Interview with

     Audiomonster
        o f 
      SILENTS
 
    done by Head/Alcatraz via mail


 MD: Hi   Raphael,   please   introduce
    yourself for our readers.  Give us
    some infos about yourself and your
    work.


 AM: My name is Raphael Gesqua, and I'm
    a  20 years old music (?!?) maker,
    in   the   french  section  of  my
    (favourite) group, I mean Silents,
    of course...


 MD: You  are  a  member  of the famous
    Silents.    Please  give  us  more
    infos   about   your   group,  the
    organisation   and   infos   about
    former  groups  you  were a member
    of.

 AM: Well,  it's  more than a year now,
    since  I  joined Silents, together
    with    Ronan,    Rookie,    Walt,
    Performer, Motif, NHP, BKH.  After
    many  ups'n'downs,  and  a  little
    trip to Anarchy, I'm finally still
    in  Silents,  and  I don't want to
    change!!!    Currently,   I'm  the
    official  organizer in France (and
    Daryl  isnt't!!!).  So, it's up to
    me  to decide who joins us and who
    is  kicked out in France.  Then, I
    just  have  to  inform Animal (the
    real  leader)  of any change...  I
    think  it  must be the same in any
    group!!!   Before?  Hmmm, I was in
    a  dirty  group  called Delight...
    But  I  don't  want  to talk about
    that...


 MD: You  are  the man behind the music
    for ICE and Virtual World.  Please
    tell us a bit more about that.

 AM: Well, first, you have to know that
    'ICE'  wasn't a Silents production
    at  the  beginning:  it was nearly
    finished   when   we   sent   some
    previews to Animal.  Then, he told
    us  to  join,  and  that  made  us
    encouraged,  and...  You know what
    followed!
    As for Virtual Worlds, I just made
    the  music  and  gave it to Thomas
    Landspurg   by   intermediate   of
    Performer,  who was (and still is)
    a friend of Thomas.


 MD: Do you create all samples for your
    tunes    by   yourself?    Is   it
    important  for  a good tune to use
    hq samples?

 AM: All  my  samples  come  from many,
    various sources like CDs, Synthes,
    etc...    I   don't  like  ripping
    samples,  coz I try to be original
    on  each  composition  But anyway,
    I'm not a perfectionist :  I often
    desert  sound  qualities  for  the
    melody, that is the more important
    part  of a music, from my point of
    view.  Indeed, I think that a tune
    with a nice melody and bad samples
    is  far better than one with great
    samples, but with nothing else...


 MD: What  do  you think about parties?
    Did  you ever take part in a music
    compo?   If  so,  did  you win any
    prizes?

 AM: I  like  parties!   When there are
    some  interesting  people to meet,
    and  nice competitions, above all.
    I  took  part in two music compos,
    in  France,  and  I  won the first
    prize, both time...It was on 1991,
    for both of them...


 MD: Do  you  think compos are fair, or
    do  you  think that famous musican
    are more prefered?

 AM: Well,  of  course,  on each compo,
    famous  musicians  have  got  more
    chances to win than others.  So, I
    think  that  all  party organizers
    should  do  like  the  ones in the
    compo  where  I won the 1st prize:
    not to give the name/pseudo of the
    musician behind each music played!
    So,   nobody   can   contest   the
    results!!!  Don't you think so?


 MD: What does your Amiga-configuration
    look like?

 AM: Oh,  it's  very  simple:  an Amiga
    500   with   1   MB   of  ram,  an
    audio-digitizer,  and  that's all.
    I   haven't   got   any  synth  or
    anything like that for the moment.
    (I  take my samples on those of my
    friends!!!)


 MD: Do  you have also contact to other
    musican in the scene?  How is your
    relationship to them?

 AM: Yes.   I  have contacts with these
    people:  Delorean/Complex, Tip and
    Mantronix/Pha,  Mel'o'Dee/Shining,
    Moby/Dreamdealers,   Tom   Poison/
    Frantic,  Groo/Black  Robes...  We
    usually   swap  modules,  samples,
    prods and letters, like everybody!


 MD: Do  you have a girlfriend?  If so,
    how  do you manage your scene live
    and your real live?

 AM: Yes,   I   have.    Her   name  is
    Florence,  and she is an excellent
    piano   player.   She  also  looks
    pretty  nice!   Anyway, scene live
    is  not as important as real live:
    it's just for fun...


 MD: Tell us your favourite...

    Graphican: Cougar/Sanity

    Musican: Uncle Tom/Scoopex

    Coder: Azatoth/Phenomena

    Group: Pure Metal Coders

    Diskmag: RAW/PMC

    Tool: Protracker

    Party: I  haven't  gone  enough to
           judge.


 MD: From   where   do   you  take  the
    inspirations for your tunes?

 AM: I   listen   to   lots   of  Movie
    soundtracks    from   well   known
    artists    like   Vangelis,   John
    Williams, John Barry, James Horner
    and Jerry Goldsmith...


 MD: Are  you  working  for a new music
    disk?  If so, can you give us some
    more infos about it?

 AM: Yes,  but  I just can tell you the
    name:  "Tuneful Blows"!


 MD: What  do  you think about the demo
    scene today?

 AM: It's okay.


 MD: Please list things you like.

 AM: Parties,     contacts,     compos,
    meetings, conferences.


 MD: Please list things you dislike.

 AM: Jealous  peolple  (Hi Cougar/DRD!)
    (Not  Cougar/Sanity!),  coders who
    don't care about musicians (Hello,
    dear Ronan!).


 MD: Now  you`ve  some  free  bytes for
    messages  or  whatever you want to
    say.

 AM: Just   a   message  to  Walt/Melon
    Dezign:  "Tel est pris qui croyait
    prendre,  mais tant va la cruche a
    l'eau  que...  Pfff...  Qu'elle se
    mouille."
    To  Reflex/Rebels:  Good synthetic
    tunes, guy!
    Moby/Dreamdealers:  Ou  tai  pace, 
    fred?
    Delorean/Complex:   Hi,  Sakari...
    I'll write back to you very soon.
    Tip/Mantronix:  Hi, Siamese Twins!
    What   about   Crystal  Symphonies
    III?
    Groo/Black  Robes:  Hi, man, thanx
    4 the nice tunes you sent...  I'll
    write you soon...


 MD: Thank   you   for  the  interview,
    Raphael.    Nice  to  met  you  in
    Paris.

 AM: Come back when you want, man!