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

It actually started for real when my older brother and I got an A500 in
Xmaspresent. It must've been back in 1987 or something like that. My brother
had an Sinclair Spectrum before the A500, but I did never really get
interested in that machine.

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

I've had two A500s, two A1200as (030 and 060) and a PC ...
I've always made music with them. That's been my biggest interrest. I've
always liked watching demos and other sceneproductions too, but that's
quite obvious for a scener, isn't it? :)

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

I guess it's natural reason, that's the thing I'm personally best on :).
Ofcourse I've been interested in both grafix and coding, but never that much
that I really wanted to learn how to do it well.

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

>From the beginning of my music-"career", I started to play with different
drummachineprograms, and actually some musicprogram called Sonic (or something).
After a while I discovered trackerprograms though, much thanx to my brother.
It was Soundtracker that was tortured back then.
Nowadays I still use my Amiga for Protracker and Digibooster Pro, but I also
have a PC which I mostly use a trackerprogram called "Madtracker 2" on. On the
PC I try to get a bit more proffesional sound, while I use my Amiga for our
beloved demoscene.

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

I've never reached my goal.

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

Hmm, I made a couple of embaressing tunes back in 1995-1996 when I made my
first public songs. Something called "mod.gabbervision" and
"mod.Harder than ever" for example ;).

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

I think it has a great value, as much of the atmosphere in the demos and games
has it's root in the music. A bad demo is bad very often because of the music.
But I also think that it's very wrong to say that it's only depending on the
music. I've heard a couple of persons trying to explain a demo by compare it
with a musicvideo. The difference is really big, as the video in the musicvideo
is made for the music, and not like in a demo which all four components of
Code, Music, Graphix and Design are equal important.

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

Yes, I'm still composing, both for the scene and for fun. I've not turned
proffesional, and I doubt that I ever will. But we'll see about that in the
future..

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

I think that MP3 is a quite good way for composers to be as free as possible
when they're making music. The question is still though if it's really what
we're trying to reach in a demo?
I dunno, but I think that PC-scene sucks because of it's small limits in it's
hardware.

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

On the modulescene I have many favourites, but I think the best favourites are
those who was composed by known and unknown sceners in my own childhood
(back in 1987-1992). I don't want to mention any special modules as there are a
lot of good stuffs made (and a lot of crap =)).

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

Not in the nearest future at least.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Much electronic music (which I've always listened to), like Depeche Mode
(ofcourse), Kraftwerk, De/Vision, S.P.O.C.K, Pluxus, Apoptygma Berzerk,
The Mobile Homes, VNV Nation, Antiloop, Astral Projection, NASA, Icon Of Coil,
Sista Mannen På Jorden and PAGE for example. But I also like other artists
like Björk, Thomas Dileva (a swedish artist), Madonna (Ray of light), Kent,
The April Tears, The Ark, Elephant, Pet Shop Boys and so on.

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

A lot of fun, friendship and a lot of creativity. I think it still gives
me this, but not as much as past years, I'm afraid.

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

Yes, mainly the Amigascene, but also a bit on the Atariscene.

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

I want to greet every nice person out there in the world :), including all nice
and friendly sceners. I also want to welcome the few new sceners that still
joins the scene.

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