What is ALTAiR?  Who is ALTAiR?  Songs and Albums  Pictures  Artwork  The ALTAiR Car!  The Adventures of ALTAiR  The Lab - Tech section  Various Writings  Downloads  News  Links  Contact/Purchase	The Members of ALTAiR Here you will find the members of ALTAiR and some basic information about each.

	ERIK ROSENBLADT AKA - "PaRaDoX" Erik is the head synth artist/programmer of ALTAiR. He does most of the songwriting. He also designed this website. Erik has been writing electronic music since 1991. Date of Birth: 12.JUL.1975 Hobbies: Too many to list. Music, of course. Building things, especially electronics. Driving fast. I like being outdoors in the woods or in the industrial side of the city. Debate, calling Casey "old man," drawing stuff. Musical influences: Depeche mode, Tangerine Dream, Information Society, Vangelis, Erasure, The Cure, J.S. Bach, Star Control II (The game that really got me into writing computer music). Also lots of lesser-known groups from Europe, particularly from the Demo coding scene: Purple Motion & Skaven of Future Crew, C.C.Catch of Renaissance, The Flamoots. I would say heavy metal was an influence too. Writing Style: I enjoy making harmonically complicated songs, I start out very simple with a beat or bass line, then slowly add things. Occasionally, I break down the rhythm to reveal a particular section or sound. I like to conclude the song by removing parts until the song is back to its beginning basics. I use a lot of res/cut envelopes and LFOs, as well as lots of arpeggios. The goal of writing is to put the listener in my world, to create visual scenery and make people think about things they normally don't. Quote: "The more you try to prove what you know, the more an idiot you appear to be."

CASEY ROCHEFORT AKA - "Cage" Cage is the flip-out, semi-psycho, pseudo-normal, beta-rookie-programmer, and brainstorming runner-up of ALTAiR. Does a great deal of the vocals we have. Cage is also a solo artist and can be heard at his myspace page. Spawning Date: 30.Dec.1981 Hobbies: Inflating my own ego, feeding the "id", dotting the "i", doing anything but smoking weed. Music, of course. Musical influences: Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, Iced Earth, New Order, Motörhead, Hümpmuscle, Joseph Haydn, Herbie Hancock, Slayer, Depeche Mode, W.A.S.P., My father: Jerry Rochefort - A locally renowned tenor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Cure... Writing Style: My approach to writing a song is generally to build around the rythym. Having a hook is important because I want something that peaks the interest and sticks in your head that I can build a good beat behind. I generally stick to the heavier side of things, as heavy metal is my greatest influence... however my style ends up in almost a pop format (structurally speaking). My lyrics are bred from anything I'm passionate about, but mostly negativity. It's the one safe way to vent all the unfortunate clutter in my head. Quote: "Not many know this... The reflection in the mirror can outstare you..."

	AARON WALTERS AKA - "Sparkplug" Aaron is the other guy in the band who helps curve the songs in the right direction the band should be going in. He is in the lab working with the band and watching over them with live electric wires and water just waiting to jab Erik and Casey if they even think about doing something s-s-s-STUPID. Date of Birth: 12.May.1980 Musical influences: Gary Numan, Information Society, Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Yaz, Yello, Harold Faltermeyer, Human League 80’s electropop and obscure stuff is where it’s at for me right now as long as . All electronic. Fuck guitars unless it’s used in industrial or heavy metal. I call this music..I don’t know what you call it. Nick names: Other then the usual names like dork, nerd, and loser that I’ve been called my whole life I’ve been given a few other names that I used to go by mainly in the internet. Mad Dog, Spark Plug, and Roapr5150 are the names that have kind of stuck with me over the years..they’re kind of stupid names so people usually just call me Aaron. Hobbies: Hacking software and breaking electronics. Programming computers and writing HTML code. DJing is also a hobby but rather annoying at times. Photography. Oh yeah, and music. Lol Quotes: "If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Erik’s your guy. If you want to split your friend with the bottle, then give Casey a call." "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."

Stuff I recommend:
Blade Runner Soundtrack
Skinny Puppy
Micro Chip League
Depeche Mode
Information Society
Kraftwerk
Duran Duran
OMD
The Human League
Gary Numan
Sisters of Mercy
David Bowie
Adam and the Ants
Re-Flex
Harold Faltermeyer
Love and Rockets
George Michael
Thompson Twins
Jan Hammer
Wire
Devo
Yello
Trans X
Ministry
The Fixx
Peter Murphy
INXS
Tears for Fears
Billy Idol
Ultravox
Pet Shop Boys
Nine Inch Nails
Front 242
Front Line Assembly
Tom Tom Club
Art of Noise
Peter Gabriel
Contagion
ABC
Yaz
New Order
Blancmange
The Cure
Visage
Thomas Dolby
Talk Talk

Books:
Neuromancer, Headcode..cyberpunk novels. Gibson is genius!
Brave New World and Stranger in a Strange Land are books I discovered by listening to Iron Maiden (believe it or not) and I recommend them both.