::: 16/01/20110 ::: Happy 2011 to you all!!! As Marco told me some months ago, the blog of the band finally lives again! The old 'Secession Spirits', that was born before the release of the second album ''Dopoguerra'' and abandoned to its destiny right after the arrival of the 'new' guitarist Francesco Conte, revives under the new name of 'A day in the life of Klimt1918' (sounds like a call to their past as Another Day - and is written even in English this time!): there is already some posts about the new songs and a couple of top-lists drawn up by Marco and Francesco, about their fave musical listenings of the last year just passed. To tell you the truth, I don't like end year's top-lists so much, but looking through Marco's one, it was a pleasure reading that is fave album of 2010 (and at # 6 for Francesco) is even the one I've been playing all the times in this last one month and half - and namely The National, ''High violet'' (and I've just started also discovering some of their old and as much as valid records, especially the previous one, ''Boxer'' of 2007, thought this act wasn't absolutely less interesting on another couple of releases, such as ''Sad songs for dirty lovers'' and ''Alligator''!), whom I had also told you about in my last post of end december, among other things. Therefore let's hope they'll tell us a lil' bit more about them from now onwards on the pages of this blog...

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::: 31/12/2010 ::: And so even this 2010 comes to an end. Sometimes I feel kind of strange when I think about 10 years have already passed together with the music of our Klimt1918 adored, to be exact since the release of their absolutely must-have promo-cd ''Secession makes post-modern music'' and since I listened for the first time to the song ''Schmerzwerk 1976'' - included in the compilation Psychosonic!, attached to the same music mag of those good times past... - who literally drove me crazy , ha, ha, ha! Well, who knows, perhaps in 2011 the band will celebrate its 10th anniversary with something 'really special' for us fans... If I were you, despite my spare time is always less, I'd come 'round here from time to time... I only regret that since I started with this fansite, I have never had the time/way to rewrite it from the beginning,  reset the pages, correct mistakes here and there (guess even the Guestbook doesn't work either... so feel free to contact by e-mail), have never made a Forum - that many of you asked me and even personally offered to create and so on... forgive me! - or simply never followed it properly, but over the years it has become impossible to conciliate updates with the daily commitments, work and so on. Anyway, it's always nice reading from several parts that, in spite of my mess, you still like to follow me and however appreciate  the same a simple and readable site like mine. Sometimes I truly feel like stopping all this, but then I get messages as the following - by Marco Soellner himself - and so I still find it a bit of inspiration to keep on writing or looking for some news...

And these  are satisfactions... obviously hoping that the band will continue to go on for still a long time!

Comin' back to the band however, the last time I was 'round here, I told you about the cancellation of the performance at the 2010 Festival Autunnonero, where Klimt1918 should have played a new track. Well, after receiving some information from Marco directly, and even after having a look on the festival site in question, I wanted to give you some more news about their nonpresentation of this song. During the first performance of ours at the edition 2008 of the festival in Triora, the band made friendship with the brothers Alessandro and Andrea Scibilia, organizers of the event, as well as respectively writer and artist of the publishing house Sergio Bonelli - the same as the comic 'Dylan Dog'. Thus was born the idea to compose the music for a special book dedicated to 'Dampyr' - titled ''Lucrezia'', set in the same place of the show, Dolceacqua - or rather creating a song  from which the staff would have realized nothing less than a comic, clearly inspired to the new song of the band. So ''Nostalghia'' took form, a song that afterwards would've had to be also included in a sort of special publication (comic and cd), sold and distributed through the label Prophecy Productions. But then, because of the inevitable bureaucratic and discographic Italian troubles, all came to nothing. They could have at least performed the new song during the gig in Dolceacqua where, at the same time, the pages of the comic released by Bonelli would've had to be showed on the ancient buildings of the beautiful location but then unfortunately, with the cancellation of this Halloween's gig, even this good chance for the project fell through :/ Let's just hope to have the opportunity to hear this unreleased track soon.

Enough of my chit chat so I wanted to conclude just mentioning you a couple of records released in 2010 and currently my faves, namely the 2° album of the Finnish Magenta Skycode, ''Relief'' who, in my opinion, perform the lesson taught by The Cure in such an original way (I also talked about their debut album ''IIIII'' towards the end of 2007) and the last album of the American The National, ''High Violet'' that, as to grace, reminded me of the immense ''Butterflies'' by the Swedish Diabolique  (and I want to thank and say hello to Marco from Demetra Sine Die who sent me this last one - so I can even promote a lil' his band, as is truly worth listening to!) and tellin' you that only 3 weeks ago I became aunt of a very nice nephew - Giovanni (for those who hadn't known yet) - but especially for wishing you all out there a great 2011!

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::: 30/10/2010 ::: Unfortunately Klimt1918 had to cancel their performance of tonight at the Halloween Gothic Fest. by Autunnonero, because Marco got such a bad flu :/ ... luckily, after having a look at the trains to reach the place - several changes, long waits, as well as the last leg of the journey by bus, for reaching the destination only in the late evening - I immediately gave up my plans to spend the week-end in Dolceacqua! What a pity for the cancelled gig, even because the band would've liked to also perform a new song, accompanied by special projections, though I don't think I can tell you more for the time being, sorry!
Some nice live pictures of the band in occasion of the 2nd day at the Days Shocking Ground Fest., taken by Caroline Traitler/Photopit.com (and you should also have a look at that couple of pictures she took during the gig in Wien, on her pages of deviantart): the guy who replaced Davide at bass during these last European dates, because of his work commitments, is Massimo Corona (formerly Growing Concern and Volume, at the moment playing in Another Circus).

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::: 17/09/2010 ::: Some cool live pictures of Klimt1918 by Daniela Vorndran, as well a short by nice report written in English by Sebastian Huhn about their appearance of saturday, the 4th at Nocturnal Culture Night V, respectively taken from Black Cat Net (just look for the section 'Festivals and concerts') and Reflections of darkness. And there also are some pictures by Caroline Traitler, taken from Photopit.com from their gig in Wien of the past friday, the 11th. Just don't ask him who's the new guy at bass, 'coz I have no idea and it seems the boys have been too busy in these last couple of years or so to take the trouble to keep me informed about their activity, every now and then...

::: 05/09/2010 ::: I've not been hangin' around here since such a long time, that I have no idea how to start again right now... Actually I think that my 2010 has begun and is gonna already end a lil' bit too quick and spare time or just simply inspiration for writing begins lacking, though I'd have a lot of material to add of course...
Personal considerations apart and coming back to ours, if everything has gone smoothly as per program, exactly in the past couple of days or so, Klimt1918 held some live gig in Germany. It should've been particularly interesting their performance at the 5° edition of the Nocturnal Culture Night in Leipzig, a three days festival - they should've played in the early afternoon of Saturday, the 4th - with bands such as Leather Strip, In the nursery, Suicide Commando and Spetsnaz, that have nothing to do with the proposal of ours, but the bill of the fest was full of so many different acts, something like that of the  M'Era Luna, where even ours took part in 2005 and in 2008. Other two live dates, between Austria and Hungary, are scheduled for the next week-end, exactly on Friday, the 10th in Wien, at the Escape Metalcorner, and Saturday, the 11th in Budapest, location to be still announced. As I write all the times, if there was anyone who had attended the live shows in Germany or should attend the other two in the next week-end, I'm here just awaiting your comments, photos or eventual live clips.
As to October, should be instead confirmed a couple of Italian live dates, one on Sunday, the 3rd, in occasion of the 2nd day of the Days Shocking Ground Fest. - sorry, but I have no information about this festival; guess it's at the first edition and from the flyer is clear that on Saturday, the 2nd, will mainly perform metal and more extreme Italian bands  (such as Dark Lunacy and Necrodeath, among the others), while on Sunday there is surely much more alternative stuff (La Menade) - as well as their second appereance at the Halloween Gothic Fest. by  Autunnonero (International Festival of Folklore and Horror Culture), on Saturday, the 30th, that this year will be held in Dolceacqua (Imperia), where Klimt1918 had already performed for Halloween 2008.  I'd really like attending this last fest and even spending a whole week-end around there, for it must truly be such a charming location, but I think that between the hours that would take me to go there by car and all the other gigs I've already decided to attend from here to the end of 2010, will not permit me to go. 

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::: 30/04/2010 ::: After a couple of weeks from the last live date of Klimt1918 held at the Piper Club  of the capital, in occasion of the festival 'Rome Undersound', unfortunately I haven't found anything yet about that night, any live report or short comment, neither live clips. Perhaps I didn't check carefully, but actually I didn't neither have enough spare time to do it. But I had quite enough time for listening to all the other bands from the bill of the festival and I'd like to mention a couple of them in particular even here, and namely Confield (dark/new wave sonorities that in some passages also reminded me of some things from which even our Klimt1918 adored have clearly drawn inspiration for all their records, though the voice is definitely more dark-rock) and Qali (with some killer female vocals, combined with male ones, for a sensational and dancing mix); some steps below the remaining couple of bands, Cat Claws (female vocals even here, but musically more indie/noise) and San La Muerte, still very young and unrefined, in my opinion. Just in case you'd also like give 'em a listening...  
By the way, there are some news the same, since about one week before this last live date, Marco and  Francesco have been interviewed for a radio from Rome - Radio Città Futura  - and from this chat we could've finally known something about the next studio album of Klimt1918: it seems that the new songs are taking shape. Marco has defined 'em the progressive evolution of what has been produced in the past years, adding that the band is exploring further on those soft and ambient vibes of the last ''Just in case we'll never meet again'' and that probably we're gonna experiencing another change of sound, hoping they'll be able to enter the studio within summertime and releasing the new album within the end of this year as well (thanks Nightdriver for  this great news!).

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::: 14/03/2010 ::: And finally we've also found a live clip taken from the gig that Klimt1918 held at the end of january at Salamandra1 in Barcelona (thanx Nightdriver!), for ''Passive'', by Haterwolf, song that has been clearly rearranged if compared to the times of the debut promo dated 2000, ''Secession makes post-modern music'', a thing that none attending their concerts had ever made notice, though is a song they've already started proposing live for about one year and half by now. It's a just pity that the audio is very bad.
As to the fact that lately the band is also proposing the track ''Dopoguerra'' alive, I consider it a kind of tribute to the their sensational 2nd album released exactly 5 years ago. In fact the band is gonna play once more at Piper Club in Rome (on Thursday, 22/04/2010), where they recently played supporting White Lies,  in occasion of the festival 'Rome Undersound', and even this new live date makes me think very much to a 'celebration' of the time passed from the release of ''Dopoguerra''. It's just a pity I won't be able to attend their performance neither this time.

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::: 13/02/2010 ::: Let's close the month with some nice live clips of Klimt1918 in occasion of their last gigs, at   Ritmo y compàs in Madrid, with three clips  by TheVane74, respectively of ''Skygazer'', ''Suspense music'' and ''They were wed by the sea'', and another one by SurdicForest, of ''True love is the oldest fear''.
And there is also the clip by  gattoh of ''Snow of '85'', taken from the supporting date to White Lies, held at  Piper Club in Rome the past week! I also found a couple of live reports in Italian taken from Nerds Attack! and Il Cibicida talkin' about Klimt1918 who opened for the English act, one saying that they mainly performed songs taken from the last album, but even ''Passive'' taken from the debut promo and the other one simply saying that the band was a very pleasant surprise.

::: 13/02/2010 ::: Such a great live news, for all those lucky ones who can be there (the show is sold out!!!), and for the band especially: Klimt1918 will open the show of the English act White Lies, who's gonna play in Rome, at Piper Club, next Thursday, the 18th of february!!!
I just wanted to also exactly report the set-list of the band during the supporting date for Dredg in Rome, the past october 2009, and I thank Marco Z1918 for informing me (better late than never :P ): ''Passive'', ''Just in case we'll never meet again'', ''Skygazer'', ''Ghost of a tape listener'', ''Suspense music'' e ''Dopoguerra''.

::: 07/02/2010 ::: Some live pictures found on flickr about the show of Klimt1918 held at Ritmo y compàs, in Madrid, the past 23rd of january: those by Isaac Rojo (just three), by scumfrog (there are many here, as well as a slideshow and probably the most beautiful) and by ballener0 (even here there are several photos and a couple very nice and there is also the set-list: ''The breathtaking days'', ''Passive'' - damned! :P - ''Skygazer'', ''Ghost of a tape listener'', ''True love is the oldest fear'', ''Just in case we'll never meet again'' - I can't believe!, ''Because of you tonight'', ''Suspense music'', ''Parade of adolescence'', ''The Graduate'' - with a dedication in Spanish! - ''Dopoguerra'' - that would've had to be preeceded by ''Nightdriver'', but cancelled on the set-list - and for the encore ''Snow of '85'' and ''They were wed by the sea''). So this time, if they've performed exactly the tracks mentioned on the set-list, they've really turned out in playing at least a couple of songs more and different than usual!!!

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::: 17/01/2010 ::: A huge happy 2010 to everybody!!! Yeah, I know I'm quite late, but hope is alright the same! I'm so sorry I haven't been 'round here so much during the last months of 2009, but it was such a stressful working year - but luckily even full of many gigs, and therefore I've definitely prefered relaxing/relieving myself going to see some beautiful bands live, instead of sitting even during the week-end at a desk, he, he, he! And the intention for this new year is exactly the same, ha, ha, ha!!! Concerts is the reason why I'm here, since Klimt1918 is gonna play a couple of live dates neverthless in Spain during next week:
 

22/01/2010, Barcelona live @ Salamandra1 together with Le Grant ---oooOooo--- 23/01/2010,  Madrid live @ Ritmo y compàs together with Quaoar

... just in case some Italian was there in those days for vacation, or reasons of study, work and so on, but especially for the Spanish fans whom I hope will attend the events and will tell me something to write in these pages and share with all the others!!! Among other things, it's not The Cannibal Queen as wrongly mentioned on the flyer which is gonna support our Klimt1918 adored, but rather  Le Grant in Barcelona, with very dark-wave and dancing vibes - in fact they remind me of my fellow citizens NeoN - and Quaoar - maybe less mature, but however interesting. Guess this time the good Davide will play bass on stage: I've not been hearing the band for months by now, but right in these last couple of days I've exchanged some sms with Paolo from Kardia - who replaced Davide at bass a few times in 2009 - who didn't absolutely mention he's gonna play once again with the band. Well then, everything is possible...

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