Active as DJ,
collector & promotor since 1996. Former member of Belgian
underground crews as Funky Green Aliens, Analog Pleasures, Drop Acid Not
Bombs, Cultmus & Tribes Gathering. Since 2019 initiator and
resident dj of Dance Mekanik. Currently curating a regular D.M. podcast
on Vizir Radio (Paris).
As a dj Aether is mainly locally active in
cities as Gent & Brussels and played occasionally in places as Sao
Paulo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Lille, Moscow, Madrid, France, Goa, ...
Old School electro & acid sets you can still hear him play under his Celtric monniker.
One half of the analog electronic music duo ssÖss (since March 2020):
Time and language are inconceivable but you may experience coalescence with the very fabric of space-time, followed by a blast-off' into an alternate, alien realm, hyperspace.
All online offerings are
one-off, one-take live recordings without mastering or editing. Our
spontaneous jams are based on experiment, mistakes & imperfection.
The perfect art doesn't exist, except when it is unique.
We rather be influenced by.. than a copy of..
We
work without computers (except for recording), we might switch to
tape-recording soon. We started producing in March 2020 and our aim is
to do computerless live shows when the times comes.
You can call us
musical activists .. in Belgium "sos" is a name conservative politics
use to blame the progressives & socialists for everything that goes
wrong.
What were your beginnings like?
I grew up with parents who were musicians, my father plays the drums & my stephfather is a great solo guitarist. I took some classes in music and guitar but in my teenager years (end 80's - 90's) 2 turntables were the hottest instruments around , so i started to fiercely collecting vinyls and throw parties. Soon I was invited to play on the main underground events in Belgian cities as Gent & Brussels.
As DJ'ing and promoting events next to a full time job took most of my time I got in producing later on... the real lifechanger was the covid pandemic when i lost my job I installed a hardware studio with gear I collected over the years and started to jam & produce on regular basis, result is already a couple of well received EP's on the Dutch experimental underground label New York Haunted.
What inspires you?
That can be many things.. but i rely on the universal energy and conscience of coincidence that isn't coincidence... I just produce music when I got a "calling" in ideas or emotions, I don't make music to just make music and score or prove something, its just an expression of certain emotions, life events or causes that touch my heart and react to in the form of music.
Why do you make music?
I make music because i was born in it, life without music would be an mistake.
But mainly as self expression and as activist reactions to world matters that touch me.
What's the album or track of yours you're most proud of, and why?
The End of Eternity.. which will be released soon on my new label Dance Mekanik.
Its was one of my first tracks i finished and its still (in my eyes) a pearl that more people should hear
What are your nearest plans?
I'm now working full time as curator for a great industrial venue Budabxl.Be in Brussels.
Also organizing experimental live jams in our 18th century home in Ath, Belgium. Would love to finish a real album and do hardware live sets is something I work on in the studio. And still learning and discovering new music on a daily basis..
What would you like to say to the world?
Be the glitch in the matrix you want to see!
What is your favorite drink?
Coffee & Mango Lassi..
I like alcoholic drinks but out of mental low tolerance of alcohol i stick to psychedelics when needed.. my body thanks me for it!
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