Name
Skander Besbes

Nickname (and why!)
SKNDR _ it's my first name without vowels, which gives the most accurate pronunciation

Education
French lycée of la marsa _ studio M (montpellier)

Main instrument played
Electronics

Other instruments played
Guitar, vocals, drums, bass

Type of music played
Many... from rock to electronica

The band you play with
I play alone and in other structures

SKIN LIKE CREAM (electro rock)
HEXTRADECIMAL (generative visual music)
AMBIANT TAKE OVER (experimental part time collective)

Tell us about the last gig you played
It was yesterday (Sunday April 8th), a few friends and I, are trying to spread hard electronics in clubs in Tunisia, and it was our first big party yesterday.. a good experience, the room was full..

Tell us what music means to you
For me music is at the same time the most basic and universal language, and subject to the most complex constructions. Working on movie soundtracks, it's obvious that without music a scene is just pure reality, it only becomes meaningful through music

Tell us about the last album you listened to
It was foley room by amon tobin.. what could i say.. it's an experimental rhythmic album made of samples... sounds are so powerful that the CD sounds like a vinyl !  

Which musician do you most admire and why?
there is not only one ! I admire a lot of musician for different reasons:

SQUAREPUSHER aka tom jenkinson : for the bridge he created between hard electronics and jazz.
JOSH HOMMES (queens of the stone age) : for going on with the true rock spirit.
TRENT REZNOR (nine inch nails) : ...the perfect sound.
MIKE PATTON : for showing the world a superstar can become a crooner, a beat boxer, an experimentalist all at the same time.

there are so many it's hard to list.. I quoted contemporary artists I could also talk about the Beatles, Ritchie Blackmore(deep purple) or Franz Liszt ...

Tell us something about yourself that not many people know!
Nobody knows I'm famous :)