Francesco Rossi (bass), Simone Rossi (guitar, vocals), Paul Scalabrino (bass) and David Oliver (drums) are the Rust are from the province of Cuneo and are authors of a disco-bomb which the title says it all, Mathematics Extraction of Cells .
The following interview gives us the opportunity to engage with three of them some aspects of their music and their way of understanding things ...
Hello guys, welcome to Neuroprison. First I would like to know more about the monicker: why "Rust"?
David: It has no special meaning ... Years ago we found ourselves having to urgently seek a name for the group for a concert and "Rust" had a sound that we liked. Surely it was better than other solutions that we found, over time we started to get used to it and we have not wanted to change it. The idea came from the name of a disk of Gea (group Bergamo), was the cover picture in a newspaper of music and we liked the word "Rust," I do not know why but we had hit.
Simone : Rust was a choice dictated by the 'need to possess a name. Do not have a specific sense but we like the "sound" that creates, in addition to the feelings related to the type of music we do. At today 's could not esistre another name for us, rust and all!
Mathematics extraction of cells is a debut of a remarkable maturity and cohesion. You are able to achieve a perfect balance between the complexity of instrumental math rock, the ferocity of hardcore and the ruthlessness of the noise-rock without ever losing sight of the emotions. Songs like "Cadillac", "Eat The Sun Through The Eyes", "Fujiko" and "Thallium III" are open wounds that hurt, nails driven into the skin, the sound of the province sick. I think you are fully satisfied with the results ...
David: Thank you, maybe what you say you do not even think about us ...
What we wanted was to make a good record at the start, taking account of the times we had at our disposal and disposable income that we had (little). When completed, we can say we met. The end result we like and what wanted to convey I think we can grasp. It 's the most important thing is not at all obvious.
Paul: We are broadly satisfied with the disc, and we are even more pleased with what we have created in recent years. Mathematics extraction of cells, our first record in every respect, it was only the culmination of work that embodies a beautiful piece of our history. I think that's how you close a circle from which we started almost by accident. Having a record was a "milestone" that gave us confidence, made us realize our potential.
Simone : Matematca extraction of cells was the result of years of plays, concerts and experiences that have forged a certain personality. I'm happy because, our pieces have always had a line and a constant theme over the years. When you can create your own unique sound and a musical personality, creating a landmark in that area, in which case associated with rust.
In its review, I wrote that your music is' constantly in the balance between noise and melody, power and refinement, emergency communication and intellectualism. " Share this analysis? How does a piece of rust?
David: The problem is that we do not know either us in particular. Sometimes the pieces popping up almost by chance and we finish them quickly. In most cases, however, the process is quite long, we work for a long time and make several changes until you find the solution that we think is best. Often, the Afghan us a hand.
Simone: A piece of Rust was born, in most cases, unexpected situations where all four manage to create a riff almost immediate compared to the backbone of the piece. There are pieces that start and end in a relatively short period of time, whereas others have already happened that we went much more.
Paul: I agree with your analysis, how to share the response of David and Simon.
The creation of the songs is never a process "mathematical". There are times when six tests and everything runs smoothly, the pieces come naturally. Other times he lingers there and you get lost inside a riff without managing to make ends the song.
production Manuel Volpe at the Redhouse Recordings in Senigallia was very important to the success of the disc. A sound level closely, for example, the difference between the full length and the previous Ep ( review) is substantial. I think Manuel has photographed faithfully what are the Rust today: a powerful band, surgical and by 'live impact tremendously. What was it like working with him? Would you like to renew this partnership in the future?
David: It 's certainly been a very nice experience and training. For having worked with him and having the opportunity to do so at Redhouse. Manuel is a person who already had known before recording, we did concerts with the group with whom he played, the Bhava, and then it was easier then to work with him in the studio. Especially for the live discussion of the impact it is something that we held a lot and Manuel did a great job with that.
Paul: I think Manuel has lived very hard and seriously the day of registration, as the days that precede it. His interest in us has always been strong enough to propose to record with him at the Redhouse.
All this was only an advantage for us, because we wanted to record new songs and at the same time re-record the songs that we kept most of Ep. Before thinking about a new partnership we have put together the pieces that will make a new record, something about which we are concentrating more.
Simon: We're talking to a professional recording studio, which enhances everything about the group. We were fortunate and excited to be working with Manuel, as he grasped the full meaning and what we wanted to achieve. Certainly in the future, if there is a possibility, we look forward to working with him again.
the most careful observers of the Italian will not escape your background, the area of \u200b\u200bCuneo. It seems that the country has become the epicenter of the new "noise-rock made in Italy". What is going on there? What's all this activity is?
David: I can not tell, and we all know in general what we have in common is that we really believe, no matter what we do. It 's true, there are so many good bands in the province of Cuneo. I think of Fuh, the group that more than anything else we feel constrained, as I Monade Stanca, to Treehorn, to Dogs For Breakfast, to Fagetz, the Three Light Noise.
Within less "noisy" and more songwriting are the Moncada and Matt Castellano (one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard of at all). Soon you will also know the illness and hubs.
And then there are the dogs and Sciorra Dead Elephant, from which groups in the province started a little of everything. Yes, eventually we are just in two or three.
Paul: This question can only make me really happy. I think it is very important that outside of the "great" there are people really interested in what happens here is really rewarding.
Actually here in the province, apart from the groups, there is great turmoil "musical". I have very few places to play, but in particular the people of the greatest absent this time. It seems almost vanished interest in live music, not for cover bands or orchestras smooth course, but for groups that go on for years trying to leave something of their own, something that is expressed through a song or a concert for example.
Maybe all these groups were also born in opposition to the limits of the province, can be appreciated by people who live hundreds of miles away from us can only be an incentive to do better.
Simon: As far as the scene of Cuneo, everything is born from the 'advent of the Elephant Man who threw the pebble into the lake giving way to many new situations and realities. Here he felt the need, and today I am happy that you have created all this. I wanted to point out that of all there is a great collaboration, because they've grown up together, sharing many experiences ...
You were born as a trio (guitar, bass, drums) but have subsequently expanded its line-up with the arrival of a second bass player. During Extraction listening ... I realized that the presence of both low and textures created by these combine to give a very harmonic and rhythmic dynamism within the songs on the album ...
David: It 's a little what we wanted to achieve. The idea of \u200b\u200bhaving two bass is something that we like very much, that somehow allows you to have a particular impact, especially live. It 's also a way to detach ourselves from other groups and have greater incentives to make more personal that we do. It is not always easy, but it is always better than cleaning the bathroom of Camerana (who wants to understand, understand).
Paul : The choice of the two bass was so fortuitous as interesting.
Over the years Frank and I we managed to get everyone their own sound, no cover with one another.
We have found the right "mix" of sound to make everything less trivial as possible. Francis has a much better sound balked on the low, mid and high frequencies while I Simon covers the whole upper part missing. In this way we can co-exist very well. Although I would say we are the bane of every conversation.
Simon: 's idea of \u200b\u200btwo low, though it was strange, there has been intrigued and satisfied musically. We wanted to do something new, even though initially was not because it was make them stand out and make sure to create two very different sounds with a well defined sound personality. All this work is heard, as you pointed out, in Mathematics extraction of cells, we love!
speak the purely lyrical of your music. Who is responsible for writing the lyrics and what inspires you the most in everyday life?
Paul: The lyrics I write them mostly and Simone.
Those who feel most inspired to write a text for a particular piece does, then together we place it in the song, or to assess any arrangements. I think it is a good way to work in this two-part composition.
As for the lyrical content, you enter a minefield. When I write I never think about a particular topic, I write what I feel, what we live, questions and everything that strikes me most in life everyday. All this includes moments of carefree moments of a simple desire to scream someone, something. I think that whatever emerges blatantly in the disc, there is a real need to move something, and especially the need to tell their feelings grow.
Among your main influences would mention bands like Don Caballero, Dazzling Killmen, Uzeda Psyclon and Massimo Volume. Do you agree? Next to the ten desert island discs ...
These are surely all groups that have given us so much. Some probably are among our favorite bands, and then it is undeniable that we have influenced. Who is more, some less. Ten records of this stuff is difficult.
This may be fine:
ANGELS - I Want Out More
BURIAL - Untrue
Deftones - White Pony
DON CABALLERO - What Burns Never Returns
GONG - Angel's Egg
KING CRIMSON - Red
MASSIMO VOLUME - along the edges
ISIS - Panopticon
Shellac - At Action Park
TORTOISE - TNT
Extraction Of Mathematics Cells can be downloaded free from the Escape From Today. It would be interesting to know your views on the practical use of modern music (streaming, downloads, YouTube, MySpace, etc.). ...
Simone: For people like us, playing live and try to make records, for sure is a major foothold being able to propose their own songs and much more. I am pleased that, when you are around to play, there is someone who says he has already downloaded the songs, but still want to buy the disc. This is proof that if someone likes you, this does not just download your songs, look for something concrete and that's what makes us love this adventure ....
David: Like all things always depends on the use made of it. For us, the discs will sell primarily in concert, is a good thing that some people may know it in other ways, perhaps even through the Internet. And if you buy even after the disc becomes how to add the mozzarella kebab. Fantastic.
How is your live performances? You have already embarked on a tour to support the record?
David : Something came out, and meanwhile there was half of the summer and as always, unfortunately, we were still a little bit.
We recently played at Arona, now Saluzzo, Milan and certainly Turin. Soon we hope to play in other parts of Italy and do a mini tour abroad, absolutely.
Paul: A proper tour we could not do it, so we did some dates, but we would be able to present the record in most parts of Italy. As we sing in Italian (and not many teams that do) we should try to make the most of this thing trying to move as much as possible in our country. Then of course if there's even better to play abroad, but I think this might be a bit 'our way.
The biggest challenge now remains as long as you can spend in finding places to play. All this is not easy from my point of view, the sound keeps us on the contrary, we often call just to play out of our area. Things seem to be this way: either you have an agency that deals entirely in search of your live, promotion, etc., or all that part of the fall in self-band that is not always possible to follow the best.
We live in an age of recycling various merciless and revival, in which the original is to be an arduous and often the most important thing is the hype that was created around a band rather than the actual quality of its proposal. Question from 100 million dollars: which you think might be the future of music?
David: This is a phrase that some of us put on the MySpace Canales * Noise Records:
"The engineers are discouraged. They spent most of the twentieth century to develop superb stereo sounds and now are having to work with a terrible sound compression system called "file." Convenience is a crap. "
Thurston Moore
Paul: I think that as long as there is human life on this planet there will be people who will need to express their ideas through any art form, then there is someone willing to make her own is another story.
The important thing is to never lose their points of view without getting to sleep.
Simone: Certainly the fact that we are creating our reality as one of Cuneo, along with many others, can be associated to the fact that it has reached a point where people have given in and need something different . Despite this, in Italy, are fewer and fewer places that are playing or offering something interesting. There are bands that are very respectable and original space and acclaim abroad and not here. I see this journey be long and tortuous, but I think that anything will change because it must change! In the past
have shared the stage with Theatre Of Tragedy, a band that needs no introduction. There are claims that have been "sold", there are those who still continues to appreciate them unconditionally. Are you also one of these two sides?
David: We have never been the "fans" avid Theatre Of Tragedy, some of us listen to them, others less so.
E 'in our group who deserve our respect and certainly the word "sold" to approach a group like them it sounds a bit out of place.
Paul: When we played together I was not at all given the impression that he had sold. I saw a band that went on stage when he made his show, brought a truly live "theatrical" and especially its impact is powerful and compact. Next is a band that comes from something called "One Dimensional Man," I think people who have left their mark, and has been and continues to be proud of the landscape "rock" country.
We arrived in the pipeline, thanks for availability and for as long as you have given us. I renew the compliments for the hard and end up ... to your own schedule.
Thank you / you for the interview and thanks for the compliments to the disk.
soon.
Marcello Semeraro
