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Gustavo Boeck: Is there a concept behind those images you use as singles covers?
antoni: A day with me back in 2003.
Jesse Candido: Why you chose to release one song per month?
antoni: Boredom.
Rodrigo Miller: What sound have intrigued you the most?
antoni: Blackout. There is nothing more techno than electricity crackling.
Maria Souza: How do I download your music?
antoni: By accessing the links at the FOSSIL MUSIC ReCoRdS newsletters or just request free MP3s at fossilmusicrecords@mail.com
Diego Torres: As a soundlover, how do you enjoy listening to music?
antoni: Extremely. Or a pair of good headphones on or an amplified speaker busting the patience off of my tedious neighbours.
Vera Carius: What is death to you?
antoni: When we are born, we become crosses. When we are dead, we become stars.
Liliane: Is there any way to benefit you as a young independent artist?
antoni: Considering my music.
Alexandre Xavier: Why did you name your record label FOSSIL MUSIC ReCoRdS?
antoni: I feel like an archaeologist when I dig up second hand recording gear to register my music.
Wanderlino Nogueira: Why La Notte has no lyrics?
antoni: Curiously, I had words written to this song. I would sing them along with the beats, which later seemed to be an obvious move and now was clearly ditched.
Luciane Batista: Do you plan to perform live?
antoni: I aim to possess utter freedom to tour my music everywhere.
Monique Avilla: Why did you decide to record almost the entire album in Fortaleza?
antoni: It was not a devised decision though fairly predicted. I moved from Belem to Fortaleza in mid 1999 to be next to my mother while working by night as a DJ at defunct gay bar Casa de Irene. I sensed the need to initiate some authoral music when I mashed up seconds of my favourite songs.
Nice Americano: The Show is your first single and Girl, the second title. Why this particular selection?
antoni: The Oni album intimately chronicles an entire past day of mine. It begins at the end of the night, with me insomniac in bed, sketching songs while this sudden rain pours down on Fortaleza city. The Show and Girl are the first songs narrating the story.
Clarissa Oliveira: Do you play a musical instrument?
antoni: I took piano lessons as a child, keyboard lessons as a teenager, even so I only trust my voice to perform.
Romualdo Grignani: How do you compose your music?
antoni: I start by singing any melody, random words that come to mind, like some unidentified language, though I am conscious enough of how to make the logistic possible between the shape of the song and what shall be interpreted by the musicians, afterwards.
Tadeu Massulo: How did you line up the Oni album's instrumentation?
antoni: I watched an episode of VH1 Bands Reunited and decided that each song would be five-track recorded as based on a rock group (bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, vocal). Still, all musicians were asked to perform their instruments sounding like other instruments.
Victor Lucindo: What genre is your music?
antoni: antoni MUSIC.
Evania Vieira: What about your first musical memories?
antoni: With 3 years old, I was obsessed by two albums. My parents bought me a dozen LPs of Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, one new copy for one new scratch (!) and I also attended their wedding by holding, in my hands, Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Clement Zular: Who is Toni Kah?
antoni: My masked alter ego, responsible for the electronica of my music.
Raphael Diniz: Do you make a living with your music?
antoni: Music is my definitive way out to be part of life and while the renaissance patrons of art or fair trading do not reemerge on their 21st century versions, I am not able to confirm I make a living with my music.
Mark Greiner: What do you evoke as the imagery of the Oni album?
antoni: The bird Great Kiskadee, messenger of all times, whose restless chanting prevents us from the annihilation of hope.
Gustavo Boeck: Is there a concept behind those images you use as singles covers?
antoni: A day with me back in 2003.
Jesse Candido: Why you chose to release one song per month?
antoni: Boredom.
Rodrigo Miller: What sound have intrigued you the most?
antoni: Blackout. There is nothing more techno than electricity crackling.
Maria Souza: How do I download your music?
antoni: By accessing the links at the FOSSIL MUSIC ReCoRdS newsletters or just request free MP3s at fossilmusicrecords@mail.com
Diego Torres: As a soundlover, how do you enjoy listening to music?
antoni: Extremely. Or a pair of good headphones on or an amplified speaker busting the patience off of my tedious neighbours.
Vera Carius: What is death to you?
antoni: When we are born, we become crosses. When we are dead, we become stars.
Liliane: Is there any way to benefit you as a young independent artist?
antoni: Considering my music.
Alexandre Xavier: Why did you name your record label FOSSIL MUSIC ReCoRdS?
antoni: I feel like an archaeologist when I dig up second hand recording gear to register my music.
Wanderlino Nogueira: Why La Notte has no lyrics?
antoni: Curiously, I had words written to this song. I would sing them along with the beats, which later seemed to be an obvious move and now was clearly ditched.
Luciane Batista: Do you plan to perform live?
antoni: I aim to possess utter freedom to tour my music everywhere.
Monique Avilla: Why did you decide to record almost the entire album in Fortaleza?
antoni: It was not a devised decision though fairly predicted. I moved from Belem to Fortaleza in mid 1999 to be next to my mother while working by night as a DJ at defunct gay bar Casa de Irene. I sensed the need to initiate some authoral music when I mashed up seconds of my favourite songs.
Nice Americano: The Show is your first single and Girl, the second title. Why this particular selection?
antoni: The Oni album intimately chronicles an entire past day of mine. It begins at the end of the night, with me insomniac in bed, sketching songs while this sudden rain pours down on Fortaleza city. The Show and Girl are the first songs narrating the story.
Clarissa Oliveira: Do you play a musical instrument?
antoni: I took piano lessons as a child, keyboard lessons as a teenager, even so I only trust my voice to perform.
Romualdo Grignani: How do you compose your music?
antoni: I start by singing any melody, random words that come to mind, like some unidentified language, though I am conscious enough of how to make the logistic possible between the shape of the song and what shall be interpreted by the musicians, afterwards.
Tadeu Massulo: How did you line up the Oni album's instrumentation?
antoni: I watched an episode of VH1 Bands Reunited and decided that each song would be five-track recorded as based on a rock group (bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, vocal). Still, all musicians were asked to perform their instruments sounding like other instruments.
Victor Lucindo: What genre is your music?
antoni: antoni MUSIC.
Evania Vieira: What about your first musical memories?
antoni: With 3 years old, I was obsessed by two albums. My parents bought me a dozen LPs of Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, one new copy for one new scratch (!) and I also attended their wedding by holding, in my hands, Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Clement Zular: Who is Toni Kah?
antoni: My masked alter ego, responsible for the electronica of my music.
Raphael Diniz: Do you make a living with your music?
antoni: Music is my definitive way out to be part of life and while the renaissance patrons of art or fair trading do not reemerge on their 21st century versions, I am not able to confirm I make a living with my music.
Mark Greiner: What do you evoke as the imagery of the Oni album?
antoni: The bird Great Kiskadee, messenger of all times, whose restless chanting prevents us from the annihilation of hope.