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All pop stories start somewhere. Some start in bars, some in clubs, some in moshpits.
For
Somabit, this particular story starts with a brave new world......
Aldous Huxley's book and Raphael Bit Brought together some kind of needs to fill the
hole and trying to find the perfect escape, the perfect drug without co-lateral effect
and synthesize 'till it's minimal expression was to lead to the creation of
Somabit since winter of '98.
"It took a while to get the band together and to begin with we didn't know what we
were doing, but that's turned out to be our greatest asset," Raphael Bit explains,
his melodies every bit as fragile and understated as the one you'll hear on the records.
"We didn't want to play other people's songs so we thought we might as well play
our own. We knew almost immediately that we were onto something."
As did everyone who heard and fell in love with their music.
Somabit's armoury of
tunes began as straightforward homages to their own heroes
(James, Robert Smith,
Morrisey, Stone Roses) but swiftly blossomed into a sound that was uniquely
Somabit.
Their chances of clinching a deal in México however seemed remote, as they found
themselves to be musically out of step with a record industry obsessed with plastic
pop and old rock. So
Somabit took the initiative and formed their own label, Soma
Productions, and set about releasing their own material.
In setting up Soma
Productions
Somabit were doing more than taking matters into their own hands.
Raphael remembers the feeling that they were
"making a stand that the local industry
had failed. We learned loads and, most importantly, it gave us the opportunity to sign
to anybody else, should we get an offer."
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Todas las historias pop empiezan en alguna parte, algunas
en bares, clubes, otras en antros underground; Para
Somabit esta particular historia comienza a mediados del
‘98 con la necesidad de encontrar el escape ideal, la
droga perfecta sin efectos colaterales y sintetizarlo como en
una formula a su mínima expresión; Lo que nos llevó a la
creación de
Somabit.
Se llevó un rato mantener unida la
banda con algo en lo cual no sabíamos lo que estábamos
haciendo, pero esto resultó ser nuestro gran suceso.
“No quisimos tocar canciones de
otros y pensamos que bien podríamos tocar las nuestras.
Supimos de inmediato que estábamos sobre algo”, al igual
que cada uno de los que escucharon y se enamoraron
con nuestra música; las melodías, en cada fragmento tan frágil y minimizado como la que escucharás
en las grabaciones, pero sobre todo somos una banda para ver en vivo.
Armados de tonos, comenzamos el viaje como homenajes directos a nuestros propios héroes
(James, Robert
Smith, Morrisey, Stone Roses…) pero evolucionó rápidamente en un sonido que era únicamente
Somabit.
Las posibilidades de afianzar un contratrato en México de cualquier manera parecían
remotas, encontrándonos a nosotros mismos musicalmente fuera de tiempo, con una industria
obsesionada en pop plástico, volátil, bandas con convocatoria probada o covers de los 80's.
Así fue que tomamos la iniciativa formando nuestro propio sello:
Soma Productions.
Hicimos más que poner el asunto en nuestras propias manos; teníamos la sensación de
"hacer un parte aguas cuando la industria local había fallado".
"Aprendimos mucho y, lo más importantemente, nos dio la oportunidad de firmar
a quien fuera con una buena propuesta."