Interview with Mantronix and TIP - 1/5
Done by: Yankee

Interview   with   Mantronix/Razor 1911
(this interview   was  done  before  he
joined Phenomena)and TIP/Phenomena done
by Yankee on the Amega Party.

H-M:   Give  us some informations about
yourself  (age,  sex (if u have any!?),
height,  weight,  place of birth, place
you are living, school/job etc...)

TIP:  Year of birth:  17  years, 178 cm
tall,  (fe-)male,  born  in  Stockholm,
living in -Vaxjo-(Sweden), currently at
High  School  (studying maths, physics,
chemistry and music!).  I'm playing the
guitar and the drums.

MTX: Interesting data: 18 years, 179 cm
(hehe!),  sex:  male (really?), born in
Jonkoping  (Sweden), 65 kg,  living  in
Kristianstad  (south of Sweden), study-
ing maths,physics,chemistry and techno-
logy(one year to go!).Did you know that
TIP  had  the grade 4  (out of five) in
music?!! (MTX: And what did you have?!)

H-M: Why did  u  start  computing,  and
when/how  did you find out your special
talents?   (musix)  which  group  did u
start making musixs for???

TIP: Sometime... Somewhere... I started
music-making two years ago anyway, in a
group  called  Necatrix.  (Coool!)  (My
special talent is really girls...)

MTX: I found  a book about basic at the
library (yes, I wanted to be a coder!).
But,  a few months after I got my Amiga
500  (Ser. No 1733),  a  program called
"Master  Soundtracker"   arrived.   How
coool!    The  music  created  in  this
program   could  actually  be  used  in
demos.   So,  I started testing it out,
and  I  got  addicted  after just a few
hours.   Special talent?  Well, I don't



Interview with Mantronix and TIP - 2/5
Done by: Yankee
Know  what that's supposed to mean, but
maybe  I  should  add  that  I've  been
playing  the  piano  for  ten years.  I
first  made  music  for  a group called
"Omikron"    (not   "Omicron")   (three
members!).

H-M:  As you are both members of rather
wellknown  groups  and  as you both are
wellknow   as  a  single  person,  too,
what's    your   relationship   towards
lamers??

TIP:  Rather wellknown??  Hmm..  Lamers
are inevitable.  Everyone has been one,
and  a  lot  still  are..   (No further
comments   needed).    But  it's  quite
disturbing  when  'not-good'  musicians
come  to  me,  asking for critics about
their tunes...

MTX: Well, I  try  to  be nice to them.
Maybe   in   a  few  months  they  have
developed  into  a  great  musician.  I
mean,  you have to start somewhere, and
everyone has been a lamer!

H-M: Which  music  do   you  listen to?

TIP: I  listen  to all  kinds  of music
with  that  special  'harmony' in.  For
example;  U2,  Depeche Mode, Mozart and
Beatles.

MTX: Well, I like  almost all  kinds of
music  except  for  country  & western,
heavy,  heavy  metal, punk, hip-hop and
music  for old people.  But, I must say
that I like instrumental music best.

H-M:  Mantronix,  you  are  working for
Maniacs  of Noise and you are member of
a  cracking  crew.   How can you manage
this?   (Just  think  of  the situation
that  Razor  cracks  a  game  with your
music??)



Interview with Mantronix and TIP - 3/5
Done by: Yankee
MTX: I can't  really do  anything about
that   there   are   members  in  Razor
cracking  games.  But, when a game with
my  music is released, I will make sure
that   Razor  won't  crack  it.   Maybe
another  group  will  crack  it,  but I
can't  affect that really.  My personal
opinion  about  commercial  software is
that the prices are much too high.  But
I  don't  set  the  prices anyway!  I'm
satisfied  just  as long as I get paid.
It's  just that I'm in Razor because of
the groups' demo-'section', not because
of the 'cracking'- section.

H-M: What is  your relationship towards
other    musicians?    Who   is   worth
listening to?

TIP: It  depends  which  musicians  you
mean.    The  non-active  ones  (Codex,
Firefox,  Walkman, Bruno) are/were just
great.   And  I'm  a  friend to some of
them.   But  the  new  ones...  Some of
them  have  become famous, but they are
nothing  special.   Worth  listening to
are: Charles Deneen (MoN), (MoN=Maniacs
of Noise) Oistein Eide (MoN),Mantronix,
Omega, Bruno. People   can't   separate
taste  from talents...

MTX: I   think   that   most   of   the
musicians in  the eurocharts truly suck
(TIP:I couldn't have said  it better!).
I  think  also (not because I'm in MoN)
that  Charles  Deenen  and Oistein Eide
are  high  over  the  others (including
me).    So,   the   guys  really  worth
listening  in  my opinion are:  Charles
Deenen/MoN,    Oistein  Eide/MoN,   Tor
Gausen    (Walkman),    Jussi   Peitila
(Bruno/MoN),  Robert  Ling (TIP), Chris
Huelsbeck,   Tim   Follin   and   Jimmy
Fredriksson (Firefox).  And to add this
up:  4-mat (Matthew Simmonds) and Romeo
Knight    are   the   most   over-rated



Interview with Mantronix and TIP - 4/5
Done by: Yankee
Musicians  ever!   People  really can't
separate taste from talents!

H-M: TIP,  how  long   time  do you use
every  morning  to  style  your hair???
(He,he)

TIP: I take it as I wake up...

H-M: What  do  you  both  enjoy in the
demo-scene??

TIP: I  really  don't  like  commenting
this,   as   it   might  seem  slightly
'boasty'...   But,  I  mostly enjoy our
own  demos.   Some skillful graphicians
are:    Color/PHA,   Uno  and  Joe/SCX.
(H-M: They are  just sitting nearby, so
he gave them some credits!)

MTX: Well, things that  can  be enjoyed
in   the   demo-scene  are:   Phenomena
demos,  Walkman music and Uno graphics.
Actually  I enjoy everything that looks
and sounds good.  However, these are my
favourites.    A   lot   of  guys  will
probably  be  pissed with me now, but I
simply ‡hateŠ the modem-scene!

H-M: How do  you  compose??  (Technique
etc.) Do you just sit down and compose,
or  do you just conevert ideas you have
to a sound??

TIP:   It  depends...  Sometimes I play
the tune (chords etc) on my synth, or I
simply play around with samples.  Also,
some tunes are quite special..  Perhaps
I  start  one in january and then I put
it  away  for  a  few  months.  Later I
start with that tune again.

MTX: All  my   tunes  are  composed  on
synthesizers  and  then  converted into
the Amiga. But, I don't midi-sequence!!
Also,  I  choose  my samples with great



Interview with Mantronix and TIP - 5/5
By: Yankee
care.   I think that the best musicians
in the scene will soon reach the top in
both quality and musicality.

H-M: What  can  you  tell  to the young
musicians?

TIP:   keep  on  practising  every day.
That's it!

MTX: Give    Amiga-Music   your   best,
otherwise you can just quit right away!

H-M: What's your opinion of this party?

TIP: Bad  organized..... Met  a  lot  of
friends though!

MTX: No comments, the music-competition
isn't  finished  yet  (hehe!).   Still,
I've  met  a  lot  of  nice guys (gays)
here. I will surely try to greet all of
you  in my  and TIP's soon-(hopefully)-
coming  music disc ‡Chrystal SymphoniesŠ!

Thanx for this interview dudies...