AlienAqtor

About AlienAqtor

What can an "Alien Actor" - stuck in his room, creating soundscapes based on movies of his own mind – conceive? Psychedelia, wild mood swings, soundtracks, dreams & parallel universes Alienaqtor project appeared by the middle of 1999, as a study of sounds, effects and artistic abstraction. This happened at first with very little resources, a sum of wide open influences, and made the first demos incorporate ambient sounds, electro, techno, breakbeat, house – but, beyond it all, uncommon effects, noises and a "rough" touch.

From then on a clear and gradual evolution happened: more complex compositions, where styles were mixed with harmony improvement; the use of melodies derived from Ambient Techno – IDM – Glitch Pop (influence of e-music labels such as Astralwerks, Kompakt, Warp, Novamute, Planet-Mu, R&S Records and Internal).

2001 - The demo CD "O Alienador EP" had a pretty positive review published on brazilian mag DJ World (# 3).

2002 - A second demo EP, "Elektruthfuck>>>Understandit", brought tracks with a more solid composition – going for the dancefloors, while keeping an experimental mood. The track "Elecktruthfuck", a breakbeat & ambient crossover – certainly the better produced one til then – was a standout.

By that year, internet started acting as a valuable channel, which ge