song: thy cookies from the top
kudante
by mikrosopht
for the last answered question what do you think you'll say ?
that i'm a red cheeked person
where you from how old are you what music do you like what music do you make how long have you been making music how long will you be making music does music really matter is music antimatter do photon particles inspire you who cares about the idm mailing list anyway who cares about the idm genre anyway who cares about anyway who cares and why do they care why am i interviewing you and what can we expect from you tomorrow, in 1-2 words or less.
birmingham alabama 18 all kinds really. i grew up on metal, but at fourteen i got into electronic stuff and didnt get back into anything else for about two years. now i listen to everything.. hiphop/rap/electronic/dance/metal/shitmetal/etc etc etc. I as usual have a hard time setting it to one genre. its just very expressive music made with electronics instead of "typical" band instruments. for about four years now. hopefully until i am on my deathbed. i think that it does, at least relative to how we and i live now, without it, i'd probably shrivel up and die, but had it of never existed (through instruments) maybe i'd be headbanging to birds' orchestrated chirping? who knows. it does seem to parallel lots of elements of life yes. science, particularly physics/astrophysics inspire me very much, maybe not musically, but intellectually. i really dont know, i dont believe that im on it. i do, and i suppose others as well? i enjoy the 'electronic music community' it's been kind to me since day one.. give or take a few pricks. thats what ive been trying to say. i dont think its a "they" we can really talk about here. pure expression
how can you find your pathway and not the halfway ?
thats a hard one. finding the right 'path' i think is a nebulous thing and can within itself involve millions of paths, then again i could be totally wrong.
you know me ? of course you do.
yep.
come here
im here
reach up ?
*reaching*
dont want to be a crazy foo ?
*breakdances*
shyness ?
*chills in corner*
be vangelis, tomita, joseph nothing, michael andrews, or somebody ?
not sure about that question..
how does fallin on your face feel ? do you risk it often ?
ive fallen on my face quite a bit, but mainly socially, it feels rough at first, but gets better as always. my risk factor definitely depends on my mood.
whos famous, who gets respect
i think squarepusher is the "most famous" as of now.. you can ask mainly anyone, albeit their musical interests and they recognize the name, usually. i think alot of people are respected, at least in the amateur part of the community, because we're all just having fun
even before you got famous, what were you ?
haha. far from famous my friend! i was the same i am now, an alabamian with a burning soul! (and i dont mean indigestion)
be somebody or be somebodys fool ?
be somebody!
do you think 80s breaks with guitar and the occasional triangle have a big future
fucking definitely. you can never get away from the oldschool, and consequentially- good, shit.
if you want to be cool what do you need to try hard to do ?
to me, the classic "be yourself" works. i like to see the real person im talking to. no fronts, no need for them around a person like me
hey you, yeah you with the teeth
i do have some problems!
ain't it any fun just scraping by ?
probably. ive done it alot during my life, so im ready for the opposite, who knows if it'll come though
is the road to the top right there ? should i stop ?
no!!!! always push forward. never stop.
whats in your hand ?
honestly nothing. the keyboard
what if you're not somebody ?
i say deny it, and keep trying
what is/are your official title(s) which you would like enooze readers to identify you with
kudante
is the e with an é or just plain old e
well its pronouned with the accent, but its just an e, like koo dan tay
was that your first presence online? when did that begin?
i got online when i was about 14
what's happened since then ?
pertaining to what?
let's start with music and we can go from there to whatever else you'd like to spill beans
ok well ive been playing piano for 11 years and now im a drummer. that has nothing to do with it though, but when i was 13 or 14 i saw (cliche to the max) come to daddy which amazed me because i had always been a heavy metal kid listening to what my big brother listened to
i think ctd turned a lot of people on to electronic music, which isn't a bad thing. and the video is good too ;8') what else did you hear after that, or was that enough to make you pick up some tools and get to work ?
well..... i didnt hear much techno after that right, for about a year, but i always remembered that video as being fucking crazy amazing. come to daddy did turn a lot of jerkoffs onto techno but they always weed themsleves out ya know. but then i got into computers (always wanted to be a nerd) and i started playing tfc.. that online thing right, and i met this guy metalman (didnt make music) but we started playing tfc alot togehter and we were both into metallica (hahah) and he mentioned this guy aphex twin and that he made that come to daddy song so i finally downloaded the song (at the time it wasnt so easy) and i listened to that motherfucker every day, i'd wake up in the morning and listen to it and shit. eventually after listening to that, and hearing the badass "come on my selector" and some muziq stuff i was inspired, so.. i got cool edit and dicked around in there forever.. making stuff that was pretty hilarous (i listen to it now and piss myself but its all good) all the while ive listened to alot of music hiphop, electronic, i still listen to metal sometimes like tool and stuff... im pretty open. but in techno, ive always been a fan of fast aggro type shit and always wanted to do it so i got acid pro somewhere down the line and got beats from all around and now here i am
so acid and cooledit are yer tools ? anything else
well like all of my programs would be cool edit, wav lab, acid, fruityloops, cubase, reaktor, vas (not very much) but my primarily tool is acid but i use the others too
what do you think of software vs hardware ? do you want to try hardware
oh i have some hardware, i forgot to mention that. i have a korg prophecy and a nord lead 1. well. hardwares great.. obviously not as simple to get used to... (which is how i am. im still hugely accustomed to software rather than hardware beacuse thats how i started out)
what is your favorite sound emitting human construction
mad props to people like bogdan
i mean like a tool, like a guitar or a beatbox or a kazoo or a jar of peanut butter
probably metal hitting metal but everythings great. i like it all except for hi pitched EMO punk voices that makes me want to hang myself
so you're big into percussion then? kertiz always says you're one-upping him when you try to come up with mad shit
oh i love percussion mang, hence why im a drummer, i go ape shit. pictures of me looking like a lobster whislt drumming at www.kudante.com but yeah kertiz is a badboy too man.. we basically one-up each other
are you part sea aminal
yea
what are you exactly
im not sure yet but did you know that in canada mcdonalds serves fucking McLobsters. its the most disgusting thing ive ever seen in my life. its a hotdog bun with lettuce and lobster meat in it
do you like lobster
well, in like sea food places yes, but not mcdonalds oh ew
do you like clowns
nope. they suck
do you like dirt devils
no, i was using one one time and it blew up unfortunately, scarring my arm and killed my dog
do you like hot dogs
sometime. when they're grilled
do you like bikini beach bingo
kudante signed off at
do you like online communications
yes very much so
more than 'real_life' ?
im not sure. they both have their ups and downs *wink*
if you had only 3 peanuts in your airplane packet of peanuts because of content settling and air tight dirt devil works would you give one to tony the tot in the baby seat across the isle ?
no. i hate infants
how about gangles the granny
fuck that bitch!
what about your clone? what about your sheep
the clone was caught on fire. i dont own sheep
what type of eye sight do you pertain to
i wera glasses mang
do you like the ocean
yes, beautiful
whats the most beautiful thing youve ever seen in your time
3 different things: a particular sunset.. a visual program going along to alberto balsalm, fucking beautiful.. and the background visuals at the tool show during the song aenima (it was one part where it turned blue and when to bring bring orange and the filter freq was going up..... fucking perfect. the image fit the sound so well)
where do you want to go
new orleans would be nice... and i like england but i duno. just not here for the time being
do you wear a watch
no
for the first answered question
what do you think you said ?
without scrolling.. that i am a red cheeked alabamian? ahh. damn... "person"
kudante website