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Ladies and Gentlemen let me present to you once again, or I should better say: the first time w/ an eye on details, POKA !

The most of you know yet he is from Athens, Greece. This is only one small information about him, ’cause the fact that matters is his music! I love each and every masterpiece he created. And I’m not the first who realized his talent, so he already was on BBC Radio 1 ! Belive me I don’t exaggerate when I’m saying: This guy knows how to make samples even better !

Honestly he is one of my favourite musicians and I do not understand why he is still unsigned. Listen to his music and you will hear and FEEL that music matters ! At the moment there are new tracks out, I could hear all the time (for more: look at the end of the interview!). This filtered, sampled music ist so unbelievible f*** great. It’s music you can listen to at every day or night time, just put it on your mp3-player and LOVE IT !

So before the interview let me say some last words: It was real big pleasure to read and you will also recognize why. This guy is PURE AUTHENTIC !

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Questions:

Tell us what you love and what not about Athens.

In athens I love the nightlife cause everyday of the week there’s always something to do. I hate the morning traffic though

Which song is playing in the background in this moment ?

Alex Metric – Head Straight

Tell us what music means to You in 1 or 2 sentences.

Music is something I Do to get away from all the stress, it helps me relax and leave everything else behind for a while. Music is my drug I guess !

I guess we also know that feeling for sure !!!
And how would you describe your own music with a few keywords ?

Until now it was classic Disco House / french House mostly, later on I might do some other stuff too, who knows

What was the reason, why you started making music ?

I don’t know I’ve started since I was like 8 so I guess it’s something that makes me happy.

And what is your inspiration ?

Exams, when I’m in an exam period all good ideas come to my head .  It’s true !

Strange … a little bit. But who isn’t ?!
Is there any intention/message in your music ? If Yes, which ?

To make people dance/sing/think, just that I guess nothing complicated.

I’ve been already successful ! I did all these things yet !
Why did you choose ‘Poka’ as your artist name ? Is there maybe a story behind or are these your names ?

It comes from my last name plus it’s easy to remember.

Where is the place you love to listen to music the most ? (unimportant whether it’s on your mp3-player or whether it’s live music)

Outdoor concerts

I give you some keywords and you say what comes spontaneously into your mind:

Daft Punk My heroes, they introduced me to house music back in 1996 w/ “Da Funk”
Oldies My Sample material !
Woman Source of all good and evil things
Rain Keeps me at home
Lonely Nights My latest track, hope you all like it

What is the question you ever wanted to be questioned and never been on an interview ? And answer it.

This one: “What is the question you ever wanted to be questioned and never been on an interview?”

And the answer is “this one”, lol – (this supposed to be funny)

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Either … or … :

Coffee ↔ Tee (Ice tee)
(Belgian) Beer ↔ Wine
Muesli ↔ Burger
Sightseeing ↔ Beach Holiday
Morning Grumpiness ↔ Early Riser
Hotel ↔ Camper
Lobster ↔ Steak
Optimist ↔ Pessimist
Sweet ↔ Salty
Bar ↔ Club
12″ ↔ CD/mp3

Women:
Clever ↔ Beautiful
Long-Legged ↔ Buxom
Brunette ↔ Blond
Stylish ↔ Trendy
Calmer ↔ Hipper

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What can we expect from you in the future? What are your plans and when maybe some new stuff will follow ?

Currently I’m thinking of making my productions better so I’m gonna concentrate more on quality rather than quantity so as to deliver some good stuff . So I guess new tracks will come after I take my holidays in August .
I also hope to arrange some gigs here in Athens or maybe somewhere else in Europe if that’s possible and finally be able to meet all those myspace friends I have all over the world!

This is my first interview and I hope it wont be the last , lol
Thanks : Doze for all the support , all the guys from myspace that are there for me ( they know who they are! ) , the bloggers and last but not least the fans !

I love the fact that you take your time for producing & quality and not the quantity ! BOTH THUMBS UP UP UP !!!

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… okay, now I’m finished … speechless …

So take a look at Poka’s MySpace and check out “Lonely Night” and “StarCrash” , two excellent tracks w/ fantastic voices & samples ! Honestly I don’t know what I could say more … speechless ! And as a bonus-track POKA gives to all Dozing readers a special download of another great song called “The Way“.

Visit and Download:

Poka’s MySpace

Poka – The Way (on zShare)

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… speechless …
Doze

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