Interview: The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (Written)

Brit progressive hard hitters, The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara, will deliver their much-awaited new album, Origins, on Friday 1st November. The innovative duo will also reveal their engulfing new single and video, Waves, out everywhere on Friday 4th October. In this interview we get to know the duo (Daphne Ang and Andrea Papi) a little better.

1. Hello! Thank you for taking the time to chat to us. First things first, tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started.

Fate and destiny brought us together at the right time in 2020 at the Black Heart in London, UK. We have been making music together ever since.

2. Someone comes to you and asks you to sum up what kind of music you play – what do you tell them?

Unpredictable.

3. What’s currently going on in your camp? New releases? Tours? Etc.

We will be releasing our third album ‘Origins’, on November 1, 2024. To get a taste, you know what to do here.

4. What has been the most positive experience of making music to date for you?

Our music has evolved into a crucible that melds both our strengths and weaknesses.

5. Likewise, what has been some of the more challenging aspects and how have you overcome them?

We create and manage every aspect of our music ourselves. We both have full-time jobs. Inspiration doesn’t wait for the perfect moment, so it can be a challenge at times to make time for both creation and rest.

6. How do you handle the modern expectations of being in a band? Always online, having to put out content constantly, your success measured in likes and follows?

There are way more important markers of success than that. Of course, we always put forth our very best to manage and promote ourselves and our music. But at the end of the day, knowing that you have created something meaningful which brings you personal fulfillment and satisfaction is the only true measure of success. All the rest is boredom.

7. What’s something that really ‘grinds your gears’ about the industry/business these days and what would you propose is done to combat it?

We usually make long tracks, nowadays the average length of a track is 3 minutes or less. So artists should be paid by streams per second. This would make it more fair, and it could as well raise the quality of music in general.

8. Speaking directly to listeners – what would you ask they do to help support your music?

Like, save, share, say hi! Buy our merch.

9. Outside of the music, what’s do you do to relax?

Pretend we are wolves.

10. Where can people find you?

 At the pub or here.