Alpha Boy is again on Ears My Ears. Now there is a huge reason, because he made the EP few days ago, called Douce Folie, full of synth vibes. Highly recommended to download on iTunes! Here is little dircet speech from Norman Knight exclusively for Ears My Ears readers: The whole EP was composed and mastered in 3 months. It was a great time becuase I was very relaxed and at the same time very deep concentrated. At this time I had a very good workflow. I was from so many thing inspired like 80's movies, music from Phil Collins and Modern Talking (I love the sound of Modern Talking). I took the name "Douce Folie - EP" because at the moment of my first release (The Return Of 1986) feels everything like sweet madness. Its a good feeling and this is good for my music.
This is first interview for Ears, My Ears!!! and I decided to talk with one of a most interesting new artists for me - Norman Knight aka Alpha Boy. He is from Berlin, his first EP will out in a two weeks...and I already posted some of his tracks, so I won't tell you nothing more). Read!)
EME: First question - introduce yourself and tell about your first music steps. AB: I am a young artist from Germany who lives in Berlin city. I would describe myself as a type of artist that always searching for the strong, electronic feelings of music. As a little boy I made my first steps into music with a violin. Some years later came a playstation with music 2000 into my life and that changed everything. It was a fantastic time with many new things which opened me gates to the world of infinite sounds.
EME: Hmm..next question...what is your music style? Describe it, please. AB: My music style is heavily influenced by big and small things around me in my daily routine. It can be a little single sound from a elevator or what someone has said to me. But the biggest influence are the 80´s. All these things of the 80´s, like movies, fashion and music, shape my unique sound which I would describe as the a mix of new wave, electronica and indie dance.
EME: You are from Berlin, and this city stereotypically for me is a totally techno city) So, you had to absorbe some of this style, hadn't you? And what about your musical influences at all? In childhood and now. Are they different? AB: I have never saw Berlin as a place of techno music because as a child I have heard more classical music. Just say, whether techno music has affected me, I can not because all the styles of the past decades has influenced me. The difference from then to now is that I hear music now much more open and intense, what i did not as a child. Sometimes today i feel like I can breathe the music in.
EME: Interesting)...now let's talk about your music stuff...about process...what do you use and how it is usually going? AB: The first step of all processes is that I have a idea of a little melody. The following step is that I start to compose the midi notes in my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and now comes the hardest part. I need many days to found the perfect sounds to get a good harmony of all instruments. The second last part is to make a good mixdown. This part is a detail job. And the last one is the mastering. All these process might take 4-14 days. Its a hard work, but i live for it.
EME: About your name: why Alpha Boy? What does it mean? AB: In greek meaning of Alpha is "beginning". My live beginns each day anew. "Boy" because I am a young man and I feel like always as a 14 years old boy.
EME: With what musician (dead or alive) do you want to work?
AB: Thats a good question. I think I would take Harald Faltermeier. (<====) He was the composer of the soundtrack from Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun....! His music made me what I am today.
EME: Hm...interesting choice...you said "Beverly Hills Cop", you said about influence of 80s on you and because of your music at all I just must to ask you - what is your favorite thing (whatever you want) from 80s? But just thing. Ok, no - two things - material and non-material) AB: My first choice is a audio cassette and the second one is the fall of the Berlin Wall.
EME: And the last question which is not actually a question) - your little chart of now - 3 tracks. AB: 1. Cassius - Cassius 1999 [Remix] 2. FM Attack - Memorex 3. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Ше одна людина, всі треки якої я обов'язково прослуховую. Тільки Surkin і Alpha Boy в мене поза сумнівами...) Нова робота ще краща за попередню..хоч я думав, шо краще вже не буває...
