INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW EUROCHART
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The  NEW  Eurochart will be released
at  the  Hurricane party in Denmark.
RAW  talked  a  bit  with  the  main
editor   of   the   NEW   Eurochart,
Estrup/Static  Bytes,  to hear which
thoughts he had about it!

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Why  did you continue the Eurochart?
Are you so fond of counting votes?

I guess we missed the Eurochart like
everybody  (?)  else,  and as it, at
that  time,  didn't  seem  like some
other  group  would  take  over  the
charts,   we   decided   to  try  to
continue this legend.

You  sent  a letter to the Eurochart
staff?    Got   no  answer,  because
Crusaders  was  too  lazy  to  write
back.    Don't   you   think,   that
Crusaders    could    handle    this
situation a lot better?

I  wouldn't  say, they were lazy.  I
imagine,  that they got letters like
ours  from several other groups, and
a  bit  of  time to decide is always
OK.   Well,  maybe  it  took  them a
little too long to let us know!

Since  Kefrens  are  more known than
Static  Bytes,  will Static Bytes do
all the work and Kefrens get all the
fame?

Well,  at  this  point,  I'd like to
make  a little "statement":  The New
Kefrens  have decided to back out of
the    Eurochart-production.    They
decided,  that it wasn't such a good
idea  after all (maybe they disliked
the  fact, that then people couldn't
vote  for them anymore?), but let me
make  it perfectly clear, that there
are    no   hostilities   whatsoever
between  Static  Bytes  and  The New
Kefrens,   so  don't  start  drawing
"war"-    conclusions   from   this.
Furthermore,  I'd  like to say, that
this  will  NOT delay the release of
issue   15.    Issue   15  will,  as
planned,    be   released   at   the
Hurricane  party  in Samso, Denmark,
in  the  end  of  June.  Considering
this,   I  think  your  question  is
irrelevant...

Will  your  Eurochart be better than
the previous one?

What  a question?  Do you want me to
write:    YES,  it'll  be  10  times
better???   We'll  do our very best,
so   just   wait   and   judge   for
yourselves.

Will  you change Eurochart?  Or just
copy the old Standard Eurochart set?

The  first  issue  will be VERY much
like  issue  14, only the categories
are  changed  a  bit:   "Best  intro
group"  is  gone, and "Best Utility"
is  back.   The  reason for this is,
that today it's impossible to decide
what's  an  intro  and what's a demo
(not  to  mention  dentros,  mintros
etc.!),  and  we  think,  that "Best
Utility"  is  a very relevant chart.
In later issues, we might change the
design  a  bit,  but we'll see about
that.   Also,  I'd  like  to see the
news-section just a bit sorted, e.g.
in             group/handle-changes,
release-news,    hardware-news.    I
think,  most news-sections today are
a total mess.

In  opposite  to Crusaders, you have
competitors?  What do you think of

a) Nordic Scene Report?

A lot of work seem to be behind this
chart.   In  general,  I  think it's
nice  (especially the picture of the

drunk Norwegian girl in issue 2.  If
anybody  has  got her number, PLEASE
let  me  know!) This is definitely a
mag  worth  watching  out for in the
future.


b) World Chart?

I've  only  seen  one issue of this,
and  a  very  long time ago.  It was
just  a  nice picture with some text
on  top  of  it.   Not  very nice, I
think,  but perhaps they've improved
it   later  on,  I  never  saw  more
issues.

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Do  you  think  ANY  chart will be a
REAL    threat   to   the   almighty
Eurochart?

"Threat"?   Of  course  The Official
Eurochart  has  had a special status
in  the  scene,  but  I  think, that
calling  other  charts  "threats" is
strange.   There's room for everyone
here, right?

Crusaders  released  15 issues, will
Kefrens/Static Bytes also release 15
issues?

Static Bytes will continue releasing
The  Official  Eurochart  as long as
there's  enough  people  voting, and
thereby  showing  their  support and
interest.

Do  you  think,  that only Eurochart
should exist, because then ONE chart
will  get  all  the votes, or do you
want several competing charts?

Well,  as  there's  no  rule saying,
that  you  can't  vote  in  both The
Official  Eurochart and e.g.  Nordic
Scene  Report,  I  don't think, that
other  charts  will keep people from
voting  in  The  Offical  Eurochart.
Thus,   the   number  of  votes,  we
recieve,  doesn't depend too much on
the number of other charts released.
On  the other hand, I think, that if
only    Eurochart    existed,    the
producers  (us)  would  "get  stuck"
instead   of  constantly  trying  to
improve it.  So, I guess I'd like at
least SOME other charts to exist.

Would  you use your own musicians or
will  you  "hire" other musicians to
do the music for Eurochart?

What  the  F...   do  you  mean?   I
actually   consider  that  a  little
insult.   Why  would  we  need that?
The  music for the Eurochart will of
course  be  done  by  our  very  own
Cutcreator.

Now  you  can  tell all, who want to
vote  for  the Eurochart again, what
to do:

Well,   to   vote   using  SnailMail
("Normal Mail" among friends!), just
write  down your votes on one of our
votesheets,    one    of   the   old
votesheets,  or  any piece of paper,
and send it to:

 Eurochart HQ, Tornevangsvej 5 B, 
 3460 Birkeroed, DENMARK.

You  can  also  send  your  votes as
e-mail         (InterNet)        to:
dsestr@hp1.cbs.dk  As  "in  the  old
days",  you're  also welcome to send
us  news, pictures and anything, you
think  is  of interest to the scene.
I'd  like  to  thank  all the people
who've  already  written  to us with
votes,   news  etc.   Just  keep  it
coming.   And, of course, also a BIG
thank  to  Lord  Helmet/PMC for this
interview.   I  wish you the best of
luck  with  your great mag.  (Thanks
-Ed)

And remember:  Sabatini - When Seles
screams too loud!