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let's talk to... let's talk to... BLEZE+FLOYD BLEZE+FLOYD OF OF TEMPEST TEMPEST ________________________________________ INTERVIEW WAS HELD AT THE WILLOW'99-p2 MEETING, JULY 24TH/25TH IN THEINE/GER
________________________________________ After a period of silence, the TEMPEST Crew has become quite active again lately with the release of the 2nd issue of their magazine DIMENSION. I had the great opportunity to talk to two of their members, so let's welcome BLEZE (Graphician) + FLOYD (Swapper, BLEZE + FLOYD Composer & Mageditor) ________________________________________
________________________________________ DT: Hi dudes, glad to have you here! DT: Well, how about introducing yourself to all the compasity crowd out there? FLD: FLD: I am one of the main editors of "Dimension", and besides I am acting as a swapper and musician in TempesT. BLZ: BLZ: I am acting as a graphician in TempesT.
________________________________________ DT: Wow, check out the intensity in DT: these words! OK guys how about some infos about TEMPEST? Founders, Memberstatus and so on? FLD: FLD: TempesT is a yugoslavian-based group which was founded in the early 90's. TempesT never cared a lot about the usual cracking scene in this decade and was always more or less a demo group. During the time of the war in Yugoslavia, it became silent around
us, but then TempesT was rebuilt after the loss of some members. The Macedonians and some Serbians quit, and finally Nucleus, JB and Erol were the last members from Ex-Yugoslavia. We "Germans" started to join TempesT from the beginning of 1997. Check the news corner of this issue of the D-T English for our latest memberstatus. BLZ: BLZ: Nothing more to say...:)
DT: Let's talk a bit about your mag DT: DIMENSION. What whould you say makes it different from other mags in scene? BLZ: BLZ: Many things I think. The whole style of texts and outfit is different from the other Mags I think. (and I hope:) FLD: FLD: Concernig the outfit and the style of "Dimension", I simply have to agree! I guess we can say that all texts are of a high quality,
the amount of chapters is more than acceptable. It also makes us a bit different from other mags that all of the used tunes are exclusive... DT: Would you say the magscene has DT: changed over the last couple of years? And what, in your opinion, makes new mags (PREMIUM, DT, e.g.) different from the old established ones? BLZ: BLZ: The style of the Mags (Charts, Interviews etc.) is like the old
times I think, but the visual Outfit is much better since years I think. Importend are the texts of a mag, when a Mag looks good, and the texts are bad, the whole mag is bad. FLD: FLD: In my eyes, the mags were on a higher standard some years before. Nowadays, quite a lot of newcomer groups consume the mag scene with their style of newer magazines. I don't see many impressing new outfits, i sometimes totally miss
exclusive tunes or a nice English.. Okay, I like most of today's mags quite much. In the older days, we had names like "Skyhigh", "The Pulse" or "Shout". And, Sorry, at least 90% of the magazines these days won't reach such a standard ever in any way. DT: You two are known as two of german DT: scenes most gorgeous party dudes. How do you see the role of the c64 partys in the entire scene nowadays? Or in other words, would a c64 scene without partys still be alive?
BLZ: BLZ: A party is the salt in the soup. Without Meetings, anyway if big or small, the scene won't be the same! FLD: FLD: The C64-scene is much more enjoyable with those great parties. As I know quite a lot of people who never visited such parties, I know what they are missing. For quite a lot of sceners, the spirit of the C64-parties and the #c64-channel are the things that keep them active and alive in our
scene. DT: Short question - short answer? DT: Has the Internet killed the mailtrading scene? FLD: FLD: Not yet! I am tired of offending the internet, as it simply makes not much sense... everyone who is too lazy to swap or too far away from the (mailtrading) scene can count on the internet. On the other hand a lot of swappers became more and more inactive because of .d64-files trading via
internet. What i really don't like is that most of the wares nowadays are spread at first over the internet. that is a problem for the snailmail traders. BLZ: BLZ: Not really. It is just easier to write an e-mail than fixing a snailmail send. DT: Well, let's leave the c64 aside a DT: bit for a moment and jump over to some more private (hehe!) things. What are your activities outside the world of bits and bytes?
FLD: FLD: Well, what shall I say... I am going to visit the school again after my education now. I am looking quite forward to it. I like listening to music a lot and I love to play the guitar. My other interests are literature and politics. BLZ: BLZ: I like driving my car, Tekken matches on Playstation (beat me), Partys with funny girls:), literature, and and and...
DT: Any last words? DT: FLD: Borgentreich suxx!(Ed. RHEINE TOO!) FLD: BLZ: DIGITAL TALK ENGLISH KIXX ASS BLZ: (much better than the german one!) ________________________________________ OK, Thanx guys for these deep insights into your dimension (nice word game, isn't it?). _______________________________SCORPE___