HUMANTRONIC
NAAYA EP

Humantronic has been present on electronic music's territory since 1997. As DJ, Live performer or producer in solo or with several bands as instrumentalist, this complete musician invests several registers.

Who is Humantronic? Just something simple that sounds like his music, and, needless to say, something that sounds just like him... Frédéric Alvernhe has made a career that is part and parcel of his personality. Today, this DJ composer-producer comes up with a signature on Kevin Saundersonʼs label KMS Records, an analog and modular project with Leonard de Leonard in Berlin and another alias Ardan Bel to produce a deeper and emotional sound. His label Manakacha set up with few European friends six years ago, have featured Humantronic, Soren Aalberg, Sarah Goldfarb or M.I.D.I.. Some highly specialized material indeed, but miles away from a passing fad.

Before, it’s a long story of rhythmics. Starting in high school where he played the rhythmic guitar in his first rock band until, awe-struck, he discovered rave parties in the green English countryside. Fred would not rest until he finally took the plunge, round about 1997, when he started playing under the hippy name he was known for… Yet, it would be wrong to reduce the character to a mere peaceful image, even though there are logical affinities with trance and psychedelic culture in general. He is, in fact, more than anything else, a true child of that 90s legacy: the musical crossover. If you want proof, take a look into his flight-case, or check out his open-minded techno: his route is that of a true musician.

At the end of the century, this completely self- taught artist had several tasks in hand: he accompanied on the bass guitar his DJ friend Steph d’Elisium, composed and created music for plays (Au Pays des Hommes, Théâtre Toursky) in which, for the first time, he carried out a fusion using both computers &instruments. That was the start, and there's no stopping him now, as you can see in Two Heads On, an electro-jazz side-project.