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

My first interest in computers cames with my 4th year at little school : all
public school in France were provided by government with Thomson computers
(essentialy TO7/70 and MO5).

I guess I felt in love because I didn't waited to buy, with some birthday
money, a TO7 for my personal purposes... In fact I was hopping to get the top
of my class by owning the computer that we were using at school :) ... at this
time I was aged 9 and I started to code on TO7 Basic.

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

So I owned a TO7 to code on Basic, and I owned it a looooong time.
My parents where not very pleased that I was "loosing time" with computers so I
was not allowed to buy myself another machine before I had reached a litle
economical independence.

In 1992, after some long summer works, I bought a A1200, it was only my 2nd
machine.

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

Since I owned my A1200, I started to touch mainly music and gfx, by the way I
was more making music. I guess that it was a "new thing" attract, because I
was coding Basic since a long time, and I felt less motivated to start new
languages on Amiga (but keeping an eye on it for the future). concerning gfx,
it was the main thing that makes me bought an Amiga, but I used to be a good
hand-drawer and my first attempts to mouse-drawing were quite deceptive, so,
as computer music was new and very attractive for me, I started to make more.

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

First I used was DSS8 which was provided in coverdisk of a new (at this time)
french amiga magazine, when I started to make music "more seriously" I get
ProTracker and I used it a long time. Finnaly I have switched to DigiBooster,
and it was for me, the ultimate tracker.

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

I think it was with the "DeathTrial" soundtrack, specialy with the openning,
when I started to make music, I was dreaming to make such a soundtrack.

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

A lot! :)
Maybe the music from "scream thy last scream" was the worst, but it was the
goal :)

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

Well, try to imagine what could be the "start of the art" demo with music from
a Mireille Mathieu Album, and I think that you'll understand that music is very
important :)

Music is deserving the Ambiance of a demo, you can send many feelings just with
the music, in mankind we have workd a lot with this, it was more important to
make a music that was throwing specific feels than to make a technicaly Good
Quality music.

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

no, I would like to, but I miss some time, maybe in a near future, when i'll
get very rich ;)

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

Simply new support, the more important is the music, not the tools you use
to make it.

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

Many... specialy musics by Groo, Muffler, Jogeir, Moby, HeatBeat, AudioMonster...

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

No, definitively no, I think people will thanks me in the future :D
More seriously, if I had time, why not, but i'll try to make something
better that I used to :)

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Massive Attack, Archive(Londinium), Placebo

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

A lot of friends.
A lot of Enjoy.
The passion.
The oportunity to make long trips in Renault5.

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

Yes, I get involved in some party organising, and sometimes i'm making a music
to help my group.

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

I would like to send big greets to the whole mankind staff that I respect a
lot and I consider like my second familly.
We are now meeting less and I miss them a lot.

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