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Topic: Habitat
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Subject: Habitat
Date Posted: April 19 2011 at 14:03
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Argentinian outfit HABITAT, which first and foremost is the creative vehicle of composer and multi-instrumentalist Aldo Penelli, can trace it's history back to 1984 when they made a few select live performances. Three years later a new version of the band would appear, play a few concerts but then disappear again. I got in touch with the band for their story. #########################################################################
When,
where and by whom was Habitat started? Did any of you, past and
present Habitat members, play in any other bands before joining up in
Habitat ? Why did you choose that name ? ALDO
PINELLI: My friend Darío Zapponi and me started Hábitat in the
first days of secondary school. The ex-guitarist, Enrique, played in
IXION before Hábitat. Other musicians played in different high
school bands. The name was chosen for its ecological sense or
reference. Roberto, the actual drummer played many years with a band
called “No Way Out”.
How
was the music scene in your area when you started?
ALDO
PINELLI
:
It was just was rock and pop. The last breath from Argentina´s prog
bands was ending.  Let's
go straight to the first album. Please tell us more about Historias
Olvidadas from 1998
ALDO
PINELLI
:
It´s an album with “symphonical songs”. Old songs from ´80s
re-arranged; some material with classic touches and lyrics inspired
in Tolkien´s Book. ” Fuman en pipa” (They smoke pipes) from this
cd, inspired by “The Hobbit”.
 Please
tell us more about your second album Baul Repleto de Sugerencias from
2001
ALDO
PINELLI
:
A darkest and modern cd than former one. There are songs what are
classics in live shows now as “Erosionado” (Worn down), “Epopeya”
(Epic) and “El canto de las cabezas reducidas” (The chant of the
reduced heads).
 Please
tell us more about your third album Puente from 2006
ALDO
PINELLI
:
A very well produced album. Many arrangements and careful sound
details. Some new and old songs. The reviews was very good in all
countries. It is a very “electric” album. A curious detail is
that “La última de las arañas buenas” (The last of the good
spiders), a long acoustic song was named as one of best.  Please
tell us more about your fourth and most resent album Tratando De
Respirar En La Furia from 2010.
ALDO
PINELLI
:
“Tratando…” is the best cd, no doubts. We worked very hard in
the mixing stage at Tolestudio, an expensive studio for Hábitat´s
structure. Songs contain an equilibrium between rhythms and
harmonies. I could express all of my guitar capabilities in freedom.
And on the bass too, my other principal instrument. There is, I
think, a high musical level. Some songs are basically prog rock, but
others drive the listener to different landscapes, almost
cinematographic.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI: It was a very hard and demanding productions. We really
put a lot of effort in the recording stage and in the mixing stage.
We worked every hour beside our mixing engineers putting our own ears
into eat and learning a lot. Thanks to Tolestudio for their inputs
and encouragement.
How
is the availability and distribution of your four albums ? ALDO
PINELLI:
In Argentina, Viajero Inmovil ( http://www.viajeroinmovil.com" rel="nofollow - )
with Felipe Surkan is our principal distributor and Discover
( http://www.mellotronweb.com.ar" rel="nofollow - )
with Andrés Valle, a prog and celtic cd store is our principal place
for to sell in a public way. Moreover, we have our own customers.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI:
Big Bear records is also a nice an traditional Prog Cd store where
the owner, Ricardo Medina, has been knew to us for a long time and
thanks in part to him, I met Aldo through a publication in the Big
Bear Newspaper back in 1997.
How
is the creative processes in your band from coming up with ideas to
getting them onto an album ?
ALDO
PINELLI
:
At the moment, the circumstances made me the principal composer. I
show the songs with some basic arrangements and this way we prepare
the rest. Is the same way to play live.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI:
Aldo lays down the melodies and basic structure and gives me total
freedom to adapt my style and creativity to each song until we feel
it right. The process is pretty much “let´s play many times, many
days and lets elaborate on what sounds right and leave out what
doesn´t”.
Just
to give those of us who are unknown with your music a bit of a
reference point or two: How would you describe your music ? ALDO
PINELLI:
The roots are in the English prog rock from ´70s and ´80s. In the
last years, celtic and ethnic has been growing inside me as a music
influence. Now we are building the new cd. Our music is mostly easy
to listen because we never loose the melodic line. It is very
important for me the fusion between music and words. I´d like for
listeners to imagine the scenes where the action happens.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI
:
I would add that Aldo´s passion for “not copying” makes
Habitat´s music so much different from what we heard that it makes
it a special style in its own. Of course, we all have very strong
influences from the prog bands from the 70´s and 80´s. I myself am
very influenced to my some pop bands from the 80´s such as Toto and
Dire Straits as well as jazz from the US West Coast like Dave Grusin,
Lee Ritenour etc.
How
is your gigs situation at the moment. Is it difficult to get gigs in
Argentina these days? ALDO
PINELLI:
Yes, it´s difficult but is not a problem for Hábitat because we
were always this way. We are an independent band, no sponsors. We
produce our gigs. If in the future time there is an invitation for a
international tour or a participation in a prog festival it will be
welcomed
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI
:
I agree with Aldo. It is difficult but we manage our own time
effectively.
What
is your plans for the rest of this year and beyond ? ALDO
PINELLI:
For this year we think to play live in every possible place in
Argentina, showing the “Tratando…” songs. May be I will play
solo performances in North Italy invited by Loris Furlan from Lizard
Records, whom co-produced Habitat´s last cd. I´ll play Hábitat´s
songs and other ones from my solo project. I´ll release my third
solo cd in April maybe.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI
:
Play as hard as I can and keep studying as hard as always. I have to
give thanks to my teacher Junior Cesari for his lessons have reshaped
the way I look at drumming. He is also in a very critical health
situation and I wish him all the best.
To
wrap up this interview, is there anything you want to add to this
interview?
ALDO
PINELLI:
Yes, I invite to every listener to know Hábitat and my solo cds. It
is good music with something different from the rest. And try to buy
our cds. Being an independent artist is hard and we can´t play too
many gigs to collect money for future productions. Thank you for this
possibility.
ROBERTO
SAMBRIZZI
:
To all musicians and specially prog fans, keep it up and keep buying
music. Please don´t promote illegal copying of music for in the long
ran you are harming yourself and all of us. Rock.
Thank you to Habitat for this interview Their PA profile is http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5660" rel="nofollow - & their homepage's http://www.habitatmusic.com.ar" rel="nofollow -
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Replies:
Posted By: Dominique
Date Posted: October 03 2011 at 07:11
| Thanks for the interview!! have found a lot of new and interesting facts about Habitat)) |