**CURRENT MISSION**

On a long term : finnish my studies to work as a musical instruments designer.

On a shorter term :
I'm about to finish my internship in Tokyo designing music intruments, and will be leaving to Porto Alegre for 6 months of studying Digital Signal Processing at UFRGS. After that, I will go to Tokyo for a research internship of 6 month at Ritsumeikan University.

**ABOUT ME**

I love all types of music (especially electronic music), photography (I do analog photography) and drawing.
You can see my drawings/pictures here : http://instagram.com/florent_ecochard/ and hear my music here : https://soundcloud.com/florent-ecochard

I've also been practicing karate for 8 years.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting people from all over the world that share a same vision and experience.
Of course I also appreciate the chance of being helped when travelling to an unknown country, would it be by being hosted or by being advised by locals.

Interests

I'm interested in music (a lot!!), drawing, discovering foreign cultures (like many people here I guess), nature, photography (I own an Olympus OM-20 analog camera), discussing any subjects with people, cooking (trying to gather recipes everywhere I go), improving my language skills, hiking...
I study engineering so I like a good problem to solve, and tinkering circuits and computers.

• drawing
• music
• electronic music
• engineering
• cinema
• analog photography
• japanese culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Electronica (James Blake, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Aoki Takamassa, Andy Stott, Autechre, BoC etc.), Rock (Mogwai, Radiohead, the National, Kraftwerk, Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd...), Hip-Hop (Death Grips, Wu Tang, Kool Keith, IAM, J Dilla, MF DOOM, Madlib, Kendrick Lamar...), Pop (Björk, Toro y Moi, Little Dragon, Caribou, Hiatus Kayote...)

Movies: Enter The Void, Trainspotting, Only Lovers Left Alive, Love Exposure, Super, Mind Game, The Chumscrubber, Donnie Darko, Night of the Hunter, Rebel Without a Cause

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've travelled alone in Tokyo for 3 weeks, being hosted by friends and couchsurfing hosts.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share conversation, recipes that I've learned/came up with, stories of my trips and everyday life, I can play music with you even if I'm not very good at it. I listen to an incredible amount of music so I might have some artistes names to share!

I can also fix computers and electronic equipment and do tinkering ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Japan