Your name Ottone Pesante (Heavy Brass) remembers something strong like
a punch in the stomach, is it what you thought about?
The name
means what we really do: “heavy metal” played with brass instruments and gives
an idea of the sound. This meets also very well
the definition you gave in your question !!
As I already told you i think your music has a greater
impact when you play live didn’t you think about publishing a live concert?
No I think
it’s too early we just started.
How did Ottone Pesante start and which are the
experiences of the musicians involved?
Ottone
Pesante was born in 2015 officially the 1st November
2015 as our first EP was published.
We all had
many different experiences I give you some names of groups in a random order:
Junkfood, Calibro 35, Komara, Meteor, Mr.Gangster, Esecutori
di Metallo su Carta, Nero Capra.
You often
play live how are you able to organize so many dates are you doing all by
yourself or do you have an external help?
At the
moment we are doing it without any help as a necessity ( we didn’t find anyone
doing it) but also because speaking with other musicians we understood that if
you want something done it’s better you do it by yourself.
Which are Italian and World musicians you feel related
from a musical point of view?
Well I
would tell: Opeth, Katatonia, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates,
Dissection.
Concerning
a certain way to make extreme music with brass instruments: ZU and Jerseyband.
You took
part to some projects of Enrico
Gabrielli your relationship depends on geographical proximity, common musical
interests or we can speak of real elective affinity?
We don’t
live nearby we share some philosophies and we work well together since long so I believe we can speak about elective
affinity
You define
your music as hard brass rock do you
consider your approach similar, obviously with different premises ,to the one
of Apocalyptica (Finnish band) who started to play hard rock with cellos?
We prefer
Heavy Brass Metal, l'Hard Rock is not always the point...
Surely we
share something with Apocalyptica. But we didn’t start from covers and our
approach is more extreme.
I think
improvisation doesn’t have any role in your live sets or am I wrong?
You are
not.
Improvisation
has a very marginal role near to zero.
How do you
compose your pieces?
I write all
the pieces starting from the parts for trumpet and trombone with some general
indications for drums. Then in the practice room we shape and improve the
piece. It’s an old but quite fast process.
Touring
around Italy
did you find some situations where you musical impact fully reached the goal?
Did you
also play abroad?
We mostly
reached the goal. And the extraordinary thing is that this happened during Metal Festivals, Buskers Festivals,
Jazz Festivals and in alternative and pop clubs. Our music is quite
across the board !
We had some
dates in Switzerland, Germany and Austria
and we will be around Europe on our next tour.
We will see!
Does your
drummer beyond sustaining the rhythmics, quite an effort, feel like a soloist ?
I don’t
think so, even he is the only one having a larger amount of freedom. I will ask
him... (ahah)
Do you have
many projects at the moment?
Off course ,
first of all the record coming out soon.
There
are many paths to be undertaken with our
music and we will try to do it at our best.
What do you
think of Italian alternative music scene of the moment, and do you think to be
part of it?
We are in
it at 100% and we think that there are many interesting groups which are also
successful abroad. Touring around Italy we came in contact we many
realities and I don’t speak only about bands but also festivals, associations,
organizers, clubs and so on. So
we feel quite hopeful about the future.
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
other directors involved: Nelo Risi, Francesco Maselli, Giulio Questi, Gianfranco Mingozzi, Florestano Vancini, Carlo Mosso, Giulio Macchi and Vittorio Baldi.
1963: Una Storia Moderna - L'Ape Regina (The Conjugal Bed)
actors: Ugo Tognazzi,Marina Vlady,Walter Giller, Riccardo Fellini, Linda Sini
screenplay: Rafael Azcona , Marco Ferreri idea: Goffredo Parise
1964: Controsesso (Countersex) collective film
segment: Il Professore (The Professor)
actors: Ugo Tognazzi
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1964: Marcia Nuziale (The Wedding March)
actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Shirley Ann Field, Alexandra Stewart
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1965: Oggi Domani Dopodomani (Today Tomorrow The Day After Tomorrow) collective film
segment: Break Up-L'Uomo dei 5 Palloni (Break Up-The Man with Baloons)
actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1967: Corrida! Documentary
1967:L'Harem (The Harem or Her Harem)
actors: Caroll Baker, Gastone Moschin, Renato Salvatori
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1969: Dillinger è Morto (Dillinger is Dead)
actors: Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallemberg, Annie Girardot, Carole Andre
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1969: Il Seme dell'Uomo (Seed of Man)
actors: Marco Margine, Annie Girardot, Ann Wazemsky
screenplay: Sergio Bazzini & Marco Ferreri
1971: L'Udienza (The Papal Audience)
actors: Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli,Vittorio Gassman, Alain Cuny
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1971:Perchè Pagare per Essere Felici (documentary)
1972: La Cagna (Liza)
actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
screenplay: Ennio Flaiano, Jean Claude Carrière & Marco Ferreri
1973: La Grande Abuffata (La Grande Bouffe)
actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Andrea Ferreol
screenplay: Ennio Flaiano, Jean Claude Carrière & Marco Ferreri
1974: Non Toccare la Donna Bianca (Don't Touch The White Woman)
actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Serge Reggiani, Alain Cuny, Paolo Villaggio, Franco Fabrizi, Marco Ferreri
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1976: L'Ultima Donna (Last Woman)
actors: Ornella Muti, Gerard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Renato Salvatori, Nathalie Baye
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1981: Storie Di Ordinaria Follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness)
actors: Ornella Muti, Ben Gazzarra, Susan Tyrrell, Tania Lopert
script: Charles Bukowski
1983: Storia di Piera (The Story of Piera )
actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Shygulla, Isabelle Huppert, Tanya Lopert
screenplay: Piera Degli Esposti, Dacia Maraini & Marco Ferreri
1984: Il Futuro è Donna (The Future is Woman )
actors: Hanna Shygulla, Ornella Muti, Nils Arestrup, Maurizio Donadoni
screenplay: Piera Degli Esposti, Dacia Maraini & Marco Ferreri
1986: I Love You
actors: Christoph Lambert, Eddie Mitchell, Agnes Soral, Anemone, Maurizio Donadoni; Jean Reno
screenplay: Enrico Oldoini, Didier Kaminka & Marco Ferreri
1988: Come Sono Buoni i Bianchi (How Good The Whites Are)
actors: Marushka Detmers, Michel Piccoli, Michele Placido, Jean Francois Stevènin,Juan Diego
screenplay: Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri
1989: Il Banchetto di Platone (Plato's Banquet) TV film
actors: Philippe Lèotard , Jean Benguigui, Agnes Soral, Lucas Belvaux, Farid Chopel,
Jean Pierre Kalfon
screenplay: Radu Mihăileanu, Monique Canto-Sperber & Marco Ferreri
1991: La Casa del Sorriso (The House of Smiles)
actors: Ingrid Thulin, Dado Ruspoli, Enzo Cannavale, Maria Mercader
screenplay: Liliane Betti, Antonino Marino & Marco Ferreri
1991: La Carne (The Flesh)
actors: Sergio Castellito, Francesca Dellera, Francis Leotard, Farid Chopel
screenplay: Liliane Betti, Massimo Bucchi, Paolo Costella & Marco Ferreri
1993: Diario di Un Vizio (Diary of a Vice)
actors: Jerry Calà, Sabrina Ferrilli, Valentino Macchi, Laetizia Laneri
screenplay: Liliane Betti & Marco Ferreri
1994: Faictz Ce que Vouldras (TV film)
screenplay: Francois Rabelais & Marco Ferreri
1995: Nitrato d'Argento (documentary)
actors: Iaia Forte, Fabio de Luigi, Dario Costa, Lavinia Centrone
