Inteview with Estrayk
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³¼INTERVIEW WITH¼³ ³¼ESTRAYK/DARKNESS¼³ ¹ Note:This interview was done for the first issue of our magazine called Fanzine.But,this first issue will be only in Spanish, so I've decided to send it to Top Secret/Majic 12. ²Q: First of all, tell us about your self (name, age, functions) ¹A:Ok, my name is Estrayk and actually I'm working for DARKNESS. My real name is Carlos and I'm 21 years old. My primary functions in Darkness are swapper and musician. Sometimes, I also program, but until Caronte of Darkness won't teach me more things I won't do things seriously. My principal hobbies are Computers and of course, girls. My favourite are blond. (ED: Sorry DARYL/TRSI) and above all, those that have my age approxemely I also like music like: KRAFTWERK, FRONT 242, DEPECHE MODE, SIGNAL OUT 42, TECHNOTRONIC, T99, DATA DRAMA, ANTICO.. In the morning I study Electronics, and by afternoon I work in a computer store with Caronte. ²Q: How did you get into the computer world?. With what hardware do you work? ¹A: I got into computers like most of the people, with the great SPECTRUM Next I bought an AMSTRAD CPC6128, then a PC (That I still have) later an Atari and right now an AMIGA. The hardware I own is the following: An Amiga 500 2meg. 3 extra diskdrives, a hard disk of 40Mb. A sound digitizer a 9 pin printer, a modem of 2400 bauds, 7 joysticks,a Sony Trinitron TV and an Action Replay MK II. ²Q: At first you were part of Fifth Generation.... Why did you join Darkness and left this group? ¹A: Because the rest of the members of Fifth Generation, did not shared the same thoughts as us (CARONTE, WARLOCK and I) So we decided to join another group, we asked DARKNESS, and they said yes, so here we are, he! he! ²Q:: Tell me something about the origins of Darkness. ¹A: Darkness, was formed in 1989 by the junction of the following groups: Blasters, VC Crackers and the mythic Miami Byte Corporation. A short time after, VC Crackers and some members of Blasters left Darkness to follow alone, next DARKNESS got out the first spanish megademo programmed almost entirely by one of the best coders there was in Spain at the time: Atlantic. (ED: Do ya like the Sir Fred??) Between allthe members of Darkness,they all decided that Darkness had to change and change to the legal, so from 1990, Darkness would never be an ilegal group again. ²Q: You say that for some years now, Darkness has been converted to a legal group. What has occurred since then? ¹A:From that time, Darkness has came a lot less famous, even a lot of people had though that we had died !!!! (Ed: Warlord/AC he! he!) Little produc- tions have been made: Total Record, Megademo II, Sphericool, Particle Dreams, and the famous compacts: Speedpacks and Super demos compact Disk But one thing clear,little productions, but quality ones. ²Q :What are the oficial members of Darkness right now? ¹A: All right Warlord here they are: Troglobyte (coder,organizer,swap.) Amiga vice (coder) Sonny (coder) (ED: and a lazy! he!) Hipnooxis (coder) Atlantic (coder) Caronte (coder) Bitmouse (gfx-man) Dani (gfx-man) Warlock (gfx-man) Nico (musician, swapper) Bitmonster (musician, swapper) Salva (musician, swapper) Estrayk (musician, swapper) Thorin (musician, modemtrader & swapper) ²Q: What do you have to say about the "Spanish Scene"? ¹A: I think that the Spanish Scene is a lot, really a lot behind other Eu- ropean countries. There are a lot more lamers around, and a lot of ilegal groups and the few legal groups there are that make demos, don't move much. (ED: ehjemm..) But wait a second!, this doesn't mean I dont like ilegal groups, There are a lot of important pirating groups in Spain: Fusion, Quartex Spain, Skillion ... etc... ²Q: Talking about something alse, a lot of people think that "Any past time was better". It is said that long ago you could make a lot of friends. Now, with the modem coming into the scene,a lot has changed What is your opinion? ¹A: I totally agree with you. With the coming of modems, the "Swapping-friend- ship" has come down a lot. The truth is that the programs, you get them a lot faster, but it's not the same, because in the long run you get tired of no emotion. I think that "Swapping" will never die because there are a lot of people who like to write a lot and change thoughts in letters. But if I tell you the truth Warlord, with an HST and a good bluebox, you have an awe- some time. ²Q: We all remember the great deal of programmers that were in Spain for other computers. Right now it seems they have dissappeared. What do you think is the reason? ¹A: I don't have the most remote idea. I'm surprised too. ²Q: We would like you filled in since rely the following awards: * Most mythic group: Bamiga sector one, D.O.C... * Best crack-group right now: Skid row * Best demo-group right now: Phenomena * Your favorite group: The Silents * Your favorite megademo: megademo viii/kefrens Y rsi md * Your favorite demo: Mental Hangover,Enigma,Substance. * Best magazine: Zine and B.A.D. * Best utility: X Copy (ed: he! he!) and protracker * Best musicdisk: Crystal synphonies/PHA,SCX,RBL. * Your favorite game: Hybris and Battle squadron * Your favorite musician: Jesper kid/TSL * Your favorite graphist: Uno/SCX * Your favorite coder: Azatoth/pha ²Q: If you had to leave the AMIGA, what computer would you buy? ¹A: Very easy, or a Silicon Graphics or a Cray 9000. Je,je,je. No, its a joke. The truth is I would buy an Apple or a Next. ²Q: To end, What are your future projects? ¹A: Ha! Ha! This question is very hard to answer because here in Darkness, we are all very lazy. (ed: In special Sonny), but hopefully, the future possible producccions are the follo- wing: An intro by Troglobyte A demo (roboticool) by Troglobyte An intro (vector intro) by Atlantic An artificial intelligence program (alan uno) by Caronte A musicdisk by Caronte An intro (darktro) by Hipnooxis The megademo III by: Sonny (ha! ha! ha! This is just a joke!!) (A lot of people asks us when are we going to make the MD III, well I'm sorry to say that until next year this megademo will not be finished. ²Q: Would you like to say anything else? (greetings, some message...) ¹A: Of course, very special greetings to Warlord of Amiga Connection for making me this interview and all the members of Darkness are hoping that your magazine: Fanzine will be the best (ED: and only!) in Spain. Go for it! I also want to greet all the members of DARKNESS and the following groups and friends: Alessandro, Alpha Flight, Agoni, Amaze, Analog, Andromeda, Armageddon, Artemis, Atacom, Aurora, Awake, Bladerunners, Cave, Celeste, Crusaders, Cytax, Decade, Delight, Desire, Destiny, End of century 1999, Exile, Exit, Falcons, Fifth Generation, Flash Productions, Frantic, Fusion, Ghost Chip, Grace, Hypnotic, Iris, Italian Bad Boys, Kefrens, Majic 12 Nexus, Outrage, Oxygen, Pure Metal Coders, Quartex, Razor 1991, Reflectors Scoopex, Sharks, Skillion, Syntax Error, Tech, Thailand, Technoir, The black Robes, The dark Demon, The hidden, The Silents, The special Brothers, Trackers, Triad Inc., TRSI, Vances, Vanish, Vision, Vogue, Warlord Xenox, VSLI, X Trade, Zenith. For last, just say that if you are a good coder and you think you're good enough to become a member of Darkness, don't doubt to send us your productions to: ³Estrayk/Darkness APDO.6078 46080 Valencia Spain! BYE! Questions by Warlord/Amiga conn. Answers by Estrayk/Darkness¹