J&M Band by Marco Nardini

as narrated by your resident rainbow-hopping creature, Mitxoda

When Mitxoda Slid Down the Rainbow

One fine inbox-morning a single e-mail arrived from Marco. I, obvious mythical body that I am 😀 , pictured the message materialising as a beam of coloured light in his rehearsal room, somewhere on the road that snakes between Italy and Slovakia, where J&M keep their twin lairs. He chuckled: “Ah, the myth is real”. Ice broken, strings tuned, off we went.

Origins: Six Strings, Many Worlds

Marco’s musical life began with a guitar and a record stack of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, the Clash, the Cure, the Police, and the Smiths . A decade on drums taught him rhythm, but harmony “bewitched” him; early songs were “unusual, often sad but also funny, a caustic, outrageous and reflective compound”. Tastier than standard-issue mortal pop, if you ask this gremlin.

The Ecosystem of Sound

Ask him to label his art and Marco shrugs: “I don’t try to describe my music; I leave that to the listener”. He prefers calling himself a musicant, tending a “musical ecosystem” where Pink Floyd’s symphonics mingle with dance-floor grooves, folk roots and jazz elegance. Contradictions? Delicious! (I do flutter approval.)

Party Animals: Zoo Mirrors & Rebel Grooves

The latest EP cages seven tracks about conformity and aspiration, “like a visit to the zoo where you discover the animal in the cage is you”. Social critique that still makes you move; trust me, my tail wouldn’t stop wagging.

Craft & Stage

Writing, producing, performing: one fluid ritual. “The moment of performance is the crowning and verification of the process” Marco says. Audience energy loops back into the art, and even a sprite like me feels part of the circuitry.

Rapid-Fire with the Mythical Questions

• Dream ahead? “Songs that make people feel something, built with a team”
• Listener takeaway? Music can tilt “a person’s day, even his whole life”
• If your music were food? Pizza: “simple, noble and plebeian, with a history and a future”
• Mythical reviewer? Mitxoda, of course: “Do or do not. There is no try”
• Playlist shout-outs? JoDan Music, VodooMirage, Roberta Giallo and more

Encore: A Parting Wink

As our lone e-mail thread closes, I unfurl my iridescent wings. Marco grins: “Stay mythical, Mitxoda”.
Deal. (…still blushing…)
Dear reader, cue up Party Animals, grab a slice, and remember: cages are optional, curiosity compulsory.

Listen to J&M Band and check their Bandcamp page.

Interview condensed from a single e-mail exchange, wrapped in a little theatrical colour, and sprinkled with stardust by Mitxoda, Marco’s favourite mythical correspondent.