DJ Earlybird

March 19, 2007

*Name: DJ Earlybird

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: I also have the aliases Beaufort Kissdrivel and the flying soccer moms.

*Do you use a pseudonym? Err, yes, as DJ Earlybird is not the name given to me by my mother.

*Members: My full name is Christian Nikolaus Conrad.

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Perhaps 'hard-disk creations?' I see myself as a DJ, who does mixes not on a turntable but with the help of a laptop. Generally, the term mash-up is fine with me, I think that hits the nail pretty well, and I hate to use complicated words like recylicstialamagnetics or whatever...

*Location: I live in Berlin, Germany although for a while I was hoping to be able to make people believe that I was from Uganda.

*What is your creative/artistic background: I have always been involved in bands and projects, the most known being a German electronica-project called Rechenzentrum (www.rechenzentrum.org) with which I have released three CDs, some 12"s and done a fair amount of remixing for others to this day (check our page if interested). Professionally, I work as a sound designer for feature films, mostly German films, but have done work for some international productions lately, as for example sound design for the Oscar-winning feature film 'Last King of Scotland' starring Forrest Whittaker (that film got me into the whole Uganda thing, by the way. Beautiful country. Beautiful people...).

*History: I started publishing on the net as DJ Earlybird in March, 2006.

*Born: I am a diva.... so I will always stay 25 and I was born in a small town called Ulm.

*Motivations: God

*Philosophy: If you can't fix it, break it.

*How would you like to be remembered: Next question.

*Web address: http://ugandasfinestmashedpotatoes.blogspot.com