gno·sis -Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics
It seemed appropriate with what I was trying to achieve musicallly

As soon as I lay down the guitar tracks and vocals...

The internet has changed everything, due to its instantaneous accessibility to anything you can virtualy think of, twenty-four hours a day. This accessibility allows; not only the listeners to explore music anytime they want, but also allows the artists to a wealth of information on how to better their music. Its truely the next Renaissance

Yes, based on my music, not what they could make my music into.

GnosiS has been a project running for a very long time, never quite solidified until now. After my first few song were released on soundclick I was surprised to see so many downloads, so I burried myself into my music, contemplated what makes bands like Ulver, Download, Nine Inch Nails, and now what you see before you is what i have created.

God

Dowload, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, Coil, Download, Emperor, Ulver, Dodheimsgard, Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Tool, Arcturus, Dieselboy, Juno Reactor, Dead Can Dance, The Beatles, Radio Head, Opeth

Spot Silence
City Shangri La, Tir Na Nog

Soul

Software Reason 2.5, Recycle 2.1, Soundforge 7, Reaktor 4, Acid 5.0, Sonar 4 Producer, Fruity Loops Studio 4.5, and about 12 gigs of samples!

Hardware Intel pentium 4(2.4 ghz), intel pb4533 motherboard, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum, 768 mb ddr ra, 120 gig western digital hard drive, ati radeon 9000 pro.