Don’t you want to see the floating lights?
Apifera are showcasing Theodor Marmalade, a blend where intriguing songwriting intersects with dreamy tones, steady guitars and tender electronic elements.
Tell us a few things about Theodor Marmalade. What is the main idea behind it?
it’s about being outside and missing being in after being inside and yearning to be outside. Loneliness as a changing perspective. it was written during the last pandemic wave in Los Angeles. the main groove took a while to crack but once we found the drum part things started moving. The lyrics were written back home in Israel sometime after most of the playback was recorded. it was sort of a prototype to the new songs to follow.
Could you elaborate on the significance of incorporating lyrics for the first time in this song, and how they contribute to the introspective story of Theodor?
We always loved both instrumental and vocal music, and after exploring the initial potential of the band in the instrumental realm we decided to give it a try.
Nitai and Yonatan have been singing in other projects and the sound of both of them in unison or intervals as a specific character felt special and pulled us out of our previous way of working in so-called modern compositional forms and into the relatively classic song structure.
The story of Theodor escaping into nature yet yearning for the energy of modern society is quite poignant. What themes or messages were you hoping to convey through this narrative?
We all grew up in cities and have been secretly dreaming of leaving them for good.
But then there’s always a question, after leaving society wouldn’t we find ourselves in a permanent state of lonely fomo, out there in the wilderness. this back and forth between the states is the engine of the song.
Theodor’s naive minimalist view of the world is kind of where we want to be sometimes. just souls in bodies looking at nature, thinking colorful thoughts.
Could you share some insights into how the diverse musical backgrounds of each member contribute to the ever-evolving style of Apifera?
Although we come from relatively similar backgrounds and a shared love for Jazz, Electronica, Hip hop and psychedelia, each of us has his specific musical taste and things only he likes. We actively avoid cliches associated with specific genres, looking for new places to visit that fuse and overlap in unpredictable ways, and we don’t want to write in EXACTLY the styles we listen to, because that’s already out there.
A song you would pay to hear for the first time again?
Macarena.
Just kidding, that’s kind of hard to answer, and it’s usually the 3rd or 5th time we listen to something epic when it etches itself onto the soul:)
Your debut album, “Overstand,” was released in 2021. How has your musical journey evolved since then, and what can listeners expect from your upcoming releases?
We’ve recorded around 30 tunes, the first 15 or so were in the language of Overstand, free-flowing quirky instrumental tunes that put you in a certain mood. we kind of liked them, and some even made it to the album, but our dear label people said “you have a chance to dig deeper and make this album more focused and communicative” so we kept digging for about 15 more tunes, and gradually got to the shape, temperature and vibe of more energetic sunshine stuff than the earlier neo-classical question marks. We really got into collective songwriting, so that’s our current direction also for future releases.
If the music of Apifera was a film, which film would that be?
Poor things.
Or some documentary about life in a distant world.
Thank you!
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