Recently, Sounds from Space had the pleasure to interview Joaquín Escudero, bassist and vocalist of Prisma Circus.
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-Although you guys are playing as Prisma Circus less than a year, lots of people are talkin' about the band, and not only in Spain, Europe and USA looks like they like your stuff too. What do you think about the reaction of all these people?
-Hello Javi! The reaction of the people is mostly good, and people from around the world looks very interested in our band. As you say, people from Spain, Europe, USA asked about the release of the EP. Looks like all the people who like this kind of music really enjoyed our EP, and we’re very grateful for this.
-And what about the reaction of the audience in your live performances?
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-Although you guys are playing as Prisma Circus less than a year, lots of people are talkin' about the band, and not only in Spain, Europe and USA looks like they like your stuff too. What do you think about the reaction of all these people?
-Hello Javi! The reaction of the people is mostly good, and people from around the world looks very interested in our band. As you say, people from Spain, Europe, USA asked about the release of the EP. Looks like all the people who like this kind of music really enjoyed our EP, and we’re very grateful for this.
-And what about the reaction of the audience in your live performances?
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| (Foto de Roberto Jorge Escudero) |
-Oh, we really have fun in our
performances, and wish we could play in live every day!
Maybe the people still don’t know us very much, and we play a lot of songs that we didn’t recorded yet… But looks like the people enjoy so much our performances. More than we expected!
-How do you describe your live performances?
-I’m not sure how to describe it, cause I’m very concéntrate while I’m playing. Psych Hard Rock, with a lot of solos, rhythm changes, powerful drums…
-And what does Prisma Circus different from the other band of the same genre?
-Hahaha, I don’t know, that’s a hard question! Sorry, I don’t know the answer. I think is something I wouldn´t say.
-Tell us about the influences of the band.
Maybe the people still don’t know us very much, and we play a lot of songs that we didn’t recorded yet… But looks like the people enjoy so much our performances. More than we expected!
-How do you describe your live performances?
-I’m not sure how to describe it, cause I’m very concéntrate while I’m playing. Psych Hard Rock, with a lot of solos, rhythm changes, powerful drums…
-And what does Prisma Circus different from the other band of the same genre?
-Hahaha, I don’t know, that’s a hard question! Sorry, I don’t know the answer. I think is something I wouldn´t say.
-Tell us about the influences of the band.
-We heard and like so much the psych blues rock of the 60’s and the 70’s,
of band from England, USA, Scandinavia, Spanish, and personally Argentinian too
(Pappo, Spinetta, etc..!!)
There’s a lot of bands that the people must hear, and all these bands are really important for the sound of Prisma Circus.
-For the recording of the three first songs of the EP, you get help of three gutiarist; Jordi Rodríguez, Aureli Rubio (Guitarist of Saturna) and Oscar García (Present guitarist of the band). So, the compositions of these three songs (The Great Car, Paradox & The Light) was made by you (Joaquín) and Alex (Drummer). That’s right?
-That’s right. And we added a new track fro the EP, “The Genius”, that we recorded a few months later, with Oscar entirely adapted in our band.
-So, how was the insertion of Oscar to the band?
-Oscar played with us in a old Project the we had, so we already know him. We needed to add some guitar tracks in our song, specially the solos. Oscar learned the song “Paradox” and he recorded the track without playing with the rhythm section before. The final product was amazing, and we talked about his insertion to our band before we recorded the songs.
-Before Prisma Circus, you and Alex had a band called “Rosebud”. Talk us about this band, do you have something recorded?
- Rosebud was a Blues Rock trio with a lot of improvisations in the live performances.
There’s a Facebook and MySpace profile where you can hear some suff. We self-recorded a CD with 7 songs. And we still have some copies for sell… hahaha
-Which is the evolution between “Rosebud” and “Prisma Circus”?
-Well, in this question I’ll answer my own opinion. Before I played with Rosebud, I was in a Hard Rock band called AXSJ (You can find it in MySpace too) who evolved in a band with more influences from the psych/progressive rock. This was the reason that made me studied music, and studying I meet Aureli and Alex. We mostly studied jazz, and maybe “Rosebud” have this “soft sound”, and these typical arrangements from the Jazz and the Chicago blues of the 50’s (Melody-Solo-Melody). But definitely the jazz wasn’t my cup of tea. We learned some actual bands who plays with the typical sound of Psych Rock of the 60’s and the 70’s, and definitely this was a great motivation for us.
Evolution? I don’t wanna call it evolution… I think it was more like a trip. I learned a lot of things in “Rosebud”, especially from Aureli. He’s an awesome guitarist, and you know it only see him holding a guitar. Sadly, he don’t like so much the psychedelia… hahaha. And this was the born of “Prisma Circus”. I guess now the music is more important than before for us, and we are better musicians too, but I don’t wanna call it evolution. Maybe a change.
There’s a lot of bands that the people must hear, and all these bands are really important for the sound of Prisma Circus.
-For the recording of the three first songs of the EP, you get help of three gutiarist; Jordi Rodríguez, Aureli Rubio (Guitarist of Saturna) and Oscar García (Present guitarist of the band). So, the compositions of these three songs (The Great Car, Paradox & The Light) was made by you (Joaquín) and Alex (Drummer). That’s right?
-That’s right. And we added a new track fro the EP, “The Genius”, that we recorded a few months later, with Oscar entirely adapted in our band.
-So, how was the insertion of Oscar to the band?
-Oscar played with us in a old Project the we had, so we already know him. We needed to add some guitar tracks in our song, specially the solos. Oscar learned the song “Paradox” and he recorded the track without playing with the rhythm section before. The final product was amazing, and we talked about his insertion to our band before we recorded the songs.
-Before Prisma Circus, you and Alex had a band called “Rosebud”. Talk us about this band, do you have something recorded?
- Rosebud was a Blues Rock trio with a lot of improvisations in the live performances.
There’s a Facebook and MySpace profile where you can hear some suff. We self-recorded a CD with 7 songs. And we still have some copies for sell… hahaha
-Which is the evolution between “Rosebud” and “Prisma Circus”?
-Well, in this question I’ll answer my own opinion. Before I played with Rosebud, I was in a Hard Rock band called AXSJ (You can find it in MySpace too) who evolved in a band with more influences from the psych/progressive rock. This was the reason that made me studied music, and studying I meet Aureli and Alex. We mostly studied jazz, and maybe “Rosebud” have this “soft sound”, and these typical arrangements from the Jazz and the Chicago blues of the 50’s (Melody-Solo-Melody). But definitely the jazz wasn’t my cup of tea. We learned some actual bands who plays with the typical sound of Psych Rock of the 60’s and the 70’s, and definitely this was a great motivation for us.
Evolution? I don’t wanna call it evolution… I think it was more like a trip. I learned a lot of things in “Rosebud”, especially from Aureli. He’s an awesome guitarist, and you know it only see him holding a guitar. Sadly, he don’t like so much the psychedelia… hahaha. And this was the born of “Prisma Circus”. I guess now the music is more important than before for us, and we are better musicians too, but I don’t wanna call it evolution. Maybe a change.
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| Joaquin, Oscar y Alex. |
-You’ll realease the firt EP of the band in a few days. Talk us about
it.
-The EP will see the light the 27 or 28 of June, in vinyl format of 12” (45rpm). The artwork was made by our buddy Jalón de Aquiles. The EP includes the songs “The Great Car”, “Paradox”, “The Light” and the bonus track “The Genius”, that we recorded 2 or 3 months ago. We self-
edited the album in collaboration with Odio Sonoro and Radix Records (Thanks to Jose and Manu). Also, Nasoni Records from Germany will edit our EP in a “LP-Split” with another Stoner/Psych Rock band called “Nomega” from Timisoara, Romania, with an artwork made by Jalón de Aquiles too.
-Maybe it’s very soon for talk about it, but….you think it’s possible to release an EP soon?
-We are working on it with, and we are composing more songs for record in a studio. Sure we’ll record our first LP soon…!
-When will be the next performance?
-We gonna play at sala Rocksound in Barcelona the next month (28 of July) with Blues Pills.
-When you gonna play in the rest of the Europe?
-Maybe we’ll do a Spanish and European tour in the autumn, but it’s still very soon to confirm it. Record the LP and do these tour are our main objective.
-Many thanks for the interview, Joaquin. It was pleasure!!
-Thanks to you Javi! See you the 28 of July in Rocksound, man!
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As Joaquín says, the next concert of Prisma Circus will be the 28 of July at Sala Rocksound with Blues Pills. Follow them in Facebook for more info of their next performances and news!
And don't forget to follow us in Facebook for more news..!
-The EP will see the light the 27 or 28 of June, in vinyl format of 12” (45rpm). The artwork was made by our buddy Jalón de Aquiles. The EP includes the songs “The Great Car”, “Paradox”, “The Light” and the bonus track “The Genius”, that we recorded 2 or 3 months ago. We self-
edited the album in collaboration with Odio Sonoro and Radix Records (Thanks to Jose and Manu). Also, Nasoni Records from Germany will edit our EP in a “LP-Split” with another Stoner/Psych Rock band called “Nomega” from Timisoara, Romania, with an artwork made by Jalón de Aquiles too.
-Maybe it’s very soon for talk about it, but….you think it’s possible to release an EP soon?
-We are working on it with, and we are composing more songs for record in a studio. Sure we’ll record our first LP soon…!
-When will be the next performance?
-We gonna play at sala Rocksound in Barcelona the next month (28 of July) with Blues Pills.
-When you gonna play in the rest of the Europe?
-Maybe we’ll do a Spanish and European tour in the autumn, but it’s still very soon to confirm it. Record the LP and do these tour are our main objective.
-Many thanks for the interview, Joaquin. It was pleasure!!
-Thanks to you Javi! See you the 28 of July in Rocksound, man!
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As Joaquín says, the next concert of Prisma Circus will be the 28 of July at Sala Rocksound with Blues Pills. Follow them in Facebook for more info of their next performances and news!
And don't forget to follow us in Facebook for more news..!
