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imagination. "I intentionally stay away from listening to anything else when I am writing," he asserts. "I try to keep focused for as long as it takes to finish a track and this kind of exposure would kick me right out of it. Most of ideas being tested in electronic music are rather technical and I don't really follow them much. It is way more fun to custom design your own production from the ground up than to borrow someone else's tricks."

Though electronic music is his choice of medium for his compositions, he remarks that he enjoys other forms of music as well and finds value in them. "I do respect all existing genres of music. Electronica for me is just a matter of personal preference, and although I do believe its general boundaries are a bit higher than those of other music styles, I don't see it as a basis for placing into VIP area. I just consider it a completely different form of music which requires a set of different skills to make and manage. As to what I dig as a listener, I love gothic/industrial rock especially by Collide, which in my opinion is one of the most impressive bands in this genre not speaking about the fact that they gracefully manage to rule their whole empire all by themselves. They are definitely top of their game."

Like Collide, Andrei would like his music to be picked up by college radio stations. "I would be very happy if Fractal Collapse' was picked up by electronic shows on college radio. As far as I know, their MD's and DJ's are not contractually bound to spin whatever their sponsors tell them to, so their playlists and rotation schedules are almost completely based on their own decisions and tastes and that's why I rate college radio way higher than its commercial counterpart. Independent films, especially in sci-fi/fantasy and horror genres, as well as mystery and suspense/adventure videogames would also be a proper placement for my tracks."

Andrei also tells that the Internet has been a great forum for him to gain exposure. "100% of my following has come from the Net. Since I don't play live, so far the online outlets are the major channels of exposure for my work. I have invested lots of time to build my Internet presence and it takes more than a minute to keep it all up on an interactive level."

He shares, "Out of all sites hosting my music, the most permanent are my own turf, www.lanespro.com, my Myspace page, www.myspace.com/lanespro, my page on Soundclick, www.soundclick.com/lanes, and my page on ReverbNation, www.reverbnation.com/lanes.

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