From the Ultimae Records website:
"1984 saw Alex Scheffer (aka Cell) entering the world of machines. Aged 10 he received his first machine from his mother and father, respectively pianist and drummer, a Juno 106 Roland. At that time, student at the Conservatoire, he started looking at LFOs and filters. His favourite instruments remain keyboards and especially the piano, an instrument which he will get back to at 13 when entering the Jazz section at the Conservatoire of Chambéry (73). His growing interest for machines and electronic music enticed him to listen to artists such as Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, John Cage, Peter Gabriel.
Convinced that a fusion of styles is fundamental, Alex decided at 16 to look into Pop-Electro fusion. He took part in several bands as keyboard player and arranger, his main function being to mingle and mix electronic sounds into Pop-Rock atmospheres. After his Acoustic Engineer studies, Alex definitely made a turn towards electronic music. While collaborating with different directors he got to carry out all types of orders. Original soundtracks for advertising, short films, catwalk and even contemporary dance for which he wrote more than an hour of music. "
From a personal standpoint, Cell's music is a blending of so many different styles, it is difficult to pinpoint a single influence or genre to compartmentalize it. Traditionally associated with the setting of the sun (no doubt from his numerous and [in certain circles] legendary sunset sessions in Ibiza), I find it also extremely good morning music, leading to the video of sunrise photographs used in the video below.
A full discography appears to be completely unavailable at this time, but you can find out much more about the artist, his family, his music and his talents on his MySpace profile
here.
The video is a collection of sunrise photography (some of it original from our recent cruise) set to "Under Your Mind" from the Live at Kumharas, Ibiza CD released earlier this year. I cannot recommend it enough.
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