acid42
(lionel z.s.valdellon)
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acid42 bio ::::ARTIST PROFILE::::Acid42 is a one-man live PA, which started out as an on-the-job experiment. It began with creating short soundclips for use in web projects at work in a new media solutions provider. It later mutated into creating personal tunes for personal consumption and for usage on the dancefloor. Acid42 is a 37-year-old married writer-editor-musician named Lionel Z. S. Valdellon. ::::ARTIST HISTORY:::: ACID42 started out as a drummer for a pop band
in 1994, upgraded into a keyboardist for an acid jazz/80s cover
band in 1995 and got fed up by 97, when he decided to finally create
and play the electronic music he truly enjoyed. He started CLONE
(http://reclone.tripod.com), a trio of like-minded individuals who
performed songs like a band, albeit one with keyboards and samplers
instead of drums and guitars. ::::FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS::::WHY THE NAME?Because I happen to like Acid Jazz, the record label and the eventual misnamed "genre" of urbanized jazz. Plus, I am prone to acid attacks. Nothing an antacid can't cure though, thanks for asking. 42 was my class number in grade four. WHY NOT SUBMIT THIS STUFF TO RECORD COMPANIES?I tried way back in 97-98, and was told over and over again that there was no market for this music. I didn't understand it then, but now I do. Right now it's on the fringe of public taste, and so I produce and release it online, to the fringe. WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THE ENTIRE DIGITAL PIRACY/ MP3 DEBATE? I am all for it. And maybe that's because I
am not making millions of dollars on my albums. Mp3s on file-sharing
networks allow people to experience entire ranges of music which
they wouldn't normally buy. The Net also allows indie musicians
like myself to distribute and showcase original stuff. I bring a laptop and maybe a keyboard, plug in, and play. It's a combination of pressing the "play" button plus doing live keyboard parts on top of it, and also remixing the tune on the fly by shuffling around each song's section. It's in-between what a DJ does and what a band does, because I look like a DJ when I play solo, but what I'm doing is as real as a rock-n-roll jam session, I can go on as long as I want, twist and improvise as much as I want, distort and destroy the music as much as I want. It's all live. DO YOU DEEJAY?No. And I have no desire to. DJs play other people's music. I play my own music, and remix it on the spot. Plus I believe my music is on par with what's out there. So why waste my time using other people's music to express myself? I have my own talents and my own sonic palette.
::::BITE-SIZED INFO::::MUSIC STYLE:
downtempo, ambient, house, breakbeats INFLUENCES: 808 State, Bjork, Moloko, Jazzanova, The Orb, Orbital, Wagon Christ EQUIPMENT: Toshiba Satellite laptop (running Reason 2.5, Fruity Loops 3.56, Acid Pro 3.0, Sound Forge 5.0, Rebirth 2.0). Boss SP202 sampler. Roland D-20 keyboard, Roland JW-50 keyboard. DISCOGRAPHY:
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