shedidntcome

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Valmontone, Italy

Electronic • Experimental Sounds

July 16, 2007

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Shedidntcome formed in Naples, Italy, in the early autumn of 2003. We originally called ourselves Agent Orange. We came from extremely different musical experiences. I, Francesco Cavallo, was formerly the main singer and bass player of ONFALL (an hardcore-punk band) during the nineties, while Antonio Cicatiello played bass, guitar and keyboards in several rock bands. 
Our very first self-produced demo, "The Vain & the Insane", released in the first months of 2004, was a mixture of rock and electronic influences. In the first months of 2004, we built ourselves our own home studio(The Dirty New Stable), producing our second demo, the 4-track EP "Health Club", where we started sounding more like eighties electropop (Depeche Mode and Ultavox-like). 
The same attitude, with a darker twist, can be found in "Songs of the Broken Lights", our third cd, recorded in December 2004. In 2005 we produced our fourth demo called "Wicked Star" in which we exposed a new minimal pop music with influences from bands like Lali Puna. In the last months of 2006 we prepared a series of live performances related to "Music for Noplaces", a photographic exhibition by the artists Antonio Tascino (Tox) and Alessandro Abrusci.
In summer 2007 we have released "Soma", our first full-length.
Now we're recording some covers for our next live tour. The project is still work in progress but we have a name for it: "Originals are much better" :))

Have you performed in front of an audience?

We prefer the atmosphere of small clubs and lonely places.

Your musical influences

Depeche Mode, Einstuerzende Neubauten, The Cure, Kraftwerk, The Smiths, DEVO, David Sylvian, The Residents, Fennesz

What equipment do you use?

Drum Machine, ambiental noises, iMac, behringer pre amp, Shure microphones, Gretsch guitars.

Anything else?

Anything!