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| Paul Mahoux was born in Paris, France in 1964. His childhood's main musical influences were Debussy's piano work, Black American music heard on radio and in TV series in the 70's. He started guitar at the age of 15, inspired by punk and new wave bands, then soon got interested in discovering all kinds of music, especially jazz from the 70's, ethnic music, 20th century classical music, people gravitating around Brian Eno, and got two big musical shocks with Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians", and Jon Hassell's "Fourth World Vol.2". From the mid 80's, after many years of enjoying being an autodidact, he began to study guitar with Denis Lamboley (G.I.T.), spent two years studying the basics of harmony at the American School Of Modern Music in Paris, and then took private composition lessons with Charles Raynal (Berklee,M.I.T.), covering all aspects of music and sound, from electronic concepts to orchestral arrangement, including awareness of sound as an environment and music for film. 1987 was a decisive year for Paul, when he got his first sampler, discovering all the hidden treasures that hide into everyday life's sounds. In parallel to unsuccessful bands, he began his first jobs as a composer for TV, video and radio. The house-techno wave hit him in 1991, and three years later he released his first tracks on the ephemerous Parisian label Omnisonus, followed by a few lives in Paris where he tried to blend techno with guitar, which was not very common at this time, but was also not too convincing. The best moments were playing guitar with DJs (Derrick May, Alton Miller, J.Pacman) and percussionist Manu Lokole at parties. He moved to New York in 1999 during which he took a break from composing for TV and video, and played regular gigs with bands as a guitarist. He also used to attend many free and ambient improvisation sessions and started to play solo gigs doing some live looping. In 2002 he moved to Okinawa, Japan, where his wife is from. In parallel to teaching guitar and doing sound design, he is active in the Okinawan scene as guitarist, DJ, sound designer, and occasionally collaborates with local artists as a guitarist or remixer. |
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