LETNA

Your favourite virtue ::
I am funny

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
simple, positive, respectful

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
simple, positive, respectful

Your favourite occupation ::
live my life

Your idea of happiness ::
The happiness for me is to do what we want

Your idea of misery ::
The misery for me is to do what we don't want

If not yourself, who would you be ::
a bird (to be free, and travel all around the word without my passport)

Where would you like to live ::
belgrade and in adriatic coast

Your favourite colour and flower ::
blue & i don t have favourite flower

Your favourite prose authors ::
i don t have a favorite author

Your favourite poets ::
same

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
same

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
same

Your favourite painters and composers ::
same

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
no hero for me, just simple people

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
same

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
a lot

Your favourite food and drink ::
food : cevape
drink : water and kiseli jogurt
serbian food

Your favourite names ::
Andriana

Your pet aversion ::
cats

The reform which you most estimate ::
....

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
...

How I would like to die ::
In my sleep

What is your present state of mind ::
I am inspired by life, and optimistic

For what fault have you most toleration ::
A lot of things

Your favourite motto ::
Living in the present

30 octobre 2007

Letna is musician and label coordinator. He lives in Paris

website :: standard KLIK music
website :: SEM label
website :: Letna at Discogs
website :: Letna at myspace

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

GUDRUN GUT

Your favourite virtue ::
you mean my own? Persistancy

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
beeing trustworthy

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Same

Your favourite occupation ::
Artist

Your idea of happiness ::
beeing with loved ones

Your idea of misery ::
when everything collapses

If not yourself, who would you be ::
a snowflake, a dear, a bird, a fish, a man?

Where would you like to live ::
in berlin or los angeles

Your favourite colour and flower ::
colour: blue and rose, flower: roses and magnolias, but i love field flowers as well.

Your favourite prose authors ::
Ian McEwan, Elfriede Jelinek

Your favourite poets ::
-

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Siegfried from the Nibelungen and Odysseus

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Thomas Ruff, Gerhard Richter, Isa Gensken, Pipilotti Rist (in arts )- too many in music.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
-

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
-

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Napoleon

Your favourite food and drink ::
Red whine (Italian or Spanish), food: italian

Your favourite names ::
Aurelia, Camilla, Emil, Rodja, Felicitas, Dion, Lisan, Adrian, Marie, Yvonne, Max, Aaron,

Your pet aversion ::
Rats

The reform which you most estimate ::
-

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
Flying

How I would like to die ::
Happily

What is your present state of mind ::
kind of relaxed. its saturday afternoon.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
the most?? hm. not for beeing late.

Your favourite motto ::
dont be afraid of big tasks: take one step after the other

13 octobre 2007

Gudrun Gut is a musician, dj and label coordinator, she lives in Berlin.

website :: Gudrun at myspace
website :: m-enterprise
website :: ocean club

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

MUHR

Your favourite virtue ::
imagination

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
passion, self-acknowledgement, humour

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
humour, self-consciousness, intelligence, drive, able to be spontaneous, to embrace an inner child, creativity, wit

Your favourite occupation ::
creating concepts, musically, graphically or through litterature.
staring at ceilings.

Your idea of happiness ::
To know myself and be able to create, to live and understand the currents that life throws at you.

Your idea of misery ::
white picket fences and deskjobs. not being able to feel fresh automn winds. avoiding nostalgia and melodrama.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
a dream.

Where would you like to live ::
I've always been drawn to either immense metropoles like tokyo where there seems to be a real value to individuality, or places like norway or finland; there's something attractive in their lifestyle, can't put the finger on it ;)

Your favourite colour and flower ::
i'm a graphic designer so i can't really have a favorite color, but these days, mostly browns and pale blues, or bright blues and purples.
Flowers i just love flowers, i guess i can't say i don't love camomiles hehe ( camomillemusic shameless plug ) but orchids and cherry blossoms and lotus and simple flowers like lilas ( english ? ) or margerites.

Your favourite prose authors ::
Jorge Luis Borgez, Alessandro barricho,

Your favourite poets ::
i've been raised on french and american rap music, so i must say that's where i get all my poetry from.

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
i'm a huuuge comic book fan, but to single out a true hero i can't really pinpoint. I mean it might be cliché but Superman is all i ever wanted to be ;)

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Mark Rothko, his landscapes are so dynamic and real and at the same time there's an impenetrable distance to them.
Musically, there's too much, but i always feel touched and bothered and dreamy when listening to godspeed you ! black emperor, world's end girlfriend, stars of the lid and explosions in the sky

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
on a professional standpoint, Todd McFarlane started years ago to draw a character and now those simple drawings became a huge multi media empire.
Somehow it tells me that i can do whatever i want if i have enough drive.
And in a place where there are no heroes ( quebec, Canada ), we all look towards our hockey team, the montreal Canadiens. The sport has a much more socio-political meaning here than anything in the past 100 years.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Whoever taught us that women are more than our equals.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
George Washington, the entire Bourbon family across time, the christian church and their popes, alexander the great.

Your favourite food and drink ::
Indian food ! Chana samosa anyday of the week. Camomille tea, coffee, any alcool in good company.

Your favourite names ::
Tao, Lluvia, Sasha, Xavier, Sarah, Sam

Your pet aversion ::
I just wish i could have a dog, preferably a small bastard dog, but i have a small place and allergies :/

The reform which you most estimate ::
I'm not a very political person, but here in quebec, we're in dire need of an educational reform, our people are underqualified and overeducated.

How I would like to die ::
Falling from someplace real high to have enough time to feel like i'm flying.

What is your present state of mind ::
Nostalgic, melodramatic, as usual :) and lazy beyond anything the human race as ever seen hehe.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Anger

Your favourite motto ::
' Cette histoire est entièrement vraie, puisque je l'ai imaginé du début à la fin ' - Boris Vian

11 octobre 2007

Muhr is a musician, a graphic designer, a coordinator of labels such as the seminal netlabel Camomille or Apegenine Recordings.

website :: Muhr
website :: camomille
website :: apegenine recordings

ALEX CORTEX

Your favourite virtue ::
see next question.

Your favourite qualities in a man or woman::
sincerity, loyalty, humor, authenticity, straightforwardness, discipline, reliability, dedication.

Your favourite occupation ::
any occupation i myself chose to do.

Your idea of happiness ::
being healthy, being sheltered.

Your idea of misery ::
severe illness, chronic pains, being exposed to war, homelessness.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
someone else?

Where would you like to live ::
i like quiet places, in or close to nature.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
i like all colors of nature. flowers i like in general, but where they grow, rather than in a vase.

Your favourite prose authors ::
faulkner, unamuno. but then there is an endless list of authors i appreciate very much for maybe just one or a few books (dramatists and graphic novelists included). in general i'd say, i'm working myself through the "classics", from the middle-ages to the end of the 20th century, rather than reading recent publications.

Your favourite poets ::
always changing. pedro salinas is a definite favorite. at the moment i read wallace stevens, william carlos williams, robert frost and sylvia plath. but then it's the same here as with prose authors: there are many more interesting ones. often i like just a couple of their poems.

Your favourite heroes or heroines in fiction ::
going more for the anti-hero. complex and contradictory characters with a dark side seem to be the more interesting ones, especially on revision.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
painters: bonnard, bosch, cezanne, gauguin, kandinsky, klee, klimt, monet, renoir, van gogh, vuillard. and again, there are many more interesting ones. i go for a special atmosphere i can't really put into words.

composers: impossible to name just a few. there are hundreds of names and i discover new ones to me all the time... and again, often it's just one work, one song, or one album by one artist that appeals to me, but which completely changed my way of listening to or making music.

movie directors aren't asked for? in my opinion they combine properties of prose authors, poets, painters and composers. movie is an extremely important medium for me. lynch, kubrick, fellini, tati, tarkovsky, billy wilder, ingmar bergman, ...

Your favourite heroes or heroines in real life ::
couldn't really tell. i don't look much at others, rather try to be me.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
there are the obvious ones i have no sympathy for. but then history is full of misguided individuals, so why use precious energy to start dropping those names.

Your favourite food and drink ::
i like fresh and healthy food. i prefer fruits and vegetables. i enjoy cooking, as it can be as creative as making music. as for drinks: water, fresh juices, yerba mate, espresso, and a tasty regional beer once in a while.

Your favourite names ::
a name is a mere shell.

Your pet aversion ::
i don't have any pets.

The reform which you most estimate ::
the individual in a life-long reform toward the better.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
to be artistically more versatile, bold, and direct.

How I would like to die ::
aware, concentrated, happy

What is your present state of mind ::
"life is a state of mind" ('chauncey gardiner')

For what fault have you most toleration ::
for those which are no result of inconsiderateness.

Your favourite motto ::
i don't have a motto. i really can't put my life into just one phrase.

19 septembre 2007

"i'm alex cortex. i live in heidelberg / germany.
since 1996 i release electronic music of various styles and have also been deejaying and playing live in many countries since then.
check my website www.alexcortex.com to see where i released and who i worked with."

Website :: Alex Cortex

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

DISSOLVED

Your favourite virtue ::
Optimism

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Generosity, non-judgemental attitude, silence, intelligence.

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Self committal, calming presence, inner strength, humour, intelligence.

Your favourite occupation ::
Paleontology, trying to get the sound in my head out, looking through rockpools, photography.

Your idea of happiness ::
Twilight, warmth, love, starscapes, slow rivers.

Your idea of misery ::
No natural light, hatred, assumption without research, ignorance of pollution.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I'll find out after death.

Where would you like to live ::
At this time, Canada but I get restless, New Zealand sounds interesting.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Blue and Crimson Bottlebrush.

Your favourite prose authors ::
I don't read a lot of fiction, mostly books on birds, insects and marine life , censorship,film and photography. Clive Barker and Mark Twain if I was to mention fiction.

Your favourite poets ::
I like absurdist poetry, no names to mention.

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Not really heroes, most characters barely escape in one piece by the end in the things I read.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Same.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Seurat, Camille Pissaro, H.R Giger, Tom Mckendrick, Jackson Pollock, John Carpenter, Satie, Fabio Frizzi, Sonic Youth, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Aphex Twin, Pixies, Slowdive, Seefeel, too many more to list.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
No real heroes apart from my parents and friends but these people have had an effect on me, David Attenborough, Eddie Izzard, Bruce Campbell, John Peel, Kat Bjelland, Kristin Hersh, Jennifer Connelly, Ron and Valerie Taylor, people unafraid to unleash idea's in a sea of mediocrity and Suppression.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Mother nature

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Clueless, self absorbed, selfish, hate filled, loud, power seekers and holders.

Your favourite food and drink ::
Water, apple juice, self made experiments with noodles, quorn, vegetable
curry and garlic bread. Mushroom soup.

Your favourite names ::
Charlotte, Lemora, Lethrium, Iras, Moscow, Ceefax.

Your pet aversion ::
Mould and Polystyrene being rubbed.

The reform which you most estimate ::
Rheniforming

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
Seamless re-generation, night vision, controlled thermoluminescence, ESP.

How I would like to die ::
In my Sleep.

What is your present state of mind ::
Turmulous, mischievous, regretful, melancholic, optimistic, creative.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Non realisation.

Your favourite motto ::
If you disrespect nature, then you better invite her retribution into your life.

29 juillet 2007

"I currently live in Glasgow, at the moment figuring
out life, music and relationships. It's interesting
for sure. I have been making experimental music on
whatever equipment was available to me since the late
eighties and Dissolved is an on going outlet for that
music, releasing to the net since 1999. Just now I
crave a pet salamander and a digital SLR and I enjoy
seeking out unheard musical treasure on the net, most
of it far better than published output."

Paul (Dissolved) is a musician and a visual artist

Website :: Dissolved

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

CHRISTOPHE DEMARTHE

Your favourite virtue ::
kindness

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
intelligence

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
intelligence

Your favourite occupation ::
making music having sex

Your idea of happiness ::
love

Your idea of misery ::
impossible love

If not yourself, who would you be ::
the person I love

Where would you like to live ::
with her

Your favourite colour and flower ::
black, lily

Your favourite prose authors ::
shakespeare, dostoievski, kafka, céline, beckett, bataille, borges,
gombrowicz, houellebecq

Your favourite poets ::
I am unsensible to written poetry
I quite like houellebecq's poems
I like the sonorous poetry of heidsieck, pennequin, fiat, hubaut
I really like the poetry of pasolini's film "la terra vista dalla luna"

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
the characters in the novels/films above

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
the characters in the novels/films above

Your favourite painters and composers ::
vermeer, duchamp, warhol, rothko
js bach, charpentier, couperin, throbbing gristle, suicide, pan sonic
and jl godard for both categories

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
no heroe or pasolini perhaps

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
no heroine or perhaps the girl I love

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
in history we know their names too well. to be pragmatic, today and
in my country, nicolas sarkozy

Your favourite food and drink ::
turkey stuffed with chestnuts, saint estèphe, saint julien, saint romain

Your favourite names ::
zirtec and beconaze

Your pet aversion ::
snakes (which are not really pets)

The reform which you most estimate ::
mutualisation vs capitalization

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
being beautiful in her eye

How I would like to die ::
without suffering, without desiring to die

What is your present state of mind ::
in love and unhappy

For what fault have you most toleration ::
awkwardness

Your favourite motto ::
rome was not built in one day

2 mars 2007

Christophe has been working for many years at the frontier of sound and visual arts.

Website :: Christophe Demarthe

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

SERGI SALDAÑA

Your favourite virtue ::
tolerance

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
humour, honesty, modesty

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
humour, honesty, modesty

Your favourite occupation ::
creating sounds from what I see and feel

Your idea of happiness ::
peace

Your idea of misery ::
war

If not yourself, who would you be ::
if I should not be me, then I would not be anybody, I'd rather prefeer to be wind, or maybe... anyone, I don't know, but don't have any preference

Where would you like to live ::
anywhere I feel comfortable and can be myself

Your favourite colour and flower ::
today: red and jasmin

Your favourite prose authors ::
don't read as much as I would, but let me say Stanisław Lem

Your favourite poets ::
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
none

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
none

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Just to pick some: Eusebio Sempere, Kandinsky, Fernando Zóbel, Iannis Xenaquis, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Shane Embury, Steve Austin...

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
don't like that word (heroe), but I do really respect all those who try to make what they like most and still have time to spend with/for others

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
well, no distinction between heroes/heroines here, so the same as before :)

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
all those who dedicate their efforts to make "mass control" possible and use it in own benefit (you surely have one of those in mind right now)

Your favourite food and drink ::
albóndigas/kjøtboller, bacalao, samosa, homemade orange juice (the real one), water, beer... I'll better jump to the next, I'm getting hungry!! :D

Your favourite names ::
this one is difficult for me right now. We (my couple and me) are trying to find a name to our baby, so I really do have a lot of
names... but none yet ;)

Your pet aversion ::
I don't like pets being sold in stores or animals not living in their original and natural habitat

The reform which you most estimate ::
Universal suffrage

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
I don't know wich is the gift of nature you'd like to have, but if you ask me, I'd say the ability to fly

How I would like to die ::
We surely share this one: peacefully sleeping

What is your present state of mind ::
awakening (in a web like hell!!![no, that was slayer, I'm just awakening])

For what fault have you most toleration ::
ignorance (the will of being ignorant)

Your favourite motto ::
Do It Yourself (can we accept that as a motto please?)

12 février 2007

"I'm from Barcelona, but I'm living in Norway since 2004. I do run Abdicate Cell netlabel, but I really enjoy playing music in any of my projects (more than 10 right now)."

Website :: abdicate cell

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

IRISH

Your favourite virtue ::
being kind to everyone

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
working hard

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
raising children

Your favourite occupation ::
teacher

Your idea of happiness ::
enjoying sadness

Your idea of misery ::
harm other people

If not yourself, who would you be ::
insects

Where would you like to live ::
Hawaii!!!!

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Purple and chrysanthemum

Your favourite prose authors ::
Morrissey

Your favourite poets ::
Morrissey

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
NARUTO

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Matilda ( in GUNDAM )

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Jackson Pollock and ALL psychedelic composers

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
my father

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
my mother

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Kurt Cobain

Your favourite food and drink ::
Natto and Beer

Your favourite names ::
Any name goes

Your pet aversion ::
I don't like any pets

The reform which you most estimate ::
Everything is under control.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
water from mountain

How I would like to die ::
Surrounded by everyone I love

What is your present state of mind ::
drunk

For what fault have you most toleration ::
temper

Your favourite motto ::
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

8 février 2007

"I am living in Sasebo city in Nagasaki prefecture.
We have US base near my house.
I creates electronic music every day.
remember bloodstain still remains in Nagasaki."

Website :: Irish

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

MAX MARLOW

Your favourite virtue ::
passion, sincerity

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
communism

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
communism

Your favourite occupation ::
artist

Your idea of happiness ::
creativity, water, sunshine, community, strawberries, sonic

Your idea of misery ::
silence

If not yourself, who would you be ::
if not a woman, a tree.

Where would you like to live ::
a place where humanity is not just a word.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
variegated, sunflower

Your favourite prose authors ::
Harald Martenstein, Joscha Sauer, Charles Bukowski, Benjamin
Stuckrad-Barré, Loriot

Your favourite poets ::
Astrid Lindgren, Jules Verne, Perry Rhodan, Ralf König, Lord Byron, Lyman Frank Baumann, Michael Ende, Stephen King, Frank Herbert, Erik Balling, Franz Kafka

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Björk, Captain Future, Charlie Chaplin, Penelope Cruz, Louis DeFunes,
Natalie Portman, Dita Von Teese, Freddie Mercury, Götz Alsmann,
Angelina Jolie, Che Guevara, Reinhold Messner, Albert Einstein,
Shakira, Anita Blond, Woody Allen, Sönke Wortmann, Buddha, Charlie
Brown, Pinky, Loriot, as well as others.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
?

Your favourite painters and composers ::

painters: Frida Kahlo, Heinrich Zille

composers: Tobin, Bauhaus, Beatles, Björk, Bob Marley, Carlos Gardel,
Chavela Vargas, Danny Elfman, Depeche Mode, Banhart, Drexciya,
Fitzgerald, Enigma, Sinatra, Schubert, Jarre, Hendrix, Atkins,
Kraftwerk, Garnier, Maximilian Lenz, von Oswald, Nina Simone, R.D.
James, Richard Hawtin, Rick James, Roni Size, Väth, Bangaltar,
Tocotronic, Schnauss, Underworld, Yann Tiersen, Yello, as well as a
hundred others.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
those that support life. (and in my case here are some: Andreas
Buttweiler, Daniel Key-Delyria, Darren Walsh, Marko Fürstenberg, Marco
Werner, Fabian Moncada, Fred Debief, Peter Tarso, Janko Röttgers,
Moritz von Oswald, Loriot, and a ton of people (especially friends and
family) that would never fit here)

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
coffee, rice, mate, pizza

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
those that repeat known errors.

Your favourite food and drink ::
fruits, cheese, tomato, pizza

Your favourite names ::
Vivian, Elena, Bert, Malte

Your pet aversion ::
dead ones.

The reform which you most estimate ::
everything that goes beyond the control of a minority over majority

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
Breathing Water

How I would like to die ::
?

What is your present state of mind ::
soulful.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
honesty.

Your favourite motto ::
Just because it's someones job to do something, doesn't make it ethical.

28 janvier 2007

Born in the autumn 1979, Max raised in eastern Berlin.
Great web-activist, he is musician and coordinator of Retropublik and Moov netlabels.
Max actually lives in Berlin.

Website :: Max Marlow
Website :: retropublik
Website :: moov

Photo by Fred DeBief

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

ROBIN RIMBAUD

Your favourite virtue ::
Compassion

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Intelligence, good humour, sensitivity, honesty, humbleness, tolerance, cleanliness, good shoes

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Intelligence, good manners, humour, warmth, sensitivity, femininity, cleanliness, freshly washed hair

Your favourite occupation ::
Helicopter pilot

Your idea of happiness ::
A quiet place with an expanse of light, all the books and music that I require and fine company

Your idea of misery ::
A dark confined waiting room, with no watch, no timetable, nothing to do

If not yourself, who would you be ::
the slighly slimmer, more sensitive looking person in the mirror

Where would you like to live ::
New Mexico

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Yellow and sunflower

Your favourite prose authors ::
B S Johnson, Samuel Beckett, Paul Auster, Georges Perec, Joan Didion

Your favourite poets ::
Robert Lowell, E.E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Dylan Thomas, Simon Armitage

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Stephen Hero,

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Mrs Dalloway

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Brueghel, Bosch, John Martin, John Dowland, Arvo Part, Max Richter, J.S. Bach, Sebastien Tellier, Tricky, Burnt Friedman

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Those that care without ego, who battle on

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Those that care, without ego, who love selflessly

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
I decline. A negative use of energy

Your favourite food and drink ::
Lentils and rice. Cranberry juice

Your favourite names ::
Clapantha, Audrey, Maudlin

Your pet aversion ::
Anything with fur, I'm extremely allergic

The reform which you most estimate ::
Connections between people, digital technology, overwhelmingly so

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
To fly with the delicacy of a butterfly

How I would like to die ::
With dignity, with those that I love around me

What is your present state of mind ::
Focused, taught, energetic

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Indeterminacy

Your favourite motto ::
Dulce et decorum est

22 décembre 2006

Scanner - British artist Robin Rimbaud traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form, creating absorbing, multi-layered sound pieces that twist technology in unconventional ways

As well as producing compositions and audio CDs, his diverse body of work includes soundtracks for films, performances, radio, and site-specific intermedia installations. He has performed and created works in many of the world’s most prestigious spaces including SFMOMA USA, Hayward Gallery London, Pompidou Centre Paris, Kunsthalle Vienna, Hanoi Opera House Vietnam, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Tate Modern London and the Royal Opera House London.

He doesn't drink alcohol, tea, coffee, smoke or watch TV but he does have an addiction to fresh bread and milk, and has kept a diary every day since he was 12 years old, never missing a daily entry.

Website :: Scannerdot

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

OLIVIER UMHAUER

Your favourite virtue ::
The endurance

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
inventiveness, elegance

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
elegance, inventiveness

Your favourite occupation ::
to evaluate

Your idea of happiness ::
to find the correct respiration

Your idea of misery ::
taboo question

If not yourself, who would you be ::
somebody else

Where would you like to live ::
where the reception is pleasant

Your favourite colour and flower ::
My favourite flower ? Coffee tree blossom,
and my colour is the one of Joao Gilberto

Your favourite prose authors ::
André Suares, Léo Pérutz, Itsuo Tsuda, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Alexandre Zinoviev, Léon Bloy, Oscar Wilde, Georges Steiner, Simone Weill, Bernanos, Flaubert, Saint-Simon, Shakespeare, Berlioz, Elie Faure

Your favourite poets ::
La Fontaine, Céline, Genet, Verlaine, Marie Huot, Desbordes-Valmore,Von Hofmannsthal, Hölderlin, Pessoa

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Men

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Women

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Bach, Soul, Klee, Schubert, Dalerci, Mahler, Rothko, Pergolese, Ravel, Motherwell, Soulages, Vermeer, Hindemith, Poulenc,

Your favourite heroes, heroines, in real life ::
Those not prisoners of their gregarious instincts, those assuming their happiness, those conquering the
smile inside

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
I've got no energy to waste in disliking

Your favourite food and drink ::
passion fruit, water and wine

Your favourite names ::
Sesame

Your pet aversion ::
Rat

The reform which you most estimate ::
I 'm asking myself...

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
To be

How I would like to die ::
As usual

What is your present state of mind ::
Work in progress

For what fault have you most toleration ::
The off-side

Your favourite motto :
A+bon sang (en français dans le texte)

15 décembre 2006

Olivier Umhauer is Photographer, author of songs, and currently living in Cherbourg - France

Blog :: Olivier Umhauer

Portrait by Didier Soul

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

DANIEL MAZE

Your favourite virtue ::
discipline (I wish I had more of it)

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
honesty, modesty

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
charm, humour

Your favourite occupation ::
music - soundtrack composing,solo works,arranging and producing

Your idea of happiness ::
family, creative productivity, peace of mind.

Your idea of misery ::
fear, depression, illness

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I can't possibly imagine being someone else - I just want to be me, although
perhaps with a little more money.

Where would you like to live ::
Barbados

Your favourite colour and flower ::
orange, sunflower

Your favourite prose authors ::
Hunter S Thompson

Your favourite poets ::
RG Anstey

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Kojak,Captain Haddock

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Foxy Brown

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Franz Kline,Mark Rothko,Alex Colville,Jackson Pollock,Alexander Calder,Lalo
Schifrin,Miles Davis,Robert Wyatt

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
the genuinely unselfish ones who actually care about people - believe me
they can be hard to find.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
mothers

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
racists,power hungry political leaders

Your favourite food and drink ::
oriental and greek food, coffee, exotic teas, gin

Your favourite names ::
Milosh, Vladimir, Klaus, Silas, Philemon (names for pets - past and future)

Your pet aversion ::
snakes,rats,tarantulas

The reform which you most estimate ::
cure for all known disease

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
gift of the gab

How I would like to die ::
old with peace of mind and with my boots on

What is your present state of mind ::
I dunno - anxiety I think, maybe its the coffee

For what fault have you most toleration ::
eccentric behaviour

Your favourite motto ::
"Monkeys!"

1er décembre 2006

Daniel is musician and currently lives in Vancouver.
Besides his solo recordings, he arranges and produces other artists,
as well as composing music for film.

Website :: Daniel Maze

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

JUERGEN RIEGER (PolarProject)

Your favourite virtue ::
passion, reliability and to be in a good mood

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
honesty, reliability.

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
honesty, reliability.

Your favourite occupation ::
sitting in front of my computer, creating new sounds and bring them together in my sequencer.
listening to electronic music. watching a good movie.
sitting in front of my computer, creating new pictures with photoshop and painter.

Your idea of happiness ::
only to do things I love.

Your idea of misery ::
war. global warming. chopping down the rainforest. fur coats.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
no one else, my time is running fast and there are so many things I haven't done.

Where would you like to live ::
right here where I live now, where all my family and friends surrounding me,
with just a little more sun from february to november.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
all colours, even a rainy day in november. sunflowers and the bloom of all cactuses.

Your favourite prose authors ::
Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, sir Arthur Conan Doyle (I love Sherlock Holmes) and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Your favourite poets ::
Roger Waters, Bob Dylan, Neil Young

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Spiderman, Robocop and Frodo Beutlin.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Lara Croft, Galadriel, Padmé Amidala and her child princess Leia.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
all artists of the impressionism period, graffiti painters, Andy Warhol and many more... .
John Williams (the "star wars" and the "jaws" compositions are incredible), Jean-Michel Jarre, Roger Waters and David Gilmour, Richie Hawtin, Kraftwerk and many more... .

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
doctors without borders and all people spending their free time helping other people.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
doctors without borders and all people spending their free time helping other people.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
dictators

Your favourite food and drink ::
all kind of italian food, wine and wheat beer.

Your favourite names ::
a name means nothing. the person in front of me or at the end of an e-mail-line somewhere round the globe is important.

Your pet aversion ::
flies, gnats, all kind of insects.

The reform which you most estimate ::
the internet, talk to people and friends all over the world via e-mail, vst-instruments.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
I'm alive, and I can express myself in music and pictures. that's gift enough.

How I would like to die ::
very old and silent in my sleep, watching a light at the end of the tunnel.

What is your present state of mind ::
concentrated on my projects for the future. trust in future.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
craziness.

Your favourite motto ::
never give up and enjoy every minute of your life.

22 novembre 2006

Juergen Rieger (aka PolarProject) is living in a small town near Frankfurt/Main in Germany.
He studied grafik-design in the middle of the 90's and is working now as a free designer and musician.

Polarproject is the first solo-project by Juergen and based on a more conceptual work.

Juergen is part of the two projects "sternenspringer" and "systemton", with Gerd Neusser.
They both have developed a lot of contributions added to different compilations and special remixes for friends. Several releases are to be found on tonatom and inoquo as well.

Juergen is also coordinator of the fresh netlabel :: clear-cut-records, label for minimal moments.

Website :: PolarProject
Website :: Sternenspringer
Website :: Systemon

Label :: clear-cut-records

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

ROBERT HENKE

Your favourite virtue ::
Passion, dedication

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Humor, reliability

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Passion, humor, intelligence, self-confidence, reliability

Your favourite occupation ::
Is maybe not composing music - often enough a painful and slow process. My favourite occupation is having sex, sex with persons I love. Or writing software.

Your idea of happiness ::
Being satisfied with my work, being together with people, with lovers and friends, eating and drinking in a good small (french) restaurant i just discovered.

Your idea of misery ::
War, severe illness.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
A slightly more self confident me and slightly more gifted computer musician.

Where would you like to live ::
Berlin, which should be a place close to the bavarian alps, close to an occean and with tropical climate.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Colour : RGB
Flowers : all of them. if I had the money and space I would live and work in a botanical garden.

Your favourite prose authors ::
No particular favourite, the list would be way too long.

Your favourite poets ::
Uhm... none. Poetry does not touch me.

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Arthur Philip Dent, Archibald Tuttle,...

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Ripley of course.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
This list will be endless.... mentioning only some of them would be unfair against the other ones.....

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Everyone who is acting responsible for this planet without making a big deal out of it.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Everyone who is acting responsible for this planet without making a big deal out of it.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
The usual suspects inlcuding G.W.B. who will hopefully soon become history as a politician. Which will not change much anyway.

Your favourite food and drink :: Almost all food, if it is done with dedication. Eating good food comes very close to having good sex or writing good music. Very essential occupation. Writing this makes me want to drink good wine now.

Your favourite names ::
A name is just a tag, it has no quality of its own. If you stare long enough at the names "monolake" or "Robert Henke" on record covers they start to look nice. Same goes for repeating them often enough in discussions, especially after favourite food and drinks...

Your pet aversion ::
Dogs smell, I have an allergic reaction against cats, and the bite of an australian bull ant before starting a concert is an experience I do not need a second time. But hey, these are not pets, are they?

The reform which you most estimate ::
The ability to communicate with friends around this globe using modern technologies

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
uhm,... a lot more musicallity, is this maybe possible please ? Plus more self confidence....

How I would like to die ::
Very old, happy, surrounded by friends, at home, in peace with my life.

What is your present state of mind ::
Slightly stressed because of too much work, slightly to less satisfied with the quality of my musical work. But in general I feel better and better with the years, becoming more and more relaxed in a lot of ways.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Insecurity

Your favourite motto ::
"every relationship is based on trust"

8 novembre 2006

Robert Henke is a musician and music software developer and runs a very smal record label. He lives and works in Berlin and Kreuzberg.

website :: Monolake

Photography by Ulf Bueschleb

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

LOSCIL

Your favourite virtue ::
humility

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
honesty, trust

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
trust, honesty

Your favourite occupation ::
playing, composing or listening to music

Your idea of happiness ::
hearing my daughter laugh

Your idea of misery ::
losing a loved one

If not yourself, who would you be ::
my cat

Where would you like to live ::
the far north

Your favourite colour and flower ::
i like grey - orchid

Your favourite prose authors ::
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Your favourite poets ::
Leonard Cohen

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Aquaman

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Charlie's angels

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Miro, Arvo Part

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
David Suzuki

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
my partner Krista

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Hitler

Your favourite food and drink ::
french fries and beer

Your favourite names ::
Sadie, Emma, Lucy, Krista

Your pet aversion ::
Spiders ?

The reform which you most estimate ::
(if i understand correctly) solving global warming

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
hockey ability

How I would like to die ::
old, in my sleep

What is your present state of mind ::
relatively content

For what fault have you most toleration ::
frustration

Your favourite motto ::
Be Prepared.

26 octobre 2006

Scott Morgan (Loscil) resides in Vancouver

Website :: Loscil

Photography by Mark Mushet

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

cHristian negre i walzcak / Applejux - Applezup

Your favourite virtue ::
restlessness

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
intelligence

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
intelligence

Your favourite occupation ::
living

Your idea of happiness ::
it depends on the situation...

Your idea of misery ::
an unwanted state of mind

If not yourself, who would you be ::
a weather forecaster.

Where would you like to live ::
i'm happy here.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
maybe orange, maybe orchid.

Your favourite prose authors ::
paul auster or philip roth.

Your favourite poets ::
marcel duchamp.

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
monty cantsin.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
karen elliot.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
there are many.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
karlos arguiñano.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
anyday city outskirt woman.

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
most of them, history is unfair.

Your favourite food and drink ::
maybe cod. tea.

Your favourite names ::
roger and ferran, my two sons.

Your pet aversion ::
any wild locked.

The reform which you most estimate ::
greed should be limited.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
time.

How I would like to die ::
quick.

What is your present state of mind ::
concentrated.

For what fault have you most toleration ::
sorry, can't answer this one.

Your favourite motto ::
have a nice day too!

23 octobre 2006

"cHristian negre i walzcak is one of those restless personalities who spreads his activities around the net. soulfull dj, netlabel owner, high school teacher, common daddy, electronic music journalist, netaudio activist, sincere technocrat, cuisine enthusiast, unsatisfied ecologist, socially clumsy... these are some suitable tags for a brief definition."
Rosalie Trug

cHristian actually lives in Calella, at 50 kms from Barcelona.

Website :: applejux
Website :: minifu
Website :: op3n

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

MAX RICHTER

Your favourite virtue ::
Kindness

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Thoughtfulness

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Thoughtfulness

Your favourite occupation ::
Music

Your idea of happiness ::
Free time with the family

Your idea of misery ::
When I had to do work I didn't value

If not yourself, who would you be ::
the pianist Michelangeli

Where would you like to live ::
where i already live - the magical city of Edinburgh

Your favourite colour and flower ::
white / fresia

Your favourite prose authors ::
James Joyce, Kafka, WG Sebald, Robert Musil, Samuel Beckett, Haruki Murakami...

Your favourite poets ::
TS Eliot, Jaan Kaplinsky, Peter Redgrove, Ceslaw Milosz,

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Leopold Bloom, Tintin

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Molly Bloom

Your favourite painters and composers ::

Painters - Morandi, Raphael, Mantegna, Antonello Da
Messina, Caspar David Friederich, Cezanne, Ben
Nicolson...could go on an on with this...

Composers - Dunstable, Dufay, Gesualdo, Monteverdi,
Purcell, Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms,
Mahler, Webern, Stravinsky, Xenakis, Berio, Crumb,
Arvo Part

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
The surgeons who operated on my son - people who do real things to make a difference

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
as above.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
George Bush,

Your favourite food and drink ::
illy coffee, talisker, ice cream from Berthillon.

Your favourite names ::
the names of my friends

Your pet aversion ::
right wing politics

The reform which you most estimate ::
If you mean the reform I would most like to see ??
The abolition of nation states.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
flight

How I would like to die ::
quietly

What is your present state of mind ::
sleepy, imaginative...

For what fault have you most toleration ::
disorganisation - because i am disorganised myslef

Your favourite motto ::
liberty, fraternity, cup of tea.

21 octobre 2006

Max Richter is a musician

Website :: Max Richter

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

LAURENT BATAILLEY

Your favourite virtue ::
Humility

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Frankness, empathy, courage

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Patience, Feminity (!)

Your favourite occupation ::
photos, musics, photoshop-ing

Your idea of happiness ::
full satisfaction

Your idea of misery ::
full unsatisfaction

If not yourself, who would you be ::
Nobody else.I think it's simpler to continue with what I am.
Ah maybe, being a woman for a day would be cool :D

Where would you like to live ::
I would say New York even if I went there only one time.
But I really love Paris and Montréal.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
color: I don't have favourite colors I like most of them. All colors are nice there's only bad associations.
flowers:Roses.

Your favourite prose authors, poets, writers ::
Prevert, Baudelaire, Michel Audiard, Beigbeder... To be honest, I'm not reading too much (enough).

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Ok, I must admit that I really like Georges Clooney, Silent Bob in Clerks would be ok too.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Sigourney Weaver in Aliens

Your favourite painters and composers ::
painters: De Vinci, Dali...
composers: Ennio Morricone, Richard D. James...

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
For me, heroism is something "relative". Everyone could be a hero for everyone else.
Your favourite heroines in real life ::
For me, heroism is something "relative". Everyone could be a hero for everyone else.

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
There's tons of bad guys in history, but there's no one that I dislike most.

Your favourite food and drink ::
food: foie gras, french cuisine, sushi.
drink: for now, an iced green tea called Arizona.

Your favourite names ::
none really (but at least there's some I really dislike ;)

Your pet aversion ::
insects (assuming they are not really pets, we are living with them...)

The reform which you most estimate ::
???

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
ubiquity (ok, that's not really into the nature)

How I would like to die ::
satisfied

What is your present state of mind ::
depressive... just joking, but somewhat nostalgic at least

For what fault have you most toleration ::
nearly all if there's apologizes.

Your favourite motto ::
"Knowledge is power"


11 octobre 2006

Laurent Batailley is photographer and blog coordinator.
He is 31, married and have one daughter. He actually lives in Montréal.

Website :: Laurent Batailley

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

MOGWAI

Your favourite virtue ::
?

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
?

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
?

Your favourite occupation ::
Music !

Your idea of happiness ::
Music !

Your idea of misery ::
No Music !

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I think, if i wouldn't be myself i would be like myself.

Where would you like to live ::
Mannheim, Germany, Europe, World

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Blue, Orchidee

Your favourite prose authors ::
Rainald Goetz

Your favourite poets ::
Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Moritz Bleibtreu, Klaus Kinski

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Heike Makatsch, Jodie Foster

Your favourite painters and composers ::
c.i.a.lex

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
All my friends !

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
?

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
There are a few of characters in history i don't like. One of them I really dislike is George W. Bush.

Your favourite food and drink ::
My favourite food is duck with dumpling and red cabbage, my favourite drink is water without gas, but in a good cocktail-bar i'll order whisky-sour.

Your favourite names ::
?

Your pet aversion ::
My only aversion against pets is to wear their fur. Btw. i have to cats named “Kamikatze” & “Techno” :)

The reform which I estimate most estimate ::
The reform which i most estimate is the french revolution, cause it's the beginning of understanding that all humans are equal.

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
My life is the gift...

How I would like to die ::
I haven't got no clue.

What is your present state of mind ::
...

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Not to clean the windows.

Your favourite motto ::
Be alive and let life.

"My real-name is Andreas Buttweiler. Original I came from Mannheim/Germany and love music.Since 1992 I’m Ambient-DJ playin on partys, raves and clubs. In 1997 i start my own ambient-club called “Kreislauf”, every monday on several locations in Mannheim and Heidelberg.
With Kreislauf I also was a part of some events like Time Warp, Big Warp, Future, Sounds of Life or any Art-Exhibitions. Since 2000 i produce a weekly radio-show, named “Kreislauf.FM” on the free radio-station “Bermudafunk” in Mannheim. Every Tuesday at 22:00 cet the motto of the show is “modern music to relax” – and allows different styles of electronic music. Since 2 years the show is also played in Hamburg on “Tide 96.0”, also a free radio-station. Since i have dsl, i look for free music and also run my blog to make it more popular.
I think it’s a human right to listen to music, cause it’s one of the things humans ever have made. And music is like a smile, everybody can understand it! I support the creative commons licenced music, cause it’s a fair licence for artists and users.
That’s not a communism idea, thats an idea of free humans to free humans.
We don’t need any major-label, which make the big money.
Give the money to the artists and not spend it in drm."

7 octobre 2006

Mogwai lives actually in Hamburg.

Blog :: kreislauf
info :: 2000 itv - courtesy of ouk magazine

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890

SZAJNER

Your favourite virtue ::
Guilt

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
feminity

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
feminity

Your favourite occupation ::
wondering

Your idea of happiness ::
Simplifying

Your idea of misery ::
unnecessary complexity

If not yourself, who would you be ::
my shadow I guess, no, I'm sure!

Where would you like to live ::
there, always there...

Your favourite colour and flower ::
black, white rose

Your favourite prose authors ::
too few

Your favourite poets ::
too many

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
God

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
God

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Francis Bacon, same for composer, i.e. when you paint, you compose.
No distinction should be made between the mediums.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
??? I suppose I should feel a sense of guilt (see above) for not providing a "real" answer

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
the woman who shares my life

What characters in history do you most dislike ::
Ponce Pilate, poor guy, unable to take a decision!

Your favourite food and drink ::
changes constantly, luckily!

Your favourite names ::
"what's in a name" (Shakespeare must have said that)

Your pet aversion ::
stubborn stupidity with additional layers of thickness

The reform which you most estimate ::
my own psychotherapy

The gift of the nature which I would like to have ::
choosing when I die

How I would like to die ::
having done all I wish to do

What is your present state of mind ::
feeling too busy to answer these questions and being upset by my vanity which pushes me to take the time I
should not take

For what fault have you most toleration ::
Love

Your favourite motto ::
before you teach a child to speak you should teach him to shut up.

2 octobre 2006 09:21 (GMT)

Szajner is visual artist, musician, art director, who lives somewhere between London (UK) and Paris (France).

Website :: Szajner

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of marcel proust", created by antoinette faure around 1890