I formed ScarKord back in 2001, initially as an outlet for producing remixes and have spent the intervening years writing electronic music as a semi-serious hobby.
Over that time, I’ve remixed a wide range of artists including Plaid, Squarepusher, Gary Numan, Jesus Jones, Mary Pastorius, Savage Sound System, Ariel Aparicio and Oursvince to name but a few. In addition to Plaid, other key influences for me are Meat Beat Manifesto and Orbital/Paul Hartnoll, just to give you an idea of where I’m coming from.
I’m also a founding member of the Clear Air Turbulence collective which I formed with my musical twin, Cosmo Valseca. Cosmo has very much taken the reins on that particular project of late and assembled a very talented group of artists who collaborate on each others work.
Like many of my contemporaries, I can easily get lost for hours making noises with my modular synths, but as Brian ‘BT’ Transeau wisely says, these sounds and loops are gifts for my future self.
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Oh, and as you can see, I’m clearly not Scarlxrd, regardless of Google suggesting I am. Indeed, he would have been only 6 or 7 when I started this!