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Rising from the
intersection of R&B soul and New Age serenity, ACCHORDIO returns with
'The Light', a tender, immersive new single taken from the project’s
anticipated debut album. Performed by Martchelo, whose warm and
expressive vocals thread through every layer, the track radiates with a
quiet strength, offering a mantra for healing.
Blending emotional clarity with technical innovation, 'The Light'
showcases the project’s signature Acusonic Process, a proprietary
recording, mixing, and mastering technique developed at Nylocasp Studios
in London. The result is a truly three-dimensional listening experience
where each instrument and vocal line sits in immersive, almost tactile
space.
So with the new single available to stream now, we sat down with them to
find out more about their origins and what has been inspiring them most
over the years.
What was the first instrument you fell in love with?
The piano. At home all of the members of my family play the piano so we
have them everywhere… unfortunately I never had the discipline to study
and learn properly how to play and read music. I can play but I can’t
read music… but at the end, I became a singer so, my voice is my
instrument now!
What kind of music did you love when you were younger?
I love and always have… R&B, the classics… soul music, new age, movie
scores and beautiful orchestras… 50/60s…
What was the first album you remember owning?
Well, my mom was a music producer, so I don’t need to say we were always
in music stores hahahah… but my first vinyl was Michael Jackson’s BAD.
That was also my first CD, in a time where Sony used to give you the
album if you were buying the CD system. By the way (fun-fan fact), the
CD from 1988 has a totally different mix from BAD of nowadays… different
instruments and arrangements through the songs…
What is the one song you wished you could have written yourself?
Oh boy, there’s at least 20 songs I always wished I had the inspiration
to be mine! But REMEMBER THE TIME (MJ) is definitely the number ONE.
Do you have any habits or rituals you go through when trying to write
new music?
Not at all. Music comes to me by just living. I believe melodies are
given to us from the universe… When the universe is ready to deliver
some melodies to me, I am ready to start writing… so, if a sound in the
streets, a noise, a pattern of a note, something like this just happens
and I am kinda in that “magic zone” of inspiration, then I start
immediately to record the Melodie’s on my phone, mainly because these
ideas hits you out of the blue, if I don’t register them immediately, I
forget them in a blink on an eye!
I like to experiment a lot, trying new sounds… making crazy experiments.
Like the track MUSIC BOX on Acchordio’s album: I have this small music
box, made in 1946 in Japan, limited edition. So I disassembled the whole
thing, microphoned with the Acusonic process we created (a system with 4
mics that makes sound stereo 3D without using atmos). We recorded the
music box, I sampled it and that became the song. If you listen to it,
at the very beginning of the track, you can hear the music box just in
front of you (if you’re on headphones or in front of an audio system).
So yeah, different moments and circumstances can trigger the songwriter
in me.
Who are your favourite artists you have found yourself listening to at
the moment?
I love great vocalists: Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Michael
Jackson, George Michael. Great composers like Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer,
Henry Mancini. Michael Cretu, an inspiration and a professor that became
my friend. I love ENIGMA (Cretu’s) new age project and ai think he was
pretty much the one to inspire me to write this ACCHORDIO album.
If you could open a show for anyone in the world, who would it be?
Not sure if I could stand the same stage as for me he is the God of
music… but Luther Vandross… oh my good Lord! That would be a moment!!!!
What do you find is the most rewarding part about being a musician?
When you have a piece of music completed and other people can enjoy it
and feels good listening to it. That’s very rewarding.
And what is the most frustrating part?
After spending hours or even days in a song and then realise that the
final product is not exactly what you were looking for, or just doesn’t
feel ready… doesn’t feel right… then you throw that in a drawer and
start a new project… yeah, ending a piece of music that it’s not exactly
what you expect…
What is the best piece of advice you have received as a musician?
My mom used to say: if you’re gonna do it, do it because you love it.
Money, success, fame… that is not why we make music. We make music to
make the planet a better place. I do believe that! |
