Today we present the Valencian group Syndrome Moscow, one of the bands selected by San Miguel for the final competition which was organized late last year to open for Franz Ferdinand.
The group just released a 4 song EP produced by Juan de Dios Martin, who has worked with groups like Albertucho, Marlango, Deluxe or Amaral. Moscow syndrome are
Aleks and Miguel:
Hey guys, first a little publicity: What about the EP? What has been the public?
The truth is that the EP is still a state secret. Today, we are working with the demo we recorded last year in "The Rock Studios and produced Bilbao Carlos Creator. But as comets have recorded an EP with Juan de Dios Martin, one of the best producers are now in Spain and the truth that we are super happy with how everything has fallen. John has given the group that little push we needed to find our own sound. Now we are moving to record level, etc. but if nothing comes out eventually because then we will go the themes for people to download them free, either one or the other and there is little to see the light.
And Direct: Upcoming dates?
the moment we have nothing yet closed, bespeak something half but still we have not focused on playing because we are very much involved in moving the EP, as surely see the light inform you of dates.
Would you would you define as an independent?
Absolutely. The truth is we're just two people struggling to bring forward this project and we must work very hard to get what we are getting. Of course we have to throw a lot of ingenuity and our resources are very limited and quite difficult to get his head to be as independent as us, but we will soldier on whatever happens.
The question is in reference to the following: listening to your music, the thin red line that moves a part of alternative country pop, it's easy to cross into the commercial. What do you think groups like Vetusta Morla, Supersubmarina or Napoleon Solo?
I look very good bands, in fact I would say even recently did a concert in Valencia a medley of musicians from around here and some other version of these groups fell. Anyway, what's the commercial I've always sounded a bit like a cliché. Today if you do a topic that you feel on first listen and they put the label trade group. Perhaps you've lost a little direction regarding that. We are born in the 80's and have grown up with music all the time, is the soundtrack of our lives and all issues could remember were good songs, catchy and hit quite hit. At the time did not hear much discussion of whether or not they were commercial.
now, if you can choose radio that you would like more sound: on Radio 3 or top 40?
Of course you would use the joker and I would say both, but if you really had a choice, the answer is simple. What would make our music radio to reach more people? Well, that is what we choose.
We are facing a rise in the price of independent music, Do you think that groups such as Love Of Lesbian or Lori Meyers will flower a day (or already has two) and are here to stay?
As time will tell the truth, you know how to move this independent music and the truth is that I think it all depends of the trends that the future holds for us. As you say, that this upward trend right now and are already seeing companies are supporting these gangs, I think it all depends on the level of engagement with these labels with the bands, if you really believe in them as a group or trend transient. For my part, I hope to stay a long time because they are good bands.
very good references are the major groups that have shared the stage in yours, so far, short career. How have some of those great shows?
The truth that all have been amazing experiences. Some touched the surreal to me. We come from another band who have been most of our lives, a more rock band with which we get 4 albums and toured the peninsula many times up and down. When we get tired both Michael and I and we began to emerge other artistic interests decided to mount "Moscow Syndrome." I mention it's surreal because we were preparing the last concert with this band, and I remember we played on a Friday and I called on a Wednesday to ask if "syndrome Moscow" was prepared to play on Saturday with the concert Coti Fallas in Valencia. Sure we answer a resounding yes, and prepare to Moscow syndrome together with tests on the other side in 3 days. I remember playing on Friday with about 300 people in Valencia on our last gig with a band that had fought a lifetime and the next day having to go out and sing in front of nearly 8,000 people in an amazing setting and a public entregadísimo. Best of all was that I had never sung in public until that day, so it was a good baptism of truth. After that we share the bill with The Secret and later with men G, so we can not complain about our first year of truth, knowing that if not always going to be and we're going to have to work very hard to repeat dates like that.
From what I see in the illusion that you put into your project, is a utopia or a very complex reality of the music live?
depends. Perhaps we are now is very very hard, need a manager who could do the job as we are too big and we can focus fully on composing and performing. If we did it would be hard to live it, but if it would be a major relief for us to have extra income to cover certain expenses.
And you consider harder, you stand out from the endless supply current music or have enough patience before giving way to popularity?
I am very impatient. The sooner you give to know our music better. We believe that this would avoid taking 5 discs then fall on deaf ears, it also has to be hard to have a long musical career and then you only recognize the hit of the summer that has come almost to the last rice.
One of the main difficulties which are being found bands like yours is to bring the work to live. What are the conditions that led to this situation? How you try to overcome this lack of direct to continue to maintain "high self-esteem of the band?
is the most difficult of all. No organized a good platform to help bands that they are currando and try to get by. I think that there are 3 levels of play and we like many other bands in the middle, the vacuum. There is a platform for amateur groups fairly wide bars hidden in cities where he plays the group has just begun, take all your friends and fill the joint. Then there's the acclaimed artist who can pay a rent of € 1000 or 2000 to rent a room and put a 20 € entry, and then there is a gap for bands like us, we can not enter either one or the other level . In short, we did not find any place where you can offer our live, in addition to being the strongest of the group is what encourages us every day. This lack of self esteem as you say it is meet to be positive and think that eventually things will work out, because it close the stall and move on.
are days of tough economy, do you dedicate to music full time?
No, he goes. We dedicate our work and try this more seriously almost in our day to day.
And how repartís functions? Do you do everything halfway or repartís work and then you put in common?
Well, we have a very quick way Michael and I work together. There are some automation already in place in the band. In terms of composition, each doing their own songs at home and then arranged in the trial, but the bulk is more individual work. In the level of promoting the band, so everyone has a little office, a social networking another try to seek media coverage, etc.
Working with a producer and Juan de Dios Martín, Plug or hook?
Hook! We did not know of anything John of God, found his touch and send you the model we had. After called me to talk about that idea and told me that we had liked the roll of the group because transmitting power and it seemed that we were a fun group and did not have to be with the 5 senses in our music you liked, then roll rogue group also because we stalled once and told us quite eighties saw a point in the compositions, it seemed like we always knew. For us, imagine that high that someone of his caliber speak so well of you, so it was very easy especially with the.
Finally, tell us a musical wish for the future.
No doubt that Moscow family always increase. Our greatest desire is to reach as many people as possible and enjoy what we do.
Thanks and good luck!
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