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How would you describe the music?
It's electronic, it's rhythmic, it's constantly changing and, for the most part, it's happy. My songs are attempts at storytelling, so the arrangements can be a bit on the wild side. I don't pay attention to conventions while making music (albeit surely subconsciously) so the tracks often appear fragmented. At least you can dance to it. Well, sometimes. The fragmented impression is not something I necessarily aim for, it's just my style of composing. But I must admit I've always had a secret desire to be unclassifiable. Ever since I noticed Primus had their own genre in Winamp (one of my favorite bands of all time). Would be cool to see the same for Binärpilot one day. Although I suppose most people would lump it into electronica, techno or trance. Binärpilot is not trance.
Why do you offer everything for free?
My political ideals aside, I wanted to make sure I never found myself having to compromise with my ideas; To make them fit some sort of formula. Releasing everything for free I don't answer to anyone, I don't have to consider whether it would sell or not, the music is free to be whatever it wants to be. That's really important to me. Hard currency has a steel-grip on creativity. It's infuriating. Music is an artform, it's a way of sharing with people, not a product. I would love being able to live of making music, but I refuse to sacrifice artistic integrity for monetary rewards. Which is why I design and develop websites for a living.
When did you start making music?
I started singing when I was 11 (and have been for various bands ever since) but it wasn't until 15 that I started making music on my own. My parents had just bought me my first computer. After seing a couple of demos (long live the scene) I was eager to learn tracking. Got a copy of FT2 and started tearing other people's modules apart. That's 10 years ago now and I'm still trying to figure it out. You can read how I started out.
What equipment do you use?
A computer (I love you), a decent soundcard, a microphone, a sample-library (my pride and joy), Madtracker, Renoise and a lot of free VSTs. And when I say a lot, I really mean a lot. As you can see my setup is software-based, but certainly not biased. There's a lot of machines I'd love to have, but gear is just too expensive. However, thanks to everyone who donated to the microKORG fundraiser, I'm proud to say that my studio now includes that very piece of hardware. You guys rock harcore.
