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iNTERVIEW WITH sTEFAN kONARKOWSKI, aLIEN OF wow (c64) - zYKLOP/cRYSTAL (pc)
wHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? i WAS BORN ON 31/10/1977 AT 4:47 A.M. IN sT.bARBARA hOSPITAL IN gLADBECK. i STILL LIVE IN THIS LITTLE CITY! wHEN DID YOU GET YOUR FIRST COMPUTER AND WHICH COMPUTERS DO/DID YOU OWN? wHEN DID YOU GET YOUR c64? i GOT MY FIRST cOMPUTER, A c64 ON X-MAS 1986. iN 1992 i ALSO HAD A amiga 500, BUT AFTER ONE YEAR i SOLD IT AGAIN. iN 1995 i BOUGHT A pc. mY HARDWARE IS LIKE FOLLOWS: c64 ii, 1541 ii, aCTION rEPLAY mk6, pc pENTIUM 100mhz, 14"mONITOR, lEXMARK eXECjET iiC pRINTER. hOW DID YOU GET TO KNOW THE SCENE? wHO WAS YOUR FIRST CONTACT (PERSON YOU KNEW) ON THE SCENE? tHE STORY IS VERY SIMPLE! i HAD A PAINTING PROGRAM i DRAWD SOME LOGOS WITH. tHOSE lOGOS i SENT TO fRANK/lORE oF aRTS (NOW HE IS xENOX/aLPHAfLIGHT). aFTER SOME WEEKS i GOT A PHONECALL FROM fRANK AND HE ASKED ME IF i WOULD LIKE TO JOIN HIS GROUP. i DID IT, AND SO MY SCENE CARIERE BEGAN! mY FIRST CONTACT WAS wILLI/pRESENCE, FOLLOWED BY fRANK/loa! dESCRIBE YOUR SCENE CAREER, INCLUDING ALL GROUPS YOU HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF! kEEP CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER PLEASE! aS i SAID BEFORE i STARTED PAINTING SOME LAME LOGOS. i JOINED loa AS A gRAFICIAN, BUT AFTER A WHILE i WASN'T VERY HAPPY WITH DOING GRAFICS, AS MY WORK REALLY SUCKED. sO i DECIDED TO START COMPOSING. mY FIRST TRIES WERE VERY VERY BAD. mHHH, i THINK THAT WAS AROUND 1990. iN 1991 i LEFT lORE OF aRTS TO BUILD MY OWN GROUP. sAID AND DONE. bLACK cODE dESIGN (bcd) WAS BORN AND WE RELEASED SOME MORE OR LESS GOOD DEMOS, A MAG, TOOLDISKS, MUSICCOLLECTIONS AND SO ON. iN THE MIDLLE OF 1995 i JOINED aRCOSS AS SECOND gROUP. iN oCTOBER 1995 WE LET bcd DIE, AS A GUY CALLED rAYDEN HAD A BETTER NAME FOR A GROUP. sO YOU CAN SAY WE JUST RENAMED INTO cHALICE, AS NOTHING CHANGED EXCEPT THAT rAYDEN JOINED. tHEN IN THE END OF 1995 (AFTER tHE pARTY 5) i DECIDED TO STOP ALL ACTIVITIES ON c64, AS i HAD NO MORE FUN WITH IT. tHEN IN mARCH 1997 i REJOINED THE SCENE. i JOINED wARRIORS oF tHE wASTELAND AND i'M STILL IN :) wELL, THATS MY SCENE CARRIERE ON THE c64, ON pc i'M CURRENTLY IN zYKLOP AND cRYSTAL, BUT i ALSO WERE A MEMBER OF bhl, sCOPE, MOZ[IC]ART AND oOZE lABORATORIES. mY pc cARRIERE STARTED IN dECEMBER 1996! wHICH SCENE DO/DID YOU CONSIDER BEST AND WHY? iF YOU HAVE BEEN ONLY ON THE c64, THEN GIVE US THE REASON(S)! tHE c64 sCENE IS STILL THE BEST, BECAUSE i KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF FUN! oN pc IT ISN'T SUCH A BIG FRIENDSHIP. mAYBE i LIKE THE c64 SCENE MORE, BECAUSE i KNOW THERE MORE PEOPLE, OR MAYBE BECAUSE WE WROTE LONG NOTES AND KNEW/KNOW PRIVATE THINGS FROM YOUR cONTACTS/fRIENDS!?! wHAT IS/ARE/WAS/WERE YOUR MAIN INTEREST(S)/FUNCTION(S)? mY MAIN INTEREST IS COMPOSING MUSICS. i REALLY LOVE TO MAKE MUSICS. iT'S A HOBBY THAT MAKES ME REALLY FILLS MY LIVE! wHAT MADE YOU START DOING GRAPHICS/COMPOSING/SWAPPING/CODING/MODEM TRADING ORGANISING OR WHATEVER YOU DID? gOOD QUESTION!?! i REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. i THINK IT WAS BECAUSE i DON'T WANTED TO BE ONLY A SWAPPER. i WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE SCENE, SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. wHAT ARE/WERE YOUR GREATEST SUCCESSES/FIASCOS? mY GREATES SUCCESS WAS THE mUSICCOMPETITION ON aSSEMBLY 1997 IN fINLAND. i GOT 3RD WITH MY MUSIC. oKAY, IT WAS A COVER OF AN mOD BY cAPTAIN/iMAGE, BUT i LIKE THIS MUSIC ANYWAY. hAVE YOU ATTENDED PARTIES? tELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE CONFERENCES? yOU CAN EVEN MENTION SOME FIASCOS. oFCOURSE i WAS ON pARTIES. mY FIRST ONE WAS tHE pARTY 3 IN hERNING/dENMARK. mY NEXT ONE WAS tHE pARTY 4, ALSO HELD IN hERNING/dENMARK. tHEN i WAS ON x'95 IN uTRECHT/nETHERLANDS, ON wIRED'95 IN mONS/bELGIUM, ON tHE pARTY 5 IN fREDERICIA/dENMARK AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST ON THE mEKKA/sYMPOSIUM 1997. mY FAVOURITE PARTY WAS THE pARTY 4, BECAUSE MY GROUPMATES AND ME WERE NEARLY ALL PRESENT ON THIS PARTY. wE HAD A LOT OF FUN. a FIASCO !?! wELL!?! i ALSO WANTED TO GO TO THE sYMPOSIUM 1996, BUT i COULDN'T GO THERE AS MY BED BROKE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY TOOK PLACE! hEHE, i HAD NO PARTY BUT THEREFOR i HAD A LOT OF FUN BEFORE MY BED BROKE :) iS/WAS THERE ANY SPECIAL FEELING IN YOUR CREW, SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST BEING IN A GROUP? wHEN i BUILD bLACK cODE dESIGN WE WERE MORE THAN A GROUP. wE WERE BIG FRIENDS. wE HELD A LOT OF MEETINGS AND STILL DO SO. wE DRINK SOME BEERS, GO TO DICOS, TO THE CINEMA AND ALL THOSE STUFF. iT WASN'T ONLY BEEING A GROUP TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. iN wARRIORS oF tHE wASTELAND WE ARE ALSO FRIENDS, BUT NOT LIKE IT WAS IN bcd, BECAUSE MOST wARRIORS LIVE FARAWAY FROM MY PLACE :( iF YOU ARE NOT A c64 SCENER ANYMORE, WHEN AND WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE SCENE? i'M A c64 SCENER AGAIN, BUT i LEFT IT BACK IN 1995 BECAUSE i HAD NO MORE FUN. tHERE WERE TOO LESS RELEASES AND i THOUGHT THE c64 IS DEAD. bUT IN jANUARY 1997 I REALIZED THAT THE c64 IS STILL ALIVE. aND AS i HAD A LOT OF NEW INSPIRATION i RETURNED TO THE BEST cOMPUTER! wHAT WERE YOUR FAVOURITE GROUPS/ARTISTS/CODERS/PRODUCTIONS? wHY DO/DID YOU LIKE THEIR WORK/THESE PROGRAMS? mY FAV. gROUP AT THE MOMENT IS cREST, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON tHE pARTY 1997, MAYBE i WILL CHANGE MY OPINION! mY FAV. aRTIST IS dEEKAY/cREST. hE REALLY MAKED SUPERB THINGS. fAV. cODER IS tts! hE REALLY KICKED ASS. mY FAVOURITE mUSICIAN IS jEROEN tEL. hIS MUSICS JUST ROCK, ALSO HIS pc mUSICS ROCK! mY FAVOURITE PRODUCTION IS mATHEMATICA BY rEFLEX, rED sTORM BY triad AND SOME MORE. wHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION? wHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? dOES IT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH COMPUTERS? iS THERE ANYTHING YOU DO IN REAL-LIFE THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE SCENE? iN REAL LIFE i STILL GO TO SCHOOL! i WILL END WITH SCHOOL IN jUNE 1998. aFTER IT i HOPEFULLY WILL GET WORK! hOW DID YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTERS CHANGE DURING THE YEARS? iT DIDN'T CHANGE i THINK! wHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN YOUR SPARE-TIME WHEN NOT COMPUTING? wHAT IS/ARE YOUR HOBBY(IES)? mY HOBBIES ARE GOING TO dISCOS, GOING TO cINEMA, COMPOSING ON MY kEYBOARD, AND ALL THOSE STUFF NORMAL PEOPLE DO! aRE THERE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC THINKING BACK TO THE PAST YEARS OF THE SCENE? iF SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT HAPPENS? oFCOURSE THERE ARE THOSE MOMENTS. i THINK BACK TO THE TIMES WHERE YOU GOT NEARLY EVERY DAY A NEW RELEASE. dEMOS WERE RELEASED WHEN THERE WAS NO PARTY AND SO ON. wHAT i DO AGAINST IT ? mHHH, SOMETIMES i WATCH SOME OLD DEMOS OR SO. wHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE NEAR/FAR FUTURE? iN THE NEAR FUTURE i WILL DO A LOT NEW MUSICS ON c64. i WILL TRY TO DO IT AS GOOD AS i CAN. i WANT THAT MY MUSICS WILL BE USED ALSO OUTSIDE OF MY GROUP'S RELEASES! iN THE FAR FUTURE i WILL SPEND SOME MORE TIME IN COMPOSING MUSICS ON pc. i ALREADY DID SOME MUSICS ON pc, BUT i HAVE TO BE MORE ACTIVE ON THAT MACHINE. wHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE? wHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACHIEVE? mY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO HAVE A FAMILY. a WIFE AND ONE POR MAYBE TWO CHILDREN. i WANT TO HAVE A WORK AND i WANT TO HAVE AS LESS PROBLEMS AS POSSIBLE. i JUST WANT TO HAVE A HAPPY LIFE, YES THATS WHAT i WANT! a LIFE WITHOUT WARS. |
