Interview with

     Performer
        o f
   Melon  Dezign
      Crystal


    done by Head/Alcatraz via mail


MD: Hi  Performer!   Please  introduce
    yourself      (age,      function,
    school/work etc).

PE: I'm  3  years old and I used to be
    in  a nursery school.  Some people
    say that I am also a coder, but it
    is only a rumour.


MD: You`ve  just  joined Melon Dezign.
    Why have you left your old group?

PE: That's a bit difficult to explain.
    After some problems in TSL france,
    I   joined   Anarchy,   the   best
    organized group ever.  The problem
    is  that  (A) sounds like quantity
    before quality.  All the demos are
    good,  but  absolutly nothing more
    than  good.  No great ideas.  Walt
    asked me to code a demo for Melon,
    and  a  few  weeks  after  to join
    Melon DeZign.


MD: Melon  Dezign  is  a  subgroup  of
    Crystal.   Why  a subgroup?  Don`t
    you  want  to be mixed up with the
    cracking section of Crystal?

PE: I  don't  care.   I  do  not  feel
    myself  like an illegal freak.  If
    some of the other members in Melon
    want  to stay in Crystal, it is up
    to  them.   I will just follow the
    group.


MD: You just won the compo on the TRSI
    party  in  Belgium  with your demo
    `Humantarget`.    Please  tell  us
    something about the demo.  Did you
    expect to win?

PE: Some of the routines were coded to
    be released in a trackdisk demo in
    cooperation with Ronan.  In fact I
    did it alone because Ronan doesn`t
    know   what   design  means.   The
    HumanTarget  was released in about
    3 weeks.


MD: What  do  you think about the TRSI
    party?

PE: Not the best party ever but I have
    met some cool guys.


MD: Do  you think the design of a demo
    is  very  important?  Compare your
    design with Kyd/Balle.

PE: Yeah,  of  course  it's important.
    Without  any design, even a really
    good    routine    is   not   very
    interesting  to  look at.  I think
    Kyd/Balle  have  some  of the best
    ideas  on  Amiga.  Their design is
    sometimes  not  really  good,  but
    compared with the others, they are
    still at the top.


MD: I  heard  that  Alliance Design is
    dead,   because   many  guys  were
    busted.    Can   you   give  us  a
    statement about that?

PE: No,  that  is not true.  AD is not
    dead,   but   Corto   stopped  his
    activities  on  Amiga.   It  seems
    that   AD  still  have  some  good
    coders.


MD: It  seems  to be very dangerous to
    be  illegal  in  France.   I heard
    about  special  organisations  who
    bust  illegal  freaks.  Did you or
    other  Melon France members got in
    trouble with them?

PE: That    is   true.    The   french
    association   against   piracy  is
    really   active.    I   had   some
    problems  a few months ago because
    of illegal video tapes, but nobody
    else   in   Melon  never  had  any
    problem.


MD: Do  you  plan  a  second  part  of
    `Humantarget`?   If  so, could you
    give  us  more  informations about
    it?

PE: I  will  never  code a HumanTarget II.
    We  are  trying  to  make  new kind of
    demos,  with  some  new  effects,  new
    style  of  design.   We do not want to
    stay on the same stage.


MD: What  do you think about the scene
    in France?

PE: Like  in  all the other countries.
    Some    cool   dudes,   and   some
    assholes.   Some  lamers only able
    to spread some fuckin rumours.


MD: Are there more releases planned by
    Melon Dezign in future?

PE: Certainly  a  new  little one-part
    demo  in  a near future, with some
    new   effects   and   music   from
    Audiomonster.
    Everyone  in  Melon is waiting for
    the  demo from Motif, but he is so
    lazy.


MD: How  is  your  relationship to the
    rest  of Melon Dezign and Crystal?
    I    heard    there    were   some
    misunderstandings between Walt and
    some other guys.

PE: I did not know about some problems
    between  Walt and any other member
    of  Crystal.   How can you believe
    the  fuckin  rumours  sent to your
    disk-mag  by some lamers?  Walt is
    the organizer in France, and it is
    quite ok.


MD: Please tell us you favorite...

    Groups: 
    PHA and Crionics are good.

    Coders:
    Celebrandil/PHA,     Chaos/Sanity,
    Motif/Melon, T.  Landspurg

    Musicans: 
    Static,  Audiomonster,  Uncle Tom,
    NHP+BKH

    Graphicans:
    Walt/MELON, HOF/TSL, Mack/SCOOPEX

    Demo: 
    Orgasmatron/TSL

    Diskmag:   
    My  Toilet  Paper is the only one.
    It contains the best rumours.


MD: Do    you   think   about   coding
    something for commercial?  Did you
    get     offers    from    software
    companies?

PE: No commercial!


MD: I`ll   give  you  now  some  short
    expressions,    please    give   a
    statement...

    Hardwired:
    A nice demo...

    Alliance Design:
    Nothing to say.

    Kyd/Balle Prod:
    A nice little duo.

    Modemscene:
    Do not care.

    Odyssey:
    So long, so boring. Not a demo.

    R.A.W.:
    It seems to be a diskmag.

    McDisk:
    It seems to be another diskmag ?!


MD: Ok,  now  you`ve  some  space  for
    messages  or  whatever you want to
    say...

PE: Nothing to say.


MD: Thank  you for answering all these
    questions,  Renaud.   Nice  to met
    you on the party.  See you...

PE: See  you...  hope you will like my
    interview.   It contains some good
    news & rumours, so use them. Hehe!