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In the 1970s, he taught himself to play the keyboard. He never received formal training. He just learned to play chart hits by deciphering the structures that were published in ðŦðððð ðð magazine. He attended ðĩððððððð ðŠðððððððððððð ðšððððð, ðĐððððð ðð, where he was the guitarist in a local band called ðĩððððð ððð ððð ðūðððð. He shared a class with the recently deceased ðĻðð ð ðððððððð, ðĻððððð ðīðððð and ð·ðððð ðĐðððððð (ðŧðð ðŠððð, ðģððð ðĻðððððð ðđððð). ðīððððð became interested in electronic music upon hearing bands such as ðēðððððððð, ððð ðŊðððð ðģððððð and ðķððððððððð ðīððððððððð ðð ððð ðŦððð (ðķðīðŦ).
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Thus ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð was born, the name of the band was taken from the ðððððð fashion magazine "ðŦð́ðð̂ððð ðīðð ð" which translates as "ððððððð ðĩððð" or "ððððððð ðžðð ððð". Their debut album "ðšðððð & ðšðððð" (1981) included two tracks written by ðīððððð: "ðŧððð! ðŧððð! ðŧððð!" and the instrumental "ðĐðð ðīððð". When ðŠððððð announced his departure from "ðŊððððð" in 1981, ðŪððð became the principal songwriter for the band.
ðīððððð ðŪððð lives in ðšðððð ðĐðððððð, ðŠððððððððð with his wife ðēððððððð ðēðððð, whom he married in 2014. They have two daughters together and he has three more children from his first marriage. He also has a personal studio in ðšðððð ðīððððð called ðŽððððððð ðģðð ðððð, equipped with a huge collection of synthesizers where he records his songs for ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð and his solo projects.
ð On May 27, 1999, ðŪððð received the "ð°ðððððððððððð ðĻðððððððððð" award from the ðĐðððððð ðĻððð ððð ðð ðĻðððððð, ðŠðððððððð ððð ðšðððððððððð at the ðððð ð°ððð ðĩðððððð ðĻðððð ð, he was given the ðīððð ð°ððððððððð ðĻðððð "ððð ððð ðððð ððððððððððððð ðð ððð ððððððððððð ðð ððððð ðð ððððððð ððððð" in 2019, and became a ðđððð ððð ðđððð ðŊððð ðð ðððð member in late 2020 with fellow active ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð members ðĻðð ððð ðððððððð and ðŦððð ðŪðððð, as well as past members ð―ðððð ðŠððððð and ðĻððð ðūððð ðð.
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ð️"[...] ð ðŪðĶðĩ ððĒð·ðĶ ððĒðĐðĒðŊ ðĒð§ðĩðĶðģ ðð°ðą ð°ð§ðĩ ðĐðĶ ðð°ðąðī ð°ðŊðĪðĶ ðĒðŊðĨ ðĩðĐðĶðŊ ðŪðĶðĩ ðĐðŠðŪ ðĒðĻðĒðŠðŊ ðĩðļð° ðļðĶðĶðŽðī ððĒðĩðĶðģ ðŠðŊ ððĒðģðŠðī ðļðĐðĶðŊ ðļðĶ ðļðĶðģðĶ ðĨð°ðŠðŊðĻ ðĒ ðĻðŠðĻ ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðĩðĐðĶ ððģðĶðĒðŪðī (ððģðĶðĒðŪ ððŠðĩðš ððŠððŪ ðððķðĢ). ððĶ ðĒðð ðĶðŊðĨðĶðĨ ðķðą ðŠðŊ ðĩðĐðĶ ðð°ðĢðĢðš ð°ð§ ðĩðĐðĶ ðŪð°ðīðĩ ðĶðđðąðĶðŊðīðŠð·ðĶ ðĐð°ðĩðĶð ðŠðŊ ððĒðģðŠðī ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðŪðĶ ðąððĒðšðŠðŊðĻ ððĶðąðĶðĪðĐðĶ ðð°ðĨðĶ ðīð°ðŊðĻðī ð·ðĶðģðš ð°ð§ð§ ðĩðĐðĶ ðŽðĶðš ð°ðŊ ðĩðĐðĶ ðąðŠðĒðŊð°. ððĒðģðĩðŠðŊ ðĩðĐðĶðŊ ðĒðīðŽðĶðĨ ðŪðĶ ðĩð° ðąððĒðš ððĒð·ðŠðĨ ðð°ðļðŠðĶ ðīð°ðŊðĻðī ðļðĐðŠðĪðĐ ð ðĪð°ðķððĨðŊ’ðĩ ðąððĒðš.“
▪️ðððððð ðūððððð, ðŋðððððð ðððððð ðððððð ð―ð. ð·, ð·ðŋðŋðū.
ðĨ⭐ "ð ð ððð ððð" ððððððð ððððð ⭐ðĨ
It is well known that ð·ðððððð loves ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð's music and that it is one of the bands that has influenced them the most. ðšððððð ðķððð ðð in particular has declared himself a big fan of them on several occasions and has even stated that "ð―ððððððð" is a key album in his life.
ð️"ð ððŠðŽðĶ ðŠðĩ ðĢðĶðĪðĒðķðīðĶ ðĩðĐðĶðš ðļðģðŠðĩðĶ ðĨðĒðģðŽ ððšðģðŠðĪðī, ðĒðŊðĨ ðĩðĐðĒðĩ'ðī ðļðĐðš ðĩðĐðĶðš ðĒðģðĶ ðĢðĶðīðĩ ððŠðīðĩðĶðŊðĶðĨ ðĩð° ðĒðĩ ðŊðŠðĻðĐðĩ. ððĐðŠðī ðĒððĢðķðŪ ðĒððīð° ðĢðĶðĪðĒðŪðĶ ðĩðĐðĶ ðīð°ðķðŊðĨðĩðģðĒðĪðŽ ðĩð° ðĩðĐðĶ ðŪð°ðŪðĶðŊðĩ ðļðĐðĶðŊ ð ðļðĒðī ðĪð°ðŪðŠðŊðĻ ðĩð° ðĩðĶðģðŪðī ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðŪðš ðŠðĨðĶðŊðĩðŠðĩðš ðĒðŊðĨ ðŪðš ðīðĶðđðķðĒððŠðĩðš. ððĩ ðļðĒðī ðĒ ð·ðĶðģðš ðĩðģð°ðķðĢððŠðŊðĻ ðĒðŊðĨ ðĶðŪð°ðĩðŠð°ðŊðĒð ðĩðŠðŪðĶ ðŠðŊ ðŪðš ððŠð§ðĶ, ðĒðŊðĨ ððĶðąðĶðŊðĨðĶ ðð°ðĨðĶ'ðī ðŪðķðīðŠðĪ ðĐðĶððąðĶðĨ ðŪðĶ ðĨðĶðĒð ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðīð°ðŪðĶ ð·ðĶðģðš ðĨðĒðģðŽ ð§ðĶðĶððŠðŊðĻðī."
▪️ðððððð ðūððððð, ðŋððððððð ðððððð, ðŧð ððððððð, ðžðððð ðļðķðļðķ.
That's why in 1999 ð·ðððððð decided to record their cover version of "ð° ðððð ððð", a song composed by our birthday guy ðīððððð ðŪððð, released as the first single from ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð's eighth album, "ðšðððð ðð ððððð ððð ðŦððððððð" on February 15, 1993. It was produced by ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð themselves and ððððð (who several years later mixed 7 of the 13 tracks on ð·ðððððð's "ðīðð ð" album). ðŦððð ðŪðððð said about this song:
ð️"[ððĒðģðĩðŠðŊ] ðĪðĒðŪðĶ ðķðą ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðĒ ðĢðķðŊðĪðĐ ð°ð§ ðīð°ðŊðĻðī ðĩðĐðĒðĩ ðļðĶðģðĶ ððĶðĒðŊðŠðŊðĻ ðĩð°ðļðĒðģðĨðī ðĩðĐðĶ ðģð°ðĪðŽðŠðĶðģ ðīðŠðĨðĶ ðĒðŊðĨ ðĒ ðð°ðĩ ðŪð°ðģðĶ ðĢððķðĶðī — ðĢðĒðīðĶðĨ — ðŪð°ðģðĶ ðģð°ðĪðŽ'ðŊ'ðģð°ðð. 'ð ððĶðĶð ð ð°ðķ' ðĐðĒðī ðĒ ðĪððĒðīðīðŠðĪ, ðĢððķðĶðīðš, ðģð°ðĪðŽ'ðŊ'ðģð°ðð ðīð°ðģðĩ ð°ð§ ðģðŠð§ð§"
▪️ðððððððð: ðģðððððð ðžððð ððĒ ðđððððððð ðžððððð, ðļðķðķðđ .
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ð·ðððððð couldn't have chosen a better ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð song to cover than "ð° ðððð ððð", first of all because after the massive success ðŦðððððð ðīðð ð achieved with the album "ð―ððððððð" (1990), they wanted to show their rockiest side. They had the need to keep evolving, to keep trying new things in order not to get stuck in their characteristic electronic sound but at the same time without losing their essence. The best way to start this new chapter in their career and open their new album "ðšðððð ðð ððððð ððð ðŦððððððð" was with a song as radical and powerful as "ð° ðððð ððð".
ð️"ðð°ðŪðĶðĩðŠðŪðĶðī ð ðĩðĐðŠðŊðŽ ðĩðĐðĶðģðĶ ðĒðģðĶ ðĩðŠðŪðĶðī ðļðĐðĶðŊ ðļðĶ ðĩðĐðŠðŊðŽ, 'ððĐ, ðŪðĒðšðĢðĶ ðļðĶ ðŪðĒðĨðĶ ðĒ ðŪðŠðīðĩðĒðŽðĶ ðĩðĐðĶðģðĶ.' ð ðŪðĶðĒðŊ, ðŠðŊ ðīð°ðŪðĶ ðļðĒðšðī ðļðĶ ðļðĶðģðĶ ðŪðĒðšðĢðĶ ðĩðķðģðŊðŠðŊðĻ ðŠðŊðĩð° ðĩðĐðĶ ðĢðĒðŊðĨ ðĩðĐðĒðĩ ðļðĶ ðļðĶðģðĶ ðģðĶðĢðĶðððŠðŊðĻ ðĒðĻðĒðŠðŊðīðĩ ðļðĐðĶðŊ ðļðĶ ðīðĩðĒðģðĩðĶðĨ ð°ðķðĩ ðĢðĶðŠðŊðĻ ðĶððĶðĪðĩðģð°ðŊðŠðĪ, ððĩ'ðī ðĨðĶð§ðŠðŊðŠðĩðĶððš ðĩðĐðĶ ðģð°ðĪðŽðŠðĶðīðĩ ðļðĶ ðĶð·ðĶðģ ðĻð°ðĩ."
▪️ðžððððð ðķððð, ðððððððð: ðģðððððð ðžððð ððĒ ðđððððððð ðžððððð, ðļðķðķðđ.
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ð️"ðð°ðŊðĶðīðĩððš, ð°ðŊðĶ ð°ð§ ðŪðš ð§ðĒð·ð°ðģðŠðĩðĶ ðĢðĒðŊðĨðī! ððĐðĶðš ðĐðĒð·ðĶ ðĒðŊ ðŠðŪðąðģðĶðīðīðŠð·ðĶ ðŊðķðŪðĢðĶðģ ð°ð§ ðĻð°ð°ðĨ ðīð°ðŊðĻðī, ðļðĶðð ðļðģðŠðĩðĩðĶðŊ, ðĨðĒðģðŽ ðĒðŊðĨ ðĪðĒðĩðĪðĐðš ðĒðĩ ðĩðĐðĶ ðīðĒðŪðĶ ðĩðŠðŪðĶ. ððŊðĨ ð·ðĶðģðš ðĶð§ð§ðĶðĪðĩðŠð·ðĶ! ððĐðŠðī ð°ðŊðĶ ðļð°ðģðŽðī ð°ðŊ ðĒ ð·ðĶðģðš ðīðŠðŪðąððĶ ðĢðķðĩ ðķðŊðīðĩð°ðąðąðĒðĢððĶ ðĻðķðŠðĩðĒðģ ðģðŠð§ð§. ððķðģ ðĪð°ð·ðĶðģ ðŠðī ððĶðīðī ðĶððĶðĪðĩðģð°, ðĐðĶðĒð·ðŠðĶðģ, ð§ðķðð ð°ð§ ðīðĒðĩðķðģðĒðĩðŠð°ðŊ. ððĶðš, ðļðĶ ðīðĐð°ðķððĨðŊ'ðĩ ð§ð°ðģðĻðĶðĩ ðĩðĐðĒðĩ ðļðĶ'ðģðĶ ðĒ ðģð°ðĪðŽ ðĢðĒðŊðĨ!"
▪️ðððððð ðūððððð, ðžððð ðŧðððð, ðūðððððð ðļðķðķðđ.
Then, of course, the lyrics, which are passionate, making references between the erotic and the divine (heaven, angels, glory's throne, etc…).
ð️"[ððĶðđ] ðŠðī ð°ðŊðĶ ð°ð§ ðĩðĐðĶ ðĩðĐðĶðŪðĶðī ð'ð·ðĶ ðĩðĒðĪðŽððĶðĨ ð°ð·ðĶðģ ðĩðĐðĶ ðšðĶðĒðģðī, ðĢðĶðĪðĒðķðīðĶ ðŠðĩ'ðī ðīð°ðŪðĶðĩðĐðŠðŊðĻ ðŠðŪðąð°ðģðĩðĒðŊðĩ, ðĒðŊðĨ ðŠðĩ'ðī ðīð°ðŪðĶðĩðĐðŠðŊðĻ ð ð§ðĶðĶð ðąðĒðīðīðŠð°ðŊðĒðĩðĶ ðĒðĢð°ðķðĩ, ðĢðķðĩ ðļðĶ ðļðĶðģðĶðŊ'ðĩ ðĒðŊðĒððšðŧðŠðŊðĻ ðŠðĩ."
▪️ðžððððð ðķððð, ðēð―ð―, ð°ðððð ðļðķð·ðđ.
ð️"ð ðĪð°ðŊð§ðĶðīðī ð ðĐðĒð·ðĶ ðĒ ðąðģð°ðĢððĶðŪ. ðð°ðĨ ðŽðŊð°ðļðī ðļðĐðš, ðĒðŊðĨ ðŊð° ðąðķðŊ ðŠðŊðĩðĶðŊðĨðĶðĨ, ðĢðķðĩ ðĶð·ðĶðģðš ðĩðŠðŪðĶ ð ðļðģðŠðĩðĶ ðĒ ðīð°ðŊðĻ, ðīð°ðŪðĶðĐð°ðļ ðĩðĐðĶ ðĩð°ðąðŠðĪ ð°ð§ ðģðĶððŠðĻðŠð°ðŊ ðĪð°ðŪðĶðī ðķðą."
▪️ðžððððð ðķððð, ðŧ.ð°. ððððð.
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This ð·ðððððð cover was first released on a fan-club-only cassette in 1999, later featured as a bonus track on the ðĻððððððð and ðąððððððð editions of the album "ðĐðððð ðīððððð ðīðððð" (2000). Finally became part of the "ðŠððððð" album that collected all the covers they had done up to that point and which was released on the ððððððð ðð ððððð of the album "ðšððððððð ðūððð ðŪððððð" on September 22, 2003.
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