INTERVIEW WITH SPACEBRAIN / UPFRONT
Interview

with

Spacebrain

of

UPFRONT


Done by Wolfman / BALANCE


(BLC = Wolfman / BALANCE)
(SPB = Spacebrain / UPFRONT)

Spacebrain is one of the guys who for a
short  time  ago  joined  the old group
UPFRONT  with  a couple of other dudes.
Will  these  new members breath life to
the  old group which was quite inactive
for over a year, we'll try to find out!

BLC: Hi Spacebrain please introduce
yourself to the readers. Age, name etc.

SPB: Yep! My real name is Thomas
Williams and my age is 20 years. My
name sounds English, but I'm
'Pæredansk' HeHe...

I love good music, good Demo's
And GOOD parties !!! 

BLC: And what is it that you do in
UPFRONT?!

SPB: I'm Musician and Modemtrader..
Hope some people on the scene 
wouldn't doubt it?? The last thing I
mentioned.. I started doing it for 
just 3 months ago ..and with great
succes together with Deature. 

BLC: When did you begin to be active in
the scene?

SPB: I started to buy an Amiga for 
about 3 years ago (after 4 good years
with C64 and Amstrad.) Then I started
in Inzzest, the only group I really
started to know.. after 9 month we 
changed name to 'Trivium', but it was 
a slow group, so I got into Upfront
with Deature, Craft and MSC. I have
been active on the scene for about 1.5
year.

BLC: What do you think about the scene?

SPB: I think it's rough, it's hard 
being taken seriously, but its amazing
to see what other peole do ..and thoze
great demo's and stuff. 

BLC: When did you start composing music
on the Amiga

SPB: I've composed my first music in
SONIX (bvadre #@^?), then I got
Noisetracker, ran into a couple of
VIRUS'es....I didn't knew better, I had
to learn not to trust other freaks,
when copying their disks! ..and THEN I
lost SONIX. I wasn't for long, then I
got PROTRACKER,and all further updates.
I've used the program for a year and
making music in all for about 1½ year.

BLC: What kind of music do you like to
compose most then?

SPB: It's New-wave, Techno/wave-style
and different kinds of stuff like that
...Especially music inspired of other
great artists (Jarre especially), Mike
Oldfield, Depeche Mode, Jan Hammer,
Mark Knofler, Pink Floyd, Metallica and
so on...

BLC: When did you begin to have
interest for music?

SPB: Oh I think I grew up with it. I
never lived a place with no piano, key
board, or somethin' like that.. I 
started to go to a teacher when I was
8 years old. Stopped after 7 years...
Playing classic music was to boring
to learn..

BLC: What do you think about ripping
of samples? Is it fair that people get
pissed because someone used their
samples?

SPB: I don't rip samples of other
demo's or tunes from other people on
the scene, BUT gametunes can be used
..I better like 2 sample my own sounds
from keyboard and CD's

BLC: What equipment do you have for 
your Amiga?

SPB: 650 Disks, 2 extra drives
(5¼ " incl.), a PHILIPS 8833, An A500
with a lot of extra switches ...I love
switches !?.., a Printer and a Modem 
(With Deature, it's not mine ...but
it's my phonebill HeHeHe. )

BLC: Who/what is your favorite?

SPB: 
Musician: Mantronix, Moby And Walkman

Graphian: Rookie I guess.. Don't
          really know!

Coder: Spy and a lot of other good
       coders on the scene.

Demo: Hardwired of'coz

Musicdisk: Crystal Symphonies I and
           Mirror (Andromeda)

Scene-country: Denmark OF' COZ !!!! The
               One And Only...

BLC: One must admit that UPFRONT has
been rather silent in the past year.
Do you feel that it will change now
that you and some other new members
have joined?

SPB: I think It will go a lot better in
the next future months... Every group
needs new members in some time!!!

BLC: What can we expect from UPFRONT
in 1993?

SPB: a musicdisk, a demo and a lot of
intros hopefully...

BLC: How many members is in UPFRONT?
I have heard that there are about 10
coders or so, is that true?

SPB: About 18-20 persons... (14 of them
are coders !!!)

BLC: How do you feel about being in
UPFRONT? Is it any different than any
other groups you know?

SPB: Maybe.. But I was very busy in
Trivium thinking of to be sure that the
other persons in Trivium were doing 
anything !!

BLC: Okay, everything must have an end
and the same thing goes for this inter-
view. Anyone you want to say hello to
here on the edge?

SPB: I really don't now ? ..Maybe
Jesper Kyd : I think it is a great tune
you made for the next Music Disk Sound
Of Silents II ...You may use theze
munksounds another time again...sounds
great. Brainiac/Nitro where have you 
been the last half a year ?? Didn't find 
you at The Party II last year..

BLC: ...and some last words maybe?

SPB: I think it's great to watch a lot
of other newcoming talented Musicians
on the scene...Sorry they got dis-
sapointed in the musiccompetition at 
The Party II, (They should play every
module in about 5-6 minutes...but 
they've only been played for max. 3 
minutes) But I hope there will be held
a lot of other small parties in the 
next future time.