Aenima (band)
| Aenima | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Almada , Portugal |
| Genre (s) | Ethereal , shoegazing , dream pop |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | www.aenima.org |
| Current occupation | |
| Susana (since 2005) | |
| Rune (since 1997) | |
| Paulo (since 1999) | |
guitar |
Gonçalo (since 2008) |
| former members | |
singing |
Carmen Simões (1997-2004) |
Bass, keyboard |
Rui (1997-1998) |
| Mário (1997-1998) | |
Keyboard |
Miguel (1997-1999) |
| Rui (1998-2008) | |
guitar |
João (1999-2000) |
guitar |
Nor (2000-2002) |
Drums |
Hugo (2000-2002) |
guitar |
Pedro (2002-2005) |
Aenima is a Portuguese band from Almada . Her musical style is inspired by early ethereal bands such as Cocteau Twins , Dead Can Dance or Faith and the Muse . The melancholy, dreamy mood of the music, which is influenced by the shoegazing movement, is also characteristic. The band name is derived from anima , the Latin word for ' soul '.
history
Aenima was founded in 1997 by guitarist Rune (formerly Millennium ) and singer Carmen Simões (formerly Poetry of Shadows and Isiphilon ) shortly after both of them left their previous bands. They recorded their debut album Revolutions in Rune's own recording studio without any other band members . It was released in 1999 by the Portuguese independent label Symbiose , with whom the band signed a two-album record deal . However, shortly thereafter, the label stopped any promotion and limited itself to selling the album. Without the necessary sales promotion , sales remained very low.
After a few appearances at Portuguese dark wave festivals with a permanent cast, the band got the opportunity to perform at the German M'era Luna Festival in 2000 , which made them known abroad for the first time. Then from January to June 2001 the recordings for the six-track EP Never Fragile took place, which was temporarily released in January 2002 on the Portuguese label Equilibrium Music and received good to very good reviews.
The second album Sentient , recorded in September 2001, was released in May 2003 on the US label Middle Pillar Presents . For the release of the album, the band organized an exclusive multimedia show in the planetarium of the Museu da Marinha in Lisbon . The following year the limited Picture Disc Puppet Circus was released . At the same time, singer Carmen left the band and shortly afterwards founded the doom metal band Ava Inferi together with the Norwegian musician Rune Eriksen . Since 2005 the band has been performing with the new singer Susana. Apart from a few live appearances, the band has been inactive since 2007.
Discography
- 1999: Revolutions
- 2002: Never Fragile (EP)
- 2003: Sentient
swell
- ↑ a b projekt.com: Project: Darkwave - Aenima: Never Fragile ( Memento from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ↑ a b twilight-zone.it: Review of Never Fragile ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ↑ a b Official biography ( memento of March 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ darkheartmagazin.de: Interview with Rune - Dark Heart Magazine, 2002 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 5, 2010.
Web links
- Official website
- Aenima on MusicBrainz (English)