SOMNIA FINEM interview
1. Hi there! Fernando Pessoa has become one of those cultural figures frequently invoked but less frequently understood. At what point did Livro do Desassossego stop being literary inspiration and become the actual foundation of SOMNIA FINEM? and especially for your interest in Fernando Pessoa, one of Portugal's greatest literary figures. Honestly, the connection with Pessoa’s disquiet came later. The musical composition already existed and remained in a drawer for some years, in fact. Later, after hearing the work, Pesadelo encouraged his partner, with whom he had collaborated on other projects, to release it. That was when Sonho approached me, knowing that I was reasonably familiar with Pessoa’s work, and asked me to write the lyrics and draw inspiration specifically from The Book of Disquiet , since that was the concept he wanted to explore in this project. And then, everything came together naturally, as if the music, lyrics, voice, and conce...
