FIVE people you are influenced by…

It’s a tough one, since I’m inspired by people everyday. But here are some of those who built my musical background:

My dad: His mad love for music is something that had a huge impact on me. Music was and still is playing everywhere in my parent’s home. He showed me how diverse the musical universe was.

Ivan Smagghe: Ivan had a huge impact on my musical tastes when I was 14-15 years old. Listening to his sets, to his Kill The DJ label gave me the passion for a darker sound. But most importantly: his dj sets taught me how to avoid the obvious while djing, to build my own universe. What a pleasure it was to see him play my own music a few years later!

Jennifer Cardini: I chose Jennifer for different reasons: 1. Her mixed compilation Lust (and « Feeling Strange » too, actually! ) had an enormous impact on me when I was a teenager. 2. She was one of the first to support my music by playing it but also by releasing it on Correspondant, her own label. She gave me confidence, she pushed me to go further in my productions. But the most important to say is that she’s such an amazing human being. Music is also about meeting people sharing the same passion and I’m happy I met her.

Thomas Sari: Thomas is the key person in my technical learning of music production. I met him when I was 18-19 years old. I spent days and days in his home studio, learning from him. We even released two EPs together under the moniker Polar (one was on Tim Paris « Marketing Music » label). He’s one of the kindest person I met in this « industry » — we could spend days chatting, playing music in his studio. He definitely helped me to go further technically.

Geert Sermon / Doctor Vinyl: Geert is running the brussels record store Doctor Vinyl (which I discovered thanks to someone I could have mentioned here too : Renaud Deru/Attari, he also played a major role in my early days). He and this store have played such an important role in my life: I released my first EP « Peru » on his label, I discovered 10000 of records there, I’ve had hours and hours of musical discussions with Geert (and learned a LOT from those). But this place is way more than this, it’s a meeting point. I met so many amazing people there, lots of them are my friends now.