It would have been shocking if neither Koop son had displayed any sort of musical interest, a natural evolution of characters when the children ended learning classical instruments such as piano and violin for most of their lives with their parents as teachers. Xavier, the oldest, was the one to show a real desire to learn more and beyond the living room. As a teen he enrolled at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux after a successful audition process while his brother preferred to avoid any professional training and learned from his brother. A musical duo was formed and lived until at the age of seventeen (soon to be eighteen) Xavier departed for New York to attend college.

The first year was a disaster. A passionate of music he felt as if everything he had to learn in order to comprehend and make his own compositions had already been taught to him during his younger years. He dropped out by the middle of his second semester, switching major to Photography and Imaging. Five years later from his departure, Xavier returned to Paris where he started to work for film studios as a graphic designer. Music took a supporting part in his life as he suddenly found himself evolving in a more visual environment. Even though he had the training and some experience, it was something that was still new and fascinated him to the point when he was given the opportunity to direct his own projects he didn’t dare to refuse.

It was the collaborations and relations made with musicians through the years that made Xavier go "What if?". Confidence played a big part but if there was something Xavier knew what he was capable of it was, without doubt, his musical ability. He had never stopped learning or composing, despite focusing on the work that gave him a paycheck and bread on the table, drawers and shelves were collecting sheets and pieces full of notes and lyrics that were waiting for that one opportunity. So he took it. The opportunity. Renting a studio, he started to record his own songs. The plan had been, at first, to take a hiatus from directing but as he would eventually learn (and fast) Xavier is unable to stop himself.

A song, an EP, remixes and an album later Xavier or (s)peis gained more than just a following. While he has not becoming one of the many top pop artists he has, without doubt, attracted crowd of fans, aficionados and an army of "Where do I know that song from?" thanks to the amount of play certains of his songs achieved by way of commercials, television and film soundtracks. The success was indeed at the rendez-vous but not too overwhelming. The last thing he wanted was to become a phenomenon unable to live his life and create as freely as he wanted.

The future remains uncertain and while for many it might have been enough to cause a panic and a potential identity crisis, it's enough for Xavier to work harder and take the opportunities offered to him. Or created by him. The next step on the agenda: his first film, his very own creation and production from beginning to the end. And of course, in between what could be his biggest project to tackle comes the many collaboration, random songs compositions and scoring movies to just pass the time.