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

I think it was in '86 when my cousin bought a used C= ViC20 with a b/w monitor.
That was some cool shit, I had never seen a computer with games before. A year
later he bought a Commodore 64, and I was hooked. Had to have one myself, and
I somehow got hold of a used Commodore 128. That's how it started.

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

Commodore 64, Commodore 128; mostly games, and some programming (basic)
Amiga 500, A2000 and A1200; music (protracker), games, red sector demomaker ;))
internet (amitcp), programming (arexx, amos)

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

Maybe because I played in a band already (drums) and I had absolutely no talent for
gfx. (I don't say I have a talent for music either.. It was just more fun to do
musics..)

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

Mainly Protracker. But I've used OctaMED, Aegis Sonix, JAM-Cracker,
Future-Composer, Soundmon, THX.

Now it's Steinberg CuBase.

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

None of them. They were all crap :D

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

yup, hp.technostyle - my compo tune for TG'94. Some guy crashed my hard
drive with the real compo tune, and I lost all my modules, samples, etc.
Had to make a tune real quick at home and the only source I had was an
Amiga 500 with the 1-speed CDrom and ST-00 collection of
samples. Shiit. And it turned out to be the worst tune ever.

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

It goes hand in hand. You can't have one without the other, like when you drink
coffee, or beer, it's like natural to smoke a cig aswell ;)

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

Only for leisure, I compose some midi tracks now and then, together with Fuzz/
(ex.TRSI) in a pro. studio with lot's of synths and nice stash! It really rocks,
and we should be releasing a cd in the future (I hope..) Mainly psy/goa trance,
deephouse, chillout.

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

What kind of question is this? - Compared to modules?
It's nostalgy around the mods, and a lot of great music was made that way
(tracking), but things have a way of evolving, and a demand for better quality
and more possibilities just made mods a bit retro now.. The new formats are
better, midi is'nt that new, I thought MIDI came before the trackers?

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

From the tracking days, I believe these are my favourite:

Tip & Firefox - Enigma theme
Travolta - Condom Corruption
Timmy / Spaceballs - mod.tsap1 (this one is amazing for a 8bit sound tracker!)

4-Mat - Madness part B

Heatbeat - Etheral Void, Scupping Around, Space Love, Action-1
Jester - Elysium, Cyberride
Nuke (Spaceman) - How to skin a cat theme

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

Don't think so! :)

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

None in particular, but I listen to psy/goa, deephouse, chillout, trance, and
whatever is on the radio (which is mostly cheezy eurotrash.. sucks, but who
cares?) :)

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

Nostalgy, and sometimes a kool party (Kindergarden rules) :)

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

Nope.

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

Greetings to Earomics, Smult-Klanen, Bollis-Team, Auto of Atomix,
Acid/Alpha Flight.
Haha :)

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