Gabriel Castro
Yurei
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November 2, 2019
This album was inspired by the word Saudade and the meaning of it. There is no direct translation for it, but in Brazilian culture it means essentially, "the memory of something with a desire for it". So when you miss something or someone you say I have "Saudade" if that makes sense. My family and a lot of my friends are in Brazil and I tend to find myself feeling nostalgic a lot. A lot of those emotions went into writing the album, hence the title.
Guitars, drums, bass and a variety of synths were used for the album.
I love video game soundtracks, they have a crazy way of making you feel emotions instrumentally. This writing was very inspired by the final fantasy soundtracks so like the music in those games, I wanted my music to speak for itself.
That's like asking which child a parent likes more haha If I had to name one it might be Risen because I just love having ideas/layers expand and change throughout a song. That opinion might change though, I loved making all of them.
I think it turn around 2 years, 1 of which was more serious. Some of the stuff like the intro to Risen and Dark Matter were written with my drummer Nate, and then a lot of these ideas sat on my computer for a while. I eventually had all these ideas, some half ready, so I just set a studio date with Evan to give myself a timeline and then majority was written in half a year.
Most of the music was written while dealing with life so a lot of it was just a way to let out what was in my head. Once I got the artwork back from Aria Fawn it really helped me write because I had a visual in my head. So for parts like the end of memoria and forest of waters I was trying to picture myself in the artwork.
I spent 3 weeks in Maine with Evan Sammons of Last Chance To Reason and I think we only had 1 day off. Nate finished the drums pretty quickly and Evan had recorded the drums for Anima a few weeks before I got there.
Honestly it wasnt too hard, its just sometimes you get that writers block (especially in the canadian winter) so overcoming that was the hardest thing. I feel like so much has changed since my EP, I overthink ideas and get attached more than before haha.
We had an issue with my ibanez and it made us have to do a lot more work once we got it back because we were on a schedule. In the writing of the album I was also working 60 hours a week so It was hard to find time to write. Creativity doesnt just come sometimes too, so that made it a bit difficult. Especially on a deadline. Once it was finished and recorded everything went smoothly.
But after that everything went smoothly!
I have only ever played an early version of Continue live but once we jam this live I feel like Memoria will be up there. I just love playing the riffs in it and the buildup near the end always reminds me and Nate of running up a hill into battle haha.
I couldn't be happier, having Evan engineer and the legend Jamie King mix/master had always been a dream of mine so I love it all.
Bringing you into this ethereal world based on reminiscing and distant memories. The Forest of Waters is the present and without Saudade it cant exist.
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