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Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: To produce my first album 'Only Dark Matters', I directed the whole process as well as composed and sang on it. It was really learnful to do it from beginning until the end from writing to editing, from gathering a team to the studio, arranging and collaborating. Finally creating the visuals and then send it to the press. It was wild. Now I know exactly where I'm good at and what I love to do, the rest I now know people and how to ask them what I need because I went through the whole process. It gives a lot of confidence and trust for achieving pretty anything.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have my project 22 for Silicon Alone with a really amazing cast of musicians and we are just starting writing the second album in a more collaborative way than for the previous one. And I'm starting a pop rock band with incredible musician too, it's a four piece band : a drummer, a bassist and a female singer and guitarist and I play guitar and sing also. We will be recording a 4 tracks demos in the next few weeks.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I'm brand new in here, I honestly need to dig first but if there's a specific question, I'll know where and how to look for.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: If clients have the money analog is a luxury and a refinement but you can already achieve so many things digitally, again it's about what they want tell their audience.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I have tons of ideas and tricks to never get stuck and get things done. I guess what takes the most time is for my clients to know what they really want so I take really good care of narrowing down the options with them before getting into production mode.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I'm mainly hyperactive and ideas are floating anytime anywhere so working and focusing one element calms me down. I can work ten hours straight and feel energized because of this focusing aspect.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: I guess it's about being commercial, I can be commercial if I have to but what I love the most for myself is to explore. Sky is the limit and standards work because we are used to it, I'm good either way, don't misconceive that one ;) I really am.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: When I work on my personal projects it's definitely some kind of tribal and psychedelic rock.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: I have a list and it's growing everyday so it really depends again on the story I want to tell and the dimension I want to explore with it.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: A good song is a good song not matter what genre it is, so focus on your story-telling first, some words will pop out and then let it flow as naturally as possible, natural is always good, music has to flow !

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: It's very broad and it depends on the story from Hip-Hop to Metal, where I'm least experienced is latin music and any really specific traditional music or jazz. I can use a hint here and there but I prefer to leave these to experts and so I collaborate with others if I'm producing.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I'm patient and empathic and so I won't leave until it's done.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I'm good at knowing what a song misses or lacks. I always look at it as whole, staying at the right distance from it as a song only exists when all the elements come together harmoniously.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I always start with a beat on top of which I look for top lines and once I'm there I wrote melodies to arrive there and to depart from there. Then I put words and this usually is where subtle changes but important decision are made. Only at the end I work on the actual production and arrangement according to what feeling I want to convey.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: It's quite minimal, I have a iMac with a focusrite sapphire (8 inputs). 4 inputs are used with sunhouse sensory percussion trigger on my drumkit which allows me to tracks a beat and a fill really quickly. Then I have 2 inputs for keyboard, 1 input for a guitar or a bass and finally one for a mic Shure SM7b. I have a lot of vst and plug-ins and if I really look for a specific gear or sound I don't hesitate to borrow or rent to achieve what's needed. But I love to keep it minimal it helps me to stay creative.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: There are so many, I love to watch studio tours and tip & tricks from any producers or musicians, really anyone is a source of inspiration, there's always this little thing you can borrow and make it your own.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: During my study at film school, I was always trying to find short films to do sound-design or scoring (from EDM night club edit to subtle guitar and string ensemble). Last year, I was coordinating a writing workshop with group of amateurs and semi-pros, I produced with them 7 songs from rap to traditional moroccan folk song. I often go and visit other producers and give them feedback. Those last 5 years I worked mainly on my project 22 for Silicon Alone for which I did not less than 200 demos.