Skyhigh 16 About The Decoy/Excess/Natural Beat
Long time ago I asked my good friend for an interview Nothing really happend.. And then suddenly - it was there; fixed and filled. So the Bizman had to convert it into the new format. It is with a great pleasure I can present for you, an interview with :
THE DECOY/EXCESS/NATURAL BEAT
SKYHIGH
DECOY
Yo Decoy. First of all thanx for sharing your personality with the rest of us. - But let's get started the boring way!
Please tell us your handle and group.
The Decoy/Excess/Natural Beat
And your real name ?
My real name is Jens !
When were you delivered to the earth? (d,m,y)
24/01/75 (at 11.14 am, if you care !?) So, I'm actually 19 years old !
Ok that was the most important things. But please give us a small introduction of yourself. (Personal facts : hight - hair colour - eye colour, glasses, sparetime, other interests, job/school, hobbies and so on!!)
Well, people usually wonder about my height, as I am around 2 metres tall at a weight of aprox.95 kg The colour of my hair is originally dark-blond, but I have coloured it recently,so they look red, boy!! The colour of my eyes is green ! In my sparetime, I go out raving and play some rugby, if some time is left, which has actually become a problem, recently, as I'm in the army at the moment, and that does not leave me that much sparetime... sad !! Beside that, I spend a hell of a lot of time producing Acid/Hardtrance tracks under the: 'No Respect' lable in real life, which most of you haven't heard of yet, I suppose, right ?! After all, this is a lot of fun and a big advantage on the financial side, as life is expensive, right ?!
For how long have you been into the 64 scene. Or in other words : please tell us when you entered the world of the commodore 64 - and it's scene?
Oh my god...! Let me tell you, that I got my c-64 back in 1985 and then started the usual way, which means, getting into swapping and stuff and a lot of laming around, which resulted in getting caught by the cops, who really kept an eye on the German copy scene at that time...Just remember Gravenreuth, for the older ones among us,hehe ! Anyway,nothing more happened and I got into the scene more and more !
In which groups have you been before?
My first group was ABYSS, where I joined as graphican and megaswapper, at that time with about 120 contacts ! Follow up groups were GLOOM, the old X-RATED and of coz SUNRISE back in 1992,where I started to release my first tunes..Then in 1993, I joined my pals in EXCESS after having visited some Venlo meetings with the guys !
Your handle The Decoy... Is there a special story to it? Please tell how you got it!
Hmmm, there isn't a special story about my handle! At least I cannot remember anything 'bout that! Sorry !
What is your memberstatus and job in your current group ?
Puh, my current job is composing, a bit of swapping and to write some bullshit for the Nitro, hehe ! Better don't ask me about the member status, as I am quite badly informed about that at the moment.. I just can tell you, that our posse is quite large at an amount of aprox. 20 members or so.. I guess !
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVES!
What do you prefer to eat?
Steak, Yorkshire pudding, etc.
And what do you like to drink?
Coke, Holsten beer, Vodka + Red Bull !
To what music do you listen?
Breakbeat/jungle and acid/trance !
Your favourite girl(s)?
My girlfriend Maria !
What movie was the coolest you ever saw?
Escape from Alcatraz with the ruling Clint Eastwood ! Wicked stuff, man !
And your c64 favourites
DEMOGROUP : BYTERAPERS, OXYRON
CRACKERGROUP : AVANTGARDE, CHROMANCE
CODER : SLAMMER, MR. SEX
MAGAZINE : BANANA NEWS (HE HE)
COMPOSER : A-MAN
GRAFIXER : CREEPER
SCENELAND : WHAT DO YOU EXPECT..
DEMO : ICE CREAM CASTLE
GAME : MINI-PUTT, LAST NINJA 2
And last : Your favourite friend(s) in the scene
Big shouts to all of Excess, especially to those friends such as da Gash, Red Rock, Sentinel, Spermbird and the local posse... + Mercury/Natural Beat, Dec, Andreas/Shape, Stake/Agony, Stan/Eqx, Majesty/Talent, Mark/X- Rated, J. Alien, Titanic/Agony, Therion/F4CG and a dude called Biscuit or so, can't remember, hehe ! just kidding, my pal...! Also a big shout out to all Sunrisers such as Jtf, Dirk (da), Sir Maniac to name but a few...!
Yeah a whole lot of things you liked. But what about things you dislike! Is there any particulary phenomena or mayby even dudes you do not like in the scene. Give us the story!!
Well, I hate stupid nazis and of coz some lamers, who talk shit and act like cowards,when you meet them face to face...!
what is your plans for the future ? Both in the scene and in private !
In scene, I will just go on the usual way and keep on composing as long as it brings me some fun...! In private life, I hope to finnish my army duties soon and then I'll maybe start studying ! Anyway, just trying to get the best of life...! Peace, love & Ecstasy ! You know, what I mean,eh ?!
The c64 scene unfortunately can't live forever ! When it dies (long time from now!) what will you then do? Jump to the (l)amiga or pc, or simply quit da entire compy-scene?
Hmmm, with all those new groups, I don't think,that the scene will die within the next couple of years.. And then I'll probably be already on another sys- tem such as pc, which I prefer at the moment, but let's wait and see !
People often talk about a lamer. But what is a lamer?. Please give me your definition !
Puh, sorry, but this is really hard...! You cannot give a definition...! It's just something, that tells you, that a certain person is l a m e !
ABOUT YOUR CONTACTS
Do ya have a lot of contacts ? (How many - name a few.)
At the moment, I have got around 30 contacts,most of them being really good friends such as Mercury, Stake, Titanic, Therion, Rooster,etc !
Do you prefer legal stuff or cracks from your ctx.
I don't care...The personal note and the style is counting...! Nothing more, I guess !
Do you use cheated stamps ?
Nope ! Not anymore !
Why not?
Well, the simple reason is, that I got busted by the post for that just a short while before... And that was quite stressy, believe me...!
Magazines! Some people say there's too many - some say there's not!! What do you think?
Well, if the magazines keep their unique style, it's quite nice, I think ! Sometimes,reading a mag becomes kinda boring, when the editors just copy the style of some well known mags or even just write the same news, articles, while boring you with lame brainless crap, which isn't funny in any way, if you ask me...!
They for one thing sure keep the scene alive, but what about demos? What do you think about the quality of the demos produced nowadays?
Actually, you can see a steadily rising quality on the demo front, especially if you see products from the eastern scene where groups such as Taboo have already shown us some real great stuff, I think !
What is your advice to all the demo producing groups concerning their future productions?
Just stay unique and develop your own personal unique style...!
If you had the opportunity to build up a new group which persons would you like to join ?
Coders : Slammer, Goldrush
Musicians : A-Man
Gfx'ers : Creeper, Rob
Swappers : Spermbird, Nightshade
Modemtraders : Majesty
Others : Any good ones,who can booze and party !
BRAINSTORM
What comes to your mind when I say :
Group : Nice thing, I suppose !
Coca Cola : Makes you fat...!
Friendship : By any means necessary !
C-64 : Rules !
Amiga : Nice games !
Girls : Always worth to grab !
Beers : Ideal for boozing !
Magazines : Sometimes nice !
Groupwars : Childish, but funny !
Sex : Always very funny !
Parties : Sex, drugs and alcohol !
Interviews : Lame...Just kidding !
And last 'SKYHIGH' :
Oh,boy... Why do you leave me so much space for
that...?! Hehe ! No sliming, I really like that one !
Yo we are getting closer to the end now. I'll hereby give you the word to say what's on your mind. The word is free !
After all, my brain is still working,so what to write just go on producing your nice mag...! And for all you guys outtathere...! keep the c-64 alive...!
PEACE, LOVE AND ECSTASY !
If there's some guys you want to greet or give a special message then why not use the opportunity right here?
D Tons of beer to all friends such as: Gash+Red Rock+Sentinel+Spermbird+ New Design+ Alien Prophet+Renegade of Excess, Jack Alien+Intruder/Avantgarde, Mercury/Lethargy/Natural Beat, Dec/NB, Majesty/Talent, Therion Titanic, Stake, Homeboy, Mr.Wax, Stan, Andreas/Shape, Ob/Red Sector and the whole crew of No Respect records...thanx !
Yeah that's it.. We reached the end of this interview. So I better let you of the hook for now!
I'll end by thanking you for taking the time to help me with this.
I hope you'll stick to this beautyful scene for a long time! Have a cool time in the future.
Thanx homeboy!!
That's it for now! - So better load another chapter.
BIZ KID
