This identity became mature in 2002 – 2003. How did you decide go from one project to another? Are you planning to release more material under AratkiLo?ĪratkiLo is actually my initial project. The Spell EP of Makina Girgir was published in 2007, the EP Gloomy Detail of AratkiLo was released in 2009. I discovered you also have another project named AratkiLo. Later I will be stuck with acts like Cabaret Voltaire, Neon Judgement, Severed Heads, Chris & Cosey, Death In June… to name a few. He represented for me “The Artist” in all its dimensions: musical, visual, conceptual, evolutive… The following of my approach with music(s) will then be based on “research” and exploration of more specific and less disseminated genres(Industrial Music, Italo-Disco, Ebm, New Wave, Cold Wave…)īut indeed, if I had to choose only one, it would probably be Bowie. I quote these rather well known names, who counted a lot for me, because back then, they could be heard on the radio (I do not know if the equivalent would still be possible). Of course, many other revelations popped up in this period (especially via radio broadcasts, before starting to buy records): Roxy Music, Velvet Underground, Blondie, Talking Heads, Devo, Klaus Nomi, Kraftwerk, Moroder, The Cure, Siouxsie, PIL, Psychedelic Furs, Nina Hagen, Kate Bush, Shriekback, Simple Minds, Talk Talk, Tom Tom Club, Yello, YMO, and dozens of other…

“Station To Station” and the “Berliner Trilogy” (low / heroes / lodger) will remain forever etched in my memory. Without an hesitation, the one who impressed me the most, and in a durable way: David Bowie. Which artists have influenced your adolescence the most? I remember I discovered at this time, through this instrument, essential / obvious “layers” of a composition: rhythms (pre-programmed in this case), bass (organ pedals) chords / arrangements (left hand), lead / melodies (right hand)… In an organ school, amongst gleaming and promising synthesizers (Jupiter 8, Juno, DX7), for which I still ignored the interest they will represent). A Farfisa, double keyboard + bass pedals.ĭuring several years, I learned the basics of classical and jazz music. My first instrument, the one I learned to play, was an electronic organ. For how long have you been making music and with which kind of instrument did you first get in contact?

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