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In December 1999, Klimt1918 decide to replace Adriano Neri at
bass. In that period Marco also played guitar with the Romans brutal-deathsters Corpse Fucking Art and it's their leader Andrea Cipolla who
gives him the phone number of a certain Davide Pesola, ex-member of the brutal act
above-mentioned whom, at that time, played bass in a band from Anzio that reminded of My Dying Bride/Katatonia.
The week after Davide accepts to try playing with Klimt1918, with whom
immediately feels at ease, learning 'Schmerzwerk
1976' and 'Fever' in a very short time.
With this line-up, and for about four months, Klimt1918 write, arrange and
prepare the 5 songs which will make up the forthcoming Promo-Cd. Further
to the two songs already aforesaid, it's the turn of 'Passive', 'April'
and 'Swallow’s
Supremacy' (this last one a new edition of an old song of Another
Day).
The recording sessions of "Secession makes post-modern music"
officially begin the 9th of May 2000; the night before The Cure play in Rome
during their farewell tour (so to say...).
The Promo-Cd is recorded at the
Outer Sound Studios belonging to Giuseppe
Orlando, drummer of Novembre (who, among other things, will also record some
vocal lines together with his brother Carmelo Orlando, for the track "Swallow's
Supremacy"), where the band spends about ten days. Although it's not so much
time, the final result is definitively good (excellent I'd say!byMery):
sounds remind of those of Novembre themselves, "Classica" period; the sharp and powerful production remembers some typical things of Swedish
Unisound stamp and the band is undoubtedly very satisfied.
In October of the same year the Promo is mixed and at the end of December is
finally completed.
"Secession makes post-modern music" is sent to several
Italian magz and to many international record labels and in short the band tries
to promote it as best possible as they can.
Critical opinions are immediately very favourable, since the band becomes 'Demo
of the month' on the italian magazine
Psycho! and the track
'Schmerzwerk 1976' is included in the compilation
Psychosonic! enclosed to the mag. above-mentioned
itself, the web-zine
Metal.it votes the Promo-Cd as 'Top Demo' and many other
web-zines still spend wonderful words about Klimt1918 and their work.
More problematic are instead the responses of the labels. Except 'My Kingdom
Music', new label founded by Francesco Palumbo of the historical
Italian fanzine 'Vampiria',
unfortunately none seems to be really interested in the music of Klimt1918.
Therefore the band decides to sign for the
new-born label above-mentioned, which offers them an advantageous deal for the
release of 2 Cds. It's December 2001, exactly one year after the release of the Promo-Cd.
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