Deadlock 10 (Diskmagazine) by Anathema

Interview with Wolfman
     
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 Wolfman/Balance


by Curt Cool/Depth



 Curt cool: Hi Wolfie!

 Wolfman:   Hello!

 Curt Cool: First  let  us  get  over  the  standards..present  yourself  (real
            name/age/family etc.)

 Wolfman:   Hello everyone! My  real  name  is  William  Henrik Olesen,  I'm 20
            years old and I am the  only  child  of  my parents.. I live in the
            suburbs of Denmark's capital,  Copenhage

Interview with Devistator/Eltech

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Devistator/Eltech



by Tony Teacosy/Croydon Computer Centre



    Today I've decided to pick on someone who's well-known to many U.K. sceners
 as one of the most known swapper in  the  U.K. Devistator of eltech was one of
 those guys who willing to swap with  anyone,  anywhere to get well  known! And
 now he has made it nearly to the  top, Devistator has decided to take the time
 out for this little in

Interview with Daiz'l/Mystic

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Daiz'l/Mystic



by Michael/Anathema



                 MK = Michael/Anathema   DZ = Daiz'l/Mystic

 MK:     Hi Mr Daiz'l, can you tell our readers out there, who you are and what
 you do for a living; and what is your function on the Amiga scene?

 DZ:     Hello Michael!  Well, my name is  Kenneth  Jonsson and I'm 18.  I live
 in the northern parts of  Sweden  in  a  town  called  Piteå.  I'm currently a

Interview with Ninja/Scoopex
     
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Ninja/Scoopex



by Shade/Surprise Productions



    Is it just me or  is  there  a  distinct  lack of QUALITY productions being
 released by so called "elite" groups  these  days?  I mean, they're all either
 dying off (like Sanity) or they're jam  packed with totally cool members  that
 are just plain lazy and inactive!

    A group that most people thought they'd  seen  the  last of a while back is

An Interview with..
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Chris/Gods



by Wade of Eltech


 
                              W = Wade  C = Chris

 W: Okay then to start  this  interview  please  could  you tell everyone about
    yourself e.g.  Name,  Age  and  any  other  personal  info  about yourself.
    Basically anything you want us to know about you.

 C: Well, so my name is CHRiS and  my handle is chrIs.... quite original. I'm a
    27 y.o. scener. I studied Accounti

Inter with Duncan/Damones

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Duncan/Damones



by Bliss/GHD



    This time for Deadlock I  interviewed  Duncan  of  Finnish group Damones to
 get his views  of  the  scene  and  all  that  other  shit  that people always
 interview you about. In case you didn't  know, Duncan wants you to read RAPPIO
 (the Damones scenemag) really badly, so be afraid if you haven't :)


                       DL =  Bliss   DD =  Duncan/Damones



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 DL: 

Interview with Supernao/Lemon.

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Supernao/Lemon.



by BLiSS/GHD



                           BL = Bliss  SN = Supernao
 
 BL:     Okay, Supernao, tell important stuff  about  yourself  for all the old
 scene hands and all those scene newcomers out there :)

 SN:     It would really be  a  shock  for  me  to  here  that  there still are
 "newcomers" to the scene - I  thought  everybody was either old-school or not-
 so-old-school. :)

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Digital Symposium '95 Report



by dReAmFiSh! / DCS


    When I first heard about the party  I  was  very happy, I thought to myself
 "GREAT, at last, the UK will get  its  act  together  and show the rest of the
 scene that there IS life after  Anarchy!".   So  I made arrangements to get up
 there, Aquafresh said "Hey, I'm having my driving  test soon, if I pass we can
 drive up there."  "Smart", I thought.  It  will be cheaper faster be more fun.
 So, Aquafresh passed his test, I  ordered  my

Primavera Party'95 Report



by Steve Jones



    In  16-17.III.1995  in  polish  city   Starachowice  was taken place Party
called  Primavera  Party'95  organised   by   PIL/Union.    This  was a second
edition of this  Party.   First  was  taken  place  about  one  year  ago.  On
railway-station  in   Katowice  I  met  some  cool  guys  (Axel  D./Ils,  Bald
Horse/TRSI,  Bodzio/The  Edge,  Stan/Ils   and  some  others)  We arrived from
Katowice about 22.00.  Travel by train passed fast.

We wa

The Party 5


The success it was supposed to be?


by Curt Cool/Depth^Avocado


 It is now about 6  days  ago  I  returned  from  THE  PARTY 5 with quite mixed
 feelings. But what are the reasons for those mixed feelings?

 In the last few years, the Party has been reckoned as THE scene party, and so,
 peoples expectations were  high  this  year,  although  last  years effort was
 rather flawed due to some really lame competitions (GFX & Music especially).

 Anyway, as you probably know, The Par

 Name:  - Alien -    Team: Passion

 Presentation 60%
 Graphics 60%
 Music And Fx 73%
 Depth 52%
 Overall 58%
 
 Comment:-

 This Passion dentro has  some  nice  bits  to  it  especially the zooming line
 tunnel which was fast indeed  but  the  overall  impression of this demo feels
 like it was produced in 1993 than 1994 or 1995.

 The Music was average but Michael thinks  it  was great. The Graphics are some
 what strange but the end picture was great  but nothing so special as it had a
 scrol

 Name: - Chip Attack -  Team: Anathema (United Kingdom) 

 Presentation 76%
 Graphics 80%
 Music And Fx 91%
 Depth 75%
 Overall 84%
 
 Comment:-

 Yet Another Anathema Release in 1995 and  this  time  its by the boys from the
 United Kingdom. This Production  is  a  Non-AGA  product  but  you must have 1
 Megabyte of Chip Ram to run  this  program.  The Graphics are very good indeed
 (Especially the  title  Picture).  The  Title  Music  Produced  By  Michael of 
 Anathema is a dance track which 

 Name:  - Dove -  Team: Abyss

 Presentation 80%
 Graphics     75%
 Music And Fx 80%
 Depth 80%
 Overall 81%
 
 Comment:-

 Yet another 2 disk demo flies its way into  my office and I must say that this
 demo is full of nice touches especially the zooming effects but the thing that 
 really let it  down  is the end part with the tacky digitised pictures of  the
 actors/actress  out  of  beverley  hills  90210 but overall the  graphics  are
 well produced to a limit which is good especially the M

 Name:  - Nexus 7 -  Team: Andromeda

 Presentation 90%
 Graphics 90%
 Music And Fx 61%
 Depth 90%
 Overall 90%
 
 Comment:-

 Number 1 demo from the party four and I  can see why. The Demo starts off like
 a Science fiction film and with those two  guys Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the
 computer you can rest assured that your in  for a treat. The Graphics as usual
 are of a high standard and the music  I  found very banal and boring but suits
 the atmosphere of the demo right down to the end.

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Name: - Omen -   Team: Anathema (Poland) 

 Presentation 40%
 Graphics 30%
 Music and Fx 48%
 Depth 20%
 Overall 32% 
 
 Comment:-

 This Production by Anathema Poland is some  what  poor  and its so bad the end
 part scrolltext jerks on the screen. Greg  told Michael on the phone that this
 project was rushed due to  Steve  Jones  of  Anathema  (Poland) wanted a quick
 release.  My advice to Greg is  to  code  quality  demos and not rubbish, just
 remember your the main dude in Poland, so  with

 Name: -Unexpected -  Team: Steroid! (Hungary)

 Presentation 82%
 Graphics 87%
 Music And Fx 91%
 Depth 88%
 Overall 84%
 
 Comment:-

 This was sent to me by Michael of  Anathema  in  early Jan 1995 and I must say
 this demo has some really stunning parts  to  it. The first thing that strikes
 you is the brilliant AGA  steroid  logo  which  is  produced very well and the
 music is really good indeed but what  I  enjoyed about this demo is everything
 runs very smooth and blends in together ver

 Module Name:- Not Again
 Composed By Vim!/Independent
 Size: 27514 Patterns: 15 Positions: 27

 Comment:

 Back in the old chipstyle  with  lots  of arpeggio and c64-like sample-playing
 around, this is actually really nice with  some quite advanced chords, lots of
 variety due to these, although the bassline  is  a bit boring if you listen to
 it for a long time (to put it mildly.

 But this tune sometimes surprises  it  listener  with  some strange chords and
 melody, which I think is a  good

Module Name:- Green Seed
 Composed By Daiz'l/Mystic
 Size: 32534 Patterns: 18 Positions: 18

 Comment:
 
 This is actually a funk/jazz-style chip  piece,  featuring a piano as lead and
 otherwise quite normal chipsounds. It runs in  3/4, which gives quite a lot of
 that funky-groovy feeling. It sounds quite varied although the chords does not
 really change through the module, this is  because there are some breaks, some
 changes in the baseline and the lead instrument.

 The technique features 

 Song Title-: Exynth.
 Author-: Daiz'l/Mystic.
 Length-: 3:15 before loop.

 Ok, it`s nothing flash, I think its too repetitive, the chords are used in the
 right way but the sequence he did at the beginning is used far to much.  There
 are a few subtle changes but, not  enough, The lead suffered because of  that,
 after a while I knew nothing  new  was  going  to  happen. Average use of  the
 drums although there are a  few  changes.  Ok  bass  in places but nothing new
 here. Overall then, onl

 Name:  - Ninja -   Team: Melon

 Presentation 80%
 Graphics 90%
 Music And Fx 93%
 Depth 89%
 Overall 90%
 
 Comment:-

 Well what can I say than great  work.  When  I  first saw this demo I honestly
 believed it was a intro sequence to a game more than a demo.

 (A Note to System 3 Software limited I suggest you take a leaflet out of these
 guys book on how to produce  quality  intros).  The  Graphics are in a cartoon
 style where lots of animations was used but was executed very well indeed.

 Song Title-: Open Your Heart.
 Author-: Micheal/Anathema.
 Length-: 2:15.

 Well, before you start getting any ideas,  Mike did'nt pay me for this review,
 I may be part of Anathema, but I will speak my truth, PUT UP, OR SHUT UP!. 

 Open Your Heart ( not til I'm old and frail ) is a bubbly little number, there
 are enough variations to keep you interested til the end.

 I did`nt really like the drums, I  thought  they were to simple and weeny. The
 lead throughout was nice, the latter  part  h

 Module Name:- ADSR Part 2        
 Composed By Dreamfish/DCS
 Size: 37332 Patterns: 19 Positions: 27

 Comment:

 This a rather simple tune,  containing  simply  3  chords which are transposed
 around a bit in the middle to  make  it  varied,  and there is not really that
 much of an advanced melody, bassline  or  chordline  in it, but it sounds very
 catchy, and the technique  is  certainly  extremely  impressive which makes it
 sound very c64-like (which of course is a good thing...).

 I gue

 Song Title-: Blues Baby.
 Author-: Dreamfish/Duel Crew.
 Length-: 2:15 before loop.

 Quite good, would suit a platform  game  but  I  think  the lead would have to
 change. It`s a very disappointing  lead,  he  has  a  good bass and some great
 piano sections but the lead  just  does`nt  get  going,  if more time had been
 spent on the lead would  have  been  a  great  little tune. Average drums with
 little variation.  I like it but for the  points above, and I thinks its a tad
 bit repetitiv

 Module Name:- Chip Me, Please
 Composed By Wild MC/Anathema
 Size: 16786 Patterns: 12 Positions: 20

 Comment:

 A standard chipmodule, featuring one bassline, which is transposed half a note
 up at pattern 12. E-minor, D and C-chords (arpeggio) on the bassline, a simple
 rhythm, and some EFE-command use on  the   lead, making it sound very squeaky,
 the melody isn't anything special  either,  but  still,  I guess the module is
 okay, nothing original in the  technique. But it sounds okay.

 So

 Song Title-: Come To Texas.
 Author-: Style, or artist formerly known as Technix/Anathema. (Fat Git!)
 Length-: 1:16 before loop.


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 No favours here again.  A  very  short  tune,  but  catchy never-the-less. The
 banjo's are ace, very realistic in  sounding,  and  used very well. The organs
 are nice but are a bit cluttered.  The  bass  is nothing special, but slots in
 ok. Nice drums throughout with  a  nice  Doo  vocal  mixed in. And fina

 Module Name:- Criminal Tears
 Composed By Clawz/Bomb
 Size: 6024 Patterns: 3 Positions: 6


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 Comment:

 This is also a  very  simple  module,  containing  only  two  chords, a simple
 bassline and no drums at all.  Anyhow,  the  two  chords fades in and out, the
 melody is quite simple too, and the whole  thing  looks as if it has been done
 pretty fast. But although it is not  nearly  as varied as the other modules in
 this test, it actually sounds okay...

 So the verdict is: 4/10

 Module Name:- Microsphere
 Composed By DWB/Anathema
 Size: 40658 Patterns: 5 Positions: 18

 Comment:

 This is not really a chipmodule, but  I  was  told to review it, so, erm, here
 you go: This module is  rather  strange  in  a  somewhat ambient-esque way, it
 feature some  strange  dim-goremovie-chords,  a  techno-ish  rhythm,  a weird,
 extremely simple bassline and a jazz sample.

 Basically, it is really strange, but I  do  not think it is really possible to
 estimate this module as a  c

 Module Name:- Super Dominator
 Composed By Michael/Anathema
 Size: 55538 Patterns: 45 Positions: 47

 Comment:

 The first thing that strikes me after listening through this module was... Its
 length! It is about 5:50 minutes long, which  is a long time, especially for a
 chipmodule, where 30-60 seconds seems to be the standard.

 Otherwise, it is quite a normal chiptune, made with an experts technical touch
 in every way. Unfortunately it only features  about  6 or 7 chords all the way
 throug