| Naam | Alexander Poole |
| Functie | 3 × DJ |
| Geslacht | man |
| Herkomst | Verenigd Koninkrijk  |
| Genres | drum & bass |
| octavian303@gmail.com | |
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Biografie
Octavian first started out composing electronica at 10 years old, taking early influences from artists such as The Prodigy, The Shaman, Roni Size, Aphrodite, The Chemical Brothers and many more. His ethereal melodic and otherworldy forms of drum and bass also take an influence from early videogame composers, particularly Chris Huelsbeck.
Octavian began life as member of the late 1990s / early 2000s Welsh crusty raver movement, becoming a regular and passionate fan of the forest free-party scene there. Initially bringing to life his sounds using nothing more than a Korg EX800 analogue synthesizer, a Boss DR-550 Drum Machine, a Casio Keyboard and a floppy-disk MIDI recorder, Octavian soon began to expand his horizons with the new and powerful DAW virtual devices of Reason, and has since never looked back.
His style of drum and bass, of which he passionately labels 'Melodic Drum and Bass (MDnB), is manifested from a simple premise....."I use old-school melodic smooth basslines. I make use of all the wonders of the octave, before the use of the sounds themselves. I seriously have a hard time with atonality, which is rife in mainstream drum and bass / dubstep culture at the moment.....how can true bass be truly bass.....if it is distorted...? How can it be truly music without melody?" Octavian has made it his quest to prove that a musical style once previously often renowned for its atonality, can be truly dark, yet truly melodic at the same time.
He is a passionate and outspoken creative individual, often placing the creativity of music before anything else. He is also a keen singer, MC and guitarist, and could often be seen performing at the early anti iraq-war protests of 2004 onwards.
He has since began to take further and perhaps more nourishing influences from many classical composers including JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Holst, often working such mournful and melodic pieces into his electronica.
His current style of Drum and Bass tastefully and tactfully fuses elements of old-school jump up basslines, simple yet powerful rhythms with undertones of subtle complexity, and the etheral, beautiful and haunting melodies and overtones of trance.
Octavian began life as member of the late 1990s / early 2000s Welsh crusty raver movement, becoming a regular and passionate fan of the forest free-party scene there. Initially bringing to life his sounds using nothing more than a Korg EX800 analogue synthesizer, a Boss DR-550 Drum Machine, a Casio Keyboard and a floppy-disk MIDI recorder, Octavian soon began to expand his horizons with the new and powerful DAW virtual devices of Reason, and has since never looked back.
His style of drum and bass, of which he passionately labels 'Melodic Drum and Bass (MDnB), is manifested from a simple premise....."I use old-school melodic smooth basslines. I make use of all the wonders of the octave, before the use of the sounds themselves. I seriously have a hard time with atonality, which is rife in mainstream drum and bass / dubstep culture at the moment.....how can true bass be truly bass.....if it is distorted...? How can it be truly music without melody?" Octavian has made it his quest to prove that a musical style once previously often renowned for its atonality, can be truly dark, yet truly melodic at the same time.
He is a passionate and outspoken creative individual, often placing the creativity of music before anything else. He is also a keen singer, MC and guitarist, and could often be seen performing at the early anti iraq-war protests of 2004 onwards.
He has since began to take further and perhaps more nourishing influences from many classical composers including JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Holst, often working such mournful and melodic pieces into his electronica.
His current style of Drum and Bass tastefully and tactfully fuses elements of old-school jump up basslines, simple yet powerful rhythms with undertones of subtle complexity, and the etheral, beautiful and haunting melodies and overtones of trance.
Uitgaansagenda Octavian
Laatste optreden was op vrijdag 1 december 2017: ConnectedSouls × OVRDOSE × UNDRGRND, John Doe, Amsterdam
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