Cargo Records

When I Was A Child I Wanted To Be An Astronaut

Monoceros is Joan Male' who lives and works in a little town called Sant Marti D'empuries by the sea in Girona in Spain just above Barcelona, 'When i was a child i wanted to be an astronaut' is his debut album.

His first instrument was a casiotone at the age of 10 moving on to a commodore 64 then to a guitar at the age of 13. He played and recorded with several bands but in 1996-97 started to listen electronic music, bought his first computer instead of a new guitar and started working on his own electronic music. After several projects (dance oriented, ambient, noise) he played some gigs in Barcelona including the LEM festival in 2000 and released a 12" with his house project Lumiere. He then began an electronica project called Salad which was the precursor of Monoceros. Joan also took the cover photo for the album which is part of a series of experimental photographs using just the light of the full moon.