yes ekokota's issues started from 1994 he was getting "retour" from the strong deals he went for so he was less and less his own self he started drinking too much sometimes you'll be with guys laughing hard and you'll have a silent ekokota with his head down suddenly
he really did not have the easiest last three years and i wont be surprised if when he disappeared he went through some depression
because the poor guy had to handle his own stuff plus at several occasions most of the "charge" of the group
it took him quite some time to be in the right form to record feux de l'amour
that aint easy at all  leaders used to put a lot of responsability on atalakus since they were at that time technically the least important member of thegroup with the rare synthe players of then and supposedly the least educated so they were taking advantage of it