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If only I had the time to learn the language…!As for the Kakao, people whoknow me are aware that I drink more milkthan water ;-Pplan to use some new techniques I havecome up with.The sound of "Ocean Dynamics” ismarvellous. Do you have lots of highendtechnique in your studio? Or areyou one of those clever producers whomanage to create excellent sound withsmall and cost-effective technicalmeans? How does your studio looklike?Thanx! I have some high-end equipmentbut they are nothing compared to hugecommercial studios. In my studio I worktogether with my good friend Argy Streamwith whom we share a common passionfor detail and fidelity. We take care ofevery little detail and use various techniquesthat in the end give you a greatresult without having to sell your housejust to buy that special esoteric pre-amp!Having said that, the studio is alwaysexpanding and upgrading and we arenow open to creative bands or musicianswho’d like to use our experience andequipment for their work. I get this requesta lot so I will soon also post photosof the studio in our website.So the next DOL AMMAD album probablywill become a concept album abouta milk planet ;-)?LOL! Great idea! In fact I always look forsomething to honour the great existence ofmilk. Maybe I should write a song like"Calcium” or "Dominion of the Holy Cows”(In 14 parts) ;-PCan you tell us how you manage thewhole recording process? For "Star Tales”you’ve recorded some parts inGermany. For "Ocean Dynamics” didyou do everything in your own studio –recording, mixing and mastering? Hasthe choir been recorded as a whole withsome stereo microphones or each singerseparately?Yes, in "Ocean Dynamics” all the productiontook place in my studio in Thessaloniki,Greece. I used various techniques forthe choir and for this album I think it iseasy to notice that the recording quality isbetter than the debut. I like to record boththe whole and each voice separately (3 to4 people at a time). For the third album IYou are influenced by the great synthesizerpioneers of the 1970ies like JeanMichel Jarre or Vangelis. Do you usesome original analog gear from thosetimes like Arp or Moog? Or do youmostly work with software plugins?What do you think about all the newsoftware emulations of analog gear?I have analog and virtual-analog synthesizerswhich I love! I am not a big fan ofplugins and soft-synths although I do usethem a lot also. I think in the recent yearsthe quality of soft synths has been greatlyimproved but I believe more in the powerof software libraries than just software foranalog emulations. If you’ve grown upwith MIDI and hands on control of a synthesizerI don’t think you’ll ever be fullysatisfied by a plugin and a mouse or evenwith a controller having to map everythingand create scenes etc. Although I do useall the latest technologies and stay up todate with the music tech progress, I witnessthat I tend to go back to simpler andolder techniques the last years. I thinkthat it is easy to lose control with technologyand to miss the whole point of musicmaking.