Perhaps philosophical ponderings are too profound a parallel here , but Alexandre has a particular penchant — or at the very least , a pervasive proclivity — for progressive postulations .
“ In this capitalist society where everybody buys and throws away shit they buy for pennies on the Internet , we want to build something you can trust and keep for a long time ,” he says . “ That ’ s why everything is handmade with premium components .”
Alexandre is le directeur of Anasounds , a team of five 20 – 30-year old French musicians in search of stunningly vintage analog tone .
“ Today , everybody talks about digital . At Anasounds we are just bored of this run — this quest for advanced technologies . We just want to find , again , what people did the best .”
Anasounds started four years ago with Alexandre and his fiancé , Magali . Based in the Nice region of France , the former was in engineering school at the time and , not having the resources to buy the pedals he wanted , began cloning his favorite designs .
“ Like every guitarist , playing in a band , I needed pedals . Since I was 13 I ’ ve been tweaking the electronics of my guitar . So , I just felt that I could do the pedals myself .”
Once Alexandre ’ s first creations were complete , each circuit refined and redesigned , adapted to his exacting tastes , Magali stepped in .
“ Magali was already working with a laser engraver to make some jewelry with an old friend . When she saw how ugly my first pedal was , she asked me to give her a few weeks to come up
Perhaps philosophical ponderings are too profound a parallel here , but Alexandre has a particular penchant — or at the very least , a pervasive proclivity — for progressive postulations .
“ In this capitalist society where everybody buys and throws away shit they buy for pennies on the Internet , we want to build something you can trust and keep for a long time ,” he says . “ That ’ s why everything is handmade with premium components .”
Alexandre is le directeur of Anasounds , a team of five 20 – 30-year old French musicians in search of stunningly vintage analog tone .
“ Today , everybody talks about digital . At Anasounds we are just bored of this run — this quest for advanced technologies . We just want to find , again , what people did the best .”
Anasounds started four years ago with Alexandre and his fiancé , Magali . Based in the Nice region of France , the former was in engineering school at the time and , not having the resources to buy the pedals he wanted , began cloning his favorite designs .
“ Like every guitarist , playing in a band , I needed pedals . Since I was 13 I ’ ve been tweaking the electronics of my guitar . So , I just felt that I could do the pedals myself .”
Once Alexandre ’ s first creations were complete , each circuit refined and redesigned , adapted to his exacting tastes , Magali stepped in .
“ Magali was already working with a laser engraver to make some jewelry with an old friend . When she saw how ugly my first pedal was , she asked me to give her a few weeks to come up