As a little boy I used to record the noises, whistling and static in the space between the stations on my old radio. Sometimes an out of focus voice would speak something in German (I still remember a woman saying Was ist mit dem Zeit?, a question I still ponder to this day). By repeatedly pressing the pause button during the recording, I was able to create, in my view, interesting sound experiments, which combined chance, noise and improv, creating right out weird "music". Although my equipment and skills have, slowly but surely, become more sophisticated with time, I am still basically the same little boy, experimenting with sound and constantly asking "what if...?" and "could it be that...?".

When I was in my early teens I decided to learn how to play the guitar. Why? To get girls! Of course, it didn't work, but at least I learned how to play. Since my taste in music ran to... shall we say "the exotic" (pinpoint the reference for extra bonus), it was a bit difficult to find good musicians to play with. The kind of music that was "the shit" where I grew up was mainly death trash, synth music and stupid pop-punk. Nothing of interest there; move on. But I finally managed to persuade some classmates to go along with my perverted wishes (well, not in THAT way) and play some of the music I dreamed up. Our technical skills were really not matching the ambition or the imagination, but a few nice things came out of it; some recordings made in a studio where we rehearsed and a gig in the music competition at our school (yes, we did end up last, save for the teachers' contribution).

At the end of the 90's, probably around 1998, during a short stint as an intern on a public radio station, I discovered the magic of hard disk sound recording and editing. By using the station's equipment, which I did obsessively, I started to create music mainly consisting of samples taken from their vast cd library. When they finally threw me out, I decided to get my own digital audio editing system. After securing a job as a computer consultant I bought an E-MU APS soundcard (which actually still works, after more than a decade), and pirated a copy of Cakewalk to use with it. Finally, I was in audio editing heaven. Since then I've moved to free software (Ardour, Jack) and a more modern sound card (Terratec Phase X24). The music I create conforms strictly to the old Frank Zappa creed: AAAFNRAA*

*) Anything, anytime, anyplace... for no reason at all