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First of all, please introduce your band to the
readers.
Fernando (vocals): Well, first of all thank you
for your support and thanks to all people who supports
the industrial scene in Europe! Noesis is an industrial
band from Spain. Our music is a mix between metal and
industrial with some techno. Samples and keyboards with
metal and melodic guitars, acoustic drums and melodic
vocals. Our influences go from Pain or Paradise Lost to
Suicide Commando or Hocico, so you can get an idea of
our music.
How did things get started with the band?
Fernando (vocals): Well, Noesis was born as an
experimental project, and the idea was to combine metal
and melodic guitars with an electronic base and
programmed drums. First we were three members (two
guitar/programming and keyboards). Later we decided to
include a “human drummer” and a bassplayer. Finally, in
2005 the band was complete with the actual line-up:
- Fernando Navarro: guitar and vocals
- Fernando G. Rebolledo: guitar
- Jose Molina: Keyboards and programming
- Alfonso B.: Bass
- Sergio S.: Drums
With the complete line-up we started to play concerts
with several bands, and in 2006 we recorded our first
album “When All Colours Are Dead” (out on Psycofonia
Records), in digipack format with 10 songs plus 1 bonus
track (sang in Spanish) plus 3 videoclips.
Why did you pick this bandname? And has it any
special meaning?
Fernando (vocals): Noesis is a philosophic word.
It comes out of the Greek language, and it means
something like ‘inteligent thinking’ or ‘intuition’. It
refers to all that means to think, specially to the
intelligent thinking. Plato said that Noesis is the
higher rank of knowledge and the only way to know the
true reality.
What are your main influences, and how would you
describe your music?
Fernando (vocals): As I said before, our
influences comes from metal to techno. We all have
played in another metal bands, more extreme ones. Sergio
(drums), Alfonso (bass) and I (Fernando, guitar) have
played in a death/black band called Fatal Portrait, and
Fernando (vocals) and Jose (Keyboards) played in Crystal
Moors, a pagan metal band. So, we always liked metal,
and we decided to create Noesis because we also like
techno, ebm, etc. and we wanted to do something mixing
both. Our music is something like a mix of metal with
industrial and techno. Some people said we sound like
Paradise Lost, other say it’s more industrial like
Rammstein. That’s why music is great: the same music can
sound different for everybody.
The album `When All Colours Are Dead` came out a
little time ago, and it received various good reviews
(including ours!). But, what do you think of the album
yourself?
Fernando (vocals): “When All Colours Are Dead”
was recorded 9 or 10 moths ago. And yes, the album has
received various good reviews (I’m glad you like it). In
general we like the stuff we did with the album. We know
the production is not the best, but we’re not worried
because we think that the final work is good. When you
record an album you always think it would be better with
more time or more money, but I think it’s a good album.
Also I think the art work (make by our vocalist,
Fernando Navarro), the digipack format and the 3 videos
(recorded in a festival we played last year with
professional cameras) are incentives to pick our album.
Did you expect these kinds of feedback this soon
already? And what is the biggest compliment you've
recieved on the album so far?
Fernando (vocals): We didn’t expect those
comments about our music. Since we released the album
and people started to listen to it, most comments are
good. We are delighted about it. When we were recording
the album we didn’t know how people would react to it,
because in Spain, and in our part Cantabria, this is not
a kind of music people listen to a lot.
What can people who blindly buy it expect of it?
Fernando (vocals): People will find an album to
have a good time; you will find metal riffs in this
album and you will discover how the metal and the techno
can be together in the same music. And if you don’t want
to buy it blindy, you can listen to it first on our
website, and if you like it you can buy it of course. We
are very proud on “When All Colours Are Dead”!
What is your favourite song on the album and why?
Fernando (vocals): Well, I like the whole album
(of course hehe), but if I have to pick one song in
particular I think I would pick "Should I...", because I
think that song is a good introduction to Noesis:
programming and metal. Metal guitars, melodic voice and
good programming. But I think there are more songs that
I would choose as a "favourite", like "Inside Of Pain",
"Monochromatic...", "Lost In Quasars",... haha!
On the album there's also a Spanish track. Why did
you decide to do a track in Spanish? Is this just a one
time experiment or can we expect more Spanish songs of
Noesis?
Fernando (vocals): We decided to record a Spanish
track while we were in the studio. We thought it would
be good to record a bonus track in Spanish, because it's
our language and here in Spain people would understand
better in Spanish. It was an experiment while we were in
the studio, but we liked it. Here in Spain that song has
worked very well and I think in the future we'll record
more songs in Spanish for sure.
There are some cool industrial metal acts in Spain
(Blood, Code Name, Rave Party Animals, Krell...). How is
the industrial scene in Spain?
Fernando (vocals): I think there are a very good
level of industrial bands in Spain, like all that you
say. But this is not the most popular music, you know.
Industrial, techno-industrial, etc. is a kinf of music
that is growing slowly in Spain and everyday there are
more people who start to like this kind of music. Also
there are people who are into music like EBM, dark music
and things like that. Metal people in Spain are starting
to find out that there are more music than black, death,
thrash, etc. and I think it's good. The variety is the
good taste!
What can we expect of Noesis in the near future?
Fernando (vocals): We're now promoting this
album, and playing live as much as we can, because we
think this is the best way to promote our band. In the
near future we want to play all we can, hehe. Also we're
making new songs and preparing our shows. We want people
who go our shows enjoy our music and our show. In the
future we would like to record another album with new
material and a bigger promotion, but now "When All
Colours Are Dead" is the main job of Noesis.
The interview ends here, thanks a lot for your time.
If you have something to add, the final words are all
yours.
Fernando (vocals): Thank you very much for the
support, and thanks to all people who has spend the time
reading this interview. You all are invited to visit our
website, www.noesisband.com, and on the main page, on
the right you can click and to listen to "When All
Colours Are Dead" entirely! Also you can visit our
mySpace, www.myspace.com/noesisband. And, of course, you
can mail us at noesis@noesisband.com; all the comments
are welcome. I hope you like our music, and I hope to
see all you in any show soon. Greetings from Spain!
Interview by: Gerardo - June 2007 |
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