{"id":128,"date":"2016-07-07T02:07:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T00:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:24:07","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/about\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"truncatedUserDescription__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedUserDescription__content\">\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hello! Im Universe!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I create danceable darkwave and electronic music with some space-inspired influences.<br data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"189\" \/>My journey began in <em><strong>1983<\/strong><\/em>, working with analogue synthesizers and vintage drum machines.<br \/>I entered a few <a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/articles\/\">music contests<\/a> along the way, though I <strong>never<\/strong> made it to the finals. After that, the project went on ice for <strong>several<\/strong> years, but now I\u2019m <strong>back<\/strong>, sharper and more <strong>inspired<\/strong> than ever.<br \/>Born in <em><strong>1968<\/strong><\/em>, I\u2019m a father of three and work as an automation engineer. Synth music has <strong>always<\/strong> been my passion, especially the sound and feel of the early \u201980s. I own a wide range of synthesizers and play them as <strong>often<\/strong> as I can. My setup includes <em><strong>Korg<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Roland<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Yamaha<\/strong> <\/em>hardware, along with various software synths and DAWs, chosen purely by mood \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you\u2019d like to get in touch, <strong>please<\/strong> email <a href=\"mailto:kock@kockens.pp.se\">Joakim Kock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dollarsofgold.com\/2026\/04\/Universe_thinner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-794\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dollarsofgold.com\/2026\/04\/Universe_thinner.png 669w, https:\/\/media.dollarsofgold.com\/2026\/04\/Universe_thinner-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Im Universe! I create danceable darkwave and electronic music with some space-inspired influences.My journey began in 1983, working with analogue synthesizers and vintage drum machines.I entered a few music contests along the way, though I never made it to the finals. After that, the project went on ice for several years, but now I\u2019m&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/about\/biography\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/795"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollarsofgold.com\/universe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}