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       An Interview with Frap of 
           Magnetic Fields  
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      

SD - Hi Frap!, Is  this the first  time
     youve been interviewed  for a disk
     mag?


MF - Well, not  really   I   have  been 
     interviewed for a couple of  other
     disk magazines, but  most  of  'em 
     never   get   published.  It  is a 
     great  honour  to  be  interviewed
     by   one   of   the  best  leading
     magazines.  I  hope that  everyone
     reading   this, gets   great  gets 
     great pleasure from doing so.


SD - How long have you been a member of
     Magnetic Fields?


MF - I  have  been  in  Magnetic Fields 
     straight from the  beginning and I
     like being a member   of  Magnetic


     
                          

     
     Fields as everyone is so  friendly
     especially  cosy (keep on  sending
     those games!!).

SD - Can you tell me a little about MF,
     and its members?

MF - Magnetic Fields  started  about  2 
     years ago, when  two  main  groups
     called   Sub-Zero  and   Nitro A.C 
     joined together to form MF. At the
     moment we have quite a few coders,
     musicians, swappers etc.

SD - Were  you   one   of   the founder 
     members of the group?

MF - I'm afraid I was not  one  of  the 
     founders  of  Magnetic Fields, but
     I was one  of  the  main   members 
     who got Magnetic Fields so famous,
     as I have a good relationship with
     all the foreign groups, and  thats 
     very important when  you are first
     


                            
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     starting out!.


SD - How did you become labled  as "The 
     biggest demo  freak  in  the U.K"?

MF - Oh I did not know I was labled as
     "The biggest demo freak in the UK"
     but anyway It's  fairly  easy, all 
     you need to be a total square face 
     have loadsa money and bags of time
     sitting  infront   of  the  boring 
     X-COPY!!. Theres still  a lot more
     work  to  do  still I am  the  No1
     Demofreak!!!. 

SD - What do you think  about the  demo 
     scene in the UK, do you  think  we
     match the   rest of the  world  or
     or lacking in someway?

MF - At  the  moment  we  are   lacking 
     behind  the  European   Groups  in
     producing nice quality demos(worth 
     spreading), but as  I  say  we are




     



     not that far behind!!   Especially
     Anarchy  who are probably the best
     group in  England  for  demos, not
     forgetting your musician 4-MAT who
     is so cool at composing the nicest
     music. The answer to your question 
     "Yes we are still lacking".

SD - What do you think about  your  own
     groups  productions? How would you
     speak  of  them  if  you   were in 
     another group?

MF - Oh if  I was  in  another  group I 
     would say they were @#$@.  No only
     kidding we are not bad, but  as  I 
     always say to our coders, they are
     still not as polished  as  foreign
     demos, we are getting there!!.

SD - What would make an ideal party for
     you?

MF - My ideal party  would be  one with 
     no bigheads who  think there cool!      



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SD - Now its time  for those "Favourite
     Things"  questions!, Who would you
     rate as the top 5 all round groups
     in     A..The U.K,   B..The World?

MF - In the world are        1. Scoopex 
     2. Paradox    3.  Skidrow/Valhalla
     4.Oracle                5. Quartex
     I will not comment on  the  UK  as
     you  will  get  all   the   lamers 
     moaning  saying  "I am the  fuckin
     best"    (Remember   Scooter/LADS)


SD - Who  are  your  Favourite  Coders,
     Musicians & Artists  in the  whole
     wide world ever?

MF - My  favourite   coders   are  RSI,
     Kefrens,   Budbrains,    Alcatraz,
     Crionics.
     My favourite musicians  are Romeo-
     Knight, Uncle Tom, Enstein,& 4-Mat
     My favourite  artists  are  anyone







     who produces cool grafix!


SD - What do think  about  megademo's?,
     have they  become  stuffy, out  of 
     fashion, and  far  too  common  or
     do they just need a boost  in  the
     arm?

MF - Megademos  ar e O.K, some  of them 
     are really mega, but usually  they
     have  a    cool   beginning,  cool 
     ending, + loadsa shit in  between,
     but   take   Budbrains   Megademo,
     really  polished  and  mega. (hope
     more come out?)


SD - Do  Magnetic  Fields, intend   to 
     produce a megademo in the future?

MF - At the moment, we would  like  to
     produce a  Megademo, but  by  the
     time we would have completed each



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     part  and  released it, each  part
     would be out of   date  and really
     shit, I  think it would  be better
     doing a good demo  and   releasing
     it one at  a time.  It makes  more
     sense to  do a g ood demo  instead 
     of loadsa boring parts. 

SD - Who do  you   admire  most  in the
     scene today, and why?

MF - I really don't admire  anything in 
     the scene at  the moment, as there
     are  far  too many  big  heads out
     there!!!


SD - How much did the loss   of  Spooks
     coding talents  effect MF?, has it 
     made  the   other  coder s in  the
     group get their fingers out?
      
MF - The loss of spook has  not  really
     affected us  as  we  have  another
     cool coder called Turboslug,& more






     great   coders  who   are   always 
     on new relea ses, so watch out for 
     them?


SD - How  and  when  did  you  discover 
     there was  such   a  thing  as  an 
     'Amiga Scene"?

MF - When I first started  to  get  new 
     contacts, as I was on the good old
     C64, its a  bit  of  common  sense
     to become hot again.


SD - Being a "Demo Freak", you'll  have
     seen a hell  of a  lot  of  demos, 
     do you remember most, and why?

MF - Yes I  can  remember  loadsa demos, 
     also I have a  huge  collection  of
     demos  ranging    from    the   Cat
     Anims  to   the   v.Latest   demos.
     (1200 disks)



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                           -          Page 5           -

SD - Which is your  favorite  Magnetic
     Fields demo?

MF - My  favourite  demo  by  Magnetic 
     Fields  has   got   to   be   the 
     Vectorbobs demo, although  I  was
     impressed  by the Zarjaz demo and
     Copper intro.


SD - Whats coming  next  from  Magnetic  
     Fields, and where  does the  group
     plan to go from here?

MF - The next plan is the  Party  which 
     is    very    soon, so   I    Hope 
     many groups can turn up  and  make 
     the   party  a  good one.  I don't 
     know  when this  issue  is  coming
     out  so  you   will  just  have to
     wait till the party  to  find  out 
     whats coming.






SD - Well, this is the  last  question!
     Is  there  anything you'd  like to 
     add before  we end  the interview? 

MF   Yes, Have   you   bloody  finished 
     asking me questions, Now I have to
     get  some  sleep,  bye everyone!!!
     see ya  all soon,  and take care!!


SD - Thanks for  your  time,  have fun, 
     stay  cool,       ---------->Drokk