daRem

Vienna, Austria

November 25, 2005

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daRem is a project that somehow evolved out my real life profession. I am working as creative director for an international advertising agency. I deal with words and visuals throughout the day, and when I come home, I have to do something different, yet creative. This is why I compose and play music. Most of the pieces are short ideas, but some of them I take a step further and shape them into songs. These songs are what I will release under the name of daRem.

Band/artist history

I have always played music from the days in school, but it never was more than a hobby. I have been in some bands as keyboarder, and later on, when I got a job, I did some home recordings with various means. But I consider daRem as a fresh start, so there isn't much of a band history to tell you about.

Have you performed in front of an audience?

No. And I have no intention to do. My music is constructed, and I lack the skills for live gigs.

Your musical influences

It's hard to tell. My favorite artists are David Sylvian and Peter Gabriel, but as you listen to my music, you will find many pieces that show no sign of their influence at all. Another influence would be Funk, as well as Jazz, but I am not tied to a special style or genre, I always like to experiment and try things I haven't tried before.

What equipment do you use?

My current equipment is all software instruments: Cubase Studio 4 as sequencer, Sample Tank XL 2.2, Kontakt 2, Miroslav Philharmonic 1.1, Atmosphere, Stylus RMX, Groove Agent 2, EZ Drummer, Jamstix, Virtual Bassist 2, Trilogy, Virtual Guitarist 2, XPhraze 1.2, Zebra 2.1, Firebird, Vanguard, Albino PS-1, DiscoveryDSP, Rhino 2.0, UltraFocus, Wuzikstation, STS-26 and Protoplasm by the god of Pad Synths, Mr. Fortune, M42 1.1, Art Vera's wonderful texture synth, and a couple of freeware synths. I use my old Roland D-70 as master keyboard, but don't use the sounds in there. In addition, I use some hardware controllers from Behringer to automate recording and sound creation.

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