Paolo Margari
Find out more on paolomargari.it and discover other content on Flickr, Linkedin, X, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and Blogger (postplex is a parallel writing project linked to sounds & visuals).
New project: Style Disorder - https://styledisorder.oltre.digital
Independent label: Oltre.Digital Media - https://oltredigital.com
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Since I was a teenager, I've been playing tapes & vinyl records of various music genres, either at home and on local radio stations, where I used to work as a speaker and DJ.
I made my first original songs with a little Casio keyboard and a tape recorder at 11, then I moved to DAWs a few years later. After Cakewalk, the epic Fast Tracker II, then Mad Tracker, Propellerhead Reason (still my best) and eventually Ableton Live.
After a break of a few years, I returned to producing with Reason, also re-embracing Ableton Live - still keeping Reason as a VST3 plug-in adding an AI touch on some songs (either as a voice modulator, lyrics generator or sound integration).
Styles, knowledge, skills and awareness have changed over the years, as it should be.
In most cases, music production has encountered the need to express feelings and realisations through writing (the blog PostPlex is a kind of connected project) and photography.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
In the car, in the shower and other places I can't remember.
Your musical influences
Everything influences everyone, in a positive or negative way.
What equipment do you use?
Decent software, a mute keyboard, a reliable mic and a few catchy memes.
Anything else?
I'm Italian an old italo-griko town called Soleto (Lecce / Salento / Puglia) and moved to Brussels, Belgium, in 2014.
I also spent a few years in England (London & Sheffield), Lecce, Rome and Milan.
