How old are you and where are you from?

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#43

Kia Ora cuz

Where in NZ were you? I’m rocking an AR+OT plus a bunch of other outboard, based down in Hawkes Bay… Virus TI, Minitaur, Microbrute, TimeLine, Big Sky, MuRF…

18 overs left for NZ
41 myself, influences started with acid house in the late eighties back in the UK, hard house, hard trance, dub, techno, trip hop, deep house, ambient, chill…
Trying to decide between an A4/AK/Sub37/Nord Lead 4R/Avalon Bassline Next…[/quote]
Chur bro,

Nice setup, I can’t speak for the other gear but having the A4 is a great match for the OT and AR. :slight_smile:

I used to be based in Christchurch, but I moved to Sydney about 6 months before the earthquakes hit. The last time I went back Chch was in December, and it’s still pretty munted. It’s a real shame because it drew some great electronic acts back in the day.

Shame about the cricket too.

#44

I looooove this guy sooooo much, you cant believe on how many levels his music talks to me! !! !!! !! !! !

#45

so, I am 33 right now ( feel like 40 in body and 17 in mind) … started making music 5 years ago … heavily influenced by anthony rother, schneider tm, international pony, all schranz, thunderdome, slayer, digital hardcore recordings. best booze I ever drank was Bunderberg Australian Rum, weirdest :alien: I ever had was a :alien: some which I unfortunately dont remember (cos I was too drunk) … I will never question anything ever agian, because I know that the lights on the skies at nights are stars … if I was living a few hundert years earlier, I would go fucking mental, being unable to figure out what these things are … glad I know, so I wont ask, what is outside the universe!

good thread!

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#46

39 from Seattle, WA. Current influence? You guys because you’re making some interesting and inspiring music right now; good stuff!

Other influences include:

New Division
Tool
Nirvana, Soundgarden, Seaweed, Sky Cries Mary and Alice in Chains
Washed Out
Carl Cox’s Intec label
Donald Glaude, Sir Mix A Lot, Macklemore, and DJ Dan (originally from Olympia, WA)
Burial

I gotta lot of love for the Pacific Northwest skateparks and mountains - skating and snowboarding every other day inspires me to live for the moment :slight_smile:

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#48

Wow. Not heard those names ever on here; MASSIVE respect for the Donald/Dan mention. Dan’s mix tapes “back in the day” were stuff of legend. That’s how I got my techno education!!!

#49

36 and live in England but i am swedish ! influences are skinny puppy, lots of ebm and Synth. I have the analog four and getting the octatrack soon.

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#50

Thanks for sharing… Please don’t start a ‘weirdest sex’ thread! :joy: [/quote]
funny… I edited it… but you quote on me will remain … :stuck_out_tongue:

#51

38, Salzburg, Austria

many influences, started listening to electronic music between 8 and 9 years

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#52

31, no, shit, 32, from Rome, caput mundi.
Listening to techno and electro scene since '95 fascinated by synthesizers.
I try to make my tracks since 2001 using always software and DIY controllers (also for DJ https://vimeo.com/31678440 ) but since last year, tired of pc, went to total hardware with Elektron.
Influences… well, detroit techno, electro & dub, then uk birmingham scene, all the last 90’s/first 00’s neapolitan hardgroove scene and last, but not least important, Rome local “environment”.

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#53
  1. Grumpy old git or so i’m told. Still’ i’m the fittest i’ve ever been and totally straight, t-total these days. Influenced by Gary Newman, Jon Foxx, Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Hawkwind, Gong etc…and then after 1989 - all things House / Acid / Electronic.
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#54
  1. Amsterdam, NL for the last 13 years. Originally from Lichfield, UK.

My music preferences depend on my mood, season or what I am doing at the time. I actually prefer ‘quiet’ over anything though. I am sure it’s just an age thing I am going through plus I have a 5 yr old boy who suddenly started emulating opera singers for some unknown reason and though hilarious, it’s momentarily driving me insane.

I tallied up the ages of folks listed so far and the average age is 37 - Elektron might want to think about what that could mean and do something about it? Or most likely not!

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#55

32 located in Portland OR. My musicial tastes are diverse. I love Trance, Alternative, Rock, Metal, Industrial, Downtempo, Classical, 80’s, Chiptunes, Electropop, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Techno, and anything with a big, cinematic synthetic sound to it. Artists I like in no particular order are Pantera, KMFDM, Com Truise, The Knife, Chvrches, Metallica, Sasha, Armin Van Buuren, Photographer, Pink Floyd and many more but those one’s I’ve been particularly into.

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#56

[font=Calibri","sans-serif]60, currently residing in Spain. Influences, everything from Ethel Merman to Eminem but mostly red wine these days.

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#57

21, currently Berlin but from Hamburg.

To shorten my list of influences: I love Beirut, the Magnetic Fields and Bob Dylan.

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#58

40, living in Germany. Started my muscial socialisation with Level 42, The Smiths, The Cure, moved on to Ska, Reggae and Northern Soul. Got into Rare Groove/Acid Jazz/MPB in the early 90s and expanded my musical universe in the direction of House and Hip Hop (Gang Starr, Pete Rock & CL Smooth). Collected Mo’ Wax 12"s for a while and discovered Soma Records when they released the 1st Daft Punk Album. Listened to a lot of french stuff (Etienne de Crecy, Demon, Alex Gopher). Carl Craigs “More songs about food and revolutionary art” and “Bug in the bassbin” pushed me in the direction of Detroit Techno, started digging for the stuff that influenced it and fell in love with Göttsching’s E2-E4. International Pony brought me to DJ Koze and Erobique. Frequently check out Souljazz Records compilations and Druffalo Hit Squad mixes (http://www.druffalo.com/druffmix). Admire Move D (he used to DJ a lot near where I live) and Gerd Janson. Like what KiNK does live. Can’t go wrong with Stefan Goldmann/Finn Johannsen. Keep getting back to Stereolab and cheesy 70s cop show Soundtracks. Have and will always hate U2.

What was the question again?!

Hans

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#59

45, Norfolk UK, I like detroit techno, early electronic, experimental, drone, electro, acid house mostly.

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#60

Wouter
The Hague (Holland)
36

The Cure
4ad
Ben Clock
Kangding Ray
Big Bugs Band

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#61

36 and currently living in St. Louis, USA

i know there is at least one other elektronaut in this city. any one else ?

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#62

56
Nashville, U.S.

Influences:
American and UK pop/rock from mid-'60’s to early '70’s
Jazz and “fusion” from early to late '70’s
the “good” stuff from the early '80’s
not a damn thing from the '90’s
chill-pop, chill-out from '00’s
deep tech, ambient tech, minimal, tech house, tons from Europe up to now

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#63

29, France !

I listened and practiced every genres and subgenres i can (techno,electronic, meditative music, rock, pop, traditionnal, hip hop, metal, industrial, experimental, poetry since 6 months mainly silence or sound directly from eletronic instruments i can touch or hear on web :wink:
started with words, guitar and voice as a teenager , then computers, still words … the day i tried Rebirth, 2012 maybe, hardware electronic instruments became one of my major interest !

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