Julian Casablancas and this, "translated into teenage rebelliousness." His mother subsequently married painter Sam Adoquei. Adoquei helped shape Casablancas' early musical taste by exposing him to music such as The Doors, which was markedly different from the mostly Phil Collins-influenced music he listened to as a child. Casablancas knew the bassist of The Strokes, Nikolai Fraiture since they were six, while both were attending Lycée Français de New York. When he was 13, Casablancas' father sent him to Institut Le Rosey, a boarding school in Switzerland, where he met future Strokes member Albert Hammond Jr. Casablancas later returned to New York and
Julian Casablancas forming what is now known as The Voidz. Though the band's sound has not always been well received, The Voidz aim to “bridge the gap” between music that is both aggressive and complex. They share the goal of “representing things unseen” and "exploring [music] from the margins”, as Jake [Bercovici] has said. Inspired by the complex nature of Middle Eastern music scales, Casablancas claims to be more interested in “the in between notes” than the traditional 7 note scale of Western music. The band is bound by a mutual love for powerful music that does not gain much attention in