Il Maniscalco Maldestro
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Topic: Il Maniscalco Maldestro
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Subject: Il Maniscalco Maldestro
Date Posted: March 15 2011 at 13:26
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Il Maniscalco Maldestro is an Italian band who was once evaluated here in PA for inclusion. They once offered their two albums as free downloads and I grabbed them. I also got in touch with the band for an interview (long time ago). Dado answered my questions. #################################################
When, where and by whom was Il
Maniscalco Maldestro started ? Did you play in any other bands before
Il Maniscalco Maldestro ? Why did you choose that name ?
The band was born in Volterra
(near Pisa, Tuscany) in the year 2000, from an idea of Antonio
"Tonjo" Bartalozzi, our singer...Before everyone of us had
other projects, from different musical worlds, but the same will to
be "musicians for life".
The name is a sort of
ironic-messed up tongue twister, wich wants to recall the ancient
italian crafts! "Maniscalco" means "Farrier",
while "maldestro" means "awkward"...You know,
Antonio likes to be complicated....ahahahaha!!!
Is Il Maniscalco Maldestro a
band or a project ? What is the full ethos of Il Maniscalco Maldestro
?
Il maniscalco maldestro is a band
and a project too.
But that's not all.
This band is our second family,
the "place" where you can hide and find true
friends...I thinks this is our major strenght.
We are friends before being
colleagues...And this is clear to everyone.
Come to
our gigs, and you'll see a stage filled up with friends making some
f**king, noisy rock'n'roll...Happy to be there, most of all!!! :)
How was the music scene in
your area when you started ?
A tragedy!!!! ahahahahahaha!!!! I
am not joking...
Italy of the years 2000
isn't a good place to promote something different from the most
popular pop music.
Over to your albums. Your
debut album was Il maniscalco maldestro from 2005. Please tell us
more about this album.
My favourite!
"il maniscalco maldestro"
is the result of two previous demos and a very interesting musical
journey of Antonio...I guess he didn't want to be collocated into a
particular scene, that's why in this album you can find
everything, from jazz to metal...By the way, this is still our
musical attitude, and will always be.
...To me, this is the real sense
of "progressive music"...Progressive is freedom!
Your second and so far last
album is Panna, polvere e vertigine from 2009. Please tell us more
about this album.
The second album had a different
birth. While "il maniscalco maldestro" was written entirely
by Antonio, for this album (with me in the band since a few month) we
worked together in the rehearsal, creating riffs and jamming a
loooooooooooot.
For those of us unknown with
your music; how would you describe you music and which bands would
you compare yourself with ?
I guess our proposal is a strange
meltin' pot between everything you can find in music. We don't
do plans. Maybe tomorrow we'll come out with a disco album!
ahahahah!!! Who knows?
Each one of us has totally
different tastes in music...I do really love bands like Porcupine
Tree, Pain Of Salvation, Transatlantic, Opeth...Antonio comes from
jazz and funky music, Stefano (our drummer) is grown listening to
bands like AC/DC, U2, Queen......And so it goes!
I think our strenght is the
ability to merge these influences together to find our own sound!
If I am not mistaken, both
albums are free downloads. Why did you decide to offer your works for
free and what is the pros and cons of that choice ?
Not anymore, because of
contractual plans....
We made this decision some years
ago to give our albums the possibility to be heard everywhere from
everyone....And it did really work. This is the "pro".
The "con" is that we
still have to beg for having a pasta dish... ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
What is your plans for this
year and beyond ?
We are working hard to our third
album, and i am really, really, really proud of what's coming
out...When the record will be ready, i guess we will start playing
all over italy, and who knows, maybe all over Europe! I hope!
To wrap up this interview, is
there anything you want to add to this interview ?
Yes, i would like to thank you
for this interview, and everyone who is reading these words!
Come to visit us to our website
http://www.ilmaniscalcomaldestro.com/" rel="nofollow - !!!!
"Awkward" greetings!!! Thank you to Dado for this interview Their homepage is http://www.ilmaniscalcomaldestro.com" rel="nofollow -
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Replies:
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 15 2011 at 21:51
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Ha, I like these guys! Good job Torodd!
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: March 15 2011 at 23:41
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Currently under evaluation in crossover.... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |