Frédéric "Elmobo" Motte (born in 1970 in Rethel, France) is a music producer and composer. He started toying with computer music when he got his hands on his first computer in 1983.
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Demoscene
Motte made his first steps in the demoscene using "Moby" as moniker in 1988 by joining the Amiga demogroup Impact Inc. as a musician. Later, he joined other groups like Dragons, Alcatraz, Dreamdealers, and finally Sanity, for which he composed the soundtrack of one of the top rated Amiga demo ever : Arte. In 1994, he co-founded the PC demo group NoooN, with demoscene graphic artist Olivier "Ra" Bechard.
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Video games
In the beginning of the '90s, he starting composing music for video games. His first gigs were for Coktel Vision. In 1993, he started working as in-house composer and sound designer at Atreid Concept, a young game studio, which later on became Kalisto Entertainment. There, he produced the soundtrack of quite a few games (Nightmare Creatures 1 & 2, Dark Earth, 4 Wheel Thunder...) before leaving the company in January 2001 to go freelance again. This is when he changed his moniker to "Elmobo" because of the confusion with "the other Moby" He has since worked on a large number of games on Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 2, Wii and mobile phones.
Bands
In 1998, together with guitarist Stephane "Fanalo" Alaux, he started the band Plug-In, a progressive instrumental metal band, in which he plays the bass. Plug-In released its first EP called "#0.9" in 1999, produced, recorded mixed and mastered by Elmobo. In 2002, Fanalo and Elmobo were hired by guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal as bass and guitar player to tour France, and for a few gigs in Europe. Ron Thal joined Guns n' Roses in 2006. Plug-In released its new album in 2011: Hijack, featuring guests including Pierre Belleville (Lofofora), Ron Thal (Guns n' Roses), Patrick Rondat, Andy Timmons, Sylvain Coudret (Scarve, Soilwork) and Christophe Godin (Metal Kartoon).
In 2004, Elmobo opened his own recording studio called Conkrete Studio. His studio is dedicated to metal bands, and he has already produced, recorded, mixed or mastered more than 30 albums to date.
Demography
- Impact Inc. (demogroup) - Musicdisk
- Impact Inc. (demogroup) - Vectorball
- Impact Inc. (demogroup) - Tropical Night
- Impact Inc. (demogroup) - Generation 4
- Quartex/Alliance Design - Substance (1991)
- Dragons (demogroup) - Megademo
- Angels (demogroup) - Copper Master
- Apology (demogroup) - Megademo
- Alcatraz (demogroup) - Megademo IV - Devil's Key
- Alcatraz (demogroup) - Musicdisc 1
- Alcatraz (demogroup) - More Than Music
- Proton (demogroup) - Phenomenon
- Quartex - Zetaniks
- Dreamdealers - Tales of a Dreams
- Dreamdealers - Don't Crack Under Pressure
- Dreamdealers - Innervision
- The Special Brothers (demogroup) - Live #1
- Dreamdealers/Alliance Design - Arkham Asylum
- Dreamdealers/Alliance Design - Drinktro
- Dreamdealers - Raging Fire
- Sanity (demogroup) - Arte (1993)
- NoooN - No! (1994)
Game credits
- Cougar Force (1990, Coktel Vision)
- Geisha (video game) (1990, Coktel Vision)
- Galactic Empire (Tomahawk computer game) (1990, Coktel Vision)
- No Exit (video game) (1990, Coktel Vision)
- Gobliiins (1990, Coktel Vision)
- Abracadabra (video game) (1991, Coktel Vision)
- Fascination (video game) (1991, Coktel Vision)
- A.G.E. (video game) (1991, Coktel Vision)
- E.S.S. Mega (video game) (1991, Coktel Vision)
- Paragliding (video game) (1991, Loriciel)
- Tiny Skweeks (1992, Loriciel)
- The Tinies (1992, Kalisto)
- S.C.OUT (1993, Kalisto)
- Cogito (video game) (1993, Kalisto)
- Fury of the Furries (1993, Mindscape)
- Pac-In-Time (1993, Namco)
- Evasive Action (1993, Mindscape)
- Warriors (aka Savage Warriors) (video game) (1994, Mindscape)
- Dark Earth (video game) (1995, Mindscape)
- Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing (1995, Mindscape)
- Nightmare Creatures (1996, Kalisto)
- The Fifth Element (video game) (1998, Kalisto)
- Ultim@te Race Pro (1998, Kalisto)
- 4 Wheel Thunder (2000, Kalisto)
- Nightmare Creatures II (2000, Kalisto)
- Lucky Luke - Western Fever (2000, Kalisto)
- Jimmy White's Cueball World (2001, Virgin Interactive)
- An American Tail - Fievel's Gold Rush (2001, Hokus Pokus)
- Cubix - Race'n Robots (2001, The 3DO Company)
- Super Farm (video game) (2001, Asobo)
- Popeye: Rush for Spinach (2005, Namco)
- V.I.P. (video game)
- Oggy et les Cafards (video game)
- Kong - The Animated Series (video game)
- Piglet's Big Game (video game)
- Kaena, The Prophecy (video game) (Xilam Multimedia)
- The Saga of Ryzom (Nevrax)
- Magic Puz' (video game) (Magic Productions)
- Totally Spies 3 (Magic Pockets)
- Totally Spies! Totally Party (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Dolphin Island (video game) (Magic Pockets)
- Tigerz (Magic Pockets)
- Globul-X (TV series) (Inexvivo)
- Totally Spies 4 : Around the World (Ouat Entertainment)
- Imagine: Teacher (Magic Pockets)
- Let's Play Fashion Designer (White Birds Productions)
- Planet Rescue : Ocean Patrol (Magic Pockets)
- Martin Mystery : Monster Invasion (Ouat Entertainment)
- Let's Play Firemen (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Sam Power Policeman (Magic Pockets)
- Sam Power Fire Fighter (Magic Pockets)
- Sam Power Handy man (Magic Pockets)
- Deal or No Deal (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Pirates : Hunt for Black Beard's Booty (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Planet Rescue : Ocean Patrol (Magic Pockets)
- Bridge Training (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Science Papa (Mad Monkey Studio)
- Mini Ninjas (DS version) (Magic Pockets)
- Imagine: Teacher - Class Trip (Magic Pockets)
- Imagine: Fashion Stylist (Magic Pockets)
- Dolphin Island: Underwater Adventures (Magic Pockets)
- Imagine: Resort Owner (Magic Pockets)
- Alphabounce (Motion Twin)
- Pucca Noodle Rush (Big Ben Interactive)
- Bakugan : Rise of the Resistance (Magic Pockets)
- Mamba Nation Battle (Mimesis Republic)
Discography
- Plug-In - "#0.9" (plays bass on all tracks)
- Audiophonik - "Music for the Scene Generation" (electronic music compilation featuring artists from the demoscene. First track "Flow" composed by Elmobo)
- Guitariste.com - "CD Concept" (plays bass on the track "Le retour de la crêpe masquée")
- Jenx - "Fuseless" (Album produced by Elmobo, plays bass on the track "House of Pain")
- Olympus Mons - "Numera Effa Ilïbï" (Album produced by Elmobo, plays bass on the track "Fear of Ghosts")
- Simplixity - "The Shed's Skin Chapter" (Album produced by Elmobo, plays bass on the track "My Thematic")
References
External links
- Frédéric Motte's personal homepage
- Frédéric Motte's Bandcamp page
- Frédéric Motte's recording studio
- Plug-In on Myspace
- UnExotica composer profile
- Pouët NoOoN profile
Source of article : Wikipedia
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