1)
Hi Anima Morte, since i’m finding a little boring asking the same
intro question, all over again, let’s say you’re a prog rock band
strongly influencend by the horror movie soundtracks, smothing
beetween Frizzi and Goblin with hints of Carpenter (if you dont
agree, just correct) so the question is: how did you guys came up
with the idea of an horror driven instrumental band?
Well
I (Fredrik Klingwall, ndr) (had been writing instrumental music
before Anima Morte in the late nineties and it was certainly in the
cinematic domain I thrived, but
then the urge to do music more like the stuff from the seventies so
it made more sense to be more people. First it wasn’t even supposed
to be a band, more of a collective, picking the people most suitable
for the task, but then Me, Teddy, Stefan and Daniel have worked very
good as the core of the setup. Mattias Olsson whom we have worked
with on the two latest albums is also a returning mastermind. Most of all
we try not to be too serious because we want music to be fun first
and foremost.
2)
Since your LP’s sounds like soundtrack, have you ever had
therequest to write something for a movie? Side question: if you can
choose a movie from any era to write the sound track the movie will
be...
There
have been some, but we couldn’t do it due to being busy recording
albums etc. However if I could choose a film from any era… it would
be maybe a dark silent movie? Hard question!
3)
Your facebook profile quotes influence from Morricone, Frizzi and
Goblin, allmighty italian musicians and youhad worked with Cripple
Bastards for the extra track of “Misantropo a Senso Unico”. Do
you like the italian Punk\Metal
Music
(and the punk metal sound of your country also)? What do you find so
good in the italian prog sound?
4)
Since Zan (one of the 2 owner of this blog) is a huge Cripple Bastards
fan, tell him how it was working with their material!
Haha
it was great, they wrote us and asked if we wanted to collaborate on
this track they had with a certain giallo vibe which suited us. Since
we love doing unexpected and fun collaborations, of course we said
yes! They sent us what they had recorded and we did some mellotron
and analogue synth overdubs and sent it back. Quick, dirty and really
fun!
5)
Tell us the 5(or more) soundtracks\records that you guys find mandatory
and why,also name us your favouirite Horror\Giallo Splatter
movies.
Easy
and hard at the same time…
- Goblin - Suspiria (Creepy and ahead of it’s time in so many ways)
- Fabio Frizzi - The Beyond (Some of the finest themes in horror history)
- Ennio Morricone - The Thing (Totally effective and claustrophobic simplicity)
- Stelvio Cipriano - Nightmare City (Classic zombie stuff and fun!)
- Goblin - Dawn of the Dead (Genre defining)
When
it comes to movies, all of the above of course, but most of the stuff
Argento and Fulci made during their golden horror years. What I find
most interesting is to discover a hidden gem that I haven’t seen in this
genre so if you have any with a brilliant score let me know!
6)
What kind of gear do you use to have that peculiar sound, is it all
vintage stuff or do you use some more modern equipment?
A
bit of both I guess, we use a lot of weird old instruments like
themellotron which is a kind of tape machine. Quite a lot of
different analogue synthesizers, mixing it up with real instruments
like bouzouki, vibraphone, different guitars, harpsichord, organs
etc.
7)
Are you planning any new record?
Hmm
we said when we were recording ‘Upon Darkened Stains’, this is
it in terms of albums, but then time passes and you forget how much
work it is and you should never say never etc. However we will
not
do such a massive thing again, probably more singles and EP’s during
next year. We do have some special stuff coming up with Italian
connection hehe.
8)
Horror Records had released two of your LPs in vinyl (we got “Face
the Sea of Darkness” in bronze colour down there). You will keep on
releasing the vinyl edition with them? Are you into vinyls? If
yes, what's the most precious gem of your collection?
Actually
our label Transubstans took care of the latest LP Upon Darkened
Stains. I think vinyl is a very nice format, due to its size for
artwork etc. and there is something special listening to a vinyl
album in terms of the experience. My most precious gem… hmmm haha
that would be Twisted Sister’s Stay Hungry which I got when I was
six, that and an old copy of the Jaws soundtrack which I listened to
growing up.
9) What am i gonna expect form an A.M. show? In which kind of context do
you usually play? Prog bands only or have you shared the stage with
other kind of bands?
We
don’t usually play yet. We have had some offers to do so but
unfortunately due to different reasons we have not been able to pick
up that stuff yet, but there will be some day where we perform
something in a cinematic horror framing, an old theatre with lots
offog machines would be perfect!
10)
Do you have any side projects?
Haha
yes indeed! I used to play in Loch Vostok with Teddy, Daniel and
me and Teddy played in a death metal project called Flagellation. I
write some own solo work as well. Teddy used to play in horror thrashers
F.K.Ü. among others (four finger salute to F.K.Ü. nd. xZANx) ,
Stefan plays in some punk bands from time to time. Always some stuff
going on haha.
11) The shit is over, sorry for the silly questions. Now write what you
want!
Thank
you for the interest and the interview.
Check
out our albums at http://recordheaven.net/
Cheers
Fredrik / Anima Morte
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