| It all started at the age of 15 when Leivansky started to teach himself African percussion with a first djimbe bought in the street markets of Bordeaux.
With a friend they agreed to play a few songs very much inspired by "Gwem" and "Mamadi Keita » and various influences of world music.
Towards the age of 17 Leivansky started to learn how to play the guitar. A friend gave him an old axe to begin to play. From then on, he played a lot and bought himself an electric guitar.
At that time, Leivansky dubbed hip hop and a little raga and reggae music since the age of 16. He did his shopping in the record shops in order to get a selection of vinyl records. A fan of scratching, he bought record-players, his first one being a Pathé Marconi.
In 1998 he dubbed at techno acquaintances? with the first Scanner and other labels such as Underground Resistance while continuing to play the acoustic guitar and percussion.
In 1999, he started to make remixes of DaFt Punk with some jungle and techno acid.
And then towards 2001, came the period of musical jam sessions in bars with covers of the Rolling stones, the Doors, Jimmy Hendrix and some blues.
At the same time, he presented a few private evenings with dub on vinyl record players and also remixes using Rebirth and Drum Machine software.
The first drum machines he worked with were a Yamaha RM1 x and a Roland Groovebox coupled with Rebirth and Fruity loops midi sequencer software.
Then, around the year 2002, he tried with acid pro, but this software did not come up to his expectations.
He began to play the congas to refine his percussion skills and thereafter he played with a teacher of the piano conservatory from Cuba in a few salsa bars in Toulouse.
In 2004, Leivansky completely switched to Computer Aided Music and produced tracks for various artists of Hiphop in Bordeaux.
He also dubbed in Toulouse in a bar called «la couleur de la culotte » situated square Saint Pierre and also at the "Dan? s club" in the after parties on Thursday evenings.
In 2005 also, for a few evenings, he dubbed at the ?grande Pollux?, a club in Bordeaux, with his friend the artistic director, where he was able to test, at the same time, his first techno and electro productions.
After a very difficult period in his life (personal drama) and after having been dedicated to his work, Leivansky began to exclusively produce in a studio and worked in collaboration with musicians from Strasbourg, Lyon and Toulouse.
He gave a few guitar lessons and enhanced his electronic playing skills.
In 2009, he worked with a Parisian artist on a demo version which did not see the day.
Then in 2010 he came back to digital music media.
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