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Illuminata
Interview: How did you get your start in music? Out from the depths of different musical backgrounds and histories merged together, arose in 2006 a project of two Austrian musicians. Founded by Luki (bass) and Dave (drums) this band, soon known as Illuminata, set out, not only to play but to play from their very heart. A number of ambitious musicians from the band’s birthplace Graz joined and left during the early stages until in March of 2007 the line-up was eventually completed by singer and flutist Katarzyna and the sextet established with their first EP “Lachrymal” what Illuminata has been about ever since: complex yet catchy keyboards, heavy guitars, thundering and progressive drums, inventive bass-lines and two beautiful female voices joined together in perfect harmony. In the aftermath of the record the band’s rapid growth in musical skill, resources and ambition again made changes in the line-up inevitable. A new keyboarder (Sabrina) as well as a new bassist (Christoph) and a new voice (Joanna) completed the band once more while Luki discovered his true destiny, the guitar. At last the band started to record their first full length album “From the Chalice of Dreams” which was released in 2008 and exceeded his predecessor in songwriting, performance and orchestral power. “Promising
debut […] A band to keep an eye on for sure.” After the record was released Joanna left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by their current soprano Lisa. In summer 2009 the band released their latest EP “A Frame of Beauty” as the mature and refined result of years of personal and musical progress. However, as Illuminata’s creativity and evolution never subsides, the track-list of their yet unnamed upcoming album is almost finished and the material promises another captivating step onto higher ground. who are your biggest musical influences 2) Our biggest influences are Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Wagner, Bach and of course the lot of our favourite bands What is your biggest inspiration when creating music? 3) The greatest inspiration for creating music are cold winter nights or perhaps sitting at a lake in Finland but sometimes a cold beer or two (or three) works quite nicely ;) Could you give us the details of your current project. 4) The song-list of the new album is as good as finished. Currently it includes 13 tracks adding up to a total of about 75 minutes. We’ve already recorded nine of them but we’ll probably redo them because we always figure out some way to do it better right after we’re finished ;) it hasn’t got a name yet but we are currently trying to narrow it down to some good ideas. The album will certainly be a lot different from our first not just because of our new singer and the growls of our drummer but we want the whole thing to be faster and more thoroughly orchestrated yet more melancholic then its predecessor. Of course our improving technical resources contribute to that, especially when it comes to orchestra or choir passages. What is the next goal you would like to achieve with your music? 5) A Grammy… no, seriously, we would like to win a price that is actually worth something… like perhaps an MTV Award (rofl lol gg) [we just couldn’t be serious on that question ;)] When the zombies take over the world where will you be? 6) When the zombies attack we’ll be on stage playing the soundtrack Jedi, Ninja, vampire, were-wolf, pirate, fairy or Spartan? 7) Ok, in the band we got: 4 Vampires (Kathi, Lisa, Luki, Sabrina) 1 Werewolf (Christoph) And 1 that’s undecided between a Vampire and a Fairy ;) (Dave) What one piece of art, be it music, book, film or picture, do you think people must experience before they die? 8) Of course we are tempted to say “our music” but we’ll go with music in general ;) Give one fact that most people would not believe about you? 9) We know what we did last summer…MUHAHAHAHAHA |
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