I grew up with Italo disco and Synth-Pop. When I was eight years old I loved Righeira, Visage, Dead or Alive, Duran Duran..... At thirteen, I discovered R.E.M., Pylon, Dirty Looks, Smiths, B 52's and I fell in love with American new wave. At fourteen, Never Mind the Bullocks and the Punk scene. At eighteen, all the English new wave - Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus - Industrial - Cabaret Voltaire, Einsturzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle - and EBM - Front 242, Young Gods, Clock DVA. I loved Doors, Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones....At twenty, Black Music showed me a new world....... where the beat is directly connected to our deep and grounded roots of life.