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Monday, November 13, 2006
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Diafanes shares @ Sellaband.com
Hi everyone, we joined a website called Sellaband a few days ago and we are very excited cause it´s a great new concept where fans help a band hit the studio.
Here´s how it works: you can buy Diafanes shares ($10 each) and in return you´ll get a special edition of our CD, you´ll have access to exclusive photos, mp3s and other extras and, if all that wasn´t enough, you´ll earn money: sellaband.com/diafanes
Be one of the first 20 believers and receive a free autographed copy of our first album!!!
Thanks for your support,
Lorena, Ciro, Samuel and Rafael
SPREAD THE WORD:
Copy the codes below the images and put the banners on our page.
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Friday, July 07, 2006
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Lollapalooza
Diafanes was selected, out of 2000 bands, on the 3rd round at the Lollapalooza competition.
To make it to the final, and play live in Chicago, we need your help! Click here to vote now!!! And listen to an unreleased track - "High Heels".
The voting will occur from July 7-21, vote once per day!!! Ask your friends to vote too! Thanks for supporting us :)
 
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
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Monday, June 12, 2006
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*** NEW SONG ***
i just uploaded a new song at the lollapalloza website and applied to win a spot on the lineup.
click here to vote for us and listen to our new song "unity".
you can vote once per day and the top 100 vote getters go to the second round.
the round one ends june 30 so vote everyday and ask all of your friends to vote too!
thanks for supporting us,
lorena
Click here to listen to a new song and vote to see Diafanes live on Lollapalloza
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Monday, January 16, 2006
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Photos and interview for Minimal Devotion Magazine
I was interviewed and photographed by Porao for the online magazine Minimal Devotion
Read the interview below or click here to see the pictures.
    
MD - I think we can say Diafanes sound is very complex - even a bit progressive - how would you define Diafanes music?
Lorena - It's hard to define Diafanes sound cause we mix different sonorities, use lots of guitar and bass effects, play unusual instruments (snujs, castanets, theremin, derbake and soon koto) and we always try to make different and complex arrangements. I usually say it's "alternative rock" cause to me it means to have your own style, to have an unique sound, and that's exactly our goal.
MD - The band already existed or did you form the band?
Lorena - I formed the band cause I had lots of ideas and songs. I invited Rafael and 6 months later I invited Ciro an Pietro to join the band. Pietro and Ciro had already played together for a long time. We all met at the conservatory I used to study.
MD - Your reach very high notes! Which singers do you admire? Do you have any male influences?
Lorena - Yeah, I'm coloratura soprano, which is the voice that reaches the highests notes. I enjoy different kinds of music therefore I admire singers like Maria Callas, Shirley Manson (Garbage), Kate Pierson (B-52's), Nina Gordon (ex-Veruca Salt), Elis Regina, Natasha Atlas, etc. Of male singers I really like Thom Yorke, and actually, I think that of all the artists I mentioned he's the one I indentify the most vocally. But it's hard to say if those artists are an influence to me or not. I try to take the most advantage of my voice without attaching myself to exterior factors. I like to write high-pitched melodies cause I think it's really interesting when my voice is the highest line in a song, I see the voice as another instrument in the band. I think that the main line (which in the band is my voice) sounds really good when it's the highest line cause it stays, for that reason, more exposed. I think Radiohead takes advantage of that too.
MD - What have you been listening lately? What albums are important to you?
Lorena - Lately I've been listening a lot to Garbage's new CD "Bleed like me", "Infinito de P" from Andr Abujamra and "Hail to the Thief" from Radiohead. All Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Garbage and Karnak albums are important to me, it's hard to choose just 1 album from each one of these bands.
MD - You did the artwork and took the pictures of See Through's booklet and the quality is really good. Do you work with that too? Which artists do you like?
Lorena - I come from a family of artists, I've been working with plastic arts for a while. Besides music my main occupation is to paint, I already participated of some exhibitions in the state of Sao Paulo. Photography is also a passion of mine and to choose the pictures for the booklet was really hard cause I have tons! "Diafanes" means transparent in Greek and because it refers to a visual idea I took lots of pictures and related them to my lyrics. Lately I've been enjoying the work of different artists in the internet on websites like Deviantart and Minimal Devotion, of course.
MD - The guitarist Ciro Visconti is a virtuoso and even the local Guitar Player interviewed him. Can you talk about Diafanes musicians? What do they like to listen and play?
Lorena - Ciro is an excellent guitarist and was always recognized because of that, in fact he just signed an exclusive endorsement deal with a guitar cable company here in Brazil called Santo Angelo. He majored in music and already played in lots of different bands and projects like Quattour, a guitar quartet who only played classical music and today he has a similar project being the conductor of Souza Lima's Guitar Orchestra. Pietro studies music in an university and he likes Yes, ELP, among other progressive bands. Rafael teaches drums and likes heavier bands.
MD - Do you play covers in your shows?
Lorena - Sometimes we play covers from bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and we already made an arrangement for a Chico Buarque song.
MD - Tell me about your lyrics, what inspires you?
Lorena - Through the lyrics I express my ideas, feelings, thoughts and indignations. Anything can be an inspiration: the social injustices, wars, relationships, the lack of care with nature, etc.
MD - What do you think about posing for Minimal Devotion? Have you done something similar before?
Lorena - I think it's going to be cool, Minimal's approach is very sensual but at the same time very artistic, so I think it's going to be interesting. I've been photographed by some magazines before but not like this.
MD - Do you want to leave a message to Minimal's readers?
Lorena - I would like to invite everyone to listen to our music in our website: www.diafanes.com and ask everyone to get more involved. In order to make the independent scene grow the artists need more support from the listeners, that are usually tired of listening what the major record companies impose. We are at a transition period under lots of aspects. We gotta have more attitude to preserve our culture and environment.
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
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paintings
Since I graduated from high school I've been painting professionally. Check out some of my paintings on deviantart.
Belly Dance
2003
oil on canvas
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See Through
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Diafanes
Release date: 21 June, 2005
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