Visual Intensity 4/Visual Intensity - Issue 4 (1994-05-29)(Dual 4Mat)(Disk 2 of 3).adf/Interviews/060/060

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          I N T E R V I E W   W I T H   T U M M O / D U A L   4 M A T
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           I N T E R V I E W E R   -   W A T T S / D U A L   4 M A T
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This  interview  first took place over
the phone but proved to be wey hey too
funny  so  I  decided to cut the funny
crap stuff and get serious.

Right  TUMMO  no  fucking  about dude,
just some little questions.
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{9WATTS   {4:   {6Please  state  your  name,
handle,  group,  age and anything else
you can tell me.

{9TUMMO  {4:   {6John  Tummon,  my handle is
funnily enough TUMMO, I am a member of
that  ever  fluffy  group Dual Format,
I'll  be  20  by  the time you've read
this  (30th  of March) I am 5 foot 10,





my hair is just a bit long (he he) and
I  have recently quit college to allow
time  for  the  scene!!   Also I drink
obscene   amounts   of   Guinness  (ST
Patricks  day!!!!)  and  playing Irish
music  in  a  group which means that I
can  get  my Guinness for free and get
paid!

{9WATTS {4:  {6What exactly do you do in the
scene?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Fuck All, it's a myth!!  No
seriously,  I  write  music whenever I
can  and swap loadsa jiffies, but lots
of  people have been dropping swapping
which  I  think  is a bollocks because
{te{6the  entire  scene  and  friendship is
based   on   these  jiffy  things  and
without  them  there is no contact and
what's the point in that!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  Have you ever ventured into
code  or  gfx  or  anything other than
music?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Code???   What???   No, not
code,  I  failed  my  O  level maths 4
times, but I do like to muck around in
D-Paint,   especially   colour  cycles
(read  my  article)  although I have a
fair  bit  of artistic talent on paper
it  never  really  made  it  onto  the
computer  but  I  do  draw  some  iffy
things from time to time!!!

{9WATTS  {4:  {6 What do you think of the UK
scene and the scene in general?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Erm, well, I seem to recall
the  UK  scene being a bit more active
but  that's probably just me, trackmos
and  the  like  are  a bit thin on the
ground  UK  wise  but  it  is  a  very
friendly  scene  in  general with some
extremely talented guys lurking about.
In  general I would say that the scene
has  come on immensly on the technical
side  of  things  but it no longer has
that  certain  charm  for  me that was
dominant  in  the  64  days  and early
Amiga!   I mean I used to love reading
scrollies  as they were always a laugh
and  I  always found myself being able
to  relate  to  some  of  the guys and
found  myself wishing I was there with
them, whatever happened to Mahoney and
Kaktus  and  I  miss the old Crusaders
and  old  Kefrens  immensly!  Nowadays
it's  just a matter of "Here's our new
object",  which  is  why  I  feel good
{te{6having  my 64, 500, and 1200 so that I
can keep tabs on what was, what is and
what's to come!!

{9WATTS  {4:  {6 May I swear, are you elite?
(BE HONEST)

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Jesus  no!!  If being elite
means  not  writing  letters  and just
swapping disks over forget it.  In the
friendship stakes though I would say I
am  as  elite  as friendly persons go,
music wise I would not say I am either
but  I  would  most  certainly like to
think   that   I   am  getting  there,
brilliant  samples  do not a good tune
make but they help!!

{9WATTS {4:{6 Does elitism suck?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Well it depends in watt (he
he)  context  it's  used in, I mean if
it's  your  stereotyped unfriendly too
good  to  speak  to anyone type person
then  yeah  it  definitley does but if
you  have  some excellent active scene
guys  like  Laxity  and  Jester  etc..
then  no, because it gives you an idea
of what's possible, maybe something to
aim  for  in your field, you can learn
from people like this and then in turn
people can maybe learn from you and so
the scene will hopefully continue.

{9WATTS  {4: {6 Which do you prefer lamer or
elitism?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Well again it boils down to
the  old definition thingy.  I mean if
a  lamer  is  someone  who steals your
disks  and  other things (Decker) then
fuck that, but if it is someone who is
not  really  that active or a begginer
then  no  because we were all the same
{te{6at  one  point.  So I would say that I
prefer  neither  and just settle for a
good    old    fashioned    bout    of
friendship!!

{9WATTS {4: {6 Have you been to any UK scene
parties?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Not  yet!!!   Although  the
Summer  is  on  its  way and I already
have   some   money   stashed   and  a
sometimes  girlfriend  who  works in a
travel  agency!!  I also wanna try and
catch a decent rave!!!

{9WATTS {4: {6 What do you think of parties?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Well  I  think  that at the
minute  the foreign dudes are the only
ones  who  seem to have it right (most
of  the  time), I mean there has to be
something  said  for huge venues loads
of   like  minded  freaks  and  decent
organisation.   I think they're bloody
marvellous although I aint been to one
(yet),  it's always good to read about
the  big  ones  like The Gathering and
WOC  so in lots of money to come I may
get  to  one, although I can't see it,
nice thinking about it though!!

{9WATTS  {4:  {6 In  your own opinion who is
the  most  productive scene guy in the
UK, and abroad?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Oh  shit!  What a question,
why  not  ask me an easy one!!!  To me
personally  I  haven't  seen anyone in
particular  in the UK that stands out,
as  there  is  quite a bit going on at
the  moment  but UK group wise I would
say  it  is  Dual  Format  (I  would),
outside  the  UK  is  also not an easy
one,   although   the  multi  talented
{te{6Laxity  would  seem a fair bet, Jester
for  toons  and  Facet  for  piccies I
think.

{9WATTS {4: {6 Besides me and you (wish) who
would   you   say   was  the  best  UK
musician?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Eh  up,  my window has just
closed  itself which is quite handy as
it  was  raining!  Sorry, no one I can
think   of  off  hand  and  I  am  not
avoiding the question but the only one
that  really  sits  in  my  mind  from
looking   back   at  productions  like
Digital  Inovation  etc..  I would say
4Mat because to me as far as demos and
that  go  it  would  have  to  be 4Mat
because whatever it is he's got it and
I'm  still looking for it!!!  Although
the  only UK musician that I follow to
the  tune  is  Allister Brimble, yes I
know  I  know, but he started the same
as  us  all  and  fair  fucks to him!!
Outside  the  UK  the  musician that I
think  is  the best and quite possibly
the  best  ever  Amiga  musician would
have   to   Bjornne   (Dr.    Awesome)
Lynne/ex  Crusaders, I am still amazed
to   hear  that  a  lot  of  my  music
contacts have never heard of him!!!!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  Who  is your best contact a
good  all  rounder,  good letter, good
sends,   pays  the  phone  bill  (hint
bloody hint)?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Walking  on  thin ice a bit
this  isn't it?  Well at the beginning
it  would have been Corn who now has a
sex  life,  a  resteraunt  a huge visa
bill  and  a BBS to worry about but we
still  swap but more as a formal thing
coz we normally just chat on the phone
{te{6now.   Also Andy-C was a good mate but
alas  he  has let college and work get
on  top of him (weakling (he he)).  As
it  stands  at the minute though there
are  a  few  that  keep my scene faith
going.   Your  goodself,  although  we
have  to  get a bigger jiffy, 14 disks
is  a  bit  of  a  tight squeeze and I
can't fit any parsnips in!!!  Staples,
who   never   seems   to   let  things
interfere  with his jiffies and Mikael
from   Jonkoping  in  Sweden  and  not
forgetting good old Sable, this guy is
well   sideways,  his  mum's  friendly
too!!  His letters are always the best
even  though  his sends aren't exactly
0-3  day  but  what the fuck does that
count  for anyway.  The best for sends
would have to be Mikael coz when I get
his  jiffy  it  can  usually  keep  me
covered  in sends for the week!!!  All
the above are really friendly guys and
phone   calls   are   always  a  great
laugh!!!  Who pays the bills?  Well it
usually  ends  up  being alternated so
that  both  sides get in equal amounts
of hassle!!  Except for yourself Watts
who may have to get an earbending from
your  other  half  (Hi  Coreen  (spelt
wrong!)).   I  always  enjoy Sparkle's
letters when I get em!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  Now a difficult one, if D.F
didn't exist who would you join?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6 Well apart from yourself and
Sparkle,  I  hear  so  little from the
rest  of  them  at  the minute, that I
only  get  reminded of their existance
from  VI  or a proddy, but I know that
they  are  all a sound bunch of blokes
except  for  4-Tey who I think is gone
(wanker).   If  they  didn't  exist  I
wouldn't  be  doing  this in the first
{te{6place  but if Sparkle did die properly
and  it  was  contageous and the whole
group  died  I would probably carry on
mailtrading  and keep my eyes open for
a  bit  and  if  nothing  came of it I
would  probably sell up shop and buy a
Korg  M1, although I would keep my 500
as  it  is  so  much  better than this
shitty 1200!!!

{9WATTS {4:{6 What  is  your  favourite  music
away from the scene?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Oh  bum...   Right,  Jungle
harcore,  loads of it, huge amounts of
it,  over  100 DJ tapes of it!!!  Sven
Vaths  Accident  in  Paradise, Rap ala
Ice  Cube, Ice-T, NWA, Big Daddy Kane,
Cypress  Hill  etc..  Tocatta and Fuge
in D minor, Vivaldi's 4 seasons played
by  Nigel  Kennedy, The Grateful Dead,
Pink  Floyd,  The  Doors, The Beatles,
Jefferson  Airplane,  Jethro  Tull,  a
group  called  I.Q.   if anyone's ever
heard  of  them,  Tubular bells 1 (not
2),  Early  Jarre,  tapes  of 64 tunes
(honest!), the Honourable Robert Nesta
Marley.   There  is  more  but I can't
think off hand a I have over 300 tapes
full of all kinds of shit and I always
buy  originals when I can.  Although I
would  like  to  say that I HATE metal
and anything that's cash in commercial
and  the  chart  music that ALL sounds
the  same,  I  mean buy any one of the
hundreds of Dance compilations and you
may  as  well  just play the same song
over  and  over, we already have dance
hits  94  vol.2  and  it's only March,
nuff  said,  although each to his own.
Oh and I hate that bastard song Doop !

{9WATTS {4: {6 Do you have a favourite piece
of Amiga music?
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{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Yup, undoubtedly, Graveyard
by  Fleshbrain,  the amazing Moongazer
by   Bjorne  Lynne  and  that  fucking
brilliant  piece  of  smoke music, the
intro    to   Leander.    Nebulos   by
Audiomonster  on the Silents Ice demo,
It's  Just Sonorus by Jester (I think)
on an earlier Sanity music disk and at
the   end   of  Digital  Inovation  by
Anarchy  there  was  a  little  groovy
flute  tune  that  played  while  some
fractal  landscapes  and  text came on
the  screen,  I can't remeber the name
of   it  but  it's  another  one  that
springs   to   mind.   Oh  yes,  Chris
Huelbeck's work on Turrican was brill!
Having  said  all this though there is
bound  to  be  masses  of toons that I
have  not  heard  and  would  probably
change the above list if I did!!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  What's  the best thing that
has  happened  to  you  whilst  on the
scene?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6 Joining Dual Format, getting
to  know  some  well nice people (when
are you coming over for that holiday?)
and having my tunes aired!!

{9WATTS {4: {6 Do you have any dreams, eg no
1  musician  in  UK charts or owt like
that?

{9TUMMO  {4:{6   Well not really although it
would be nice of course but I am happy
getting my tunes put out and I am even
happier  if  I  get  some constructive
feedback   from   them,  good  or  bad
(although  preferably  good  (he he)).
Although  I  expect to see Dual Format
making   a  well  deserved,  very  big
impact!!
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{9WATTS  {4: {6  How would you rate yourself
in  the  scene, out of a marks of ten,
and don't lie?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Oh  fuck off man, I'll hang
myself while I'm at it!!!

{9WATTS  {4:  {6 I'm led to believe you're a
bit   fussy   about  your  disk  label
colour,  you want em all pink or is it
purple?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Well not so much labels but
disks,  if I get an unusual one I copy
a  sample disk onto it so that it gets
used,  the  BT ones are a bit spesh, I
like  those clear ones (thanks for the
clear blue one this mornig by the way)
and I got a well weird Citroen branded
disk!?!?!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  I  know  you're a member of
Dual  Format,  so  how do you rate the
mag  to  other  UK scene mags, better,
worse, the best ever?

{9TUMMO  {4:{6  Without a doubt the best mag
the UK has seen, as long as it dosen't
become  too  sprawled like some others
it  will  continue to be so as well, I
mean  it  would  achieve nothing by me
being  biased  anyway coz I just write
my  articles for it the same as anyone
else, but it is a really good mag!!!

{9WATTS {4: {6 What hardware do you have?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  My  cock!!  No, it's a male
thing  sorry!!  I have a Stereo Master
sampler    although   its   days   are
numbered,  a second disk drive (slim n
sexy)  a  megadrive  joypad,  a colour
portable  telly  so  that  I can watch
{te{6BBC2 and Channel 4 as well (he he), an
ashtray,  3  twindecks  which  are all
linked   to   my   miggy,   one  is  a
particularly  good one and looks nice,
a  4  track mixing studio thingy which
is  good fun and a Altai microphone, a
recently    purchased   500   and   an
incredibly  naff  1200 (don't buy one,
they  are  a load of shite (wot no AGA
plasma?!?!)).    That's   about  it  I
think,  except  for my Donald Duck Pez
holder  which  is becoming dangerously
low on sweets (anybody help?!)

{9WATTS {4: {6 In a week, how long would you
say  you  dedicate to the scene, would
you say you're addicted to it?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  In  a week I would spend on
average  55-60 hrs a week on my miggy,
say 3 of those hours are spent playing
games  which  I  don't bother with too
much  and  hence  don't have too many.
Funnily  enough  before I quit college
my  mum said that my hobby was getting
out  of hand and that I have been like
this ever since I got my 64 in '87 and
I smiled and said its not a hobby it's
an  obsession, yes I am addicted, ever
since  I saw a computer drawing little
sine  patterns in a shop window when I
was  ten.   Anyway,  I  rarely go out,
when  I do it's just to get pissed and
play  some  Irish music and apart from
smoking  and smoking tobacco as well I
have  no  real  vices,  but  my  miggy
doesn't  run my life though coz I have
to  get  me shag now and then and some
nights  I  just  don't switch it on at
all!!

{9WATTS  {4: {6  Who do you dislike the most
in the scene?

{te{9TUMMO {4: {6 D-Man, I know it may seemlike
jumping   on   the   D-Man  anti  Nazi
bandwagon  but  I think this guy has a
serious  psycological  problem to come
out  with  a  lot  of the shit that he
did.    Not  forgetting  my  favourite
contact Decker (you lame piece of shit
sucking,  monkey  spunking flea ridden
turd).

{9WATTS  {4: {6  Where  does  that handle of
yours come from or is it the obvious?

{9TUMMO {4: {6 Add an N to the end!!!  No, I
didn't   fancy   a  handle  like  anal
nitrate,  or  laxative  so I just kept
the name that I have been called since
I  was  9,  TUMMO,  it was back at the
time  when  MODS  and Quadraphenia and
the like were fashionable at school so
like a Durkin became a durko, a McEvoy
became  Maco and so on, I became Tummo
and  it stuck ever since.  It's got to
the  stage where a lot of people who I
know  and  go  out  with don't know my
first  name  and  take  it for granted
that  TUMMO  is my first name, even my
bank  letters  have  TUMMO on them!  I
wonder  how  much  it costs to have my
name changed officially?!?!?

{9WATTS  {4: {6  How  long  are your contact
letters?

{9TUMMO  {4:  {6 Hang on, a really nice tune
called Street Knowledge has come on so
I  wanna  turn  it up for a second and
enjoy  a  rollie....  Back again, well
what  I  get  sent  is what the person
gets  back  and  I  am lucky enough to
have  good  contacts so I usually wait
and  reply to my jiffies at night so I
can justify myself with a good letter,
although  if  I  have  a  fairly heavy
{te{6weekend  and I have some jiffies lying
there  I  usually  do  a  standard one
about  the  weekend, it is lame but it
rarely  happens  and  if  I  have just
spent over an hour on the phone to one
of  my contacts there is not much left
to write!!  The longest I have written
would  have  been  around  40K and the
shortest is going to be 6 letters long
to Decker (W-A-N-K-E-R).

{9WATTS {4:{6  How many contacts do you have
now?

{9TUMMO  {4: {6  Well  at one point I had 35
but now it has dropped dramatically, I
don't  know  how  many  for  sure  but
people  have  been  getting pissed off
with  swapping which as I have said is
a  bollocks, myself and the good Sable
are  gonna  launch  a massive swapping
campaign   and   get  back  into  some
serious   swapping   to   revive   our
faith!!!

{5END....

{9TUMMO  COMMENTS  {4:  {8 I  wanna see more
active females on the scene coz I know
they  are  out there, friendship rules
forever  and  light  another!!!  Thank
you  Dual  Format  and  Watts for this
interview.

{9WATTS  {4:  {5 THANK YOU JOHN THAT WAS NOT
HARD.   WAS  IT,  OY  YOU READING THIS
WATCH  OUT  COZ  WATTS  IS  ABOUT, YEH
THATS  RIGHT  IT  COULD BE YOU UP HERE
NEXT, SO HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER WHEN PUT
ON THE SPOT?.
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