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Topic: Seven Impale Posted: February 08 2015 at 05:47
Currently sitting comfortably at 3rd place
in the PA collaborators’ top albums of 2014, Norwegians Seven Impale talk to ProgArchives
and JustIn Case Radio about chili-mango tea, questions best left-unanswered,
songs to which is hard to dance (!) and when God Left Us for a Black-Dressed
Woman... here’s to bigger and better things
Hello!
What news from the City of the Sun? What are Seven Impale up to at this moment
in time?
We are currently sitting on a cafe called
"Bare Jazz" drinking chili-mango tea and coffee, listening to Wes
Montgomery. Just came to Oslo and we are preparing for the gig tonight by
trying not to get too tired. We came across a recently released album by Tigran
Hamasyan called "Mockingroot" we've been waiting for it a long time,
so we purchased all (three) copies they had and now we’re really happy!
How
has 2014 been for you as a band? How have you developed and what have you
learnt?
2014 has been a great year for Seven
Impale, and we have developed a lot. We learned a lot about the work that is
involved in releasing an album, both musically and everything else around it.
When we look back at the process we realize that we have been really lucky to
work with such great people, who have helped us make a great album and not make
every beginners mistake out there as well! We’ve learned a lot and the next
time we’re entering the studio, we’ll be prepared!
Most
young (excuse the adjective) bands find it difficult to sign up to a label
these days – how did the deal with Karisma come up?
We played at a music industry convention
called "Blest" in 2012. This is where we met our contact in Karisma,
Martin Kvam. He really liked what we did at the showcase and shortly after, we
started negotiating a contract.
There’s
only (!) six of you but you chose “Seven Impale” for your name – is there a
story behind this?
It is mainly chosen from associations and
symbolism in the words, as well as the religious connection to the number
seven. So it's not totally random, but the meaning is rather abstract.
Is the City of the Sun a real or
fictitious place? What is the story behind the album’s lyrics (if any)?
The City of the Sun is a fictional utopian
city from a book by the italian philosopher Tommaso Campanella in 1602. It
reflected our own idealism as well as the ideas behind the lyrics/story of our
album.
When did God leave us for a black-dressed
woman and why did He do it?
Officially around the birth of Isaac
Newton, i think. Why, is a much greater and relative question best to leave
unanswered.
What have the responses been so far for
your debut album and how does this make you feel?
The feedback from the prog-community and
all the people involved in the release have been incredibly good(at times
unreal), and of course this is very motivating. Things have been picking up
pace after the release and it seems to keep going in that direction.
What motivates and inspires you musically
and non-musically?
We are mostly inspired musically, by other
people's music. A lot of norwegian bands like Jaga Jazzist, Shining,
Motorpsycho and otherwise a variety of different genres, classical, electronic
music, jazz and metal. The motivation comes from the people around us, as well
as our own expectations towards ourselves and the band. And of course the fact
that we all love playing.
The musicianship of the album makes me
think you have all studied this before – have you? Is it important?
Only our singer/guitarist Stian has any
formal training, but we've all played and listened to music a lot, with very
different backgrounds.
Are you taking you music to the masses?
Which are the lucky audiences to experience you live on stage?
So far we've only played in Norway, and
the plans for the rest of europe are still in the mere beginning. We definitely
plan to take our music to the masses, but how much time it will take for us to
reach that point we have no idea about.
What have the responses been so far on
stage? Do they stare you with questioning or dance to your music?
Our songs is generally hard to dance to,
so there's a lot of staring. People seems really interested in understanding
the rythms and what we're doing, and there's nothing more rewarding for a band
to see that kind of devotion from the audience. The comeback at our last gigs
have generally been very good as well. In our home town we've gotten a good
reputation as a live band and that is a nice place to start for us, as our our
travel expences are quite large.
Give us a hint about your future plans
Making more music. Evolving mentally,
musically and technically. And yea, we're planning to make another album soon.
A message from your part for the readers
of Progarchives.com is…
Thanks a lot for all the feedback on the
readers forums, and we really appreciate all the attention our album has
gotten.
Anything that you might want to add as a
closing note?
We're currently making a music video,
planning another album and have a couple of important gigs coming up, so stay
tuned in if you're interested in the future of Seven Impale. We surely are!
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Posted: February 08 2015 at 17:44
Nice interview, Thanos. Enjoyed the read.
Still a bit annoyed with myself for missing these guys when they played here recently. Next time I'll definitely be there!
Oh, and I've been to "Bare Jazz" a couple of times. Cafe / CD/vinyl shop where you can sit back and chill with a beer while listening to music of your choice, perhaps checking out an album before buying. Nice, cozy place. Come to think of it, I should go there more often.
Edited by The Bearded Bard - February 08 2015 at 17:48
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