Review Fix Exclusive: Amycanbe’s Mattia Mercuriali Talks Origin in Music, Future 

Review Fix chats with Amycanbe’s Mattia Mercuriali who discusses the band’s origin and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Mattia Mercuriali: We got together in different steps from 2004 or 5? Originally we were just an acoustic little thing with just me and Marco in the band. Then arrived Francesca and Paolo and things changed and evolved. A lot of time passed but a lot of music we are proud of as well.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Mercuriali: There is not a straight clear process, even though I can say a lot of things start from Marco or me and Marco jamming, but it is not a rule.

For WOLF, our last album, for different life reasons, we were often distant, especially Francesca, that moved in the mountains near Verona,  so we had to send her demos to let her try something out. White Slide was like that. It was just a sort of dance track, that Francesca turned into an incredible hypnotic journey, but there are still songs born like a band in the rehearsal room.  Wherefrom, Queens or other songs like Grano, that was a demo by Marco. Originally it was not supposed to even enter in the list, but it turned out like one of the best. So it is really difficult to say.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Mercuriali: Hmm, difficult to choose one!

My favorite song from last album WOLF is called White Slide It is hypnotic and I had to scratch my head when we recorded it and arranged the live version (that is totally different from the album version) but it really stands out live. Another one that I consider probably our best song so far is called “Everywhere,” a very synth driven track inspired by “The World Is Round,” a novel by Gertrude Stein. We did really explore new territories at the time and that song just happened in a second, brilliant. Now we do that mostly in the last part of our concerts. I can finally break some amps in this particular tune.

Instead, our audience seems to love Rose Is A Rose and Truth Be Told in particularly. Those are songs we really have to play every time.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2017?

Mercuriali: We really want to play more and more and better and better. I would like to see new regions especially in Europe- we will see.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Mercuriali: We simply want people to enjoy listening to our records and coming to concerts. We have to struggle to keep music and positive vibrations alive in this strange and beautiful time. Music is a perfect way to take a rest, at least try from the daily pace of life that is often frantic, listen to music without doing hundreds of things.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Mercuriali: Summer Festivals (check our Facebook page for updates) and new songs. We can’t wait to record a new album.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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