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born: Munich/ Germany height: 184 cm size of shoe: 43 EUR Eyes: blue-green hair: brown body: kind of rusty but strong running residence: Vienna |
Starting at the age of 7 Skiz took classical Piano lessons. Meanwhile he taught himself how to play the guitar and drums. It was the ROLAND Juno 6 from his father which inspired him to make electronical music.This education in classical music combined with his strong interest in synthesizers, samplers and computer based producing is fundamental to each track.
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"A long time ago when I chose thoughtlessly my monika Skizzo Franick (coming from schizophrenic) I didn't knew that it will fit perfectly to my future way of living. It is not only that I produce music ranging from singer/songwriter stuff (www.malaxe.com) to film music, and all kinds of electronic music. It is also that I write a dissertation but I can't write 2 sentences without 3 spelling mistakes. Everytime I order something in a restaurant I know that I will regret my order 1 minute later. And I hate jogging but I do it 5 times a week...
Making music is one way or my way to ask the big questions like "where do we come from?", "where do we go?" and "what is life all about?". Words are very limited in expressing things as they are dependent on general definitions. On the one hand, I am a scientist and therefore I need to, or better to say, I do think very rational. On the other hand, I am an artist and beeing creative has nothing to do with being rational - so far as I know... So being creative and being rational at the same time is sometimes weird and doesn't make you happy all the time. But it opens doors to the twilight zones."
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influences: Kruder & Dorfmeister, Air, Zero 7, Groove Armada, Chopin, U2, Nick Cave, Chemical Brothers, Tchaikowsky, The Orb, Morcheeba, Portishead, Herbie Hancock, DJ Shadow, U.N.K.L.E., Trentemoller, Booka Shade, MassiveAttack, J.J.Cale, The Beatles, Dr. Dre, Beasty Boys, Fatboy Slim, coldplay, Muse, Radiohead, Rage against the Machine, Beethoven, Ennio Moricone, The Cure, Mo’Horizon, Bob Marley, Dave Brubeck, Lou Reed ...
favorite directors/ films: David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Monty Pythons, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Marx Brothers, ...
believes in: sex, drugs, beats, melodies, freedom, peace and love. Everything in correct portions !
but things change ...
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Interviews & pictures
Interview with Skiz on we07: http://www.we7.com/public/spotlight/skizzo-franick
press pics: Skiz_1 - Skiz_2 - Skiz_3