Muziktology
"MUSIQUE AVANT TOUTE CHOSE"
What are your future plans and what advice do you have for people that want to get into creating music? Ding：Make your own music. It is enough to exchange used instruments (synthesizers) with other musicians. Zoo：Create more new music. Face the music world, open yourself and be more open.
Known for mining melodies from minimal arrangements, Xeno & Oaklander have found a way to make electronic music that’s as infectious as it is evocative. Their latest single, the pulse-punching nostalgia trip “Insomnia,” brings eloquence and nuance to dance music. Once again, Xeno & Oaklander have built a sound in the elusive balance between rhythm and reason
What is the perfect time of day and weather that makes you creative? Probably during the day when it’s rainy and grey.
What is your main motivation to create and be creative? Being able to share ideas and emotions not easily conveyed through words or visuals is the reason I create. There are strange surfaces to explore, and Off Land is the vessel I share to experience these aural realms.
What are the actual steps that you take when you are creating? Do you need to enter or go to a certain setting in order to get creative? For me, the best environment to create something is set up by having a lot of time, no disturbance through internet or people and a pleasant, quite atmosphere and enough food and coffee ;-). I can work very good at home. But sometimes I have to compose in between appointments, rehearsals etc. which can be inspiring too, because then you do not overthink things to much.
What is your greatest regret? Not learning sooner that it’s okay to be myself.
Selected Works #1 features Extant by the Hungarian project Organit released on the 4th of march 2018 on Anomet.
How long does it take to go from a song to an album from scratch to the fully recorded version? I think it's all dependent on how much you work on it. For me I think 8 months to a year is a suitable time frame. Usually when I think a track is complete, I will go for a week to a month, months of not working on it at all, and revisit it later to see if I feel it needs to be developed more.
What are your future plans and what advice do you have for people that want to get into creating music? Keep making music and live shows. I would suggest anyone making music to make it for them self first. Never try to impress others, just yourself and you’ll never be disappointed of anything you’ll make and will keep evolving your sound.
Hidden Gems in Plain Sight #20 features 2517 by Scandroid released on Scandroid in 2016 on FiXT Music.