80s pop, New Wave; bands, projects and musicians such as Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure, Duran Duran, Alphaville, David Bowie, Indochine, Front 242, Kraftwerk, The Art of Noise, J.M. Jarre...
Hard to say if the following has influenced me but I also enjoy film music from composers such as Ennio Morricone (The mission) or classical geniuses like Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi..................................................................................................................I HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIMIT THEMSELVES TO ONE STYLE OF MUSIC! MUSIC IS NOT A FASHION BUT RATHER A VERSATILE WAY TO FEEL LIFE! .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Born in Paris France, I grew up both in Paris and in San Diego, California. I have had the opportunity to work together with many remarkable musicians mostly on electronic music. Today I live in Hamburg Germany, where I mix music, do remixes and work on my own ideas as well as on joint projects. I really enjoy working with other people! Between 2001 and 2005, together with various DJs, I released a few trance tracks on Tunnel Records (Hamburg). Now, I collaborate with Hajo (Major Records) and it has been an honour to work on an Alphaville remix (joint project) and a Colony 5 remix (my mix). Both remixes have been released on the synth-pop sampler "Elektrisch". Another important music partner and very good friend worth mentioning is Olivier (myspace: Aston Clyde) who lives in LA. Thanks to myspace, I have met wonderful music lovers from all over the world who have been very supportive, talented musicians with whom I have collaborated on a couple tracks and a couple artists who create unique videos. Last but not least, if you have a chance, please check out my demos for LINPLUG software synths at: http://www.linplug.com under Products and Sounds. These soft-synths are amazing! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PS. I hope you enjoy the pictures I took and loaded up on here! (under pics and next to each song) I bought my equipment at Hamburg Audio, best music computers in Germany, excellent service too! Check out their site. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hi friend, we are just doing fine! Hope you are having a great day and evening as well. We are certainly looking forward to listen to your mix! Just give us a hint when you have it ready!
Thanks for your kind words. I have been neglecting my music for a while to be honest. I’m sure you know how it is. My first album is about to go live on CDbaby so I will be able to promote it properly and present it to some record companies and stuff.
The original Quadra Trax is about 18 years old believe it or not. It was a college project I did when I was at Uni. New York was one of those tracks that I turned around quite quickly. It sort of wrote itself really..2 weeks start to finish which is pretty quick for me.
It’s always great to hear the opinions of other musicians so thanks again and I’m happy you like them.