Skender Makota a.k.a. “The Balkanimal” is a Chicago based composer, producer/engineer and performer, with focus on electronic music: house, techno, ambient/chill, electronica.

This Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA) grad, with a degree in Music Production and Engineering/Jazz Piano is the multi-instrumentalist of Chicago USA based Live House Duo with Chicago DJ Mel Hammond) “Ash & Dash”, Da Monkeynutz Project, as well as music collaborator with many world famous DJ's and producers.

When playing live, Skender performs his own material/songs, using an Ableton Live rig, Moog synthesizers, guitar and bass, and will often live-record his own productions on stage or improvise on a new sound while on stage.
This ability of live remix ability (using stems of own material) means that every performance is slightly different, depending on which stems/tracks were used on the fly in the improv stage.
As a result, Live Act performances may be up to 2 hours long and unique in all aspects.