I simply enjoy this creative process.”Ī big part of understanding someone’s background is of course to learn more about the primary influences – and in this case, Roman’s musical influences over the years. I like to be playful in the studio and explore things I haven’t done before. “It‘s just the process of making music that’s still so exciting to me. Having been part of the music scene for so many years, we wondered what might keep Roman motivated. That was when I started pondering leaving the band and when I finally did, it was the second huge turning point for me.” Then, three years later, the Acid House scene exploded and the first techno records showed up from the US. I started to trigger the synthesizer with the drum machine, recording everything on the four-track and then added layers of strings and pads as chords here and there. And being a completely digital instrument, it was a quite different beast compared to the analog synthesizers that had been around so far. “The first big turning point for me was when the keyboard player in our band bought a Yamaha DX7 that, even though it wasn’t mine, gave me the chance to mess around with a synthesizer in the studio. On several occasions, this was also the case for young Roman, starting all the way back in the 80’s. I just really enjoyed them and was a big fan of the sound.”Īs is so often the case, single events or experiences may turn out to make all of the difference. I always liked those synthesizer sounds, but didn’t know where they came from. But at the same time, I was also influenced by the electronic music that started to populate the charts back then – Kraftwerk for example. As a child, I played the piano, and in my early teenage years, I was a drummer in various bands, pretending to play funk and soul.

“I actually started out playing acoustic music. We were of course curious to learn more about where it all started for Roman.

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