INTERVIEW WITH YOGHURT/SPACEBALLS

Interview with

Yoghurt

of

SPACEBALLS

Done by Jim / AWE

(DP = Jim / AWE)
(YO = Yoghurt / SPACEBALLS)

DP: Hello Tomas!!! Introduce yourself
and give us some info about youself.

YO:   Hi!   You  have  in a way already
introduced  me,  but  my  name is Tomas
Andersen.   My  handle  is  Yoghurt and
I've  been  a  member of SPACEBALLS for
approx  2  years  now.  Well...  I'm 19
years    old    and   started   at   an
engineeringschool  this  year.  I'm the
main  organizer  and  musician  in  our
group,  but I also do some graphics and
swapping.   Right  now I'm working on a
chartmag together with Shade of DEVILS.
First  issue  will  hopefully come some
time in December. (..But no...!-ed.)

DP: Tell us about your music! When did
you start and so on?

YO:  I have always liked to make music.
I  started  to play guitar when I was 7
years  old,  and  since  then I've made
some tunes...
I got my first Amiga 4 years ago, but I
didn't  make  anu music until some time
before  I joined SPACEBALLS...  Well, I
guess  it's  hard  to  tell  you how my
music is.  I make all kind of music...

DP:   How  much  time do you spend on a
tune  and  from  where  do  you get the
inspiration for your tunes?

YO:   How  much  time I spend on a tune
depends  on the tune I make.  Chiptunes
can  be  made  in  half  an hour, while
other  tunes will need several days....
About inspiration...  I get inspiration
from everywhere.  Whereever you are
there is some music around... Tv, radio
shops, etc. etc.. When listening to all
this,  I  pick up some ideas and try to
compose  something in my head...  After
tracking  some  of  these ideas, I just
continue the composing on the computer.

DP:   Give  the readers some info about
SPACEBALLS  and about former groups you
have been a member of!

YO:   SPACEBALLS started 2-3 years ago.
Then  the  group  consisted of 4 coders
only.   During  the  2  last  years the
memberlist  have  increased and current
members are now:
Lone Starr (coder)
President Screw (coder)
Dark Helmet (coder)
Prince <1(coder)
Major Asshole (coder)
Pagan (graphics artist)
Sator (graphics artist)
Morten (graphics artist)
Nick (swapper)
Scott (musician)
TMB Design (Graphics artist)
Vinnie (musician)
Travolta (musician)
Krueger (swapper)
Godfather (swapper)
Yoghurt (main oraganizer and musician)

All  members  but  Kruger and Godfather
are   Norwegians.    Krueger   is  from
Denmark  and Godfather is from Germany.
We  have  released two trackmo's called
Spasmolytic  and Wayfarer. Some  intros
have   also  been  released.   We  will
release a trackmo in Aars (already done
and  they actually won the first price
with their amazing trackmo called:
"State Of The Art".-ed.)
this  christmas.  A musicdisk and intro
is also coming soon.
A lot of guys are probably wondering
why  we  have choosen such a silly name
as  we  have.   The name SPACEBALLS was
taken  from the movie by the same name.
Some  of  our  members  have  also used
names  from  this  movie.  I think it's
inportant  to  have  fun and not be too
serious about making productions.  This
is  life or death, but it isn't.  There
are  other  things  in life next to the
scene   and  we  must  not  forget  it!
Having  fun  is important, having goals
to reach in life is also important, but
don't overdo it!
I  was  a member of a couple of unknown
groups   before  SPACEBALLS,  but  they
don't     exist    anymore.     Nothing
interesting!

DP: You did some of the music in the
"Wayfarer" demo. Tell us some details
about it.

YO:   The  last  2  weekends before the
party  we  worked  very hard to finnish
the  sound  for "Wayfarer".  While Lone
Star  drew  the  vector objects, Vinnie
and  I made the sound.  Vinnie did most
of  the  music while I worked most with
the  sound  effects.   We had quite fun
making  these  sound  effects.  We used
the  shower  to  make  the  rain in the
first  part.   The sound effects in the
main  part  was  taken from Top Gun and
Iron Eagle II.

DP:   Do  SPACEBALLS  have  some future
plans?  If so, tell us bout them.

YO:   As  I  said  we  will  release  a
trackmo   this   christmas.    We  will
probably  work on a game for some time
in    1993.     Some   intros   and   a
musicdisk/slideshow  will  be released.
That's about it.

DP: Do you like parties? What was your
favorite party?

YO:   Yes,  I think parties is the best
part   of  beeing  in  the  scene.   At
parties  you meet all your friends (and
enemies?),  compete  with  other groups
and  have  fun!   These competitions is
very good for the scene.  The groups is
getting   better  and  better  and  the
productions being made now seemed to be
impossible  to make some years ago.  My
favorite  party is without the party in
Aars,  christmas  1991.   The Gathering
'92  was also great.  I look forward to
visit  Aars this christmas.  It will be
stunning!

DP: Are SPACEBALLS planning a party?

YO:  The thought has crossed our minds,
but we don't plan to arrange one in the
nearest  future.   Maybe  a cooperation
later...  We'll see...

DP: What kind of equipment do you have?

YO: A500, 1 extra disk drive, a GVP
sampler, Philips monitor... That's
about it...

DP:    Tell   us  about  your  favorite
musician,  graphician, coder, group and
diskmag.

YO:  My favorite musicians are Nuke and
4-Mat.   I'm  very  impressed  by their
tunes.   I  don't  have any particulary
favorite  graphician,  but I think Mack
and  Facet  are  great...  The Spy is a
good  coder  and  I'm  impressed by his
work.   My  favorite groups are ANARCHY
and  SILENTS.  The design and coding is
usually  great  in  their  productions.
There  are  many  good diskmags, RAW is
the  mag  I  like  best.   Always  good
articles and a lot of interesting stuff
to read.

DP: what do you think about a chart for
only Norwegian persons?

YO:   I think it's good to have a chart
for only Norwegians just to see how the
Norwegian   scene   is,  nut  I'm  more
interested  in  a chart where everybody
can  be  in.  The scene consists of not
just  Norway  and  therefore  a  global
chart is prefered.

DP: What kind of music do you listen to
and what kind of movies do you enjoy?

YO:   I  listen  to  all kind of music.
Techno,  heavy, jazz, rock, blues, just
everything.   Since  I've played guitar
myself for approx.  12 years I listen a
lot  to  guitarists  like Joe Satriani,
Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, etc.  etc.
When   it   comes  to  movies,  I  like
comedies  and  thrillers.   Some  of my
faorites   are   the  3  alien  movies,
"Spceballs"    (ofcourse!-ed.),    "Hot
Shots" and Steven King movies...

DP: Descripe the girl of your dreams.

YO: Cindy Crawford... (WHERE!?-ed)

DP:   Okay,  that was the last question
and  I  hope  you liked this interview.
Now  you  can give some greets and last
words.

YO: Well, greetings fly out to:

Mantronix and Jas / PHENOMENA
Lord Helmet / PMC
Toxic / E.O.C. 1999
Vampire / DAI
Lizard / ANDROMEDA
Psycho-Demon / ALPHA FLIGHT
Zycro / T.E.K.
Trasher / HARDLINE
Hurricane / LEGEND
Enan / DREAMDEALERS
Death Angel / Zite
Jack Ripper / ICE
Calvin / VOICE
Core / NOXIOUS
Centurion / TRYGEN
Bundy / SONIC
Tsunami / BLACK ROBES
Zakka / REBELS
Simpson / EQUINOX
Homie / LASER DANCE
Devil / REFLECT
Tyrant / PALACE
Marrow / DICTOTORS
Shade and Captain Jewels / DEVILS
Ace / SUPERNOVA
R.T.F. / DRAGONS
Jim / AWE
Cudiexx / WEDLOCK
Orion / DAMAGE INC.
and ofcourse all SPACEBALLERS...

Sorry if I forgot someone...

Some  last  words coming up...  Keep up
the  good  spirit  and  always remember
that  humour   is   one  of  the way to
succes!