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

I liked to watch my brother play with the C64 in the middle of the 1980's.

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

I started by playing games with the C64 and then got interested about coding.
I experimented with the C64 basic and after we got our 286 in 1989 with
QuickBasic. I started composing in 1993 when I got my first GUS.

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

Making music was so natural for me. A perfect way to process feelings or
something. And I have had music as a hobby since I was four.

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

The trackers I first used were Digitracker and Ultratracker. They were pretty
crappy compared to Scream Tracker 3 which i fell in love with. Most of my
modules are made with it, although I have also made some stuff with Impulse
Tracker.

In 1996 I started to use Cubase as my sequencer as i moved from trackers to
midi equipment. I have used it ever since.

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

When a composer feels like he has reached his goal, he should quit composing.
I think that a certain unfulfilled ambition is essential for a composer.

But I guess I did something worth listening in 1996.

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

No. Although there is something comical in the first ambient tune I made in
1993 when I thought ambient was the hardest form of techno. It sounds like
gabber.

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

I don't think it's possible to make a good demo without good music, bad tunes
always spoil the whole thing. A demo is a whole which requires that all of the
parts are done well. With games it's not so simple, some games need music more
than others.

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

Yes, although I haven't been able to get anything ready for some time. Mostly
for the inner need of composing I guess.

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

MP3 is a very, very nice thing. It gives new unsigned musicians a new kind of
chance to get their music heard. I love releasing my music in MP3 format.

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

Well, I could list some albums that changed my life: The Orb: Orbus Terrarum,
FSOL: Lifeforms, Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 2, Autechre: Tri. Repetae,
Squarepusher: Hard Normal Daddy, Vangelis: Oceanic.

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

Most of my newer tracks are already released on CDr. I have no plans on
releasing old modules, it's not possible to remaster them so that they would
sound even decent. I let them rest in their own 8-bit world.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

According to the CD's I have on my table: Pink Floyd, J.S.Bach, Dire Straits,
Ceniq, H.Kyllönen, The Cardigans, Ultra Bra, Vangelis, Zen Cafe, Autechre,
CMX and The John Scofield Band.

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

Good memories.

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

I have to say no.

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

Naah, I would just forget someone and make him/her sad. No. And thanks, I'm
feeling quite free already!

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