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About Me

I left all the assholes of the world behind me. So I am quite relaxed now. -------------------------- "Know who you are at every age." (Cocteau Twins) -------------------------------------------------

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/08/2006
Band Website: www.thespok.com
Band Members: I am no band, I am a one man gang.
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With a little help from my friends:

SOFTWARE:

Apple Logic 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9
Pro Tools TDM
Extensive Sample, Loops, IR and FX library

HARDWARE:

Ursa Major Space Station SST-282
Ursa Major 8x32
Ursa Major Stargate 323
Allison Gain Brain & Kepex Rack
Audio+Design SCAMP Deesser
Summit DCL-200
Siemens V 72 & U 74
LinnDrum
Polymoog
Sequential Circuits Pro-One
Moog Satellite
Korg Polysix
Roland Juno-60
Electro Harmonix EH-400 Mini Synthesizer
Electro Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter
Roland DEP-5
Behringer Edison
GAS Grandson
Yamaha NS-10
Goerlitz Studio Monitors
audio-technica, AKG and beyerdynamic mics .. ..
Influences: The World. And its music. e.g. ABBA, Anggun, Atari, Aylin Aslim, B-52's, Bad Brains, Bel Canto, Bloc Party, Blumfeld, Bruce Swedien, BT, The Cain Principle, Carpenters, Cocteau Twins, Comsat Angels, Chris Cornell, Curve, Dead Can Dance, Debussy, DEVO, Dickies, Dredg, Ecki Stieg, John Foxx, Frühstyxradio, Gang of 4, Gigantor, Nina Hagen, David Harrison Consoles, Trevor Horn, Human League, Japan, Steve Jobs, Joy Division, Juliette And The Licks, Killing Joke, King's X, Kraftwerk, Lenny Kravitz, Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, Madonna, Michael B. Tretow, Moloko, Morcheeba, Mylene Farmer, Mussorgsky, N.E.R.D., New Order, Gary Numan, Outkast, Paris, John Peel, Brendan Perry, Philippe Djian, Placebo, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Pyrolator, Queens of the Stone Age, Quincy Jones, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Rodigan, Seal, Sex Pistols, The Smiths, Sneaker Pimps, SSL, Stranglers, David Sylvian, TalkTalk, Throwing Muses, Turin Brakes, Tyskarna fran Lund, UK Subs, Vivaldi, Tom Waits, Paul Weller, Brian Wilson, Wolf, Stevie Wonder, X-mal Deutschland, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Hande Yener, Frank Zappa, Hansa Pils.
Sounds Like: whatever I want it to sound like--------------------------
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Apple "qmasterd not running" issue solved

Hello folks !After spending the whole weekend trying to get hold of a problem that is driving people crazy around the world I can now come up with a more straightforward solution than all available A...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:46:00 GMT

Mastering Your Vinyl Onto CD

Funny - because just currently I'm in the state of crazyness to import a lot of my vinyls to have it at hand.There is one absolute thing to state at the very beginning:It is and will surely remain imp...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:20:00 GMT

20 Jahre Grenzwellen mit Ecki Stieg - eine Danksagung.

20 Jahre Grenzwellen mit Ecki Stieg - eine Danksagung.Das interview mit Ecki zum Jubiläum gibt's hierhttp://www.grenzwellen.com/gw_redaktion/modules/news/art icle.php?storyid=280Moin Ecki !Als erstes:W...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:49:00 GMT

Anmerkungen zur Notwendigkeit von Emailverschlüsselung

Moin !Angeregt durch die aktuelle Diskussion ueber den sog. Bundestrojaner und die gerade gerichtlich festgestellte Unzulaessigkeit von Online-Rechnerdurchsuchungen moechte ich mal drauf hinweisen, da...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:14:00 GMT

...und was Steve geantwortet hat

http://www.apple.com/de/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/THOUGHTS ON MUSICSteve JobsFebruary 6, 2007With the stunning global success of Apple's iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:03:00 GMT

Apple iPhone

Nach der Sichtung der Keynote (in Full-Screen H.264 natürlich) ist ein Aspekt sonnenklar geworden, der mir als in der Musikindustrie arbeitendem Menschen zwar schon mit Einführung des iTunes-Music-Sto...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:04:00 GMT

Urheber und Entlohnung heute

Das ist alles sooo schwierig geworden. *seufz* Natürlich ist die GEMA hier im Recht. Und natürlich macht es diese Internetportale, wie schon viele davor und sicherlich auch in Zukunft, kaputt. Und daß...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:09:00 GMT

Biography

My first thrill was ABBA's 1974 success at the Eurovision Song Contest, formerly known as "Grand Prix de la Chanson d'Eurovision". Next day I went to buy "Waterloo", which became my first self-bought ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:25:00 GMT

iTunes Recently Played

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Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:36:00 GMT