After 10 years of music creation under the “BFNK” name, I made the decision to turn a new page, using a new alias: Abroxis

This change represents an effort to embrace the new and come to terms with the past. My music has been so variable, yet not always quite what I’d personally like to hear. It has always been an expression and a striving to do something differently, yet not always successful at that, at least in my opinion.

Regardless, all of my previous work made through the BFNK alias remains on my current and active Soundcloud page, as well as on the BFNK Bandcamp page. In a way, there is some beauty in being able to reflect on the past and see where one is coming from.

And now, here’s a little biography:
From a historical perspective, I developed an interest in making music before I even tried to do it, as a listener. My favourite artists kept me going through good and bad, and I always looked up to them and dreamed that one day I’ll be able to bring the same joy and comfort (or discomfort) to others through my own work. It made sense, knowing how deeply the music of others had affected me.

Initial attempts were done through Reason 4 and 5, although I couldn’t push myself hard enough at the beginning, nor had I any idea how to even begin doing this seriously. Years passed and finally I had made a couple of tracks with Reason that I was proud of. At this stage I was already in university, about 20 years old, and that’s also when I decided to try Ableton Live 8. Live was such a fresh breath of air, since it allowed me to work with audio clips in a seamless way, where in the early versions of Reason this was a real chore (any audio clip had to be used through their samplers and then played with midi notes – there was simply no way to slap an audio clip into the arrangement window). More than just working with audio, Live finally opened the doors for 3rd party VSTs and gave me unseen freedom. In any case, I am glad to have started out with Reason as it is such a great learning tool and forced me to think in terms of sound design a lot more than anything else has.

Most of my initial work with Live can be found in a couple of self-released Bandcamp albums. The very first “album” I’ve made is one of them: Help Is On The Way.

Additionally, after a while I released a compilation of sorts, containing uncategorised stuff from the same time period: Overcast.

These tunes are the result of a fairly random workflow process, which was and still is really sample-heavy. In my mind, it has been a learning experience and an exercise in experimentation more than anything else, although I am deeply grateful for having listeners that enjoy those works, some of which I know and are very dear to me.

Well, in hindsight it was a learning experience, but at the time it was an expression of what was happening in my life. We never stop learning, so the same can be said about my music right now.

Fast-forward until about two years ago, when I got introduced to Woulg’s music. It was a thrilling experience as I hadn’t felt this way since discovering The Prodigy as a kid. It’s a feeling I’ve been getting less and less over the years, yet I found out it’s still a possibility. Inevitably, I joined the woulg discord server and was extremely fortunate to be greeted by a superbly talented, friendly, and simply amazing community of people. I won’t go into a lot of details within this post, but one thing led to another and the [glitch.cool] platform was created. Seeing how it begins to develop brings joy to me. Even if I wasn’t lucky enough to be a part of it, I’d still be excited to follow anything released by these guys and girls.

The [glitch.cool] community has, in a way, kickstarted a new era for my personal music production, which I dare say applies for other members of the community as well. From one monthly challenge, it grew into something much bigger, and instilled a sense of responsibility in us. A responsibility to try and outdo our best. A responsibility to contribute into this musical movement and be a part of it as it grows. But it’s not even that. Above all, it’s us, having a ton of fun and trying to push the boundaries of glitch music. That’s the central point of it all.

Changing my alias to Abroxis is a decision heavily-influenced by the experience I’ve gained since joining the Woulg – now glitch.cool – community. I understand the type of music I want to create much better and thus my efforts are more focused and fruitful. I’m excited to see where it takes me!