Showing posts with label Kalabrian Syndrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kalabrian Syndrome. Show all posts

Friday, February 12, 2021

Kalbrian Syndrome Interview

 


1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band? 

1.Kalabrian Syndrome is an instrumental trio (guitar, bass, drums) that blends in heavy rock, psychedelic, drone, ambient and noise elements always in a dynamic frame, that uses all sort of patterns to deliver a story behind every song. 

2.So far you have released a n ep, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style that you went for on the recording? 

2.We wanted it to be straight forward ,no polishing, no editing ,no sort of sound design trickery that the rest of the music business had fed us .So ,we went to the studio played the songs live ,hit the rec button, choose which version of the song works best. Did some mixing and mastering and there you have it.

 3.So far all of your music has been instrumental, are you open to using vocals on future releases? 

3.Really don’t know, Voice is a just another instrument right? With one major difference….the frequencies that produces mean something….there are words….so it has to be well tuned and really have something interesting to say….difficult task. If the right person ,that can fill that role comes our way, we re happy to try it. 

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Kalbrian Syndrome'?

 4.Its just and Inside joke between the band and friends ,so as the titles of the songs. 

5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the ep cover? 

5.It is a photo taken in our home studio in the middle off a session by our friend kellaki. 

6.Has the band done any live shows or open to the idea? 

6.Of course we are open to the idea ,but covid-19 had other plans. 

7.The ep was released by 'Submersion Records'. how did you get in contact with this label? 7.Submersion Records is a known label in the Underground scene in Thessaloniki and good friends of us. 

8.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of experimental and heavier genres?

 8.its been great so far, we love the fact that different people have different favourite track on the EP. 

9.When can we expect a full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future? 

9.Really don’t know, we are constantly writing new material, we have some very exciting tracks so far, we experimenting with some new gear ,new sounds. We would like to have a full length album out somewhere in the beginning of 2022 

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays? 

10.We are 3 very different people ,each and everyone brings his own thing to the table., and I think that is pretty obvious if you listen to the EPI. Now if the topic comes to bands,9 out 10 it will lead to a major pointless argument.

 11.What are some of your non musical interests? 

11.We play for fun …we don’t pay bills from music. All of us have day jobs.. the little time that we can spent in our day for fooling around goes to the band.

 12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts? 

12.Thanks for reviewing our debut EP and supporting us. Cheers!

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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Kalabrian Syndrome/Self Titled/Submersion Records/2020 EP Review

 


 Kalabrian Syndrome  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  an  instrumental  mixture  experimental  and  stoner  metal  with  some  elements  of  ambient,  drone,  psychedelic,  blues  and  jazz  rock  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  titled  2020   ep  which  was  released   by  Submersion  Records.


  Atmospheric  sounding  drones  start  off  the  ep  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavier  stoner  metal  direction  while  the  melodies  add  in  touches  of  blues  rock.  All  of  the  music  is  also  instrumental  along  with  some  bass  guitar  leads  also  being  utilized  at  times  and  the  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  also  done  in  a  very  distorted  style.


  A  lot  of  the  music  also  sounds  improvised  while  the  music  also  has  its  psychedelic  and  experimental  moments.  Elements  of  avant  jazz  can  also  be  heard  in  the  song  structures  along  with  a  couple  of  the  tracks  also  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length  as  well  as  all  of  the  tracks  also  sounding  different  from  each  other  and  towards  the  end  touches  of  ambient  can  also  be  heard  and  the  closing  track  also  adds  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing.


  Kalabrian  Syndrome  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  experimental,  ambient,  drone,  psychedelic,  jazz,  blues  rock  and  stoner  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  as  well  as  keeping  everything  instrumental  while  the  production  sounds  very  dark.


  In  my  opinion  Kalbrian  Syndrome  are  a  very  great  sounding  instrumental  mixture  of  experimental  and  stoner  metal  with  some  touches  of  ambient,  drone,  psychedelic,  jazz  and  blues  rock  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ashtomouth"  and  "Villa  Romantica".  8  out  of  10.


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