Malefixio are a Deathrock, sinister dark post-punk band from
Barcelona, Spain. The trio consists of Eva LadyStardust (vox, lyrics), Jordi
Nozin (guitar) and Mauricio (bass/drum programming). Since forming in 2016 they
have released the album "Culto a lo
Invisible" in 2018.
We see that the band formed in Barcelona in
2016. By February 2017 you had released a demo on Bandcamp with 2 songs that
started to make Malefixio known. Tell us how about the first years and how it
was starting afresh again, having in mind that Eva was previously in the goth
rock band La Peste Negra?
Eva
wanted to sing in a band again, a new different band. So we joined at first to
play a cover and see if the feeling flowed between us. We prepared a cover, "Trivialita"
by Madre del Vizio and after that we began to rehearsal 2 times per week and
ok, here we are.
What was the reaction after the release of your
first demo? Did you get a lot of positive feedback that helped you continue in
what you were doing?
Yes, we
had a positive feedback about it. People liked our 2 songs a lot. We even had
some record proposals from different labels. In that time we had 3 songs more
and we thought to release an EP, but after we wait a little more and we
decided to released our first album.
All through the years, there was always a small
deathrock scene around the world. Small and cult one might say. How do you see
things today for a band that follows this genre?
It’s a very strange global world nowadays. It’s
that moment in the history when we have more easy access to information but at
the same time people are very lazy. I remember in the 90s we discovered bands
when they had split up. We had fanzines and people really involved in the
scene, parties were full of young people and we used to change cassettes/cds
between us with new bands. Nowadays we discover bands just by their first song,
it’s amazing. For us it’s really good and we buy music directly from the bands.
Even we play with a lot of new and incredible bands of that moment: Date at
Midnight, Ötzi, Second Still, Chain Cult, Jackaline... Things changed but now
there are a lot of new people that like darkwave/deathrock/postpunk bands and
this is really good.
We are lucky, people come to our concerts and
we are very grateful about it. We think it is a good moment to create a
band.
Last year in 2018 Malefixio released their
first album called "Culto a lo Invisible" via Fairy Dust Records, a
label from Helsinki. How was the process in making your debut? Did the band
have any help or was it the traditional DIY effort?
We recorded "Culto a lo Invisible"
in our friend’s studio. Satantoni is a diy studio by My Own Burial band
creator. We stayed several months to record it during winter/spring 2018.
The cover is a collage made by Eva of
Viridiana, a movie by Spanish surrealistic master Luis Buñuel. The symbols is a
defixio, part of our name. A defixio was a Mediterranean curse, before Christ
era, written on the graves for wish the worst luck to enemies even after death.
This way the enemies didn’t come back for revenge.
What subject matters do your song’s lyrics
have? What are your major influences and what inspires you in general?
In
general life. Specific Mediterranean/Persian mythology, paganism, witchcraft,
ancient civilitations...
We see that you like playing live and that you have shared
the stage with bands like The Beauty of Gemina, Ötzi, Chain Cult from Greece,
Second Still, Fangs On Fur and Date At Midnight to name a few. How is it for
you to appeared on stage and perform before an audience? Any memorable moments
from playing live?
Playing in front of an audience is a
theatrical way to show your music. We don’t just play, we would like to make
the public travel to our world.
Every concert have memorable things for
sure.
Except playing live in Spain, you have
travelled also to France and Germany. Are Malefixio a band that would like to
play all over the world? Any place in particular that you would like to play?
Yes of course, we love to play live. We would
love to play in every city in the world. We are open to all promoters, they can
write to us.
About playing in special places...We would
love to play in ruins, castles, temples... any special place full of telluric
energy.
What are you plans for the future? Will we be
having a new album from you anytime soon?
We are
working on new songs. We would like to release an Ep for 2020.
Interview by Nick Drivas.
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