BEHIND THE PSEUDONYM :
"KALXIV" : kal means "voice" in Maya, the XIV in roman number means "14"... my lucky number.
THE BEGINNING :
My real name is Alain Massol, I'm currently based in Paris.
Since I'm 14, I compose music for pleasure, and for some projects like short films, corporate ...
Accomplished
and experienced percussionist, I've studied one year of corn and 8
years of percussions at the Pantin (France) Conservatorium of Music
under Jean Pierlot. I learned many instruments like : Tombak, drums, marimba ...
This allowed me to enter a harmony orchestra (the OHP) during 4 years.
In the meantime I played during 10 years with the famous band "BATALA", which is one of the world's most
famous band of brazilian percussions. That melting-pot helped me a lot to learn piano by myself.
MY MUSIC :
It's a mix of pop music and electronics sounds. Some people will tell you that is variety music and I accept that.
The main instruments are : Piano, synths, strings, percussions, electric piano, and some MIDI plugs...
Concerts :
All those bands allowed me to play in the finest concert halls in France : La grande halle, le Bataclan, le Cabaret sauvage, la Boule Noire, le Trabendo, le Divan du monde, L'espace Kiron, Le Réservoir ...
Today :
I'm building piece by piece my music project called "INNKA".
In the meantime I'm working with some artists like "RAPSODES"
I'm building piece by piece my music project called "INNKA".
In the meantime I'm working with some artists like "RAPSODES"
Film direction :
I'm producing (director/music/video editing) a web serie called "HDB" https://www.facebook.com/HistoiresDeBoloss
®kAlXIV's PRODUCTION :
- Music production as performer & composer
- Music collaboration as composer & producer
- Video editing (for Artists, corporate...) as movie editor
- Shorts films (21.12.12 "Le nouveau cycle", l'enfoiré, l'union fait la force*...) as director, movie editor & composer
* Winner of the "3 mots pour l'Europe" Award, organized by M6 and the French ministry of education.
