I love live concerts. It's a mix of excitement, anxiety, sweat, laugh and high expectations. We always hope to be it better than we ever imagined. We aim for everything; even what we do not fantasize, what matters deep down is that our favorite band does not defraud our expectations that is nobody wants to hear just the tracks. If it was just that might as well stay at home. Above all we want the magic, the claw, the energy and the empathy that is created from the stage. All this to say what? I love the "azeitonas" and even more live. To watch a concert from the stage was a serious case of love for life. So come and enjoy me on our conversation.
Your music takes us to another time, the great American bands, with much swing, many arrangements, this style is deliberate?
Marlon: It is our genre. It is the result of our taste.
Salsa: It is a mixture of both, we chose or found these musicians that have our taste. Some well hid others less, who have played with the "expensive soul" and other bands and are now with us. What we got a common is the fact that we all like this hidden music, which is older.
When you released your first album it occurred to you that your music style was directed only to a very specific audience?
M: We did not think much about it, honestly. We enjoyed making music and we hoped for the public reaction basically. We did not think in making a genre of music for a kind of people, we make music that we liked and we waited for the reaction of people and see who really likes and who does not.
What were your expectations of the following album after the success of the "somewhat baffled?
Salsa: The first was successful? (Laughs)
M: The first is always the first. It was a first experience. Making an album is already a success, never thought about recording an album, was a novelty for us all to be in recording studio at that point we were a little "green" yet, on the second album there was a qualitative leap, a greater maturity and learning. We never thought much in a long term, or reach a particular audience, but we make music we liked and once again, we waited for the public reaction.
Nena, what is like to be the only woman in the midst of these men?
Nena: It is usually easy, but extended for a long time; sometimes I lack the female familiarity and go crazy! (Laughs)
M: She keeps looking for a friend!
N: Yes! A female friend, I need to have her! (Laughs).
I notice that you put many of your themes in "you tube", in particular, one that is not part of any album, "no longer feel you in me."
N: All. This is a hidden song in the second album.
Salsa: It was supposed to be well hidden, the fans found it. How long does it take play a hidden? I said a minute and a half, others three minutes and even half a minute.
But what is a hidden track?
M: It comes after a moment of silence on a song.
Miguel Araújo: Our second album has twelve songs. The twelfth song ends, there is nothing and then "no longer feel you in me." It is a separate track. Only those who know it, discover it.
S: It worked before the "you tube", now, they find the hidden song, cut the theme, do copy paste and suddenly put it online, with the title hidden song of the "azeitonas", however, is hyper-visible. It was supposed to be very well hidden. But rather is a b-side, let us say.
You are starting to think about a new album for the "azeitonas". You are already preparing new themes. In this new album are you changing direction, or maintain your musical style?
MA: No change of direction, changed forever. We went as we please, without having in mind something intentional. We're not exactly starting an album. We have the idea to do it next year, we have some new songs, but have not started recording yet, we are not even on the pre-production, but we are going to do what we always did, the music we like.
Marlon: We're growing; we grow older and so the songs will also be changing with us, can never be equal to the first album.
Miguel you continue your solo career in parallel with the band?
MA: Yes, we "walk" and see. In the new solo album will be singing alone. No big plans.
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