sebastian reuter . lyka valemo

url www.lyka-valemo.de
www.myspace.com/lykavalemo
mail lyka@lyka-valemo.de

biography
lyka valémo was born in 1971 in pavlodar, kazachstan,
close to the chinese border. after a tragic accident at
work his father died in 1987, leaving lyka, his mother
and his two brothers behind. at the age of 18 lyka moved
to shanghai, china, where he eventually became a
specialist in microphone technology. he became invoved with the russian secret servcice in china, using his
knowledge to create very small, highly sensitive
microphones. after three years, seeing no point in
continuing work for the russian government, he escaped
to europe, eventually ending in berlin.
in berlin in 1992 lyka valémo started composing and recording music, also using some of the microphones he
brought from shanghai. he started working with samplers
and other electronic instruments and started playing
guitar. he still lives in berlin and is composing music,
experimenting with new tools and technology.