"Nine pieces of comforting, emotional music. Nine songs
informed by the intensity of laughter born of tears."
For ages, the
end of a century has been typified by a weird tension, a feeling of renewal,
melancholy. When at the end of the 19th century Gustav Klimt set out to become
the pioneer of the 'Wiener Sezession,' he integrated parts of everything that
surrounded him at that time into his art. If you immerse yourself in his
soft-coloured paintings, if you search for the symbolic meaning behind the
compositions - then you begin to understand why the Italian act KLIMT
1918 have chosen this artist and his year of death for their
moniker.
Their music contains elements of a great similarity to Klimt's
art: it features mosaic-like soundscapes and is painted in soft hues - and all
the constituted parts are joined to an intense canvas. With their new
output, "Dopoguerra", KLIMT 1918 depict the slow recovery of a person,
the end of an inner conflict. Here, strength and hope are equalled to the last
traces of a soul-burdening melancholy: "Our model for 'Dopoguerra' are the poor
people living in Italy in 1945, having survived the war and now being
confronted by the future," the band explains the album's concept. "We were
inspired by the poetry of neo-realistic cinema, directors such as De Sica,
Rossellini, Visconti. We translated all that into our music to convey a feeling
of ambiguity to the listeners: salvation and despair at the same
time."
The musical influences combined by KLIMT
1918 are determined by the fact that they describe their artistic agenda as
something beyond mere pastiche of others' works. Their songs are deeply
ingrained with originality and boundless musicality even though they might
remind you of such diverse artists as the Beatles, Cure, Interpol, Tears For
Fears, U2, The Police, Katatonia, or Anathema.
"It is our aim," the band
says, "to move the listeners of our music." A simple agenda, one could argue.
With KLIMT 1918, however, it succeeded so brilliantly and charming as rarely is
the case. “Dopoguerra“ will be released as normal jewel case edition
for a special price and as luxuary edition in digipak with bonus CD.
The musical influences combined by KLIMT
1918 are determined by the fact that they describe their artistic agenda as
something beyond mere pastiche of others' works. Their songs are deeply
ingrained with originality and boundless musicality even though they might
remind you of such diverse artists as the Beatles, Cure, Interpol, Tears For
Fears, U2, The Police, Katatonia, or Anathema.
