I needed something that represented paradox, had a nice phonetic and mnuemonic ring to it and also represented the sound of the music.

I thought about it and it came to me. The band name and myself (Ambassador KLOK KAOS) are usually just shortened to A.K.K. though.

I changed my name in 2006 to KLOK KAOS and have since been named an Ambassador for 3 institutions. The spelling of A kLoKwErK kAoS was intended to be phonetic sound spelling but I also found out later that this was the German spelling as well.

I do play live and DJ on occassion, locally. It's something I enjoy and I'd do it more if I had more sponsorship to put together bigger shows.

"Special Moments" are really just any time that people really enjoy what I do and get into it, makes for a better show if everyone is giving it their all.

I think overall it's a good thing. It makes music free to listeners and has made production costs virtually zero. That floods the market with garbage too, but quality creme will still rise to the top anyhow. The internet also takes out the ridiculous element of mystique and fantasy that used to exist with rockstar status. It's easier to see that all these people are real when you can just hit up your favorite band member with an IM or email, and anyone that tries to push themselves as a rock god or whatever usually just makes themself into the industry joke, and rightly so.

People still pay to hear bands live and buy their records and t-shirts if they really like it. I think it just humanized the industry and made it more "real" so that you don't need to be a fat cat or do business with one to get by.

Sure why not? If anyone wants to pay me big bucks to do what I already do I can't see a problem with it as long as their business model is sound.

Overall I've put out 12 records at present for A kLoKwErK kAoS. Some of them are not available through major distributors like iTunes and Amazon, etc.

I grew up listening to Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails and the like, as well as a bunch of metal. My early stuff sounds like that, but really now I listen to just about everything, even stuff I don't normally like, for new ideas and direction. It's kind of necessary after you solo produce about a hundered and fifty songs that you look to expand your horizons, otherwise you'll just end up rewriting the same material, and that's one of my industry pet peeves. I'd rather hear a band make a garbage follow up album than the same record they just put out because it shows growth and may eventually turn into something good a few albums down the line when they refine it-- at least they are trying something new rather than trying to feed off the cash-corpse of their last record.

I like Austin TX, Ft. Lauderdale FL, Hollywood CA, NYC NY, Saratoga Springs NY.

Whatever really, I have a bunch of software and hardware I use, nothing specific, I'm not signed to an equipment contract. I might use a bent coat hanger to pick up a radio wave and then mix it with protools and throw down a beat in reason and run it through a no name effects pedal. There's no specific method to the maddness. I usually don't have any clue what a song will sound like when I start it, I just keep tweaking things until I get something that sounds good to me and then release it.