skanfrom
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name: skanfrom
age: 25
sex: male
location: berlin
hello there, who are you? what do you do?
at the moment i drink a glass of wine with my girlfriend. ok , at the moment i`m jobless, but i`s ok - so i can buy records the whole day and can listen to them whenever i like to do it !
why music? why not cooking or mail fraud?
wrong question ! i do cook, delicious !! if you`re interested, please tell me whats your favourite meal - so i can cook it and send it to you !
ok then, my favourite meal is a gemuse mac menu with cola und mayo for my pommes...can you hook this up?
i think the coke will be the problem. the recipe is a secret, i think ! but i will try !
ok, let's talk about music. you make music. what else do you do?
nothing else , it sounds boring, but it isn`t .
do you dance to yr own music while people aren't looking?
no, never , i think i don`t make music for dancing .
when did you start making/attempting to make music, and what did yr first set up consist of?
i started when i was 15 , 5 years or longer, i dont know , i tried to program ebm . then ,after wasting my time for more than 5 looong years i started with skanfrom . my first synth was a yamaha sy55 ( brrr... ) at the moment i make my whole music with a mc303 and a roland sh101 (my favourite synth ever !!! )
would you be happier making tunes with an 808 or a yamaha mr10?
hmmm , i never listened to an mr10 , does it sound old and good or only old? do you know the cr78 ? that's my favourite drumbox ever !
what is your most embarrassing musical moment?
if i listen to my first, unreleased tracks
how does yr immediate music scene affect yr creative output?
it`s not so important , when i was younger i programmed the same music i listened to . at the moment i listen to hundreds of different styles, and i`m not a part of a scene , i would say !
if sven vath or dr motte invited you to play at the next love parade, would you go?
noo , i hate all the kids and their music... i`m not interested in this kind of music ( or whatever it is )
tell us a little about a.d.s.r., how did it start and where do you see it in the future?
i started with a.d.s.r. in 1998 , a.d.s.r.005 was the first release . i run the label because i don`t like to send demos .... , so i release my own music on my own label . sometimes i like to release a track or whatever of my favourite artist. thats the reason for a.d.s.r.009 ( split with f.schikowski ) and my 3x7" series with acts like : lowfish , isan , herrmann und kleine ......
how often, would you think, people listen to your music while undressing to do what naked people do, while undressed?
never . i think i`m the only one ! and you perhaps , i dont know
essentialy yr music can be described as techno pop, would you agree?
hhhhm i wouldn`t say technopop . sometimes i call it minimal pop . to make minimal music is much more important for me than to make techno !!
what did you think of kraftwerks 1999 track "expo 2000" ?
great !!
use one word to describe both yr personality and yr music. besides electrifying.
simple
what role did computers play in yr life before you discovered electronic music?
i was born in the eastside of germany (gdr) . in this time we only had an abacus !
growing up in east germany, we're you told to hate americans and their catchy (and imperialist) popular music?
no , never . but there was no chance to buy records from the westside ! (west side represent!)
do you own a car? is it fast?
i don`t have a driver's licence . for people like me , matchbox is exciting enough . but if i had one , i wouldn`t drive a fast car . because , i`m afraid of driving fast ( really )
if the money was good, which "artist" would you work with first:
a. blumchen
b. marusha
c. wolfgand petry
d. david hasselhof
all of the four asked me to work with them . the tracks will be released in fall ,on a.d.s.r. !
what makes for interesting music, in your opinion?
if an artist has his own style .
what are some websites you enjoy visiting?
ok, www.shitlovers.com. it`s crazy but pure fun if you don`t like it !!!
becasue yr music is overtly pop, would you say you are interested in reaching people outside of the usual electronic listening audience?
to reach this i have my side-projects with blümchen , wolfgang petry ....
when you perform as skanfrom, which do you wear:
a.leder hosen
b.gummi hosen
c.heisse hosen
d.toten hosen
if i play in bavaria i wear leder hosen . next week i play at "stahlrohr" . a nice club around the corner . for this performance i think i will ask one of my friends for gummi hosen. heisse hosen , i remember last year . i was drunken and couldn`t find the restroom ! d. is for punks, i`m not a punk, i would never wear
who would you most like to rmx one of yr tracks? why?
sebadoh , because i would like to have lyrics in some tracks .
when was the last time you got dressed up just to ride a bike?
i hate riding a bike !! sometimes i go shopping , naked . but not often. only for promotion !
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