Amiga Music Preservation -

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

I got an Amiga for Christmas when I was 12 (1988/1989). One or two years later
I started getting interrested in soundtracker (after having heard Chris
Hüelsbeck's astonishing Turrican and Z-Out music ;) and demomaking in
general...

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

Well now, let me see....

-First one was an Atari 2600(the same year it was released...1985 or 1986)

-Then came a second hand Commodore 64 (never got it to work, shame on me)

-...After that was the Sega MS 8-Bit (Hours of pleasuuuuuuureee!!! :))

-Then I got the Amiga with its' Workbench & Extras ("say:amiga ruuuulez")

-And then other consoles

-And finally in 1998 my first PC

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

Easy...> Music has been in my blood since I'm born !!!

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

Soundtracker, Startrekker, Protracker on Amiga

FruityLoops, Fastracker 2 on PC (actually still using it)

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

Find-it(short version).mod was presented at the Saturne Party 4(or 5 ..?) for
music competition and got 2nd place behind MaF but It's not my favourite ....

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

delire4versionrap.mod (hope that nobody has this tune, if you do erase it
NOW... :))))

This was a skit on a good friend that I made with Tenshu / Syndrome.

I regret it now.

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

Music is what sets the atmosphere in a demo or a game....(doh! really?!? ;))

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

Yes, a bit for my own pleasure...

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

I always HATED midi because of its' un-even beats, otherwise I have nothing
against the other formats.

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

The list would be too long, but some of them are:

4mat - "Ohnoademosong.mod"

Chris Hüelsbeck - "The Desert Rocks.tmf" (Turrican2 level 1-1)

Travolta - "Condom Corruption.mod"

Traven - "Miss Kebab.xm"
Traven - "Miss Kebab2.xm"
Traven - "Miss Kebab3.xm"
Traven - "Miss Kebab4.xm"

Maf - "464.xm"
Maf - "2ndworld.mod"
Maf - "Coredump.xm"

So many more....

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

I already did but others will be done soon especially for web-usage....:))

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I love Björk, Jimi HendriX, Supertramp, Daft Punk, Mickael Jackson, The Beatles,
U2, The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, 2-Pac, Radiohead, Dee-Lite, Pierpoljack,
Ska-P, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jamiroquaï, Air, Bob
Marley&the Wailers, Serge Gainsbourg, The Cardigans, and of course Scene
musicians. (the list could go on and on)

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

Personnality, respect, headaches, sadness but many years of JOY!!!! :D

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

Not really ...Maybe I'll come back one of these days in COCOON (Dreams CAN come
true...:)

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

>GreetingZ 2 theSe peOple in particulAr:

-TENSHU / SYNDROME - COCOON
-OBY ONE / SYNDROME (rhaaa... la Saturne Party 4 et 5 la bonne epoque...)
-EMBROAZ / SYNDROME (trash-musette.mod mouaaaarf!!)

>Ordinary GreetingZ:

-CODAC / SYNDROME (Donne moi de tes nouvelles de temps en temps... ;)
-MAF / SYNDROME - COCOON (mod.champi-hallu ;))
-TRAVEN / SYNDROME (The CroW?!? J'adore ton style, man!)

Where the FUCK can I find the UNIQUE SYNDROME demos like: "Planet-Musclés"
(skit on the Melon - "Planet M" demo), "Corbier-qui-tombe" (lol),
"Corbier-pond-un-Oeuf" (re-lol), and "Art of Self Destruction", "Shad1"
and "Shad2" ????!!!!!???? That's all folks!

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