Skyhigh 13 ch09 About Fanta
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about fanta of plush/aps
welcome to another interview from the
scene. this time i bring ya an interview
with one of the new but already well-
known composers: fanta!
but read for yourself
? skyhigh
! fanta/plush/aps
yo fanta.
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.
! hello jesper! my handle is fanta and
i'm in plush and art project studios
(game producing group). but hopefully
i will join a music label soon. i do
some musics for the game label bad
bytes entertainment software, too.
? and your real name ?
! i don't know it exactly. but i always
wonder why all people call me
alexander rotzsch. it's really
confusing, isn't it?
? when were you delivered to the earth?
(day,month,year)
! i was born on the 1st of august in
1977 at 15.35 in the biggest scene
city on world (i think) called
dresden.
? ok that was the most important things.
but pleaz 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, i'm 17 years young, 1,87 high,
my wight is about 73 kg, i got black
hairs, blue eyes and i don't need
classes. i just began an education as
motor mechanic and therefore i
won't have so much time for computing
left anymore. but i try to be as activ
as possible! my hobby no.1 is of
course football! i played about 4
years football (goalkeeper), but at
the moment i make a little break. i go
to every home game from dynamo
dresden. i also like to play table
tennis or volleyball and watching tv.
furthermore i collect beermates and
all bmw-stuff!
? 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?
! it all began in july'91. at this time
i got my c64 with 1541 ii and as the
most of the beginners i played some
games. later i also got some pd stuff
with demos and similar things.
especially i was impressed of all the
cool musics and i decided to get in
this scene, too. i made my first (and
very bad) music on 1st of june'93. so
i'm about 1 year and 3 months in the
scene. not much, but anyway...
? in which groups have you been before?
! my first group was maitec. then i
joined crossline as second group.
when maitec died, crossline was my
first group. but as crossline was very
lazy i joined plush as second group.
later on crossline got lazier and
lazier so that i decided to left them.
some weeks ago i joined the game label
art project studios and i also do some
musics for bad bytes entertainment
software. but i don't want to bore you
with this stuff anymore...
? your handle fanta!
is there a special story to it?
please tell how you got it!
! hmmm, i'm a really hardcore fanta
boozer! that's why i gave me this
name...
? wauh what a surprise!! he-he
what is your memberstatus and job in
your current group ?
! the current memberstatus of plush is:
map - lead, code
mip - gfx
tecmo - code
seba - gfx, swap
caprice design - gfx, swap
honk - ideas, swap
fanta - music, swap
cosowi - music
gangstar - music
the free man - code, swap
the current memberstatus of art
project studios is:
dj bobo - gfx, code
mistadobalina - code
quiss - code
sonic - code, gfx
pvcf - music
half-elf - gfx
smiling guru - code
fanta - music, swap
i'm mainly a musician. but i do some
little swapping, too.
tell us about your faves!
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? what do you prefer to eat?
! fast food, although it isn't good for
the health.
? and what do you like to drink?
! guess what? (could it be coke? -ed!)
? to what music do you listen?
! i prefer trance, ambient and music
with good melodies!
? your favourite girl(s)?
! anna nicole smith is cool. but the
most important think of a girl is
of course the character.
? what movie was the coolest you ever
saw?
! otto rules!!!
? and your c64 favourites
demogroup : camelot, crest
crackergr.: -
coder : crossbow, druid, raz
magazine : skyhigh, ing.brain
composer : the syndrom, pri, jeff
scortia, metal, laxity
drax, deek, shark
and so on..
grafixer : electric, rob, ivan,
fazee, earthquake,
atte...
cover des.: electric, duce, fx,
earthquake, mr.friese
sceneland : poland, denmark,
holland, sweden,
germany
demo : unpleasant ways to die
game : soccermaster
? and last :
your favourite friend(s) in the scene
! i don't want to name a favourite one,
because all are cool.
? yeah a whole lot of things you liked.
but what about things you dislike!
is there any particulary phenomena or
mayby dudes you do not like in the
scene. give us the story!!
! i try to avoid wars and all such crap,
because it's senseless and childish!
but i dislike dudes which claims to be
the greatest or dudes which everywhere
write "vote for me" down and have only
the charts in mind.
? what is your plans for the future ?
both in the scene and in private !
! at the moment i want to complete my
education, make my driving licence and
hit the german lotto jackpot (hehe).
in the scene i try to be activ and
make some fine musics in the future.
just wait...
? the c64 scene unfortunately can't live
forever !
when it dies (in a lot of years!!)
what will you then do?
jump to the (l)amiga or pc, or simply
quit the entire compy-scene?
! as long as there is a c64 scene i will
stay on this machine, that's for sure!
but in case the c64 scene dies, what
will not happen in the near future,
because there are still many freaks
left, i will think about buying a pc.
? people often talk about a lamer.
but what is a lamer?. please give me
your definition !
! well, a lamer is a guy who does uncool
things, for example diskstealing, talk
shit about others or cheat votesheets.
he does things which destroyes the
scene. that's my opinion about this!
about your contacts
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? do ya have a lot of contacts ?
(how many - name a few.)
! i have about 40 contacts, and that's
enough for me! i will name them later.
? do you prefer legal stuff or cracks
from your contacts.?
! i prefer legal stuff! but i also like
to get a good game now and then.
by the way, a short message to all you
crackers outthere: it's nearly
impossible for the game companys to
sell their games, if you crack, spread
and release them as fast as possible!!
so don't wonder about the lack of good
games on this machine and don't wonder
about the dying c64 scene, too!
? do you use cheated stamps ?
! not anymore! in the past time i
cheated my stamps.
? why not?
! because i don't want to get trouble
with the post or the police!
? magazines! some people say there's too
many - some say there's not!!
what do you think?
! for sure there are too many! nobody
are able to read them all. and there
are too less quality magazines.
the best thing for the scene would be
a supermag, where the outfit and
chapters are created by several
groups. the mag should be released
every month and spreaded to every
scener. everybody fills a votesheet,
month by month, and we would have the
most objective charts, the hottest
news, tons of addys and lots of
interesting articles. what do you
think about this, jesper?
! well to be honest then i don't think
this is possible!! i know how hard it
can be to get the chapters in time for
skyhigh. (and that's only from oxyron
members!!) so don't tell me it will be
easier withmore groups!!
and who should do the last touch up on
the mag before it's released ? somehow
they can manipulate a bit if they want
to.. no i don't think it's such a good
idea after all!!!!
i would prefer if the editors (not all
editors ofcoz - but some of them!)
spend more time perfecting the mag,
before releasing it. otherwise i think
they should leave it!!!
ok back to the interview. we were talk
ing about magazines!
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?
! there is no doubt. the demos get
better and better and it's amazing to
compare demos from the 80'ers with
demos from 1993/94!
? what is your advice to all the demo -
producing groups, concerning their
future productions?
! make good styled and funny demos!
and why don't ya code some nice games
now and then? the best coders on c64
are for sure demo coders, so you could
take over some nice demo effects in
your games. try it!
? if you had the opportunity to build up
a new group - which persons would you
like to join ?
! coders : crossbow
musicians : p.r.i., scortia
gfx'ers : rob, electric
swappers : acidchild
modemtraders : -
others : biz kid as mag editor
(no ass licking!)
brainstorm!
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? what do you say when i say :
group : group!
coca cola : fanta!
friendship : most important thing!
c-64 : legend!
amiga : record company in ex-gdr!
girls : vital!
beers : fanta!
magazines : letters'n numbers!
groupwars : senseless!
sex : vital!
parties : hope to be on the genesis
or camelot party this
year!
interviews : it's my first one!
and last 'skyhigh' : it's my favourite
mag, because there is a good mixture
of text, music, gfx and outfit!
? 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 !
! to all ya votesheet fillers out there.
many mag editors have said it before,
but i will remember you once more:
we want monthly charts and no all time
charts in the mags, so stop voting for
inactive groups'n guys like blackmail,
hein holt, jeroen tel and so on and
give the newcomers & quality/quantity
producing groups/dudes a chance. think
before filling a votesheet!
? if there's some guys you want to greet
or give a special message then why not
use the opportunity right here?
! as always some 1,5 litre fanta bottles
fly to biz, the syndrom, acidchild,
happymaker, warp 8, pvcf, earthquake,
zorc, pandaco, mr.friese, amadeus,
snooze, mr.perfect, volunteer, b.i.o.,
prof.megabyte, baertram, little john,
scare, dr.kaos, bitbreaker, sinister,
joker, p.r.i., garth, druid, hitman,
anesthesia, t.m.g., fireball, all my
groupmates and the rest of the scene!
? 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 beautiful
scene for a long time!
have a cool time in the future.
thanx homeboy!!
! thanks alot for interviewing me!
stay as friendly as you are and i wish
you much luck for skyhigh in the
future!
do you need some kicking musics and
jingles for your games or other
projects? then simply get in contact
with me, denn fanta ist doch fuer alle
da!
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please don't write only for normal
swapping! thanks, ciao & bye bye...
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that's it for now! - so better load
another chapter now!!
BIZ KID
