POPOF IN SOUTH KOREA
Go ahead and take a moment to think back to your
childhood. Try to recall your earliest memory of
music. For Alexandre Paounov, better known as
Popof, it was listening to the pop music his sister
would play at home. Artists like Michael Jackson
and George Michael introduced the future DJ/
producer to the world of music. However, if we fast
forward from that point to the 1990s, we find Popof
far from pop, and deep in the French rave party
scene.
We asked him what he missed most about those
days, and he started by saying that it wasn’t about
the “music or rave scene.” It was “more about the
family we were in the Heretik crew.” He was
referring to all the friendships between the members
of the French collective, Heretik System. Popof was
a founding member of the group, which started in
1996. Since then, the crew has organized dozens of
events and released over one hundred LPs. They
also released several CDs and a DVD titled We Had
A Dream.
Over the years, Popof has spanned several genres of
music with his productions. He thinks that it’s
important for producers and/or musicians to
explore making music in as many styles as possible.
He said that the evolution of his musical tastes
depends on his mood, and what it make ́