Kevin Dixon

'Pssst', slap another sausage on to the disposable barbecue, feel the sand between your toes, watch the deep blue sea gently lap onto the shore and grab another cold beer out of the cooler. Then start nodding your head gently to the hypnotic beat - well that is what I'm doing. A perfect summer's day - next is 'Euphoria' ( I can't be bothered to write any more, I'm having toooooo much fun) grab a beer and join me.

This is what Kevin Dixon said:

I have been creating electronic music for over 20 years. I started making music on the AtariST and AmigaA500 using programs lke Cubase, MED, SoundTracker and Music-X. Then I got my first PC and started using Cakewalk. I started using Propellerheads Reason and recently have started using CubaseSX3 to create house and electronic tracks.

I attended a course in HND Professional Sound Engineering in 1997 which helped me to understand how mixers worked and general principles of producing music in the studio.

I have had success with a couple of my tracks so far. "The Wish" made it to number 1 in the charts on www.imgifted.co.uk and recently one of my tunes "Pssst" on YouTube has had 73,597+ views

Kitlist: Reason 4.0, CubaseSX3

Influences: Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Air, Morcheeba, Daft Punk

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Depeche Mode

The ultimate electronic band ever? They were an electro-pop band of the 1980s (to be honest not really contenders for the crown) a dance-pop outfit which gradually metamorphosed into the darker, fat, dramatic sounding band we now know. 'Personal Jesus' may have been covered by others but this track is undoubtedly Depeche Mode at (maybe) their best. They have successfully positioned themselves as one of the most renowned electronic alternative bands of our time. Yep in my mind they are the ultimate electronic band ever!

The ability to continually grow and adapt, creating music that always promises to be spine tingling and exciting is a fantastic example of how to survive in this creative crushing world - I'm looking forward to the next 20+ years to see what they come up with.

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Tompaz - Interview

Below is an email interview with Tompaz from Sweden. All interviews are published unedited.

• 1 What do you think the music scene is like in Sweden and how do you think it compares with the rest of the world?

AS KNOWN SWEDEN PRODUCES ONE OF MOST QUANTITY AS QUALITY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD SO ITS A HUGE THING FOR THIS ONLY 9 MILLION INHABITANTS COUNTRY.

• 2 You say you record and make music (sometimes with friends) just for fun, do you have any musical ambitions you would like to achieve?

FUN IS ALSO SERIOUS STUFF CAUSE ONE PUT SOUL TIME ENERGY INTO IT-SO AMBITIONS IS TO TRY TO GET OUT WITH THE MUSIC IN 1WAY OR THE OTHER.

• 3 Would it be fair to say that your music is influenced by American Rock, if so then who are your heroes?

IT IS FAIR TO SAY UK&USA SINCE MY INFLUENCES ARE PINK FLOYD-STONES-LYNNYRD SKYNNYRD-JONI MITCHELL-WEATHER REPORT-CSNY-AND 1000MORE

• 4 Which of your tracks are you the most proud of and why?

WOODSONG CAUSE IT REFLECTS A LIFE STORY IN AN ALLEGORIC WAY AND FOR THE JOB DONE WITH IT.

• 5 Do you have any plans for commercially releasing your tracks soon?

ITS ALREADY OUT FIRST ALBUM CALLED SONGS FROM WOODLAND AND 2ND IS UP QUITE SOON CALLED FLOWIN WINDS

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Eldafyre

Some music is haunting and disturbing, melancholy, avant-garde, addictive. 'Lonely Fire' is a beautiful creation. Pushing the boundaries of what is accepted as 'the norm' has always been a fascination of mine and these songs are lightly balanced, you almost expect them to collapse and shatter into pieces but they don't, they rise nobly before the fall and quietly and bravely reach a satisfying conclusion. If you are brave then I recommend you listen - these tracks are quite...ethereal.

Eldafyre said:

e•the•re•al (adj.)

• 1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible.
• 2. Highly refined; delicate.
• 3a. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
• 3b. Not of this world; spiritual.

Individual soundscape, quasi-minimalist. Harmonic milieu. Avant gardist.

The first time I made a song that influenced a person. It was by accident and i was just playing around with her friends guitar. When some words just seemed to fly out my mouth she ran downstairs and said who's that song your singing. And i said "i just made it up then". And she was the first person to praise my music.

At the moment im looking into music therapy and learnt by opera singer that i had a gift to heal sick people with my music, and have never turned back.

I emplore anyone who makes relaxing music to look into music therapy, due to the fact that modern medications are getting worse for the person, but more profit is made to the people who make them. And it needs to change.

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