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The Secret Meeting

U.S.A.

(Electro)

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Present yourself to the audience

Hello there. I am the singer for two bands Collide and The Secret Meeting, which is our new project with Dean Garcia who was in the band Curve. In my not so spare time I am a designer and make tons of things.

The name “the secret meeting”...why?

Because we had never actually met Dean and everything was done virtually...it was like a secret magical creative place that we could all meet at and explore...so The Secret Meeting felt like a good name for the project.

Who composes? How that is held between you?

In the case of The Secret Meeting, Dean did all the initial composing and then he would send it to me and I would shape it with words and melodies and then Statik would get in there and put the whole thing together...arranging, embellishing, tweaking and mixing.

What music style do you prefer personally and what are your influences?

I would not pick any one particular style...there are bits of interesting things from all musical genres. We have always felt free to incorporate anything that we like into our music. No rules...we like to colour outside of the lines.

What's your opinion about the actual electro scene at your place?

I would say good...it has always been great for us making underground music that there is such a large network of people who support it out of passion and love for the music.

Generally, what is the reaction of the public at the time of your concerts?

We have always been a studio oriented band and I have only preformed very few times with Collide, but when we do it is a very special experience for everyone including ourselves and the response has been amazing. We have not yet performed with The Secret Meeting.

The Secret Meeting

Photo: Peter Benke

What is your best live memory? And why?

The feeling of euphoria and realizing that I felt like I was flying, as my feet no longer had weight...and thinking to myself that this is the coolest feeling ever.

What would be the festival of your dreams? (With you playing in it of course!!!)

It would be a festival of our own creation and it would be multi media event with music and artwork. It would be a festival with all of our musician and artist friends and it would be the coolest thing ever.

In studio...what was atmosphere?...etc...

In all the projects that I work on I work by myself in my own studio. An instrumental frame is given to me and then I get inside the music and literally float around it to find the words and melodies. I love the first impact of hearing something...in fact I really do not like to hear what I am going to sing on until I am ready to actually sing. I like to absorb exactly what the music feels like and exactly how I feel at the time of impact. I get a starting point and then evolve it from there...it develops in layers until I am satisfied. There is a certain point when you can feel it click in and start to work. I have found I just have to be patient until that point.

What do you expect from the future?

To create things that I love and always treat people in the way that I would want to be treated.

What is your motto in life?

Art makes the world a better place to be. I found that as a young sensitive child that I needed an outlet and an escape so I turned to art...with art I could create my own world.

Is there something you'd like to say to the audience?

Thanks, our eternal appreciation and love.

Thanks for the upkeep

Hugues B.