1. Tell us where are you from? and how is the elecronic scene there?

I was born and raised in Calgary Alberta. The electronic scene here is in a bit of a weird state. The clubs are playing a lot of house. There are almost no more big parties, on account of a special city "rave bi-law" being passed, which mandates that a police officer and a paramedic must be hired by the promoter to stay on-site in any event with more then around (?) 350 in attendance. It used to be that there would be 1-2 parties every weekend. Now? Not so much.

2. What influenced you to start making electronic music?

Being a computer geek. When I was 14, I got my first Amiga computer, and I started playing around with MOD trackers. I was creating electronic music, but I didn't know it.

3. Do you play also like a dj or you`re only focused in music production? Based on this, tell us how do you started playing at parties and how you feel that you have grown like an artist since then.

I have never really done the DJ thing, it is actually one of my blind spots, so thank goodness my wife is learning how to spin! I started playing parties by at first playing at coffee shops at open-jam nights as practice so I could get over stage fright. After awhile myself and my partners (I was in a 'techno-band' at that point) were good enough to start getting invited to play parties. It was more by virtue of knowing the promoters, rather then actual skill at that point however.

As far as growing as an artist, I have grown quite a bit. First of all, I am not as into trance as I once was, now I am more about the acid techno and dark jungle (but I've always been into the atmospheric DnB). Another big step in my growth as a musician is hooking up with my wife, who has been a constant source of inspiration and constructive criticism.

4. I listened to some tracks in your website. Tell us about your releases, and if you are working with a Record Label?

Well first of all, for better or worse, I do not limit myself to a particular genre. You are going to find more acid techno then anything else on the site, but I do dark jungle, atmospheric drum and bass, trance, downtempo, and yes, even a little bit of house. I don't think I could limit myself to a particular genre.

I am not currently working with a record label, but all of my music is licensed under a Creative Commons license. What this means is that not only are you free to download my music, but you are free to share and redistribute it. You can copy it and give it to as many friends as you like. You can put it up on P2P Networks (legally!), you can include my music in your next corporate demo. You can even press a run of 1000 records, and sell it. The only stipulation is that it must be "attributed" (to use the CC lingo). Another thing is that derivative Works are encouraged. Everyone is invited to remix my tracks if they like, again, the stipulation here is that I get attribution, and in this case, the derivative work must also be released the same way (Share Alike).

5. Which genre do you enjoy the most like a listener? And which genre you enjoy the most like a producer?

As a listener, I like Downtempo and Atmospheric DnB. As a dancer, I would have to say I love acid techno the most, followed closely by neurofunk and dark jungle, although I do enjoying dancing to atmospheric DnB as well. As a producer, well, it really depends on my mood. Some days I just feel like banging out a banging acid track. Other days I am feeling agro and it is time for dark jungle. Other days I am feeling more philosophical or soulful, so I'll do an atmospheric DnB track.

6. Which has been your best gig? And why?

My best gig to date was at a party called "The Listening Room", which was located at the local (ex) planetarium. You can imagine the laser show. What really made the party wasn't the location, rather it was the interactivity. The "stage" was really just a foot off the ground, and I was so close to the audience that I could basically touch them. At a bit of a lull in my set (I just had this deep, brooding growly acid bassline going) this kid walks up to me and says "You know what would sound really sick right here man, a breakbeat!". So I dropped one in, and he fukcing went OFF, which caused the room to go off. It was really quite satisfying.

7. Your future projects:

More Music. At some point I am going to a small release of live Acid Techno and Dark Jungle. I plan on hitting record, and one hour and 10 mins later, hit stop, and have a CD. I also plan to build another synthesizer and/or midi control surface one day.

8. Something you would like to say to the elektroamerica audience?

Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia.

(Interview By: Sankha @ Elektroamerica, Marzo 2006)