Inteview with Dave
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Interview with Dave/ex. Freezers __Czestochowa, Poland. A mild afternoon surrounds us like an early precursor of the upcoming spring. Dave and I sit on a bench, we watch the children play football in the park and hear their cries and laughter like a distant background melody while sunbeams tickle our noses. __Many of you have literally heard of him; after all the polish sound-wizard composed the music in releases like "Wit Premium" or "Hazchemix", just to name a few. Insomnia offers you an insight into the thoughts of this scener and his weird way of making music. So here we go with the questions... - Hi Dave, please introduce yourself to us: Your real name, your age, your job/studies and the place where you live.. "Hello readers, I'm Dave.. just Dave. My real name is Dawid Nabialek. I'm 20 and I'm Polish. I live in a town called Czestochowa (there is a town where we always celebrate 'Rush Hours' computer-parties). I'm study to Economy, but I relay hate this... :) I'm also working in a firm, where I'm making some desktop publishing and doing commercials (Corel Draw, PageMaker), for commercial- magazine called 'Posrednik'.. I think that this job is really fine.. :) On the beginning I'd like to sorry all of us for my English language which isn't so perfect... I hope you'll understand me. :) [Notice from the staff: We did not try to "correct" Dave's English as it is understandable enough. Instead we leave things as they are and give you the most natural, unmanipulated impression possible.] - Interesting.. And how did you get in contact with scene? We'd like to know your history: Which where your first groups, how did you discover your music style, when did you buy your first Amiga, etc..? "Well, so it was on the end of 1993, when I saw 'Technological Dead', 'Prosiak', 'Desert Dreams' and other demos on my new toy Amiga 500 (hehe). Before, I had little 8-bit Atari with really big equipment, and I also start with my friends to scene on this computer, and I really think we were the pioneers on this little machine! :) It's funny, but it's a fact. Ok, let's back to my beginning in Amiga scene. Then I started to go to a parties. It was great experience.. On the beginning of 1994 I started to sceneing. I had joined to really new group Vacuum, which was founded by my good friend Bartman. By the way: There was two Bartman's then - this(Bartman and Bartman/Abyss, now is just only one, because that great man has died in July 1997. It's terrible... Ok.. The Vacuum group had been grew up, new people had joined (for example very good coder Yoghurt, which now is in a very famous PC group PULSE). In fact, Vacuum was really medium group in Poland, but we really had many friends and overall people liked us. :) The group had a contact with scene, because I started to swapping. I think, I was very active, and had many contacts - in a time of one year over 100 mail contacts. But in fact, I was always interested in music making. My friend Bartman showed me how to really use ProTracker and then I was trying to make some noise. In a middle of 1996 I joined Freezers - the most famous group in Poland then. After Sputnik left us, I was an organizer together with Immortal. Now - I think it was pure nonsense. The new polish group was founded - for example Floppy or Anadune.. Freezers became quite poor group. So I've decided to left this group... I don't know why... then I had joined Amnesty - quite unknown group, but relay active and they have very good coder (for example 'Hazchemix'). I've dropped swapping in 1996, because I had no more free time for making music. I decided to be a musician only. After Rush Hours party, on the beginning of 1997 I've left Amnesty to be independent and still have no group. In 1997 I miss some scene feelings.. a lot of unnecessary people, who made our scene lame and many other things.. but I think I'm still on 'scene'.. I relay like to watch some cool demos, still making modules, still going to a parties (I was on more than 20 computer parties - smaller or bigger, Amiga, PC, Atari, C64 parties also..). But I'm not in a group, because I'd like to be active in a group. The people who DO nothing are just existing and this is a stupid for me. Better is to be an independent, have no group, than make shit and be in a best group just for being... it's simple. Maybe, some day, if I meet a good coder, which will really like my music and make it useful for his productions I'll join a group again. Well, I forgot something.. :) On the beginning of 1997 I had sold my Amiga to buy a PC. I needed to have better equipment for making modules and I think PC + 16bit sound card is relay worth buying equipment for scene musician.. Anyway I associate with both Amiga and PC scene. If YOU, dear read of this Amiga diskmag think I'm lame or something I piss you.. you are stupid. I'm into scene because of PEOPLE, not MACHINE." - Surely a question one can discuss endless nights about. Is there an Amiga spirit connected to the Amiga machine? Is the Amiga spirit different from PC spirit? .., etc, etc. But as the space for this interview is limited somehow and musicians naturally want a better sound equipment than 4 channels nowadays, I come to the next point: Do you also enjoy going to Clubs in your town or are you performing as a real Club DJ? "I don't think so... In 1996 and 1997 I was 'little' DJ (in our local disco and techno pub), then I started to be an 'ambient DJ'. It sounds very stupid, but I've just played in chill-out rooms easy music (ambient, drum'n'bass, acid-jazz). But in fact I can say, that I didn't feel like a real DJ... Of course I've been meeting many techno-parties and still... Of course I enjoy going to club, meet my friends, drink some beers or smoke some weed in nice atmosphere." - Welcome in the club of weed-lovers.. ;) What is it that fascinates you when thinking of the scene? What was your motive to join our world? "I don't know... It was something new, something interesting. I always liked to meet people, also that music making, contacts with other people who are interested in similar things like me.. also going for parties. Polish party = GREAT party. :)" - Do you think demos are art? "Yes, I do. For many people, who aren't into scene they are real art and it's afact... I like demos for their atmosphere, design, original graphics and effects and of course music, I like also some funny, crazy or stupid demos, who makes me laugh... But there is also a tons of shits, pseudo-demos or intros which are made just for making. It's stupid. I can add, that sometimes I organize in my house parties and together with my non-scene friends watch to some demos and have cool atmosphere. - What do you think about the current state of our scene? Is there a stagnation? Are we only copying from PCs without inventing on our own? Does the scene have any future? Do you think the Amiga will celebrate a comeback once? "It's hard to say. Nowadays we have millions of new group, which are only existing and making our scene worse.. perhaps not all, but it is my state of this... About copying from PC - please back to 1995-96, when the scene on PC looked like Amiga scene on 1990. It's just because PC is faster machine and perhaps some people (I mean coders) prefer doing demos on this machine... Another fact are computer parties - can say, that this is not the same like some years ago.. About future of Amiga - as a computer: I think that is about dying, and as a scene: it's only depends on people, but I think scene never dies, because there is a lot of total Amiga-Freaks, who make the scene still alive." - There are also other musicians who do your kind of music. Are there some you appreciate and respect? Is there a music style in scene you dislike? "Yes, it's true. My favorite scene musician is my best scene friend REVISQ (Floppy, Anadune, Nah-Kolor, Mosaic, etc...). We can relay understand together yourself and we have very similar likes and dislikes concerning music,not only computer scene music. There are also more musicians, I can think my favorite and respected. I like DUNE for his wonderful atmosphere in music, great technique and experimental sounds and also JORMAS guys, for techno-parties feelings in their modules, and modules from Mortimer Twang, Supernao, Substance, Yolk&Legend duo, Groo and many other musicians.. We have a lot of talented and unknown musicians on scene... About dislikes in scene music - I hate all stuff from XTD/Mystic.. his modules makes me a headache. Maybe, someone is dreaming about his beauty and easy melody lines or his experienced technique, but in fact I think he is a dark about normal music, not computer music and he have no ideas about trying to making some original-sounds modules... I can add also that my favorite music styles are ambient and all sort of experimental music, hard-house, detroit and minimal techno, drum'n'bass also some good goa trance stuff." - Which music do you think fits best into a cool demo? "It depends what will be this demo. I couldn't write detroit-house to a demo with slow scenes, environment, birds, and very easy atmosphere." - Striking argument. Do you want to do something with music later on in real life? "I'm planning to make real music with some equipment I set up. Now I have only Roland MC-303, really good synth for techno music, but I hope that soon my sound equipment will grow up. :) About releasing or something about it - here in Poland without an extends or good knowledge you have no chance to release something on good (or just normal) conditions EVEN you make relay good music." - So let's hope the best for the future. Do you plan to join a group or do you .prefer to stay independent? "I wrote about this some questions before. If I find a group when I'll be useful I'll team up... Now, I'm just independent and it suit me." - Thanks very much for answering the questions. We wish you a bright future in scene as well as in your real life. "Thanks, no problem. I wish the best for your unique mag! Yours, Dawid Nabialek :)" [Additional note: Shortly after this interview we found out that Dave joined Haujobb. Thus he is not independent anymore.] by Bytebreaker (c) Insomnia'98