eclipsed: How did the Manikin label come into being? What role did you play?
Mario Schönwälder: That was at the end of 1991, when I decided after two CDs on the label MI to go my own way. I was, so to speak, the leading actor who wanted to do something new.
eclipsed: And how did you yourself come to electronic music as a musician?
Beautiful woods: It was a mixture of curiosity and disappointment about the music of my "Heroes" at the beginning and middle of the 80s. The curiosity was so great that I learned the technical basics and playing as an autodidact. On a Korg MS-20 - today again a synth that is "in".
eclipsed: How would you describe Manikin's style - also in contrast to other electronic labels like Spheric Music? Second or third wave "Berlin School"?
