INTERVIEW WITH OISTEIN EIDE
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By Lord Helmet & El Loco

One  musician  who  has  been in the
spotlight   many  times  lately,  is
Oistein  Eide.   Tip  and  Mantronix
has,  in Zine and Crystal Symphonies
II,   made   many   frontal  attacks
against   Oistein.    Oistein  first
thought  to not answer this childish
behaviour, but now he has decided to
clear   up   the   mess  around  the
subject.     Well   then;   Oistein,
welcome  to  our  studio!  Before we
start   the   interview,  could  you
please  tell  us  something positive
about;


TIP AND MANTRONIX.

I   really   don't   know   Tip  and
Mantronix.  I can't compliment their
personaleties blindly.  Anyhow, I am
certain   they   both   have   their
positive sides.

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 HISTORY
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Why  did  you employ Tip, of all the
musicians  in  the world?  And which
songs  if his impressed you the most
at that time?
For  the  last  time; neither of the
two  Swedish  chaps were ever really
employed  in MON; they never had any
documentations    to   prove   their
employment  at  all.  Anyhow, IF Tip
would begin working for MON, it'd be
because  of his bond with Mantronix;
two musicians works faster than one.

Did you give Tip and Mantronix a lot
of  work?   And  of so, were you you
happy with it?

Tip  never  did  anything under MON,
but  Mantronix  did  some additional
work  on  Robocop3.   And yes, I was
rather  happy  with  his  work, even
though  he  did  not  do  much,  I'm
afraid.

Is  it  true that you didn't pay Tip
and  Mantronix  for  some  of  their
work?

Concerning the law, no.

Why are they mad at you?

I  would be the last person to know.
They've both had every chance in the
world  to  tell people why I am this
big   shit  in  need  of  psyciatric
treatment.      But    no,    rather
irrelevant  crap  than direct use of
words.  Doesn't fit, does it?

If   you   had   been   in  Tip  and
Mantronix's  shoes  once,  would you
feel framed?

But I never did frame them!  I won't
deny  that I promised them more than
I  could  give  them,  but I'd never
have  given them those promises if I
did  not  know  I'd  be able to keep
them one day; now, I could (not that
I  want to).  To fail being Martin's
friend   resulted  in  myself  being
crushed  underneath  his,  and Tip's
huge  popularity.   Not  that I know
where I failed, but I do know that I
find it REALLY childish to use fame,
a  state  of  pride, as some kind of
weapon  to  mess  up another's name.
What  they  never understood is that
this  Amiga  shit  is just a game to
them,  while  it  is,  for  me, real
life.

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 ZINE
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You  were laughed at in Zine 11.  Do
you  feel  that  the Zine team acted
against you?

Yes.    He  really  disapointed  me,
Axel.   He  used  to be a nice chap!
Two of his friends were in conflict.
And so what did he do?  Act neutral?
No.   He  took part with popularity.
Disapointing.  Grow up, Alexander!

Tip and Mantronix has a whole lot of
friends and fans in the scene.  As a
professional  musician,  you  don't.
Do  you think that is the reason why
most people believed in Zine?

Adolf   Hitler   ended  millions  of
people's lives during Wo rld War II.
How could one man be responsible for
so  many  deaths?  That answers your
question I persume.
	
In  Zine,  Axel made you look like a
fool  because  you  wrote  something
like  this;  Tip  and  Mantronix are
likely not even signed up with Sonic
Projects.   Did  Axel misunderstand,
or did you actually lie?

Are  you  blind, Axel?  How the hell
could Tip and Mantronix be registred
employees  of  Sonic  Projects  when
it's   a   group?   Read;  they  are
probably  not  signed  up  with  the
company.    Now   read;   they   are
probably  not  members of the group.
Do you see the difference?  Huh!  So
much    for    a    false    roumor!
Disapointing.

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Do   you  think  Tip  and  Mantronix
envies you, like you wrote in Zine?

Perhaps.   If  Tip  would have had a
MEM  module,  I'd  sure envy him.  I
know Tip has got a Roland D50, which
is  an  old  duotimbral synth.  I've
now got five powerful units; Roland,
JD-800,     Korg     01/Wfd,    Korg
Wavestation A/D, The Gravis Ultra (a
16  DAC  16-bit  sampler)  and  a 16
track Fostex mixer.  Tip would trade
his synth for ANY of those units (he
would  be  a fool not to).  Now does
that answer your question?

What does Charles Deenen, the leader
of MON, think of Tip and Mantronix's
ways against MON, after it all began
back in Zine.

I  guess  Tip  and  Mantronix  never
really  meant  to stab MON, for they
respect   Charles  deeply.   Anyhow,
Charles   does   not  love  Tip  and
Mantronix,  but  he  gives,  more or
less  a  damn about MON's reputation
in  the  scene.   There's  only  one
reason  why  MON's still around; our
16-bit   projects.    In   terms  of
economical  profit,  I  doubt  MON's
ever  been this strong.  So to those
of  you who think I am MON's rotting
remains, think again!


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 CRYSTAL SYMPHONIES II
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What's  your  first thoughts when we
mention words like these;

1: SCROLLTEXTS.

Crystal  Symphonies II; ABOUT MUSIC,
FUCK YOU, MAC BANANA, TO RAW (secret
scrolltext not to be forgotten).

2: MORTEN H.

I   know  his  article  in  RAW  was
directed  against  me,  thanks to my
foolish  acts;  I  used to have this
urge  to  tell people that I was the
best,  making  me very arrogant.  It
took me a lot of effort to rid me of
that  plague.   Now  I'm  just happy
someone even bothers to listen to my
crappy  work.  I was a shit, I know.
Maybe  I  still  am,  but at least I
apologize.   And believe me, Morten,
you  need  NOT  apologize to Tip and
Mantronix for speaking your mind.

3: NIGHTSHADE.

The  poor  chap happened to rip some
of  Tip and Mantronix's work, making
him a complete tweed, concerning the
two  Swedes.  Believe me Nightshade,
you ARE talented, and if Tip has the
guts to call you a ripper again, ask
him  why something just doesn't seem
right  about the tune in Dual Crew's
golden oldie; Yum Yum.

Do you think it's right to critisize
other people's opinions?

Not  really, no.  It's a human right
to  speak  one's  mind, I would say.
At  least  to  a certain degree, for
there  certainly  ARE  laws  against
speaking one's mind; defamation.  It
really  all depends on where you put
your words.

Tell  us  your  honest opinion about
the    tunes    in   PHA's   Crystal
Symphonies II;

 1: SWEAT SHOP.

Not  very varied to be 190kb, that's
for sure.  Making several parts in a
tune  doesn't mean that it's varied.
Anyhow,  some  of  the  samples  are
really   badly   looped.   A  volume
adjustment    redigitized    x-faded
(without  ANY  emphasis  waveshaping
though),  and those loops would have
been  perfect.   There  is one thing
Tip  and MTX never learned, and that
is what the technical parts of music
does  to  the music itself.  A good,
yet boring tune.

 2: YUMMY GAP.

Another   boring   tune,   but  very
original.        Charming       drum
arrangements, but the lacks pressure
and  a  good  melody.   Fairly  nice
samples,  but  when  there  are more
than twenty of them just to create a
silly     flanger    effect?     Not
impressing.    A  computerized,  yet
entertaining tune.

3: LIBERATION.

The first thing I noticed about this
tune  was the horrible chords.  That
piano  must be taken from the Roland
D-10,  because it's really dry.  You
don't  transfer a 16-bit rhythm into
8-bit,  cut it up, then use it along
with  some  8 bit piano chords taken
from   a  400  synth.   Anyhow,  the
tune's  got  a very nice melody, but
an  analog-bass  would have fit this
tune  much  better  than that heavy,
sticky  one.   Anyhow,  I don't like
sax tunes on the Amiga, exept Nuke's
in  Legalise  It,  which were really
good.  But even Nuke uses the sax as
an analog-lead, making the sax sound
rather ackward.  If you want to fake
a  sax, you've got to spend a LOT of
money  on  a  MEM  module.  I do not
think a sax is ment to be digitized.

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 4: DISHARMONY.

Very   good   drum-/precussion-line.
Though  it sounds like an old TR-808
sequence,  it's very charming.  Very
interesting  use of chords.  But yet
again, a tune lacking a good melody.
An  analog-lead  can do so much to a
tune  like  this.   Oh the melody is
good, but not strong enough.  Oh and
speaking  about  disharmony, Tip and
MTX  does NOT know much about music.
They  wrote, in CS2, that harmony is
one of music's most important sides,
which   is  dead  wrong.   It's  not
harmony  that  seperates  music from
sound.

 5: LIFE-PHOBIA.

Does  this  tune  use 5-DAC's?  Bah!
Just  because  you  digitize several
sounds  in  one?   Oh what a fucking
great    sercet!     Very   amusing!
Europe's   most   popular  musicians
doesn't  know  that a multidigitized
sound  is a multi-sample.  5 fucking
voices my ass, happy fucking Easter!
Anyhow,  this  is  not  a  bad tune.
It's  good,  but  very boring.  Very
charming  bass-line,  but  it  lacks
variation.   Good, yes, but the tune
lacks pressure.
  


 6: THE SEARCH FOR ME.

The  first part of the tune is good.
Nice  bells,  very  moody.  But that
silly   up-beat   sounds  like  some
hi-tech  sound  from  the late 60's.
In  fact, it sounds like shit!  It's
so  very  tame,  like just about all
tunes  on  CS2, due to their lack of
pressure.

Any final comments about CS2?

It's   a  good  musicdisk,  but  the
arrogance,  the hatred, the childish
SHIT written in its many scrolltexts
make me sick just thinking about the
product.   The crap written about me
is so stupid that I don't even mind.
Besides,  I  can  take a push in the
back.   But  the  SICK  boasting and
arrogance   is   just  unbelievable!
Fucking  up one's name just be cause
he  didn't  like  the  tunes in CSI?

Demanding   Europe's   most  popular
diskmag  a  full  apology for having
printed  an  article  where  someone
spoke  his  mind?   Telling  a truly
talented  musician  to  go  fuck off
just  because he used a BIT of their
work, when they themselves used more
than  twenty  of  my samples without
even THINKING about crediting me?  I
could  go  on  for  ages!   But deep
down,  I  think  they  are  two nice
guys,  but  fame  has  gone to their
heads.    Huh!    Fame  is  nothing!
There  are  a  LOT of musicians that
could  have  taken  your places ages
ago, so get those damn feet of yours
back on the ground!

Tip  and  Mantronix suddenly changed
their  name  to  Mantronix  and Tip.
Don't  you  think  Tip and Mantronix
sounds  better?   Why  do  you think
they  changed  the  order  of  their
handles?

The truth is that Mantronix is a far
more  talented  musician  than  Tip.
MTX is the stronger side of the duo,
making  it  more  fair  on Martin to
call the duo Mantronix and Tip.  Oh,
but God knows what made Tip agree to
put his name last!

In  CSII,  Tip  and Mantronix wrote;
computer-music is rather ridicolous.
What is your opinion about that?

Bah!  Nearly ALL popular music today
is  done  with  computers.   Do  you
think computer-music is another term
for  what,  4 DAC 8-bit Amiga music?
It's  MIDI.  Even the Gravis Ultrais
a  small CPU.  Michael Jackson, Jean
Michel  Jarre, Vangelis, Mezzoforte,
Brad  Fiedel, you name it!  It's all
computer-music.   Oh  yes;  you ment
blah-blah-blah,  and  not blah-blah-
blah, I know.
 
You've  heard Tip and Mantronix make
both  fast disco tunes and so-called
symphonies, which style do you think
is best?

I  prefer their fast work; the first
and   last   part  of  Overload  was
brilliant!    No  offence  Tip,  but
you'll  never  become  a respectalbe
pro.   Not  composing  with  4-DAC's
8-bit.    You'd   be  a  far  better
musician  if you'd do something with
16-DAC's  16-bit.   I  took the fast
way  to  paradise;  went to the bank
and  raised  a  fat  loan.   Then  I
rented  an  appartment,  fixed it up
real  nice,  and  moved  in.  Then I
built  up  my  own studio (5 units),
and  went  full-time pro.  Oh sounds
better  than a blow-job, doesn't it?
It  bloody well is!  Well, aeh, sort
of.    Like,  uh,  in  a  way.   Oh,
anyhow,  think  about raising a loan
for  your  studies.   You can end up
with  5000£, and you need, what, 400
for   your   studies?    Give  it  a
thought, Robert.

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Tip  and Mantronix suggests that you
should  get psyciatric treatment and
shave  off your moustache.  Have you
got  some  suggestions  to  Tip  and
Mantronix?

Bah!  I'm not THAT childish!

Do you think that it's right for Tip
and  Mantronix to try convincing the
audience  with  sentences like this;

This is probably the best music ever
done on an Amiga? 

Or  perhaps people should make their
own    opinions    about   Tip   and
Mantronix's music?
Tell me, does a guy die when getting
a  20mm  bullet  through  his  head?
Predictable, yes?


­--------
 OTHERS
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Do  you think that Tip and Mantronix
could do it better in the playground
than in music?

In the playground?  Naw.

If  you compare Tip's music with the
work  of  a 7 year old, wouldn't you
prefer Tip's?
Give me a break!

How  much  would  you  pay  to avoid
spending   a   month  with  Tip  and
Mantronix on a desert island?

Not  again?  Well, why would I mind?
I  mean,  spending a few weeks, on a
desert    island    with   Tip   and
Mantronix,  now  that could turn out
very interesting!

Do you hate Tip and Mantronix?

No!   Not  that  I  could, even if I
wanted  to.   Hating someone is like
wanting  someone dead.  If they'd be
wanting me dead, they'd not be quite
normal.   You  really don't wish for
other people's life to end, for life
is  the greatest gift of all.  Laugh
if   you   please,  but  I  am  very
depressed  these days, even though I
now  live  a happy life, for there's
so much evil in this world.  How can
someone  have  the  heart  to call a
lame    child    in    a   weelchair
'an-ugly-fuck'?  Or an adopted child
'fucking-nigger'?    This   is   how
people  are  to  eachother,  and  it
REALLY  hurts  me  to know!  Not all
everyone  can  take  a  push  in the
back;  think  about that!  Why can't
we  help  one  antoher,  not  be  so
careless against our own kind?  Life
is  too short for this shit!  As for
Tip  and  Mantronix;  believe  me or
not,  but  if  I could, I would give
these  two  chaps  a truly wonderful
life,  even if they'd really want to
see  me dead.  I don't expect you to
understand,  but I'm afraid I really
mean that.

Is  it true that you really have the
copyright on your samples?

Yes.    The   copyright   law  isn't
complicated;  Surely  Korg holds the
copyright  on  the  samples in their
units,  but  when  I  re-program the
sound-data, re-sample the sound from
12   /16-bit   to  i.e.   8-bit,  it
becomes  mine as soon as I copyright
it.   Korg did not sample it; I did.
That is the law, not my opinion.

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 THE SILENTS
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You  have  recently  joined  TSL, is
this   because   you   are   getting
interested in the scene?  And if so,
what do you think of the scene?

Yes,  I'd  like  to give the scene a
shot,  just  for  fun.   The  scene?
Horrible!  It seems so important for
people  to  tell the scene who's the
bigger  fuck  than the other.  Fame,
what?   A  position  of power?  Two,
maybe three more years, then what?

Why  did you join TSL?  Couldn't you
make   music   for   others,  as  an
independant?

Sure  I  could,  and I guess I will.
But  TSL  is, in my opinion the best
group  in  the  scene.  Therefore, I
wish  to  priority my nonprofit work
for  them.   Another reason I joined
up  with  TSL  is  due to the really
wonderful chaps found in the group.

Are  you  going to take a break from
doing  music  under  MON,  now  that
you're in TSL?

What?  And starve?  I doubt it!

Are  you working on anything for TSL
so far?

Yes.   I'm  organizing the Norwegian
division,  a  divison thaAt's turned
out  unbelievably good, no thanks to
me.   I have just finished designing
the trackmo we are working on, along
with some other chaps in TSL.  It is
going  to  be  so  mething much like
Hardwired,  maybe  just as hi-class.
I've got some of my friends in Ocean
Software  to  do  some  REALLY fancy
stuff for our project.  Otherwise, I
am most likely going to do something
for  some  of  our  foreign divisons
too.

Thanks   for   answering   all   the
questions.   Well  then,  you've got
any final words maybe?

Yes,  thanks,  a  few words.  It has
been  sommerfugl  being interviewed.
Anyhow,  without putting you on, Tip
and  MTX, I am willing to supply you
guys  with  samples.  Oh much rather
that than see you rip off those I've
already  used.   Send  me  some text
listing up all samples needed.  It's
either  that, or you STOP ripping my
samples.  Anyhow, I am already doing
some  8-bit  sampling for some other
Europeans.    I   am   asking   very
reasonable  prices.   I'll  digitize
the  sounds  exactly  like  you want
them, even looped if required.  I've
also  got  loads of sound effects on
Sonic  Image's  sampling cd's, so if
you want it, I have got it.  Oh, and
if  you're  looking  new  sounds for
your     synths,     I    can    get
sysex/voice/MIDI-data for just about
any  synth  on the market (that does
not  include  ROM's  with  PCM's  of
course).   I am also very interested
in  exchanging  sounds  for the Korg
01/Wfd,   the  Wavestation  and  the
Roland   JD-800.    Ok,  that's  it.
Please  feel  free to drop me a line
for any other reasons too (to all my
old   friends  and  those  that  has
already  written  to me during 1992,
may expect an answer soon).

Thank you.

    OISTEIN J. EIDE JR
    ABSALON BEYERSGATE 40
    5035 BERGEN-SANDVIKEN
    NORGE/NORWAY


If you want to hear more of our dear
Oistein,   then  read  RAW  4  where
Oistein   will  tell  you  different
things about synths and more!

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