HoneyBox Benoit Merckx Music composer/Sound designer Biography: A lot of music listening and a creation : "HoneyBox" started in 2001 when me and my teenage friends broke our alternative rock band. I left my electric guitar and decided to work on solo with an old Roland keyboard that my step father had at home. It even had integrated floppy disks ! Few months later, I bought a Yamaha hardware sequencer, started to experiment and created my first electronic tracks. The world of electronic music opened to me a wide range of dreams and music gender defining was never easy. In 2005, moving from my hometown Brussels to London was a big and inspiring change... I studied Sound Design and started to build soundscapes for films and scenography projects, creating, editing and mixing sounds with a computer based equipment. Simutenaously, I played improvisations of my tracks with my sequencer in various public spaces. Getting to the point : Today : My material : a 19 year old hardware sequencer, an old Syquest floppy disks for my data, a 30 year old spanish acoustic guitar... along with my voice in French, Spanish or English... A recent computer to record, and everything sounds "contemporaneous"-:) My style : learning from gigs to gigs, improvisation, creating music "in the moment". My today's leitmotive : Taking the maximum advantage of what I have NOW. Some places where I have performed : Baran Café, Bergen, Norway LCC cafe, London Electrowerkz, London Rhythm Factory, London Club Ventura, Madrid Eisbär Soundclub, Madrid La gougoutte à pépé, Bruxelles Profile picture : By Jesús Mallo Velasco Users who are followed by HoneyBox Rodrigo García González Rodrigo García Madrid Hugh London BLUE HAWAII BaNDtrick Brussels SPOON Air Texture Emperor Emperor Recordings London Weval Amsterdam Lowly Aarhus Bella Union Bella Union London