VONAMOR – “YOU THE PEOPLE”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE
One recent newcomer to the dark music scene in Europe is postpunk-darkwave-electro trio VONAMOR, who recently released the single “Take Your Heart” to critical acclaim. Now, ahead of the release of their debut self-titled album, we are pleased to present their new “You The People”, premiering the colorful cold war-influenced video, directed and edited by Francesca Bottaro and features all three members of this dynamic and exciting three-piece.
A succulent new taste of what this progressive cosmopolitan trio are dishing up on this 8-track collection, produced by Lucio Leoni and released via Time To Kill Records (TTK), “You The People” is a clear indication of how original and passionate, if not also complex, their artistic vision can be. This music is an alluring invitation to get lost in VONAMOR’s darkness.
Rome’s VONAMOR is a plant with deep roots and several tongues, growing in the land of darkwave. It is an urban forest of sounds, where male and female voices are tangled with one another. VONAMOR is also a hot war of bass-lines and electronic beats, where saxophone and electric guitars battle each other, just to make peace a few seconds later.
“Through our darkwave music and words, we search for the question, the ambiguity, the multiform influence of a variety of demons. We feel the urgency of questioning ourselves, our fellow human beings and the reality around us,” says Giulia Bottaro.
This dark and defiant song speaks of a world – the one we call home – where human lives are severely challenged by unintelligible and deeply rooted mechanisms of power, submission and protest. The track combines male and female vocals in a dialogue that is dense and full of tension, where English and Italian tongues intertwine with both hammering electronic sounds and the smooth sounds of saxophone, clarinet and flute, its creators intent on dragging the listener into a maelstrom of emotion.
Formed in 2016, stunning sisters Giulia Bottaro (voice, bass, metal flute) and Francesca Bottaro (drum station, sequencer, sax, clarinet) are joined by vocalist Luca Guidobaldi, with Francesco Bassoli (guitars and loops), with Martino Cappelli (guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, loops) also joining the trio for live performances – the band’s secret fourth member, so to speak.
“VONAMOR is an escape plan, our treasure island, a thick and savage jungle that gives you the chance to let your prayers and whispers reverberate like a church. We used the music in this album to walk paths that we hadn’t known before, to connect Rome to Paris to Berlin to Beijing, to mix techno music with folk, to let our voices and bodies mingle and dance to an incredibly weird yet familiar beat, and finally to search for a boom of love and light into the dark of our everyday life: yes, VONAMOR is a boom!” says Luca Guidobaldi.
“You The People” is available across online stores and streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify and elsewhere. The full-length album, slated for release on CD and digitally on February 18, can be pre-ordered directly from Time To Kill Records.
Credits
Music and lyrics written and performed by VONAMOR ©℗ 2020
Giulia Bottaro (vocals, bass, metal flute)
Francesca Bottaro (drum station, sequencer, saxophone, clarinet, synth)
Luca Guidobaldi (vocals)
Francesco Bassoli (LP – guitars and loops)
Martino Cappelli (live performances – guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, loops).
Edited by VONAMOR
Recorded in Rome at Monkey Studio & L’Albero Recording Studio by Lucio Leoni & Luca D’Aversa
Artistic production, sound engineering and mixing by Lucio Leoni – Lapidarie Incisioni
Mastering by Elephant Mastering
Art direction and design by Francesca Bottaro
Photography by Marco Stramaglia
Label and physical distribution: Time to Kill (TTK) Records
Digital distribution: Believe Intl
Artistic production by Lucio Leoni. Digital distribution by Believe International
Label and physical distribution by Time to Kill (TTK) Records
Video direction, editing: Fabio Santomauro
Featuring VONAMOR, Agatha and Adriano
Also enjoy the album’s lead track “Take Your Heart” and two earlier singles:
VONAMOR
[Single]
(Time To Kill Records)
Release Date: February 8, 2022
Artist Links
Photo Credits: Marco Stramaglia
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