“Between Technique and Melody”


Interview with the member of this excellent new Italian band.

By Sergio Vilar

Who makes Auticada and what musical backgrounds do you have?
Max Pirotti: Auticada was born in 1996 from the ashes of a cover band called Imnoqua.
Divide Lamagni and Marco Baldini and Antonio Facchini were members of that band. The intent was doing Italian rock covers, but after a short time creativity is born and has carried the band until this days.

How did you come up with the name Auticada?
Marco Baldini: The monicker Auticada was chosen by our previous singer, Alex Zani, and it is a bird’s scientific name.

What are your major influences? What kind of sound are you trying to achieve?
Davide Lamagni: Our influences are various and goes from classical music to rock We are trying to reach the right mix between technique and melody.

Is there a creative community you do identify with and consider yourself a member of?
Riccardo Roverso: Sincerrely , we aren’table to find an exact classification , seen that we don’t  play only a pure kind of music.

What are some of the ideas or concepts you had in mind in making the “Aurea” record?
Massimo Piasenti: Our intention was to bring all our experience in a record worthy of care from audience.

Could you give me a brief description of each song?
Max Pirotti: “Dimentica” is the opening song that introduces the listener to the voyage that start with “Aurea”, a two sided song. It gives a very architectonic form to the sound and it recalls the classicism and symmetry of Mozart classical music, with a little dose of baroque music.

Songs by “Bianca Luce” and “Re dei Re” exalt the epic/symphonic side with sumptuous riders.

“Vivo” and the “Sesto senso” suite have a sonic variety that gives incessant time changes to the listener. And then, there are the ballads “Strega” and “Nel mio blu” that have a sweet touch of melody and a great performance by the vocalist Riccardo.

What conditions are most conductive to working on your music? Where do you find inspirations and what’s the creative process like for you? Are all members of Auticada involved in the creative process? 
Davide Lamagni: Everyone helps on arrangements, so we say that is a collective work. Some songs born from structure bringed by someone, or by a simple starting theme that we build after all together.

Do other projects exist in those that members of the band are involved?
Riccardo Roverso: Massimo Piasenti plays in a cover band, while Massimo Pirotti has a solo project called MaterManto.

What’s your take on progressive rock in general? Do you think it is still a viable from music?
Marco Baldini: Progressive rock will be forever a kind of music that can evolve, seen that it is based on various musical styles. We think progressive will be forever fundamental in the music panorama.

What are you listening to now? What’s made the biggest impact on you as a musicians?
Max Pirotti: We listen from classical music to Metal Rock and are impressed by the perfect union between technique and compositive taste. We adore bands like Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery above all.

What are your plans, short- and long- term? Any plans for a new work in progress?
Massimo Piasenti: We are now preparing for a show to support our CD and we are working on new songs for a second album, that will surely come out after one year.

Thanks for your time and this interview. If you feel I forgot something and you’d like to add anything now’s the time…
Auticada: Take a look to our web site www.auticada.it you will find any information about the band. Thanks for your time and support.   

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Nucleus interview: 05/10/05