GEM TOS has been existing as an entity circulating around Data Airlines for a while now, as a repeating voice talking about chiptunes, reasons for skipping school and famous kraftwerk quotes, as a serie of strange sounds and she even featured on Oai Stars latest album clashing about essential ingredients for a good production, or life, or a night out. As hard to interpretade as to know who she is, GEM TOS, more than just an entity circulating around Data Airlines then, like a ghost assuring a certain german attitude in what we put out.

Who she is, we dont think she knows, or cares, but thoose vectors really looks great on her. But to promote her new EP here on Data Airlines we offer you a silly but still exclusive Interview.

Q: Whats the story of the gasmask?
GT: I was born like this, not my fault…

Q: Born with it?
GT: Yes, imagine as a kid in school, no fun!

Q: Whats your general approach when making
a tune?
GT: I just make alot of loops and/or sample some parts of my favourite games and make a beat out of it. When something turns out the way I want it, I give it to Dubmood, he is the one finishing my songs. I am uncapable of working twice on the same song, I have never finished a song in my life. Sad but true. I dont know how many songs is lying around on my floppys. But who cares?

Q: What do you use to make your music?
GT: To me, its important to stay simple, not complicate things with too much buttons or cables, I always make my songs in the same way. I have an Atari ST with MaxYMizer, a TR707, a Big Muff and an Akai S-2000. I sample, sequense and record it in Ableton.

Q: And the vocoder?
GT: No, thats the filter in my gasmask, DDR quality!

Q: Kraftwerk or Jean Michelle Jarre?
GT: Samuel L Session

Q: David Withacker or Rub Hubbard?
GT: Matt Furniss!

Q: Why the Atari and not a Commodore 64, Gameboy or other consoles?
GT: Simplicity, I am a very lazy person, the Atari boots in one second and autostarts maxymizer. I dont even know how to use a C64 and it seems like a mess with thoose big floppys. Gameboys are too hype, and it costs money to get one, especially the cartrigde, blame the hype and all thoose ugly 17yolds making crap on it, its their fault. I would love to try an atari 800xl one day but I guess it will never happen because of my mentioned lazyness.

Q: What can we expect on your upcomming EP?
GT: Dunk Disch Dunk BLEBLEBLEBIPBIPBIP Dunk Disch Dunk BLipbip buweeeeee

Q: Anything else to add?
GT: Thankyou Bob!

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GEM TOS – Green Computer Interface (DATA008) Is out on Data Airlines since the 31 october and can already be found on Juno, and will be on beatport, itunes and spotify within a couple of weeks. In the meantime, check out her Myspace and ray stuned!