Ciccada
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Topic: Ciccada
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Subject: Ciccada
Date Posted: December 22 2010 at 07:20
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Ciccada is a new band from Greece who has generated some high temperature in ProgArchives lately. The high temperature solely caused by the high quality of their debut album and this is album is another candidate for the 2010 top ten list. I got in touch with the band and they gave us these answers. --------------------------------------------------------- Your biography has been covered in
your ProgArchives profile so let's bypass the biography details. But which bands
were you influenced by and why did you choose that name ? Nicolas:Gentle Giant,
Renaissance,Univers Zero,King Crimson,Hatfield & the North, Curved
Air, Gryphon and Jethro Tull.
We find that the
word Ciccada is powerful and we liked the sound, regardless if we like this
small insect.
Were you involved in any other bands
before you started Ciccada ?
N: I was the flutist
in the cross-over outfit Ad Libitum, playing mostly the music of Claude Bolling
and Mike Mower. Also, a member of Stefanos Andreadis Jazz Quartet. Georges, as
far as I know, had not any serious collaboration before.  Let's go straight to the only
official album to this date, A Child in the Mirror from earlier this year. An
album many in ProgArchives have on their Top 5 list of best 2010 albums. Please
tell us more about this album. N: It`s an extremely
rich bunch of tunes.We filtered all of our experience as avid music listeners,
to create this multi-coloured canvas. The lyrics is our poetry and has almost
exclusively to do with esoteric images and fantastic worlds.Some lyrics came out
naturally in our native language so we let it in!
I would compare your vocalist
Evangelia Kozoni with the the Kari Rueslaatten from Third And The Mortal while
your music has a lot of influences I have great difficulties with pinpointing.
Please help me out here. How would you describe your music and which bands would
you use as good reference points ? N:I think there`s no
comparison at all with K.R. and our music is different even if some influences
are (perhaps) the same.We mostly do rock chamber music.
You are based in Greece. How is the
music scene there now and life in general ? N:Many interesting
things but almost nothing progressive.I could talk about artistic loneliness...
What is your latest update and the
plans for the rest of this year and next year ? N:Rehearsing and
performing `till next summer. But we are also trying new
songs...
To wrap up this interview, is there
anything you want to add to this interview ? N:We hope to be able
to satisfy and please all lovers of good art as long as Ciccada is alive.It`s a
great pleasure for us! Thank you to Nicolas for this interview Their PA profile is here and their homepage here
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Replies:
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 31 2010 at 16:08
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I've read about them here in PA, and in other sources, they seem to be a pretty interesting band. The interview was so short, I would have loved to read more info. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 31 2010 at 20:23
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I have this one on order and really look forward to it. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: iliakis
Date Posted: February 05 2013 at 14:02
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New song by Ciccada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9USQOZtAAo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9USQOZtAAo From the album "The Stories of H.P.Lovecraft" Musea Records 2012 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 08 2013 at 20:03
| Fantastic album !! The dbl vinyl version is a pure luxury to own and enjoy. CICCADA and WILL-O-THE WISP are 2 amazing outfits from Greece. Top-shelf Prog, hands down. |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: July 26 2013 at 08:18
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I would be happier if they released new album too.
------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu  Even my |
Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 07:04
| Pretty basic interview, but what a great band. I imagine they should have something new soon, by this point. |