Italian progressive-metal duo Asymmetric Universe announce debut album on InsideOutMusic; launch new single featuring Haken’s Richard Henshal
To celebrate this announcement, the band have also launched a brand new track titled ‘Coquelicot’, featuring a guest appearance from Haken’s Richard Henshall. The band comments: “’ Coquelicot’ is quite a simple and funky prog/fusion song, with quite a playful and happy feeling representing the peace of mind that we sometimes manage to achieve but that is disrupted by the things happening around and within us, represented by the heavy and complex breakdown and the dissonant solo of Richard Henshall.”
The band’s upcoming full-length album, which they started work on in late 2023, reflects a refined vision and deeper maturity. “We have grown a lot since then, both as artists and as human beings,” says Federico. “We always liked to blend genres… and we believe that now we have reached a clear vision of the balance of these genres.”
Earlier work often fused genres section-by-section, but now, with more confidence, the duo began each track with hybrid intentions, resulting in a more cohesive and expressive sound. “All the different arrangements and melodies are working together towards the same goal: convey the message and feeling that was at the base of each song,” Federico adds.
Their latest work features saxophone prominently, a decision inspired in part by a BILMURI live show. “We always loved adding trumpets and saxophones… In this album, we changed again the balance with these instruments, focusing on saxophone as we felt it was fitting perfectly with the vibe of the album,” says Federico.
The album was mixed by Sebastian Sendon, with Adam “Nolly” Getgood also providing assistance with drum recording, which took place in the UK at Middle Farm Studios.
A Memory And What Came After will be available as a Ltd CD Digipak, Ltd. Blue-Black Marbled LP & as Digital Album. Pre-order now here: https://asymmetricuniverse.lnk.to/AMAWCA-Album
The full track-listing is as follows:
1. Coquelicot (feat. Richard Henshall of Haken)
2. Fair Enough
3. Don’t Go Too Early
4. Reaction – Overthrow (feat. Jared Yee of Sungazer)
5. Reaction – Thirst For Stars
6. Feather On A Glass
7. Dancing Through Contradictions
8. Opaco
9. Those Who Stay
Background:
Federico has composed music for as wide ranging places as Radio Montecarlo (one of the biggest Italian radio stations), as well as one of the largest Italian amusement park Mirabilandia. He is a metal/rock producer and this background influences his work as a composer in the video game industry. He is also a professional music and guitar teacher with online students from different parts of the world.
Nicolò has composed pieces for various orchestral organisations (two pieces were performed in the latest symphonic season of Orchestra Sinfonica of Sanremo and one performed at Rome Jazz Festival in 2021 with a big band), worked as a composer in many Musicals and he is currently working in the video game soundtrack industry composing orchestral and ambient/minimal music, ranging from indie games to bigger productions. He also professionally teaches composition, orchestration and adaptive music techniques for video games.
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