I N T E R V I E W   W I T H  ×

    S T G / T A L E N T ! ! ×

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Here we present an interview with the
man  behind  the  Q.E.D.×   demo  from
TALENT.  The demo was given an fourth
place at demo-comp.  at the TG'93.

This  interview,  a crazy one really,
was  done  by  BCR/Stone  Arts on the
8.june 1993.

BCR:×Ok,  could  you  please introduce
yourself and your group?

STG:×Very  original  BCR!!  Well, I am
19  years  old,  and  I'm  one of the
founders  of TALENT.  (It was Jukebox
and  I  who  started this group, some
years  ago).  I am also a coder , and
I  have  been  coding for 3 1/2 years
now.

BCR:×Right.    There's  probably  some
guys  out  there who haven't heard so
much about Talent.  Could you tell us
a bit about the group?

STG:×Do  you really think so????  Hmm,
strange,  but  if  there  really  are
people  out  there that didn't notice
that  we're  the only group that have
gotten  an  incredible  12.9%  in RAW×
(thanks  COCY),  then  maybe I should
have a little history lesson for you.

Well,  it started some years ago.  In
1991  actually.   During  the  sommer
vacation  Jukebox  and  I  left SHADE×
(have  anyone  heard of Shade???),and
we  decided  to  found  a  new group,
which  we  called Talent.  Anyway, we
released   a  shitty  demo,which  was
slaughtered  in  RAW,  but  I  won 50
disks  in  the  demo  competition  in
ARENDAL×,   so   I  was  happy  anyway
(pretty  good payment for such a lame
demo!)

After  that  we've  become  a  bigger
group   (we   were   just  4  in  the
beginning),  and  we've released some
intros  now and then.  During 1992 we
worked  on a little trackmo, which is
now released under the name of Q.E.D.
(Hi,Andromeda).   Q.E.D.×   was by the
way,  our  contribution  to  the demo
competition at the GATHERING 93×.

BCR:×Well,  can you reveal some of the
plans  TALENT×  has  for  the  future,
future releases etc.?

STG:NECROLOGIC/TLN×  is  working  on a
musicdisk,  called Premiere.  It will
contain music from all our musicians,
and  the  graphics  are  all drawm by
(kjott)MACE×.  Necro is probably going
to  compete  in the intro competition
in KRISTIANSAND×.  The only problem is
that  there  is no competition there,
but  NECRO× don't care (he can compete
with   himself),and  remember  he  IS
necrofil (and he is not a pervert, he
just look like one (he,he))!!

Apart  from  that,  I am working on a
tiny-mini-demo-intro,which       will
hopefully    be   released   sometime
between 30.  july and 1.  august (Who
said anything about RENDEVOUZ 93?×)

BCR:×Could  you  tell us the amount of
members  in  TALENT×,  and  if you are
going  to  grow  into  an even bigger
group?

STG:×We're  16  members  at  the  time
being,  but  I  really  don't know if
we're going to grow.  If any TALENTED×
people  contact  us,  there is always
room   for  more.   (You  can't  have
enough TALENT, ehh!?!)

BCR:×How  is your group build up?  I'm
thinking  about the amount of coders,
graphicians,  musicians,  etc..  What
do  you  think  is the most important
thing to have in a good group?

STG:×Talent consists of:
    33%× coders
    33%× musicians
    33%× graphicians 
    1%×  swappers

3.5%  of  the  members  are necrofils
(Who said i wasn't a lier???)

I  think  that friendship is the most
important thing to have in a group.

BCR:×Hmmm....   What  do  you think of
the scene here in NORWAY× today?

STG:×I  hate it!!!!!  No, seriously it
is  quite  nice.   Most of the people
are  nice and there are a lot of good
groups.   But I really don't think it
is very much different from the scene
elsewhere   in   EUROPE×  (except  for
SPAIN, ITALY, GREECE, GERMANY and all
the other contries below DENMARK).

BCR:×You  say  there are a numerous of
good  groups here, could you tell the
rest  of  the world some of your fave
groups,      coders,     graphicians,
musicians, demos etc.....

STG:×I really don't have any favourite
groups, coders etc.  I mean, they all
have their different style, and it is
different  to compare.  But I can say
that ANDROMEDA has a very good soccer
team.

BCR:TALENT× also won the soccer compo.
at  the  gathering'93,  how  did  you
manage this?  Years of hard training,
I bet??

STG:×We  have been training ever since
1991,  and  I must admit that we have
stolen  some of the ideas that DRILLO×
use.   For example we use a 9-0-1 (in
Lillestrom  we  had  to convert it to
4-0-1,of  course) system, which means
that  everyone  is  helping  the goal
keeper, while one lonely guy tries to
get  a  goal  or  two.   This way the
matches  normaly end 0-0, and we have
the  chance to win the penalty compo.
Quite  easy  really,  it  is much the
same  system  as  ARGETINA×  (remember
Maradonna?) used some years ago in VM
in ITALY (or wherever it was).

Well,  seriously  we needed a helping
hand  (thanks  HEIN og mannen med bla
bukser).And  in the final, we won 5-2
over ANDROMEDA.  I don't know how the
guys  (OLP,  MACE,  MR.   Z,  HEIN og
blabukse  mannen),  managed that as I
were  eating chicken at that time (by
the way it was chicken chop suey, and
it  was like heaven compared to the 5
pizzas   we  ate  after  the  fotball
compo).

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BCR:×Well,well, on from one subject to
another, would you say that the scene
was a better place in the 'old days',
or   do   you   like   it  as  it  is
nowadays...?

STG:×Well,  I didn't like the scene in
1944.   People were to inactive.  And
good old Jon (yes, JON× THE LEGEND you
all   have  heard  about),  was  only
cracking   german  codes.   Boring  I
think,  but  it  became  better  when
ELIZA  came and gave us all a laugh!!
(If you haven't heard about ELIZA,buy
DATABLADET×)

I believe this answers your question,
or what BCR???

BCR:×Oh  boy,  you  really  have  been
around  the scene for a long time.  I
guess  we  don't  think  upon the OLD
DAYS,  as  the same.  Uhmm..  Well, I
hear  that  you also are writing some
articles for the Norwegian Paper-Mag;
DATABLADET, perhaps your ambitions in
life  is  to  become a BIG and famous
Computer-Journalist??

STG:×You  must  check out your sources
better  next  time!!!   I  have never
ever  written  a  single word for any
norwegian  paper-mag.   Maybe  you're
mixing me and my brother!!

BCR:×Brother???  Hmmm, didn't know you
had one...

Well,  I  seem  to  be running out of
questions,  so  I'll  just  leave you
some lines here at the end....

STG:×Yes,   at   last   I   have   the
possibility   to   write  whatever  I
want!!   Yupppie!  First I would like
to greet some of my friends:

JUKEBOX-At  last  you've  managed  to
finish  a demosong a long time before
the release date!!  It is much better
to  work this way, isn't it?  The new
song  is  fab, and I think it is your
best demo song ever.  Keep it up, and
I  hope  we  can work together in the
future, as well!

MACE-I  have a sent your address to a
lot  of  new  guys from KRISTIANSUND.
Always fun to get new friends is it??
Hehohihahe!

NECRO-I  have some "nice" pictures of
ya.   You will have the chance to see
them in KRISTIANSAND!

OLP-nice meeting you in Lillestrom!

DJENGIS-You're  really lazy nowadays!
Anyway,  it was very nice meeting you
too,  but  please try to make som new
music!!

Well,  I  can't fill up this mag with
booring  greetings,  so I'll just end
this with a little norwegian bevis!!



BANANTRAER hopper!!×

Penger  vokser  ikke pa trar!!  Siden
penger  er  alt  her  i  livet  ma jo
bananene  hoppe  opp for a sole seg i
trarne.   Siden  det  da vil virke en
kraft  pa treet, vil treet bli rosket
opp  av  bakken  og  fa en potensiell
energi.  Den potensielle energien vil
automatisk(pa grunn av tyngdekraften)
ga  over  til  kinetisk energi.  Slik
gar  prosessen helt til treet lander,
og dermed har det gjenomfort et hopp.
(Bcr:Hvorfor har jeg aldri da sett et
hoppende  banan-tre??)  Enkelte taper
har  sikkert  aldri  sett et banantre
hoppe.   Men,  da  bananene er veldig
sky,sa  hopper de aldri mens noen ser
pa,   dersom   man  ikke  lusker  seg
varsomt    inn   pa   de   (pass   pa
vindretningen,  bananer har meget god
luktesans!).

Vil  du ha flere fantastiske beviser,
sa  er  det  bare  a kontakte noen av
Talent  medlemmene,  sa  skal  nok de
sende   deg   flere  av  vare  enomre
verdens-sannheter.×

BCR:×Yeps, thanx for the interview!!

STG:×Hmm?  What?  Zzzzzzzz...×