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4t Thieves
Interview
`n. .rP' `qb ,dP' TLb. ,dMP' all rite, now you get the chance to read TML.dMMP some facts about some of the major amiga ,nmm`XXMPX musicians. read about their history in ,#MP'~~XNXYNXTb. the scene and their plans in future.yes, ,d~' dNNP `YNTb. that's meant to be read while listening to ,~ ,NN' `YNb their modules. read 'em over and over and over.. dNP `Yb. ,NN' `b. · i n t e r v i e w · ___________ ______dP _____________ \ / \ ,N'\____ _____________. _____ \ \_____. ____\ / \___P___/ .\--\__ __/__ |--\____)---\ _____/__ |--\_ \ _/ | | | \ | | \__| | _ \ / | \__| | /\ | | _| | | _l_ | | \ / _l_ | ___| l___/=l___|====l____/===\______|==l______|\ /l___/===\______l____/ \/ Handle: 4T thieves Group: Kahvi Date of birth: 27/05/73 hmm. First machine I got was a ZX81 back in ... 1983? Something like that. Of course, that lead onto a Vic 20 (for some reason I always ended up with the worse of two sister machines) Envy began when I heard the music and saw the amazing graphics of the C64. Impossible Mission just blew my mind! Not entirely sure why I got interested in computers. ZX81 (can't remember), Vic 20 (can't remember), Spectrum 128k (swapped), Amiga 500 (x6, swapped, blown up or sold), Amiga 600 (swapped), Amiga 1200 (x4, sold). There was just an urge to create music apparent after listening to Depeche Mode and other classical electronic acts. It just went from there really. Of course, Jean Michelle Jarre was one notable influence, and even A-ha (don't ask) Protracker on the Amiga was my tool of choice. Various versions were just not up to version 1.4. All 4 channel, which was fine for me. Not sure about the 8 channel tracks, it just seemed that there was too many tracks to know what to do with :P Reflections, technically, is a nice module. The beginning is great but not sure about the rest. Anyway, I was visiting a contact in Holland soon after I released it, and a guy sent him some swap disks, and especially noted this track `Reflections`. Well, before the days of the internet that extra effort to send a track via post made all the difference. Certainly a proud moment indeed! Not especially, generally I don't like to remember 'the one that got away' . I created a great track using samples ripped from 'puznic' on the Amiga, sent it to the Cytax guys in Hamburg and then promptly either deleted it or lost it in a hard disk crash. Anyway, thats the one I`d like to hear again - if anybody has a track remotely titled `puznic remix` by me, add it to the archive! Music is the definition of the demo - the graphics and design are remembered but the music is what people can really get into. Add a bit of synchronisation with the video and you're onto a winner. This is why I like to feature video on Kahvi Collective which is synchronised to a good piece of music. It all stems from the scene days! Not composing any more - the last track I made was for Assembly 2004 and since then I haven't done anything. Who knows, perhaps I`ll dig out my Roland JD800 one of these days and come up with something. Its ogg all the way, mainly because Kahvi releases all its works in ogg (and mp3). Quality wise its fantastic. Anything by Tip and Firefox of Phenomena, Uncle Tom is a legend, Fleshbrain, Bruno. They`re still groundbreaking even now. Not really, it would take a mammoth effort and I don't really have time to remix any of my old works. Boards of Canada, Bola, anything electronic/idm, and of course Kahvi Collective. Now? The knowledge that I contributed to a scene of hundreds of people with a single common interest. A giant organisation crossing all walks of life. It was great. The netlabel scene, yes. All my old compatriots from all my old groups, Bruno/Anarchy (if anybody can point me in his direction please email me at [email protected]), all the legends that made the music of the Amiga scene days (for me 1987 - 1996) such a special and unique experience. Head over to http://www.kahvi.org and check out some of the great (free) music available for download. And if you're an old pal from those years who's lost contact, drop me a line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- please note: this interview is ©opyrighted in 2008 by crown of cryptoburners |
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