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Date of birth:

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

1986... My bro got an Amstrad CPC-464 and it all started.

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

Commodore Vic-20
Amstrad CPC 464
Amstrad CPC 6128
Amiga CDTV
Amiga 500, 3MB Ram, 21MB HD, DSS8+ Sampler, Action Replay MK3
Amiga 1200, 26MB Ram, 4GB HD, Blizzard IV 030/50+Fpu (Two of these!)
Amiga 2000/030
Amiga 3000/060+PPC604

I have them all and operational thanks to my brother!

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

Well, I tried both gfx and coding but I turned to music because I felt I was
better writing tracks. Besides, I liked SoundTracker as a tool to use.

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

SoundTracker, Protracker, FastTracker.

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

Hmm... Difficult question. Modnight i think.

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

I don't think that there are any thracks that I should be ashamed of.
Every track made me better and better and got me to the level I have reached
so far.

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

Well, with no music in a game, you can as well be deaf! Right? :O)

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

Yes, I am working on many tracks but not for professional purposes. Just for
fun (as allways)

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

I really don't like mp3's taking over the music part in demos. Demos should be
accompanied by "computer music" which means it can be any type of mod or sid.
With mp3's in demos, we just forget the feeling of the definition of demos.

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

Of course those are not all. It is impossible to include them all in my "brief"
list but.. here we go:

Acid Jazz - Nuke/Anarchy
Bag Rasta - Nuke/Anarchy
Beyond dreams - SideWinder/MegaWatts
Chinese dream - Firefox and Tip/Phenomena
Condom corruption - Travolta/Spaceballs
Cosmos - dr.awesome/Crusaders
Cream of the earth - ?????? <-- If you know please mail me
Crystalhammer - ?????? <-- If you know please mail me
Deep - Yolk & Legend/CNCD & Paralax
Dekkadance - Dolphin/Noxious
Deviator - Anders Hamre
The definition of music for demos.)
Full Contact Title music - Allister Brimble ???
Fantastic Voyage - Bj0rn A. Lynne
Gold Return - Nuke/Anarchy
Guitar Slinger - Jogeir Liljedahl/Noiseless
Horizon's edge - SideWinder/MegaWatts
CBC - <-- If you know please mail me
KAOS - Budbrain Megademo
Macrocosm - Firefox and Tip/Phenomena
Motivation - Merlin/Illusion
Panic - Purple Motion/Future Crew
Rhythmik Spring - Anorganic
Under Pressure - Rage/Jade
Schwinging the swing - Cybelius/Sonic PC
Scorched Tanks (In to the chasm) - Sidewinder/Paradox
srl - Anders Hamre
stardust memories - Jester Sanity
sway - Vortex'n'Trixal/Cryptoburners
Testlast (9 Fingers) - Travolta/Spaceballs
Varanen - Lizardking/Alcatraz
Welcome home - Lizardking/Alcatraz
Wayfarer - Vinnie/Spaceballs
The Zen garden - Basehead/fm
Enigma - Firefox and Tip/Phenomena (Probably one of the best modules in the
whole fucking universe!

Please if you can include them all, I would like you to do so. I want to pay
tribute to those guys (and not only) that literaly changed my life. Thanks to
all of you.

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

No. I like my tracks the way they sound through my Gravis and Amiga.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

There isn't really not enough space here to list them all.

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

Inspiration, renaissance, fun.

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

Yes I am. I am currently working on some tracks I plan to release as a
compilation. Stay tuned to my site for more info!

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

I would like to greet the whole Greek scene for being out there trying to
get to international standards. We are in the correct way. Watch out!

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