
member Daniele Liverani to find out more about this mighty band and their
music.
MM - Firstly
can you introduce the band to all our readers out
there, who are Twinspirits? How
did you all come together as a band?
Daniele: Twinspirits is the latest line up
I’ve put together in the last 3 years approximately, it’s a band that I’ve
formed linking all the talents that I’ve been discovering in the last
period, starting from drummer Dario Ciccioni, the drummer of my Genius
rock opera, Daily Trauma and Khymera records.
I’ve been working with him since 1998 and
there’s always been a great chemistry between us, he’s an incredible
drummer both musically and technically.
Then we have guitar player Tommy Ermolli.
He’s a great talent too. I’ve encountered him at an exhibition fair back
in 2002, while he was performing live in a small booth, playing Satriani
and Vai with an incredible maturity and musicality; he was just blowing
away the audience that was attending!
Then we became friends and I’ve been
involving him in many situations like Khymera and now, Cosmics, a line up
with Virgil Donati and Rufus Philipot as rhythm section and me on the
keyboards and song writing.
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Then we have Alberto Rigoni on bass, he’s
an incredible bass player. I’ve noticed him while he was playing with his
Dream Theater tribute band ASCRA, he was handling bass parts with an
incredible precision and musicality, that’s why I asked him to join
Twinspirits.
And last there’s the singer Soren Nico Adamsen from Denmark. It was a long
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process to choose the right singer for
Twinspirits band. Tons of auditions and demos sent from all over the
world, from USA to Brazil to Europe … |
Then we have Alberto Rigoni on bass, he’s
an incredible bass player. I’ve noticed him while he was playing with his
Dream Theater tribute band ASCRA, he was handling bass parts with an
incredible precision and musicality, that’s why I asked him to join
Twinspirits.
And last there’s the singer Soren Nico
Adamsen from Denmark. It was a long process to choose the right singer for
Twinspirits band. Tons of auditions and demos sent from all over the
world, from USA to Brazil to Europe …
There have been many singers that sent
out great demo, including Goran Edman, Terry Ilous, Gustavo Monsanto from
Adagio, John Jeff Touch from Greece, Olaf Senkbeil, Thomas Hackmann and
Tobias Althammer just to name a few. Nico seemed to be the best fit for
the band and it turned out to be a strong point of force for the band,
singing warm ballads to heavy brutal songs with the same quality and
intensity. We needed a very versatile singer with a good range and
expression, and that’s undoubtedly Nico! Finally there’s me, Daniele
Liverani on Keyboards, the oldest one in the band … he he …
MM - Your debut album ‘The Music That
Will Heal The World’ has quite a varied mix of styles but it all comes
under the banner of Progressive Metal, do you think this makes the album
more accessible to non Prog Metal fans?
Daniele:
Well, Yes, I hope that this variety will be making the album more
accessible, from hard rock to very strong prog metal fans.
That was the main aim that I had when I
wrote the music for this new line up.
MM - To have such a young talented guitar
player like Tommy in the band must bring hope to the older members that
Prog Metal can capture a younger audience?
Daniele:
Yes! Definitely, he’s one of the new generation talent, and hopefully he
can capture the attention of the younger fans of prog metal style.
MM - What has been the general media
reaction to the new album?
Daniele: Well, the album
has just been released and I must say that the general media reactions so
far are very positive and are getting the main aim of this band, the
research of a new way of making progressive metal with mode contamination
from different styles … and the research of good song writing as opposite
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MM - What expectations to you have for
the album yourselves, are you looking for instant fame or are you here for
the long haul?
Daniele: Definitely for the long
haul, we already have a new album almost ready and we know that Twinspirits is a new name on the scene, so we are planning to work hard
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MM - I noticed on the bio for the album
that you have plans to tour to support the new album; do you have any
dates lined up yet?
Daniele: We are planning at the
moment; all dates will be published on our web site
www.twinspirits.net when scheduled.
MM - When you do perform live as a band
what can the audience expect from a typical Twinspirits show?
Daniele:
Of course a lot of energy and fun! We try
to play live trying to preserve the sound of the record, but giving some
more soul and freedom to arrangements, to give something different to the
fans each concert.
They can expect very various shows, full
of different moments and different styles covered.
MM - Have you begun working on the next
album or are you waiting to see how things go with this one first?
Daniele: Working on the new album; it’s almost
written, since it’s important to keep the creative process always active.
MM - As an album I found it very
agreeable on the ear unlike a lot of Prog Metal around, the solos have
been left to a minimum and egos have been left behind instead the music is
more pure, was this the intent from the start or did it just turn out that
way?
Daniele: It was certainly the intent from the
beginning. I’m very happy that you caught this aspect, since it’s a point
of which we’ve taken much care.
MM - How long from its initial conception
to the final product did the album take to produce?
Daniele:
This first album has been passing through a demo version and it
took a lot of time (3 years) because there was an actual band
construction’s process to handle.
We also had another guitar player in the
line up, but for many reasons it ended up being only one guitar player in
the band (Tommy) and that took time also to rearrange the whole work …
The new album production will be much
faster since the line up is fixed now and the team know how to work
together.
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MM - As a band do
you get together socially or are the parameters of travel too extreme?
Daniele: We get together weekly, except the singer Soren Adamsen of course, since he’s from Denmark.
We live in a range of 300 Km circa so
it’s not that much road to travel for getting together.
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There’s a strong friendship also among
the band’s members, which is good both personally and for the music of
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MM - How many songs
did you have to choose from before you finally came up with the nine that
are on the album?
Daniele: We actually used all
songs; there are no outtakes for this album, really.
MM - Are there any songs that didn’t make the album ready for inclusion
on the next?
Daniele: Not really, all the songs
that were written for this first album were included in the release.
MM - Where did the name
Twinspirits come from and what does it represent to you?
Daniele: The name Twinspirits comes from a character
of my Genius Rock Opera … It was chosen because it represents the union of
different musicians that have the same spirit and sensibility.
Also it represents for me a step ahead
from the Genius rock opera, and even if this is a true band in all senses,
for me it’s the step I’ve done after it in my musical path.
MM - A couple of my personal favourites
from the album are ‘Take My Hand’ and ‘Fire’, but do the band have any
particular favourites and why those tracks?
Daniele:
I think the band likes all the songs … I know that singer Soren likes
“It’s just life”
a
lot how it turned out, but the rest of the band loves
all the album in its entirety I think … it’s difficult to choose from one of
your sons … he he!
MM - What do you feel has been your
biggest accomplishment so far as a band?
Daniele: Well the release of a record is always a great accomplishment for
a band …. nowadays is so difficult to release records as you might know.
So I think this release is
the most important thing that happened as a new line up so far.
MM - What does the future hold for
Twinspirits or are you focusing on the now and the new album?
Daniele: We are trying to set up some good shows and
support this album as first priority, and we are also working on the new
album as well so both sides are important to us now.
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MM - Finally
thanks for taking time out to do this interview, is there anything that I
didn’t ask you were expecting? Perhaps a question that I haven’t asked
but for which you already had an answer prepared for maybe?
Daniele: Well, you’ve been very detailed and the
only thing I would like to say is thanks to all the fans that will take
the time to listen to our music … we really appreciate it and hope to
create good feelings to them! |
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MM -
We'd like to thank Daniele for taking the time out of his busy schedule to
talk to us today and wish him and the rest of the band every success with their new
album 'The Music That Will Heal The World'.
With the wonders of the
internet there really is no excuse not to check out this band and
their music. We're confident you'll like what you hear so why
not head on over to either
www.twinspirits.net or
www.myspace.com/twinspiritsband
and give their music a listen. |
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