WOTW in focus
The (W)arrior (O)f (T)he (W)ind

__Elef Tsiroudis alias WOTW was a very well known musician in the early days of
the Amiga scene (1991-92), especially for the masses of chiptunes he produced
and which were used regularly in lots of cracktros and other small
productions around, especially in old Supplex times.
__His scene history also includes groups like The Science Frontiers, Scanners,
Gothic, Dual Crew and The Silents, something that shows us this musician can
truely be considered an oldschool being... To end his group biography, we
should not forget his brief stays in Essence, Haujobb and his groups at the
moment, Razor 1911 and Class (Both on PC).
__WOTW has released many known tunes. The list starts with magtunes for
magazines like Raw (Issue 3), Eternal (Issue 2), Generation, ChitChat
(Issue 10), World Charts (Issue 9), AM/FM (Issue 11) and The Jungle
(Issue 4), crossing demotunes like the ones used in the Essence trackmo
A.S.S. (Antediluvian Sloppy Spectacle) or in the TSL Germany production
"Transpiersky", not to forget several tunes released under the label of
Essence for intros and his chippack Talktime (Which unfortunately never saw
anything but the first issue)

__Please tell us your current groups, on which platform they work and on which
platform you use to create your tunes.
__At the moment I am in 2 PC groups; Razor 1911 and Class. I still do my tunes
with Protracker 2.2B on my Amiga 1200! I think I will start working with FT2
on the PC and THX on Amiga soon...

__You left the scene some time ago in order to concentrate on your real life
job. What was the reason for you to return to this big "playground" entitled
scene?
__During the time I left the scene I realized my dream. I had the fortune to
make my hobby my real life job. At the beginning it was quite hard not being
in the scene, I must admit. My time in the scene was very nice and leaving
all my friends behind wasn't very enjoyable. Years passed by and one day as
I surfed on the world wide web, I stumbled upon the TRSI page... My heart
started to beat very fast and a lot of good feelings came back to me. That's
when I decided to re-enter...

__Apart from your scene activities our newsreporter somehow got to know that
you are also involved in a couple of serious dance/techno projects and have
already released a couple of records. Tell us more about it! How did this
start? What was your biggest gig/success till now? Can you name any labels
where we can get hold of your work?
__In 1993 I bought my first Synth (Yamaha SY85). Months later
I asked a friend if I could do a techno track for him. So I took the
first steps into producing technotracks. I liked it and I bought more
and more equipment. In 1994 I released my first 12inch with Christian
Morgenstern, who was also in Essence, on our own label. We immediately
had big success with this vinyl and did a couple of Live-Acts (also abroad).
After that record i started my own label called Shokoy Records, which is
based on minimal techno. Today 18 records have been released and the label
became really famous in the underground. Till today, I've released 12 records
on labels like Dos or Die, EMI, Wash Circles etc. Alot of tracks were
played on big radiostations like HR3 Clubnight, Radio RPR and so on.
Also my tracks were licensed to over 40 Samplers like D-Trance, Trancemaster,
Rave Mission and Tunnel Trance Force. A video will follow our actual
single if it'll reach position 10 in the DDC charts.

__Have any of your songs been played on TV/radio? Are you able to live
of the profit from these jobs?
__Yes I live quite well on the money I earn. Of course, I haven't earned my
first million yet, but I hope I can realize that in the next 2 years.

__When you are able to work with huge amounts of tracks in 'real
life', you return to the "crappy" 4ch world on the Amiga.
What is the thrill for you to act like this? What do you find so
interesting, to leave all technical possibilities behind and
start Protracking again? I mean, most people would
have expected multichannel stuff from you...
__Oh, nice question! Well I believe that someone who grew up in the
scene will always remember those times. The break I've had over 5
years was very long and the fact that a lot of older people
still are in the scene caused me to start my activities again.
4 Channels are very funny. It's always a pleasure to do a great
piece with only 4 channels.

__Do you use any of your professional equipment in order to get your 4 channel
tunes more catchy? In case you do, tell us about the equipment you are able
to use.
__No I don't use that equipment for my ProTracker-mods. Maybe I will use
it for my contribution to the musiccompetition at the next Party in
Denmark. I don't want to compose any real mods because they take a lot more
time, and I can't afford that.

__Alot of guys still love your old chiptunes. The "WOTW-Introtune" series
surely was one of the finest and LONGEST series ever made, with a
huge amount of various tunes. Still, you gave all of those modules
the "WOTW" style many musicians were trying to copy at that time.
Do you still compose those modules? What do you think about
chiptunes in general today?
__I don't know whether many others musicians tried to copy my style.
If that's the fact I am very happy about it. I will still keep that
style because the scene started with such tunes and I will also
keep the dirty texts in my mods! Hahahahaha. Chiptunes are great, nothing
more to say!

__What are your plans for your scene future? Do you plan to release
another chippack or maybe a musicdisk? Or do you see your music in
a nice demo, shown on a huge competition screen?
__I will soon release a chipcollection with Nuance and a lot of new
introtunes for several cracking groups.

__In which way, if it has, has your attitude towards the scene changed
during the last years?
__My aim is not to enter the charts, I only want to have fun and meet a
lot of old friends, and to release again hundreds of new chippies heheheh.
The scene is now my hobby!

__You know some of the old sceners that are still around, and which you have
known for QUITE some time. Still, alot of guys claim that the scene ain't
what it has been before. What is your statement concerning the overall
AMIGA scene impression?
__The scene isn't what it was in the past. There is no real
scene anymore. It all goes over the internet. In the past you wrote
nice letters to your contacts you met, often on private parties,
and the relation among the sceners was more intensive than
today. Anyway, it always depends to the time when you joined the
scene. I think I will have a great time again and that counts.

__Okay, now you got some space left for advertisments of any
kind, greetings and other stuff that pops up in your mind right now.
So, feel free and take your time..
__First of all I will greet some of my old and real friends like:
You Dascon, Virgill, Warhead, TSM, Irata, Peachy,
Free Agent, Logo 7, Hetero, ATM, Sun, Jason, Vention,
Conquest, Pride, Facet, Jazz, XXX, Raven, Kris,
Moxy, all in Mirage, Chromag, Angeldawn, D-Sign,
all in Essence, Damian, Lynnx, Bass, Mel o dee,
KR'33, Shade, Surfing, Icarus, Cyclone, Control,
and to the rest of you lovely guys!!!!!!!
Feel free 2 contact me for any kind of reasons.
Especially for real music (techno, trance dance floor),
but also for nice chippies hehe.
Write only to:
Profile Studios
c/o Elef Tsiroudis
Josef - Drexler Str. 8
89331 Burgau
Germany
Or call: +49(0)8222-42750
Fax:  410605
E-Mail: drop-out@home.aragon.de

__Thanks alot for your time, I love you, man!
__Thanks to you for the nice questions and I am sure we'll
have a nice time together.











by Dascon (c) Insomnia'98