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1-How did your interest for computers start? Which year was that?

My older brother went to Denmark to buy a Sinclair Spectrum back in 1982 and
both me and my little brother were just as keen on using it as he was. It
didn't take long until we all had Spectrums and the older brother's interest
in assembly programming soon caught us all and we became computer freaks!

2-What machines did you previously have? What did you do with them?

As mentioned before, it all started out with a Sinclair Spectrum, followed by
a Sinclair QL, an Amiga 500, 600, 1200 and from there I became a PC traitor
and still am. I run a software company nowadays developing software components.

3-For what specific reason did you end up making music rather than gfx, coding?

I actually became a coder due to my music. After playing with Soundtracker by
Karsten Obarski on the 500, I wanted to broaden my possibilities by getting a
synthesizer. Since I did not have one, I decided to turn my Amiga into a
synthesizer. That later resulted in the softsynth songs for the PC intros
Stash and Jizz for PC.

4-Which composing programs have you been using? Which one in particular?

Soundtracker was the first one and me and my friends spent hours and hours
playing with it. Then it was Noisetracker, ofcourse, for several years. I also
got sponsored by a commercial tracker developer of which name I unfortunatly
cannot recall. After that I used Fasttracker.

5-With which module did you feel you had reached your goal?

I still figure Excellate.mod is a pretty cool one! :) But I guess the PC intro
tracks (eg over2bg.xm and bluishbg.xm) are the most famous nowadays. The bg
stands for big since they were calculated at a slightly higher sample rate.

6-Is there a tune you would like not to remember? For what reason?

I actually only released six tracks, of which two were anonymously so there
is not much to choose from! :)

7-In your opinion, what's the value of a music in a demo, game?

I belive it is very crucial, something that modern game developers have come
to realize. Imagine watching a horrormovie without music or sound, it's plain
boring. I've worked a whole lot with sound and yet I am very impressed by the
sound effects in games such as Doom 3 and Halflife 2. It may not be the music
but sound in general.

8-At present, are you still composing? For professional or leisure purposes?

I still claim to be composing but as a matter of fact nothing really happens.
I am too focused on making all sounds by own code and therefor I tend to be
bored as things develop too slowly. But who knows, who knows.. ;)

9-What do you think of today's pieces of music such as mpeg,wave,midi,etc...?

Sorry to say, there's just so much crap, and it's been like that for quite a
while. It is virtually impossible to find good stuff since so many morons spew
out zillions of painful tracks. There should be a censoring commitee! :)

It takes too much time finding the goodies so I've almost given up.

10-Could you tell us some of your all times favourite tunes?

Oops. My memory fails me. The music from Turrican 2 was really amazing. There
was a track called Space Debris that I was really impressed by too. A friend of
mine called Axel Hedfors (now professional musician called Axwell) was totally
unknown but a great talent, I just admired his skills with the drums in
particular.

11-Are you planning to make an audio cd with some of your music remastered?

There are no such plans at the moment.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I have no idea. My cravings for good trance and house music prevail and thus I
try finding good internet radio channels that pumps it out. I don't know any
names at all.

13-What does/did the amiga/c64 scene give you?

The C64 scene gave me a pain in the butt since I was a Spectrum user, but when
I switched to Amiga, it gave me very very much. It was my primary hobby using
it and the scene was a great inspiration. It forced many tracking and coding
hours onto me and that basically gave me the position I have today and I
enjoyed every second of it. It simply was a great time during which I found
new friends, skills and insights. I wouldn't mind going back to 85!

14-Are you still active in the scene these days?

No. We have some communication within TBL and VD but nothing much.

15-Anyone to greet? Anything left to say? Feel free...

Ofcourse, all TBL & VD guys, Alien, Jace, Dr Skull, Balance, Nix and more.
And all of the great people I have come across over the years!

Cheers!

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