MaF / independent, ex-Syndrome, etc.                    
                                                                             
                         French musician on PC/Amiga                         
                    English interview by Sacrilege in 1999                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Hi MaF!  You're a musician and you have worked on amiga with JLT2,
HEXoD,  Silicon,  and  recently in Kloon and CoCooN on PC.  Please can you say
more about that and about you :)                                             
                                                                             
Maf:   Hi  !   yes...  I will try ;) I started the demo on Amiga with JLT2 and
Hexod,  2  inactif  groups,  my  next groups were Silicon, Kloon, Syndrome and
Cocoon!   I  have made some demo-songs:  2nd World, Fashion, Live!, Aspartame,
Coredump...   I  have  won some music-compos at the Gasp Party, 3s2, Volcanic,
Saturne...   Today,  I  use  FT2 and others funny programs...  I'm independant
(maf/nothing).                                                               
Sacrilege:  Your Amiga was your first computer ?                             
                                                                             
Maf:  No...  It was an Amstrad CPC464 :)                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Do you regret this time?                                         
                                                                             
Maf:  yes                                                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Who gives to you the desire to be a scener?                      
                                                                             
Maf:   Legendary  Amiga's demo..  I think :) (Melon, Sanity, Spaceball, PolkaB
etc...)                                                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  How do you compose ?  A lot in a little time, or a lot of time for
a little work ?                                                              
                                                                             
Maf:  A lot in a little time AND a lot of time for a little work ...         
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Please, explain why you have stopped to compose for a group...   
                                                                             
Maf:  Because when you are in a group, you have to be actif :)               
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  How much mods unrealeased and released have you done?            
                                                                             
Maf:  about 80 but I have lost a little part of them.                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  What is the best production you have ever made?                  
                                                                             
Maf:  Virtual Mouton !                                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  What kind of music do you like ?                                 
                                                                             
Maf:   Electronic  music  !   Hardhouse,  House,  Techno  (US,  Hard  etc...),
Underground, Jungle etc...  Ridiculous and happy musics!  (this is my favorite
style).                                                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Why this nickname "MaF!" ?                                       
                                                                             
Maf:  Because MAFALDA                                                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Well, Do you know defcon mag?                                    
                                                                             
Maf:  Yes, a little...                                                       
Sacrilege:  What are the diskmags you read?                                  
                                                                             
Maf:  Orange Juice, Trax In Space                                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Where do you work?  studying?                                    
                                                                             
Maf:  I don't work                                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
Sacrilege:   Now,  I'll  say  some  words  and  you'll have to tell me what it
inspire you (in a word too)                                                  
                                                                             
Sacrilege:  Happy world?                                                     
                                                                             
Maf: Mafland                                                                 
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Fast tracker?                                                     
                                                                             
Maf: Happy world ;)                                                          
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Chocolate?                                                        
                                                                             
Maf: BN                                                                      
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Impulse Tracker?                                                  
                                                                             
Maf: ugly                                                                    
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Dos?                                                              
                                                                             
Maf: Pied                                                                    
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Mulder?                                                           
                                                                             
Maf: E.T.                                                                    
                                                                             
Sacrilege: Wired"?                                                           
                                                                             
Maf: Coca                                                                    
                                                                             
Sacrilege: mad cow?                                                          
                                                                             
Maf: maf cow                                                                 
                                                                             
Sacrilege:   Can  I have your email (and homepage if possible) for the readers
if they want to contact you?                                                 
                                                                             
Maf:  maf@infranet.fr & http://users.infranet.fr/%7Emaf                      
                                                                             
                                                                         
Sacrilege:  Ok, thanks for your fun ;) A last word?                          
                                                                             
Maf: yes, don't hesitate to download my 2 last xm`s:                         
http://www.mygale.fr/~maf2/mafmods/moutons.zip and virtualm.zip.             
                                                                             
Thank you and sorry for my poor english ;) Ciao !          
                                                                         
Interview taken from Scene City homepage - http://scenecity.planet-d.net/}