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

I guess it was in 1983 when I first played a cool bomber-game on MPF II.

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

My first computer was an MSX. I mainly played, but I wrote some simple
basic-programs as well. In 1987 I got my Amiga 500.

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

Actually I've been making both music and gfx, the first one being my primary
interest. And afterwards I felt I should've learned some coding, too. I
started playing drums at the age of 11, but after a couple of years I wanted
to write my own songs, and that's where the computer-music came in.

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

I'm still in love with Protracker 2.3...

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

Hard to say. If I compare that with compo success, it is "Walkaway" -
although I could name a lot of chip tunes that satisfy me as much.

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

There are lots of them! It happens all the time that you work on a melody
and have the feeling "sounds familiar, but I haven't heard that before
anyway". I have made really lousy modules, often in a hurry, all along
my career. But I'd rather want the other people to forget them. Somehow
every piece is important to me.

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

A good song is more likely to save a boring demo than gfx or code, it's
the soul. And I've been playing horrible games for hours just for the
background music :)

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

Not very often, and for leisure purposes. But ideas still come every now or
then, and I'd love to take part in a demo project. I've never had too much

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

I prefer listening to vinyl records and old protracker-modules...

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

The first ones that came into my mind are "Eurovision Vision" by Unknown
Artist; "Listen" and "Savage Fury" by Bruno and "Agnostic" by Oxide. Also
tracks by Audiomonster and SLL which names I can't remember.

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

Yes. The sound should be identical to the original 8-bit pieces.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Herb Alpert, Antonio Carlos Jobim - to name a few.

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

I learnt a lot of things that help me now with my profession.

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

To me, the finally dead scene was also buried about five years ago. Nowadays
there's a bunch of friends keeping the Sonik spirit up.

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

Yep. Greets to Sonik family (and the rest of the 10 years partyposse). And
to Commie (R.I.P.), Clawz and "to all we have forgotten"!

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