interview with Noumeno
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes, our drummer Emiliano plays with Shores Of Null, Embrace Of Disharmony, and HateSound, our bass player Emanuele with Airlines Of Terror and Black Motel six, our guitar player Matteo with Embrace Of Disharmony and a new cool "brutal/blues project", and our guitar player Danilo with Amnell.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Emiliano Cantiano - drums - 33 years old
Danilo Carrabino - guitars - 35 years old
Emanuele Calvelli - bass - 27 years old
Matteo Salvarezza - guitars - 27 years old
Have you had other previous members? Yes, our life brother Fabrizio "Panda" Agabiti, he moved to Germany to start a new life with his family.
Did you make music even when you were young? Yes,of course!
Where are you from? Rome,Italy.
What year did the band form? We start the project in the summer of 2007.
What's your style of genre? Instrumental progressive metal.
What inspires you? Bands like Death,Cynic,Racer X,Cacophony,Liquid Tension Experiment,Rush,Tool and more.
How often and where do you reherse? One/Twice a week
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Yes, our drummer Emiliano is a drum teacher and a drum clinician, Matteo is a reasercher, Danilo and emanuele in the computer security
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? Not yet because we have a deal with Brothel Of Sound Booking Agency, a young agency that works really professional!
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? Not yet beacuse we have a deal with House Of Ashes Production, the label that release for us our new album "Escape"
What made you decide to make this music? Nothing special,just the idea to something different.
What are your songs about? The titles takes inspiration from some TV Comedies,sometimes we give to our songs fancy names based on how we feel inspired.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? We are instrumental,so we haven't lirycs.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? We start with the music.
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? Yes and not...sometimes we start with pre-production made by our drummers,sometimes we prefer to jam in our rehearsal room,it depends by the moment.
Have you done any covers live? Yes,sometimes we like to play covers during our live shows!
What language do you sing in? English.
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? The least i think 50/80 people,the most 250 people.
What ages are most of your concert attendants? From 16 years old to 50 years old.
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We love to vary our setlist,but at the same time we have some songs thta our fans loves and we always play these songs!
Do you have a regular place you play live often? No, we play in some different clubs.
What was your first gig like? Really exciting, it was a last minute show booked by Baffo Jorg from Metal Massacre Booking, he called our drummer and said "i need a band for a live show tomorrow,come on and play guys!", the show was really cool we play in fron of 120 people!
What was your latest gig? It was yesterday at Jailbreak Live Cub, with Rainfall and Hertache two good bands from our city.
Have you had to cancel a gig? Never.
Where have you played live this year? This year we played in all the roman live clubs but we also played in Pescara (a city not so far from Rome) as opening guests for Phil the band of Dave Lombardo (Slayer drummer), and in alatri (a city close to Rome) where we played in afestival with Pino Scotto, our latest shows in Rome was with the swedish band Freak Kitchen and the italian powermetal band Trick Or Treat.
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? Yes we are planning the live shows for 2016 and i think we'll start work on our 3rd album.
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? We started in 2008, and we are still selling our new merchandise,if you are curious check our facebook page www.facebook.com/NoumenoOfficial
Where can people buy your merchandise? Directly from us by private message at www.facebook.com/NoumenoOfficial
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? Downloading music is not good for the underground bands,because for us all the money is a help to "stay alive", but at the same time, the album streaming on YouTube and the downloading help in "another way" the bands to promote themselves...i hope people understand what i mean.
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? Yes of course, today is hard for the labels to seel albums,and so they have to spend more money in the promotion and the bands have to do the same...
What do you think of my work? Is a great works, we think that the webzine gives a great help to the undergorund bands!
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? We don't know...but,if also 5 people will know us by this interview,for us is a goal!
Do you have any role models or idols? No, but we have a great respect for all the musicians that inspired us during the years!
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? I think that inspiration is somethig that needs to born from your heart in a spontaneous way.
What advice would you give other bands or artists? Believe in yourself, respect the underground bands from your city, take part at the live shows and help your scene to become bigger, battle between underground bands will never help the scene of your city!
How do you get psyched for a gig? OF COURSE WE ARE ALWAYS PSYCHED!!!!
Do you have any new material? Not yet.
What are your web sites? www.facebook.com/NoumenoOfficial www.twitteter.com/NoumenoOfficial https://soundcloud.com/noumeno-official www.youtube.com/NoumenoBand
How can people reach you? By our webpages: www.facebook.com/NoumenoOfficial www.twitteter.com/NoumenoOfficial https://soundcloud.com/noumeno-official www.youtube.com/NoumenoBand
What are your plans for the future? Write our 3rd album, and try to play around Europe.
Do you have something to add? We just want to thank you for this amazing interview, and we would like to thank all the people that will read it!
