Family Affairs presents [Muzeek]

Music loverSince I am child, I like the music, my older memory, I was between 7 and 10 years old. I had invented, because it is well the word which I used at this age there, a song which was entitled "Female - Masculine", it was not a revolution, that was well on the refrain which I always have in memory.But all this inspiration who grown and which lives me still today, I owe it with my framework of life, my parents above all, amateurs of traditional musics of Benin, their country of origin, fortunately that by their love of the music, I knew a whole panel of sounds of the close countries, the rates/rhythms afro-latino, come then my big brothers and my older sister who made me discover more European horizons. The first, fond of delicacies one of blues and rock'n'roll, guitarist, the second in the sounds more funk, disco music, new-wave and my older sister, in a register more soul, traditional, varieties.Culturally there were great emissions which contributed to forge me, my own culture, I will not cease thinking and saying that "the Children Of the Rock'n'roll" will remain the best French musical emission. I discovered the majority of my traditional thanks to this team of set on music. George Clinton, Zapp, Full Force, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, I could not all quote them obviously.The hip-hop also held already a special place for me, the albums of Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five are the first discs of the kind which I listened to. While thinking of the hip-hop and all his culture, I remember emission of Sidney, "H I P - H O P", it arrived sometimes that I danced with my younger sister.There was Top50 and Rapido, two emissions forts different but not stripped of interests, the vision that I have some today for the first achieved a role plus general, while the second was passioned, I do not have strong moments to release from these programs, if not that they contributed to forge my culture. I listened to much the radio, then gradually, I took appointment with emissions sets of themes, towards the 13 years age, I was done offered my first record players, I re-examine it, gray plastic metal/, square, very summary like apparatus, with him I begin my history with the music.The first album that I bought myself, Prince & The Revolution "Parade", other albums and artists supplemented the collection thereafter, but I had already an attraction for the versions long or remixed, the first remixed one that I got, Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters", in parallel, I discover on the waves FM the perceptible stammerings of the electronic music, the proximity of the one of my big brothers leads me to excavate in his personal collection, to discoverother musical artists and styles, in the educational circle I weave friendships with other fans of music. They also have a culture raised by the family, one divides, one exchanges.One of the strong moments was the discovery of groups such New Order, this synthetic, cold music but with a heart, very quickly I take the course to discover their former compositions, Joy Division.The shock stopped not there, on the radios, the emissions programming of the electronic music start to flower, Radio2, diffused a hit-parade of the US tubes, I were with the angels, I discovered the first rates/rhythms of Swingbeat, then of New Jackswing.But during these programmings type of sounds holds my attention. It has this aspect cold and synthetic evoked previously with this heart, it is that which is more marked in my opinion, it calls me, touches me, I feel my first shiversfor the House-Music, I listen to Fairley "Jackmaster" Funk "Love Can' T Turn Around". I knew this music, before knowing his name, Blaze "Can' T Win For Losin", Jomanda "Make My Body Work", Marshall Jefferson "Move Your Body", Krush "House And Arrest", and so much from other listened titles, recorded on tape, I spent time enormously to the recording of emissions. I applied a care particular to sound quality, used still today when they are my compositions.The emission of reference in my opinion remains "NRJ Club", animated by Dimitri, the effect was for me, a revelation, that great moments.In parallel I wake up with the computers in leisures, approaches relating to the M.A.O. (Music Computer-assisted), my small collection of discs being done, I make a course in the universe of the SOUND SYSTEM, I find stores of specialized records, I start to build my discotheque, the spot was rather difficult at the time sight my situation geographical, I live in suburbs, I did not have the age to work, the first records which I could get to me, thanks to the only record dealer that there was close to at home, I ordered on the catalogues providing this type of sounds. This of course did not prevent the purchase of other styles only I affectionate. I can recall that with the beginnings of the house, I was an attachment more marked with the hip-hop and of the groups such De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, of the artists solos like LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Eric B. & Rakim.Carrying on my way, I start to make my first creations, while leaving on recordings on tapes, I cut out and restuck the pieces with a double deck, the principle was to make version long of certain titles recorded with the radio. In same time the emergence of other musical styles like the dance, brings to classify many kinds resulting from the electronic culture. New personal meetings which bring to an additional and important cultural c ontribution. I make face with the style very inspired by Masters At Work, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Kerri Chandler, Todd Terry, The Basement Boys, Mateo & Matos, Romanthony.I buy myself my first computer for finally making my music. Commodore Amiga 500, as of the first day of acquisition I launch out, on Protracker 3.15, 4 mono tracks, after a hundred compos, I pass to the model right to the top, Amiga 1000. More time passes, I find itself confronted with the lack of power and of swiftness of the machine, I have of course to evolve to another the higher but there is the concern of the quality which is missingVarious experiments or travels bring to me to make other knowledge, desires for testing other approaches with the composition, sampler SU10 of Yamaha, Groovebox MC303 of Roland. Not having more computers or machines I compose at friends, I seek the ideal tool. I find it in the shape of the PC.This multi-fonction pocket knife of moderns times will become, and remains at present, my privileged platform of work. I do not count any more the number of tracks made up on computer until today. Since I tested good numbers of software, assembled a computer dedicated to the composition and all that is to be seen with the music.I improvise myself in other interests where I test a certain pleasure. I have just found me an attraction for the photograph and the final improvements or creations graphic on computer.Internet took over to perfect me in my culture, I discover other styles, other people, new means.There is a crowd of specialized stores which sell on line, mp3 or vynils, I find a great satisfaction there.Passion animates me, I find that the music gives me the means of escaping in space and time. Who doesn't have memories of places or moments spent on such pieces? Nostalgia? Not inevitably, one can be brought to dream with other territories and perfumes.I made my personal site, we can listen to there some of my compositions , http://muzeek.free.fr, I use various services like MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/muzeekman and RealCommunity, http://uk.real.com/guide-browser/community/?artist=DISCIPLE_ OF_SCIENCE.I created my webradio dedicated to passion, Studio 44 1000 MHz, http://studio441000mhz.free.fr, to make discover with most curious than the music crosses creative barriers, although it has a vocation particular to the electronic musics, it is not limited to it.Music lover I will remain it as much as I have breath, I swarm with ideas of projects inherent in the music, I must acknowledge it my life is rythmee by it.First thing that I make the morning, I listen, I peel during the day if time allows it, I compose, I mix on computers or platinums, to finish the day I lie down in music.Musically I approach the work of composition differently, I was excessively productive at the beginning, an average of 5 tracks per day, to manage today to carry out 5 titles maximum per month.Extremely fortunately the inspiration is not at fault...[Muzeek]