Edu Falaschi Official Japanese blog

８月２８日、ブラジル、Salvador（サルヴァドール）より
ANGRAのワールドツアーが始まりました。

ANGRAの日本公演は、
１０月１６日、１７日のLOUD PARK１０で行われます。
→LOUD PARK Official site


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先日のAQUAリリースパーティで行われたアコースティックライブの
映像をアップします。
この日のライブ写真は、Coredump photo gallery でご覧になれます。



Arising Thunder


Rebirth


Nova Era


Edu Falaschi 英語版オフィシャルサイト→
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng//



=================================================
☆ANGRA New Album "AQUA" 発売中！
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A006979.html

☆ANGRA　LOUDPARK10出演！
LOUD PARK１０

ANGRA オフィシャル・サイト
http://www.angra.net

Edu Falaschi オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/
Edu Falaschi 英語版オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng//
Edu Falaschi オフィシャルフランス版ブログ
http://edufalaschifrenchblog.blogspot.com/

==================================================

ANGRAは、ヨーロッパと北米でのリリースに先駆けて
オフィシャルサイト上にニューアルバム"AQUA"の全音源をアップしました。

- Aqua tracklist :

1. VIDERUNT TE AQUAE
2. ARISING THUNDER
3. AWAKE FROM DARKNESS
4. LEASE OF LIFE
5. THE RAGE OF THE WATERS
6. SPIRIT OF THE AIR
7. HOLLOW
8. A MONSTER IN HER EYES
9. WEAKNESS OF A MAN
10 ASHES

The brand new album of Angra “Aqua” has already saw the light of day in South East Asia (JVC Victor) and Brazil (Angra/Voice Music). According to Angra’s partner in Europe and North America SPV, the following release dates are scheduled for this territory:
* Germany: September 24th, 2010
* Europe : September 27th, 2010
* USA/Canada: October 12th, 2010


=================================================
☆ANGRA New Album "AQUA" 発売中！
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A006979.html

☆ANGRA　LOUDPARK10出演！
LOUD PARK１０

ANGRA オフィシャル・サイト
http://www.angra.net

Edu Falaschi オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/
Edu Falaschi 英語版オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng//
Edu Falaschi オフィシャルフランス版ブログ
http://edufalaschifrenchblog.blogspot.com/

==================================================

Edu Falaschiの新しいインタビュー記事です。
取り急ぎ、英文記事をアップします。
後ほど日本語訳を追加いたします。



Universo do rock: - What’s your impression about the new CD?
Edu Falaschi: I believe that this album really saves the spirit of Angra.
“Aurora Consurgens” is a good CD, but it loses the main conception of the
band a little bit, and then “Aqua” rescues it. It has a pinch of
“Rebirth” because the songs are simpler, and some partly melancholy prog
hue in the vein of “Temple of Shadows”, but it’s different from Dream
Theater, and it has nothing to do with weariness. The term prog in this case
means that it has various parts, diverse types of atmosphere. This album
also rescues a part of old Angra, “Holy Land”, and “Temple of Shadows”
itself.

UR: - Was the composing process managed according to the fan’s expectations
or independently from them?

EF: It’s clear that with such a long experience we have an idea what our
fans would like to hear and we put it together with what we want ourselves.
We wouldn’t do any album for the others, if we couldn’t join it. We try to
play what we want, making a balance with what people want to hear, but
we´re always finding the way to incline it to our side, otherwise it would
look forced. I try to sing in the way I like, they give me this kind of
freedom and I do it in my way.

UR: - Felipe told that you had an opportunity to be involved in all the
activities in relation with this CD, how did you find it?
EF: I believe that this album has been done involving the whole band, as
never before. With “Rebirth” I entered the band when everything had been
half-done. Then, working at “Temple of Shadows”, we were closer, but
Rafael already had the whole concept in his head, and he wrote all the
lyrics. And while making “Aurora Consurgens”, all the band was really
tired, it was after a huge tour, we didn’t work so much at the songs as we
could have, and due to all these circumstances the result was not so great
in comparison with the others. “Aqua” has the lyrics from the whole band
and everyone participated in composition, including Ricardo. Everybody read
The Tempest, we discussed the text. It’s more a CD done by the whole band
than ever before.

UR: - What kind of fans’ reaction do you expect?
EF: I think they need to pay attention and understand that Angra is back to
the roots.

UR: - Have you read opinions about the CD?
EF: Yes, from many people in the Internet already. Everyone has his own
impression: some people hear the prog, others find that the album is more
direct. I would only want people to listen to it several times, since it’s
not a CD which is understandable from the first listening, and then to make
their own conclusions. But I believe that this CD is a significant album in
Angra’s history and it has everything to be among the great classics.

UR: - Are you going now to Brazilian tour and then abroad?
EF: We are going to begin with the shows here, in Brazil. In October we are
going to Japan, Taiwan, then ? back to Brazil to play more concerts. In
January we are going to USA and then we should go down to Mexico and to a
few countries of Latin America. And maybe in February we’ll go to Europe.

UR: - Will it be only Angra or with some other band?
EF: We received an invitation to play with Stratovarius and Helloween, it
would be a real power metal trio. We are checking the possibility, maybe it
will work.

UR: - How do you feel about the band?
EF: I’m quite satisfied. Everyone has been working hard and it hasn’t been
easy, because we have five gurus with many ideas. I came up with about 15
songs for this album, but it couldn’t be only my CD, so you can understand
that it’s difficult to choose a little from everyone, right? It’s
difficult to work when everybody is so prolific, isn’t it? The good side
is, the band is able to do really much and we are happy.

UR: - You stayed in the countryside for some time, did you compose songs
there?
EF: We stayed in the house of Confessori where we did all the pre-production
and arrangements, we rehearsed the songs there and prepared everything for
the recording.

UR: - You have another band Almah, how are you going to manage both things
now, when Angra is back for 100 per cent?
EF: It’s clear that now Angra is a priority, but if some opportunity for
Almah appears, we will use it. We played in Belo Horizonte and Brasilia this
year. When Angra was back, I talked about it with the guys, explaining that
we had to take a break and they understood. Moreover, we have already done a
lot of things, so it’s time to stop for a while and to compose songs for
the new album. I’m going to perform with Angra, but I’m already writing
new songs for the new Almah.

UR: - And how much time will it take to launch the CD?
EF: I don’t know yet. We are collecting ideas, we are composing, and then
we’ll decide when the right moment comes.

UR: - Leave a message for the fans of Angra.
EF: I would like to thank you a lot for all the patience and love, we haven’t released any album for 4 years, but you haven’t given us up. The latest
shows were sold out, we came back and our public was back as well, and all
what I can do now is say ? thanks a lot!




=================================================
☆ANGRA New Album "AQUA" 発売中！
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A006979.html

☆ANGRA　LOUDPARK10出演！
LOUD PARK１０

ANGRA オフィシャル・サイト
http://www.angra.net

Edu Falaschi オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/
Edu Falaschi 英語版オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng//
Edu Falaschi オフィシャルフランス版ブログ
http://edufalaschifrenchblog.blogspot.com/

==================================================

ブラジルの主要なロック、へヴィメタル系ウェブサイトWhiplashが
ANGRAのニューアルバム"AQUA"のCDレビューを掲載しました。


Whiplashにアップされたアルバムレビューより、
興味深い部分を抜粋して、掲載いたします。
全レビューはポルトガル語で、ここに掲載されています。

Whiplash　ANGRAレビュー
http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/113282-angra.html

※英文は、Irina Ivanova, Andrei Koulikov（www.edufalaschi.com.br）
が行っています。



このCDレビューは、プリリスニングパーティの後に作成されました。
まず最初に、新しいアルバムの詳細が語られています。


「リカルドが戻ってきたことで、
アルバムでは、意図的に、初期の要素に戻り、
民族音楽の要素を使うことにした。

なぜなら、リカルドにとって民俗音楽の要素は、
ANGRAにかかわりなく、彼の自然なサウンドだからだ。」

とギタリストのRafael Bittencourt。

「もちろん、これは、我々ANGRAの中にも、元々から存在していたサウンドだ。」


"AQUA"は、民族的なサウンドだけでなく
"Rebirth"以降のアルバム同様に、ユニークなコンセプトのアルバムだ。

"AQUA"では、シェイクスピアの最後の戯曲といわれる
"Tempest"の物語が題材に使われている。


チームワークについて
「"Rebirth"以降、この１０年間、各自が意見を言い合って
日々改善が繰り返されてきた。」（Edu Falaschi）


「日常のお互いの理解によって、僕たちは、アレンジについて、
どれが合って、どれが合わないのかを
すでに、よく知っているんだ。」（Felipe Andreoli）



しかしながら、ファンの大部分は、各メンバーの
様々なサイドプロジェクト（Almah, Bittencourt Project,
Freakeys, Karma）について不安を感じ、
バンドメンバーの意図に反して、バンドが終わるのではないかと
考えているようた。


彼らにとっては、これらの活動は、
新しい経験を増やすためのことであり、
彼らのメインのバンドであるアングラへ
新しいサウンドをもたらす助けとなっている。


「僕たちは、"ANGRA"だけのメンバーではない。
僕たちは、ミュージシャンであり、
僕たちの友人も同じくミュージシャンだ。

僕たちは、音楽を楽しんでプレイする人種なんだ。

僕たちにとって、音楽は仕事だけでなく、趣味という一面もあるんだ。
それから、僕たちにとって、一緒にプレイすることは
友達や僕たちが好きな人々と一緒に遊ぶという意味でもあるんだ。

ANGRAでプレイしていなくても、
Kiko, Rafael,Edu、それから他のミュージシャンたちと
プレイするよ」

とFelipeは説明した。



ANGRAは、ファンとメディアが、Andre Matosとともに
過去のラインナップについての意見がいまだ存在することを
認めている。

でも、彼らはそれを否定的な要素として考えていない。


「過去のラインナップは、つねに思い出でありつづけるだろう。
僕たちは、バンドの歴史のこの部分について、偽ることは決してない。」

Andre Matosとの比較で、永遠のターゲットにされている
Edu Falaschiは、そのように答えた。


Eduは、ファンが二人のフロントマンの間で
分かれ合ったとき、そういうことが起きると考えている。


Ozzy x Dio(Black Sabbath)、
David Lee Roth x Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)のケースで例えると、
どの時代も、バンドにとっては重要で、それぞれの時代が
他と同様、重要であるという事実を証明している。


ヴォーカリストは、一方のヴォーカリストの影になってはいけないのだ。

「ヴォーカリストは、かなり強くバンドを個性付ける。
個性付けについて、それ以上のものはない」

「これは僕たちの忘れることのない歴史の一部なんだ。」
とRafael。

「僕たちがいつも古い曲をやっているのは、周知の通りだけど、
僕たちのセットリストから、それらを外すつもりはないんだ。
僕たちの歴史だから。それは、グッドヒストリーなんだ」

とFelipeは付け加えてた。


Whiplash　ANGRAレビュー
http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/113282-angra.html

英文抜粋　Edu Falaschi Official English site
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng/?p=1304


取り急ぎ、前半部分の日本語訳を掲載します。
CDレビューの日本語訳は追ってアップいたします。

下に英文を全文を掲載します。

Thank you very much Irina and Andrei!

ANGRA: the main Brazilian rock / metal website about Aqua


One of the most important Brazilian rock and metal webzines Whiplash came up
with the album review. Here you can check the most significant parts of the
journalist's impressions. The original review in Portuguese is available
here: http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/113282-angra.html



The CD review was done after a pre-listening party and firstly musicians of
Angra clarified the new album's details:



"With this CD we intentionally returned and re-forced the use of ethnic
elements, since Ricardo came back and this is a natural thing for his sound,
with Angra or without", explained guitarist Rafael Bittencourt. "But this is
also an organic thing which always exists inside us and in our sound".



Besides the ethnic sound "Aqua" has the unique conception like it has
happened with all the previous CDs since "Rebirth". In case of "Aqua" The
Tempest, the very last play of William Shakespeare has been chosen as the
album idea. (...)



Speaking about the team work, the vocalist Edu Falaschi expressed the
opinion of everyone that after almost ten years since "Rebirth" it has been
improving every day more and more. "Every time we understand each other
better and better. We already know what to do with the arrangements, which
stuff fits the whole thing and which stuff doesn't", confirmed the bassist
Felipe Andreoli. (.)



Although a big part of the fans were afraid that the participation of the
members in various side projects such as Almah, Bittencourt Project,
Freakeys, Karma and others would mean the end of the band, the musicians
disagree. According to them, this type of activities just helps them to get
the new experience and the new sound for Angra, their main activity. "We are
not only Angra's members. We are musicians. Our friends are musicians as
well. We are the persons who enjoy playing music. It's not only work for us,
but also is a hobby. And for us, to play also means to stay with friends,
with people we like. When I don't play in Angra, I do it with Kiko, Rafael,
Edu and others", explains Felipe. (...)



Angra admits that still there are questions of the fans and the media about
the previous line-up of the band with Andre Matos as a frontman, but they
don't consider it as a negative thing. "There will always be the memory
about the old line-up, but we are not going to pretend that this part of the
history of the band has never existed", - tells Edu, the eternal target of
comparisons with Andre Matos. In his opinion such examples when the fans
were divided between two frontmen like it happened in case of Ozzy x Dio
(Black Sabbath) or David Lee Roth x Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) just prove the
fact that every period is no less important than the other. And one vocalist
doesn't overshadow the talent of another. "A vocalist characterizes a band
quite a lot, there's no other way", - tells Rafael. "This is a part of our
history, we can't forget it". Felipe agrees: "You see, we always play old
songs and we don't have any intention to take it out from our set-list. It's
our history and it's a good history". (.)


CD REVIEW
So, let's talk about what's really important, the music. The band has chosen
"Arising Thunder" as the first single and as the first album's track, but as
one listens on, with the third song "Awake from Darkness" it already becomes
clear, that the first impression was not so true. Don't understand me wrong,
"Arising Thunder" is a great song, it rocks, it is really exciting! But it's
a quite typical speed / metal melodic piece with double bass and wild heavy
guitar riffs. "Awake from Darkness" makes it clear that "Arising Thunder"
doesn't come close to representing the rest of "Aqua". The 3rd song begins
with the long-awaited comeback of Brazilian ethnic elements, with the
percussion's rhythms, thanks to Ricardo, the guru of this subject. Having
the bass guitar parts by Felipe which make it heavier and the guitar hooks
by Kiko and Rafael, right in the middle the song surprises with the
interlude of piano and violin. "The Rage of the Waters" brings the same
feeling, mixing elements of northwestern music (from the Nord-West of
Brazil, mainly, the states Bahia and Pernambuco, the center of traditional
afro-brazilian rhythms) with typical heavy metal base. Then the game
changes. After the intro with some technological effects, "Hollow" brings
this classical and nervous thrash metal riff. At least, one Angra song on
every CD is like that. But being tired with all these moments of violence,
it finds an harmonic opportunity to open some space for the crystal clear
guitars. The atmospheric "Spirit of the Air" reminds "The Shadow Hunter". It
begins with some Spanish chords, then going to metal killer sound and
returning back to ballad, it walks chorus-wards, to a pompous epic break and
finishes with an Arabian theme. But the stuff which could sound in a very
eclectic way is, on the contrary, perfectly integrated.

"Aqua" even has its proper "Make Believe" - the perfect "Weakness of a Man".
I mean, it's a song created without fear to flirt with the pop music
inspiration and, I dare to say that it even has moments that can be
considered as dancing ones. But, whatever traditional headbangers could
think, it doesn't make "Weakness of a Man" less heavy metal. Even the nice
ballad "Lease of Life" which seems to break the rhythm of "Aqua" a bit
continues to be pretty interesting, especially in its guitar parts, almost
rock'n'roll ones until the solo, and pretty close to bossa nova after it.
But maybe the most courageous song of the album is "A Monster in Her Eyes"
which presents one of the most varied performances of Edu. He starts like a
bard, nearly reciting in a Medieval style and then, catching the courage he
presents very aggressive parts full of fury which reminds his typical manner
in Almah.

Another excellent moment, "Ashes" finishes the CD. It begins with dreadful
and dark, almost horror-movie-like keyboard parts, which give the first
impressions about what will follow. The vocalist uses the opportunities of
the lyrics which represent the last act of the play to come up with elevated
style performance with sorrowful atmosphere, a kind of opera-rock. Perfect!

"Aqua" is the kind of album which deserves to be listened attentively at
least 2-3 times. It's not a type of work to be easily defined, to put a
label on or to tell if it's metal because of this or that. At most, it's
possible to say that Angra returned to its best conditions, sounding like
classical Angra. And so this is much more than a positive fact.



Translation Irina Ivanova, Andrei Koulikov for www.edufalaschi.com.br





=================================================
☆ANGRA New Album "AQUA" 発売中！
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A006979.html

ANGRA オフィシャル・サイト
http://www.angra.net

Edu Falaschi オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/
Edu Falaschi 英語版オフィシャルサイト
http://www.edufalaschi.com.br/eng//
Edu Falaschi オフィシャルフランス版ブログ
http://edufalaschifrenchblog.blogspot.com/

==================================================





にほんブログ村

ブラジルの主要なロック、へヴィメタル系ウェブサイトWhiplashが
ANGRAのニューアルバム"AQUA"のCDレビューを掲載しました。

取り急ぎ、英文訳を掲載します。
日本語訳は追ってアップいたします。


ANGRA: the main Brazilian rock / metal website about Aqua


One of the most important Brazilian rock and metal webzines Whiplash came up
with the album review. Here you can check the most significant parts of the
journalist's impressions. The original review in Portuguese is available
here: http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/113282-angra.html



The CD review was done after a pre-listening party and firstly musicians of
Angra clarified the new album's details:



"With this CD we intentionally returned and re-forced the use of ethnic
elements, since Ricardo came back and this is a natural thing for his sound,
with Angra or without", explained guitarist Rafael Bittencourt. "But this is
also an organic thing which always exists inside us and in our sound".



Besides the ethnic sound "Aqua" has the unique conception like it has
happened with all the previous CDs since "Rebirth". In case of "Aqua" The
Tempest, the very last play of William Shakespeare has been chosen as the
album idea. (...)



Speaking about the team work, the vocalist Edu Falaschi expressed the
opinion of everyone that after almost ten years since "Rebirth" it has been
improving every day more and more. "Every time we understand each other
better and better. We already know what to do with the arrangements, which
stuff fits the whole thing and which stuff doesn't", confirmed the bassist
Felipe Andreoli. (.)



Although a big part of the fans were afraid that the participation of the
members in various side projects such as Almah, Bittencourt Project,
Freakeys, Karma and others would mean the end of the band, the musicians
disagree. According to them, this type of activities just helps them to get
the new experience and the new sound for Angra, their main activity. "We are
not only Angra's members. We are musicians. Our friends are musicians as
well. We are the persons who enjoy playing music. It's not only work for us,
but also is a hobby. And for us, to play also means to stay with friends,
with people we like. When I don't play in Angra, I do it with Kiko, Rafael,
Edu and others", explains Felipe. (...)



Angra admits that still there are questions of the fans and the media about
the previous line-up of the band with Andre Matos as a frontman, but they
don't consider it as a negative thing. "There will always be the memory
about the old line-up, but we are not going to pretend that this part of the
history of the band has never existed", - tells Edu, the eternal target of
comparisons with Andre Matos. In his opinion such examples when the fans
were divided between two frontmen like it happened in case of Ozzy x Dio
(Black Sabbath) or David Lee Roth x Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) just prove the
fact that every period is no less important than the other. And one vocalist
doesn't overshadow the talent of another. "A vocalist characterizes a band
quite a lot, there's no other way", - tells Rafael. "This is a part of our
history, we can't forget it". Felipe agrees: "You see, we always play old
songs and we don't have any intention to take it out from our set-list. It's
our history and it's a good history". (.)


CD REVIEW
So, let's talk about what's really important, the music. The band has chosen
"Arising Thunder" as the first single and as the first album's track, but as
one listens on, with the third song "Awake from Darkness" it already becomes
clear, that the first impression was not so true. Don't understand me wrong,
"Arising Thunder" is a great song, it rocks, it is really exciting! But it's
a quite typical speed / metal melodic piece with double bass and wild heavy
guitar riffs. "Awake from Darkness" makes it clear that "Arising Thunder"
doesn't come close to representing the rest of "Aqua". The 3rd song begins
with the long-awaited comeback of Brazilian ethnic elements, with the
percussion's rhythms, thanks to Ricardo, the guru of this subject. Having
the bass guitar parts by Felipe which make it heavier and the guitar hooks
by Kiko and Rafael, right in the middle the song surprises with the
interlude of piano and violin. "The Rage of the Waters" brings the same
feeling, mixing elements of northwestern music (from the Nord-West of
Brazil, mainly, the states Bahia and Pernambuco, the center of traditional
afro-brazilian rhythms) with typical heavy metal base. Then the game
changes. After the intro with some technological effects, "Hollow" brings
this classical and nervous thrash metal riff. At least, one Angra song on
every CD is like that. But being tired with all these moments of violence,
it finds an harmonic opportunity to open some space for the crystal clear
guitars. The atmospheric "Spirit of the Air" reminds "The Shadow Hunter". It
begins with some Spanish chords, then going to metal killer sound and
returning back to ballad, it walks chorus-wards, to a pompous epic break and
finishes with an Arabian theme. But the stuff which could sound in a very
eclectic way is, on the contrary, perfectly integrated.

"Aqua" even has its proper "Make Believe" - the perfect "Weakness of a Man".
I mean, it's a song created without fear to flirt with the pop music
inspiration and, I dare to say that it even has moments that can be
considered as dancing ones. But, whatever traditional headbangers could
think, it doesn't make "Weakness of a Man" less heavy metal. Even the nice
ballad "Lease of Life" which seems to break the rhythm of "Aqua" a bit
continues to be pretty interesting, especially in its guitar parts, almost
rock'n'roll ones until the solo, and pretty close to bossa nova after it.
But maybe the most courageous song of the album is "A Monster in Her Eyes"
which presents one of the most varied performances of Edu. He starts like a
bard, nearly reciting in a Medieval style and then, catching the courage he
presents very aggressive parts full of fury which reminds his typical manner
in Almah.

Another excellent moment, "Ashes" finishes the CD. It begins with dreadful
and dark, almost horror-movie-like keyboard parts, which give the first
impressions about what will follow. The vocalist uses the opportunities of
the lyrics which represent the last act of the play to come up with elevated
style performance with sorrowful atmosphere, a kind of opera-rock. Perfect!

"Aqua" is the kind of album which deserves to be listened attentively at
least 2-3 times. It's not a type of work to be easily defined, to put a
label on or to tell if it's metal because of this or that. At most, it's
possible to say that Angra returned to its best conditions, sounding like
classical Angra. And so this is much more than a positive fact.



Translation Irina Ivanova, Andrei Koulikov for www.edufalaschi.com.br




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