Childhood Top 5
By MEMENTO MELODIES Website (2002)
Which artist or song has "affected" your childhood ?
I can't remember my childhood. I drink too much.
Did you think of working in music ? What did you really want tobecome later ?
I always wanted to become a children's doctor.
Are there any disturbing or nice sounds that have "affected" yourchildhood ?
Disturbing : the sound of skin when beating someone or being beat.
Nice : the eject sound of my tape recorder.
Did your parents give you a musical education ?
Yes. Electric organ. I also gave my brother rhythm lessons with my fists.
Can you tell us about a musical memory of your childhood (a concert,a show..) ?
my very first concert in 1982 with a group called "The Egocentric 2" in our living room.
Instruments: 1 KORG MS 20 synth, 1 EKO organ, 1 Casio VL tone, 1 analog delay, 1 microphone, a drumset made of dustbins. All instruments were played through the built-in organ amplifyer.
Audience : Conrad (12), Karsten (9), Alex (12), Ronald (18) and one unidentifiable boy. No girls.
Your childhood Top 5
Let's say, at age 12 it could have been ...
Kraftwerk It's more fun to compute
DAF Nachtarbeit,
Palais Schaumburg Wir bauen eine neue Stadt
Supermax Love Machine
Idea lBerlin