Interview : Crystal Distortion

Questions des visiteurs ! - Visitors Questions !

01 - Pourquoi utilises-tu la RM1x, seulement pour le sequenceur; ou aussi pour les sons ?	Je ne l'utilise plus, elle est morte !
02 - Quels sons utilises-tu le plus: bd, sd, percus, synth bass, sfx,etc ?	Quand j'avais une RM, le canal gauche etais toujours la rythmique et le canal droit les sons. Tout ca ensuite mixé en 2 canaux mono sur un mixer pour avoir plus de control sur l'image sonore generale Une procedure general etait de balancer la plupart des sons punchy (kik clap etc) dans l'effet "amp simulator" avec l'overdrive tres bas : Cette technique permettait de faire jouer la machine deux fois plus fort, une solution altrernative pour le kick etait d'utiliser le chorus avec le delay a 0ms et le mod speed off, avec un gros feedback: oops le caisson est a moitie cramé!!!!! tu vois ske'j'veux dire ?
03 - Est-ce qu'il y a un sequenceur qui te ferait oublier la rm1x: xl7, rs7000, mc909 ?	Pour moi cela depend combien de personne il y a autour de moi lorsque je joue / travaille: a la maison j'ai un studio virtuel comprenant une table de mixe numerique, une Creamware Pulsar 2, et un P4 overclocké a 2,7 ghz qui fait tourner Cubase SX, Reason 2, Kontakt, quelques freeware tout les synth + fx distribues avec la carte son, maintenant en utilisant cette config j'ai besoin d'une concentration complete et je prefere avoir 2 personnes max dans les environs lors du deroulement (un collaborateur et un preparateur de coktails? ), c'est assurement mon meilleur environnement musical preferre (dans la machine j'veux dire, mais le reste est cool aussi) maintenant la derniere chose que je ferais lors d'une teuf/concert est de laisser un dancefloor entier entre les mains d'un PC sous microsoft, la ou tout peut mal tourner et le fait souvent. Ok, alors trouve moi un sequenceur hardware pour remplacer un pc/mac/atari qui NE SOIT PAS une rm1x, xL/mp-7, rs7000, mc303 / 505 / 308 / 909. Et meme si tu le faisais, on parle alors de trimbaler des camions de samplers rack, synthetiseurs, 3 heures a tout brancher pour pouvoir jouer 1h30-3hr maximum (tout le monde doit avoir son tour et trop d'organisateurs pensent que 10 live sur un flyer est ce qui ramene du peuple - FAUX!). Les portables pour moi n'en font pas assez pour l'instant, et laissent le pouvoir ulitme de tout foutre en l'air a quelqu'un d'autre, ce qui revient pour moi a redescendre au facteur versatil - J'ai suivi l'evolution des " groovebox" depuis le jour 1, je peux faire instatenement des choses avec qui me prendraient une nuit entiere a programmer sur n'importe quoi d'autre, et elles sont assez bon marche pour etre remplace dans la semaine (et balancer a la tete d'un policier/vigile d'entree/organisateur de club) si tout doit mal tourner
04 combien de rm1x as tu tue durant ta carriere ? qu'est ce qui pete en premier : les controlleurs, mutes, circuits intenres ? l'ecran ?	JOLI, JOLI!!!!!!!!!!!! J'AIME cette question!!!!!! est-ce qu'on peut aller voir roland/yamaha avec celle-la???? Ok, la premiere chose qui lache sur n'importe quel "groovebox" que j'ai pu avoir c'est les boutons, normalement le bouton start/restart en premier, ensuite les mutes, puis le clavier. ca peut aller quand tu peux contourner le probleme, demarrer en ssynchro, changer les patterns mais il est impossible d'ecrire des nouvelles choses dedans. Ca prend 45 minutes pour demonter une rm1x, changer les boutons du dessus peut se faire avec un fer a souder de bonne qualite, et ressemble un peu au moment crucial du desarmocage de la bombe dans n'importe quel scene d'un film hollywoodiens (ne pas respirer!!!), la remonter est faisable si tu as dessine un diagramme avant mais comme tout les connecteurs *** sont de tailles differentes tu devrais eventuellement pouvoir t'en sortir. SE PROCURER DES NOUVEAUX BOUTONS POUR CES MACHINES EST IMPOSSIBLE POUR UN CLIENT COMME TOI ET MOI !!!!!!!!!! Donc vous tous, allez vous faire pote avec votre magasin de musique local des maintenant !!!! ou adressez ces problemes au forum de la machine choisie. Cela m'a pris 9 mois pour moi pour recevoir 75 boutons de remplacement pour ma rm1x. Je me demande bien ce qu'il va se passer avec le rs7000.
05 - when you're composing at home, do you use cubase (then put them in the machine), or directly on the machine ?	Non, Ma vie de studio et mon live set sont des affaires totalement separes, de la meme maniere on emporte pas notre vie sexuelle au travail avec nous ????
06 - Why are you using the Korg ER1? Is it because of the price ? Why not the Jomox Xbase 09 that sound more pro?	Oh j'ai une jomox aibase 99 rack a la maison. Je trouve l'electribe rouge plus conviviale dans un environnement live, tout est sauvegarde dans le pattern en cours. La globalite de la partie patt/prog de la jomox xbase 09 est cool, mais trop confu pour moi pour une bonne prise en main un vendredi/samedi soir a cote de 10kw - 50kw de son, et generalement je n'ai pas de source fixe pour mon pied etc, si tu ne peux pas faire sortir ce que tu veux d'une de tes machines , il y a une boite dans ton set qui n'est pas ton ami!
07 - how much time do you spend on the machines during week	Je prefere ecrire les patterns de live lorsque je me deplace, donc une bonne journee de train ou de calage chez quelqu'un d'autre avant ou apres une fete est normalement la ou je fais un pattern ou deux. A la maison je tend plus a travailler sur des prods studio, ou editer un peu sur une partie de live qui sonne bien. J'ecris pour mon liveset chez moi lorsque j'ai de longs breaks entre les dates, ou quand j'ai remplace quelque chose. Tout cela dependant bien sur aussi de la maniere dont toutes les machines fonctionnent. Remplissez les avant qu'elles cassent !!! c'est ce que je dis.
08 - Qu'est-ce qu'un artiste underground comme toi peut bien apprecier en dehors de la scene undeground ? Jungle D&b, Tekno & Hardocre? Aphex Twin, Squarepussssher ou Lory & Lara Fabian ?	Je ne comprends pas la question, il y a des outils dans mon opinion qui aide a faire l'experience complete et devrait etre traite en tant que tel- trop d'une seule drogue te detruira. ÒH les rita Mitsuoko win - Hands Down
09- Parfois en live as-tu un song complet dans une machine, ou c'est toujours des boucles ?	C'est un melange des deux: J'utilises des boucles dans les machines, mais mon corps et mon esprit apres quelques semaines de jeu avec le nouveau set de patterns se travaille une sequence selon laquelle le materiel de boucles entre et sorts du mix, ce qui fait fait la base du repertoire: *** est inutile sans direction, en revanche plus jouer les patterns est inutile sans une idee de "comment se deroule le song". Ceci vient evidement de l'experience avec les sources patterns - en bref ? Les machines on les patterns, je joue les morceaux.
10 - Lorsque tu joues avec quelqu'un d'autre, synchronisez vous les machines en midi ?	PLus du tout.
11 - Quel est ta configuration actuelle ? As tu une photo de ton studio ?	Pas de Photo, pas vraiment grand chose a voir, le home-studio: un PC, une table de mixage digitale, un controller midi, un clavier midi a moitie mort, 2 enceintes au dessus d'une pile de "pages jaunes", quelques cables ? Tables? RUGS et coussins. Le live set: une yamaha RS7000, un emu XL-7, une table de mixage embarrassante en dessous du standart, bien trop gros pour ce que ca fait, il faut absolument que j'installe cette mackie - apparament quelqu'un peut le faire pour 2 bouteilles de whisky SINGLE MALT! une pedale de delay line 6 modeller (avec un mode "enhanced echoplex"! Ouais les SPINBACKS sont de retour!) Carte son a la maison ? Creamware pulsar xtc avec un boitier E/S attache. Table de mixage du studio: Yamaha 01v, je l'ai chope grace a un SCAM fait au paradis. Merci Juan Carmona!

Interview generale ! - Main Interview !
01 - Peux-tu te presenter pour les personnes qui ne te connaissent pas ?	Salut. Mon nom est s1mOn. Je m'entraine pour etre un docteur sorcier. Les outils que j'utilise generent du son. Couple a un sound system assez puissant je peux utiliser les vibrations de ces outils pour faire bouger les corps des gens de maniere positive. Mettre du son dans un corps peux ameliorer son etat d'esprit. Un etat d'esprit ameliore peux aider a garder un corps en bonne sante. Une bonne sante et un bon etat d'esprit peux nous adier a trouver ce qu'est etre amoureux a nouveau et il est possible qu'aux travers de nos actions collectives nous puissions sauver la planete d'un desastre humanitaire / ecologique. Est-ce ok ?
02 -Quel a ete ta premiere machine, ton premier style de musique ?	Je n'ai jamais eu de style de musique. Ma 1ere machine etait un ordinateur Yamaha MSX avec une puce dx7 a l'interieure, j'avais 13 ans.
03 - Quel a etais ton premier studio complet, ta premiere config de live ?	Ma 1ere configuration studio ? ca devait etre ....le studio de quelqu'un d'autre (rob playford, movin shadow recs)
04 - Quel est la premiere machine pour laquelle tu aurais tue ?	Je ne suis pas un gars violent, les machines ne comptent pas pour moi, c'est ce qui est dans mon esprit et mon corps que je preserve, ca je tuerais pour le defendre si necessaire.
05 - Quel est ta premiere histoire d'amour avec un dancefloor ?	1ere histoire d'amour ? ma premiere rave, aout 1988, j'avais 15 ans, se deroulait dans une (mauvaise cave) gothic, j'etais sorti avec un t-shirt smiley et un bandana criant "aciiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeed" avec environ 600 autres personnes dans les rues de blackpool. Je m'en suis jamais remis.
06 - Y a-t-il une machine qui t'as toujours fait rever mais que tu n'as jamais eu l'occasion de jouer	Synclavier. depeche mode a fait un album complet sur la chose, art of noise SWEAR BY THEM, trevor horn a ete paye par quelqu'un pour qu'il puisse toucher les boutons du sien, ils se vendent toujours a 250.000 euro 20 ans apres. Un jour........un jour......
07: J'ai entendu dans une interview donne a "France Culture" qu'avec 69db, au debut, vous preferiez jouer avec des samplers alors que la plupart des chip jockeys utilisaient les TRs & TBs, peux tu nous en expliquer un peu plus ?	Re-bonour, bon d'abord nous n'avions pas l'argent pour les 909 et 303, 2 tout le monde les utilisait, 3 tout les autres les utilisaient aussi, 4 nous avions besoin de materiel qui capture le temps dans lequel nous vivions, les samplers etaient parfait pour ca. Des drums qui tranche ce que l'on voyait, des samples qui refletent l'age dans lequel nous vivions, et qui convoyaient un message plus personnel venant de nos coeurs, pas si aise lorsque l'on traite avec une musique sans parole et en utilisant le meme materiel que tout le monde (nous ne chantions pas encore a cette epoque)
08: Quel est la plus grosse difference entre les vieux lives que vous avez joue, et ceux d'aujourd'hui (musicalement et techniquement) ?	Nous savons trop ce que nous faisons actuelement. Ca a ses benefices et ses DRAWBACKS
09: Et la plus grosse difference dans la reaction du public ?	Redemandes moi lorsque j'aurais fait un tour du monde. Ce n'est pas une question a laquelle je peux repondre en ayant vu si peu de gens de cette planete et de cultures differentes.
10- What was the first band you were really fan? And what was your evolution in music listening ?	MY YOUTH WAS SPLIT BETWEEN SONIC YOUTH, DE LA SOUL, DEPECHE MODE , AND DEE LITE. TOO LATE, GOT INTO RAVE CULTURE AND SUDDENLY MUSIC BECAME A GIANT SONIC LIBRARY, IMPOSSIBLE TO SPECIFY WHAT MAKES ME MOVE IN TERMS OF GENRE, JUST SONIC ANALYSIS. THIS CYBERCAFE IS CURRENLTY PLAYING THE MUSIC FROM "AMERICAN BEAUTY" AND ITS PERFECLY APT FOR WHERE I AM AND WHAT I AM DOING.
11- Is there a style you HATE ?????	STAR ACADEMY
12- Is there a combo you dream to hear ?	CRYSTAL DISTORTION FEATURING WILL SMITH ( SORRY THEY ALREADY DID CYPRESS HILL AND RONI SIZE - BLADE 2 - "MURDER THEM I-......" *KIN WKKD
13- What's you prefered released tracks ? And the worst ?	WHOSE ?
14- Same question with the lives	OH NOW I UNDERSTAND, OK, FOR A START I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE, ITS NOT FOR ME TO JUDGE, I HAVE NOT FINISHED MY MISSION YET, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRESS. ALL ROUND. ITS A HARD THING TO ADMIT TO OTHERS THAT YOU TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK THESE DAYS, UNLESS OF COURSE YOU ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DOING IT AND ITS GOING WELL.
15- Idem as 13 but with your friends tracks	TFI 02, PICTURE OF A COWBOY IN THE MIDDLE:JEFF N KRIS BOUCLES ETRANGES DID THE BEST TRIP HOP TRACK EVR EVR EVVVVVER IN MY LIFE.
16- Idem as 14 with your friends tracks	LIVE SETS????? IF I COULD REMEMBER, THAT WOULD BE GOOD, I CANT SAY WHEN IT WAS , BUT MANY A TIME IXY MAKES ME DANCE LIKE A M*****A
17- Sometime, listening to your old stuff, have you the sensation you can't play again this style, even if you want ?	THATS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THANK YOU THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
18 - Which adive can you give to someone starting in elektro music ?	JUST BORROW A FEW SOUNDS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE FOR ANALYSIS PURPOSES ONLY (SEE WHY OTHER PEOPLE USED THEM BEFORE YOU? WHAT KICK THEY GET OUT OF IT) TO HELP YOU IN YOUR QUEST FOR THOSE PERSONALIZED SOUNDS YOU'LL EVENTUALLY IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR PUBLIC WITH; TRY NOT TO RIP OFF ANYBODY ELSE'S STYLE BUT BE OBJECTIVE ABOUT YOUR INFLUENCES, AND ABOVE ALL, TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT MADE YOU FEEL GOOD AS A CHILD,ALL THE SECRETS OF THE DANCEFLOOR ARE THERE.......
19 - Future ?	MMMM. TRICKY.....BUT CAN YOU DO IT?.......YES..........BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME .......HOW LONG?.......SEVEN ....AND A HALF../WHAT NOT TILL NEXT WEEK?..../MILLION.....YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN? DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING? SOMEBODY WANNA EXPLAIN THAT TO ME IN ENGLISH COZ I REALLY GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT....ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE NEED TO START A BAND...IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT WE GOTTA START A ***KIN ALL WEEKEND BAND THAT STARTS OUT BUSKING IN THE STREETS ALL WEEK HANDIN FLYERS FOR THE SATURDAY AND DOING A MAD MASH UP FUTURISTIK CIRCUS WITH THE MOST AMAZING ELEKTRO /ACOUSTIC CROSSOVERS IMAGINABLE - TOTAL JIMI HENDRIX LEGACY STUFF Y KNOW- AND FINISHING OFF TRANQUIIIIILO IN A CLUB SOMEWHERE SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE ITS JUST THE RECORD SPINNERS AND CHIPJOCKEYS OF THE GROUP TAKIN EVERYBODY FOR A NICE EASY RIDE BACK TO HUMDRUM NEXT WEEK - WHADDYA THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A FUTURE??
20 - What do you think about drugs use and music making ?	DON'T EVER NOT TRY IT.....ALL I CAN SAY IS ITS TOTALLY POSSIBLE,,,AND THAT I DON'T CONDONE IT OR CONDEMN IT,ITS OE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GO THROUGH FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THERES NOTHING WORSE (OR BETTER TO THE POINT OF PARADISE) THAN BEING IN THE STUDIO TRIPPING OUT ON LSD WITH THE SAME LOOP PLAYING ROUND AND ROUND EVER CHANGING BUT NOT AT ALL? IF YOU GOTTA FINISH A TRACK BY TOMORROW ( OR JUS WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH A SOUND TO GET TO KNOW IT INSIDE OUT)
21- I've seen a video clip called "Crystal Distortion - Hoho Wto Has Gotta Go" ? Have you made it, which material was used ? Do you think of creating others and is it a way to experiment new things ?	THIS WAS MADE IN YEAR 2000 IN MARSEILLE BY ME AND D.A.R.T (DESTROY ALL RATIONAL THOUGHT) OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS SYNCHRONIZATION. THE MAJORITY OF THE UNDERLYING VIDEO CLIPS - THE ONES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO GO IN TIME WITH THE MUSIC WERE TRIGGERED BY THE SEQUENCER I WAS USING FOR THE MUSIC - I WAS ON LOGIC AUDIO ISIS (YEP BACK IN THE DAYS WE WERE ALL ON VERY UNPROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT ) AND THE VIDEO CLIPS WERE INSIDE A COMPUTER RUNNING "VJAMM"? THE SIGNAL WAS SENT VIA USB MIDI THUS GIVING US A 3 OUT OF 10 SUCCESS RATE. YES I WILL DO THIS SORT OF THING AGAIN WHEN CERTAIN THINGS LIKE USB MIDI GET SORTED OUT. SOUND AND VISION IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO GET A MESSAGE ACROSS, AND I GUESS I'LL DO SO AGAIN WHEN I 'VE GOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY TO HUMANITY - OR IF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE INTERESTING WHO'S INTO VIDEO WANTS TO HELP ME DO A VIDEO CLIP - OH YES , NEXT TIME ITS PURELY ABOUT CRYSTAL DISTORTION AS A MEDIUM, NOT SOME JUMPED UP ANTI GLOBALIST CAMPAIGN OR OTHER SIMILAR LOST CAUSE.
22 - Hardtekno/tribe has becomed the principal style of the 90' free parties, wich style will be the one of the 2k' ?	1ST OF ALL I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU AT ALL HERE, THE ONLY REASON WHY HARDTECHNO IS STILL BEING OVERPLAYED IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE CONCERNED KNOW NO BETTER AND DO NOT WISH TO FURTHER THEIR MUSICAL EDUCATION BEYOND "THAT THING YOU DO AT THE WEEKEND TO MAKE YOU JUMP AROUND FOR HOURS AND TAKE DRUGS" SO IF THERE IS STILL A SCENE LEFT BY THE END OF THE NEXT DECADE IT WILL SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT DOES NOW IF NOT WORSE. THERE, I HOPE I'VE MADE YOU ALL ANGRY ENOUGH TO GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, LIKE GO AND MAKE OR FIND THE NEW MUSIC WE SHOULD BE INTO? AND GET ME BACK ON THE DANCEFLOOR FOR FUCKS SAKE COZ YOU LOT OUT THERE AINT MAKING ME DANCE THESE DAYS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ROKETTE 77.
23 - What's your bests recollection as Chip jokey, as traveler, as dancer,etc..?	ASK ME WHEN I'M DEAD? I'LL TELL YOU A STORY 80 YEARS LONG.
24- At the beginning of the rave culture there was the idea of not having "Superstars". Today lots say Spiral members acts like superstars or start being commercial because of some albums avaible in Fnac, Amazon (I think at the beginning it's just a normal regret of sharing a secret music with the mass) ! Can you explain us if it's a normal evolution, if you have new goals, need money,etc.	OH BUT ITS TOTALLY OK TO SELL 150,000 ECSTASY AND BUY NICE HOUSES WITH THE MONEY ISN'T IT ? BECAUSE THATS UNDERGROUND ISN'T IT? GET A FUCKING LIFE! IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE WAY WE BEHAVE THEN FUCK OFF AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. DID I EVER EVER SAY THAT I WAS GOING TO LIMIT MY MUSIC TO A SELECT BUNCH OF FRENCH PEOPLE? I DON'T THINK SO! I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT THE WHOLE WORLD COMES TO TEKNIVAL TO BUY RECORDS, SO WE HAVE TO GET OUR MUSIC TO THEM NO MATTER HOW. YOU DON'T LIKE MY CD IS IN THE FNAC? DON'T GO TO FNAC! DID IT EVER OCCUR TO ANY OF YOU THAT I MIGHT WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO MY MUSIC APART FROM BASEBALL CAP WEARING ARMY TROUSER CLAD PIERCED NOSED DM BOOTED AGGRESSIVE DRUG CRAZED TEENAGERS THAT STILL GO AND EAT IN MACDONALDS ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM A TEKNO PARTY ANYWAY? WELL IT DOSEN'T MATTER WHAT I SAY HERE, SO HOWS THIS? YEAH I AM MILKING THE FREE TEKNO SCENE FOR ALL ITS WORTH, I DRIVE AROUND IN A MERCEDES BENZ SPORTS 280D; I JUST BOUGHT MYSELF AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, I'M ENGINEERING CLONES OF MYSELF SO I CAN DO DATES IN 117 COUNTRIES AT ONCE,AND I'M GONNA HAVE BRITNEY SPEARS ON MY NEXT SINGLE WHICH WILL BE PRODUCED BY DR DRE. I OWN 5486 MC DONALDS FRANCHISES, AM WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL FINA DISASTER, AND PERSUADED MY BEST FRIEND TO DRIVE A BOEING 747 INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER FOR A MILLION DOLLAR BET WITH MY BANKER, AND HAVE BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO A POLYMORPHIC SUBSTANCE THAT WILL REPLACE OUR FOOD SUPPLY WITHIN 15 YEARS. THERE, IS THAT THE KIND OF SPIRAL SUPERSTAR YOU ALL WANT? THIS COMMERCIAL ENTITY THATS DESTROYING YOUR LIVES - YOU GOT A PROBLEM? SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR BEING SO FUCKING STUPID AND FOLLOWING US IN THE FIRST PLACE. OH AND TELL ME WHO ELSE DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT ROAD, ONES THAT REFUSED TO PLAY ON 80KW SOUND SYSTEMS AND GET PAID FOR IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED OF WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT SAY,ARTISTS WHO DON'T WANT THEIR STUFF SOLD IN THE FNAC BECAUSE SOMEBODY THEY'LL NEVER MEET MIGHT TURN ROUND AND SAY "THATS IT, THEY,VE SOLD OUT" WAKE UP PEOPLE, YOU'RE ALL MATRIX FANS LIKE ME, ALL YOUR CLOTHES ARE MADE IN CHINA LIKE MINE, AND SOME OTHER FUCKER BUILT YOUR HOUSE OR TRUCK AND GOT PAID A LIVING WAGE FOR IT, THEY WHO DESIGNED IT GOT PAID A MILLION TIMES THAT FOR USING THEIR BRAIN AND BEING IN THE RIGHT JOB AT THE RIGHT TIME - SO IF YOU CAN'T ADMIT THE TRUTH TO YOURSELVES JUST CARRY ON LIVING A LIE, THE DAY NOBODY BELIEVES YOU ANYMORE IS COMING.
25- An important point I forget to speek about before: Multitempo experiments ! What is it, how to play it, why,etc. and some songs or lives in which you use this writing ?	ALL I CAN SAY HERE IS THAT WHEN I GET BORED I CHANGE SPEED. TEMPO IS AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT , LIKE TIME, AND ITS ALL RELATIVE, SOMETHING VIBRATES, IT HOLDS A CONNECTION TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL VIBRATE SLOWER OR FASTER THAN IT, YOUR JOB AS A MUSICIAN IS TO GET THESE THINGS TO SIT TOGETHER RHYTHMICALLY, IF THATS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. NOW YOUR BRAIN WILL FLASH DECIDE WHEN SOMETHING SOUNDS RIGHT OR WRONG TO YOU AND THE BEST PLACE TO LOOK FOR ACCOMPANIMENT IS OUTSIDE THE VIBRATION YOU USE TO START WITH. WHERE THERE IS 2.4.8.16.32.64 THERE IS ALSO 3.6.12.24.48.96, THE QUANTIZES ARE ALL THERE, USE THEM. I AM CURRENTLY WRITING A HARDCORE SET FOR THE NORDIK IMPAKT PARTY 22NOV 2003 CAEN.ITS A LOT EASIER TO WRITE THIS AT SLOWER TEMPO'S, LIKE HALF SPEED FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WANT TO SHAKE PEOPLE TO BITS AT 240 BPM, I'LL WRITE IT AT 120BPM - THE GOOD LITTLE SIDE EFFECT HERE IS THAT AS SOON AS YOU START YOUR PATTERNS ARE 2 BARS LONG INSTEAD OF 1. OF COURSE, WRITING STUFF ON THE TRIPLETS, 3.6.12.24.48 ETC WILL ENABLE YOU TO ? IF YOU USE THE TRIPLET WRITTEN PATTERNS AS THE MAIN FOCUS POINT, TO SHIFT SPEEDS 3 TIMES WITHOUT CHANGING THE BPM. EG I WRITE A STRAIGHT 4/4 PATTERN AT 100 BPM BUT USING A QUANTIZE OF 6 FOR THE BASS DRUM, 12 OR 24 FOR THE HI HATS, I CAN CROSS THIS PATTERN WITH A FASTER KIK WRITTEN ON A QUANTIZE OF 8 OR A SLOWER ONE ON A QUANTIZE OF 4 WITH ITS RESPECTIVE ACCOMPANYING PARTS? THUS GIVING THE ILLUSION OF 3 DIFFERENT BPM'S IN ONE PATTERN. ANYONE SAT NEAR A KORG ELECTRIBE CAN TRY THIS STUFF RIGHT NOW.
26 - What's your point of view about "Sarkovals", something is lost ? Or is it a good evolution to organise it without the stress of police action and with helps services, water,etc. ?	THE ONLY THING THAT LOST IT FOR ME IS PEOPLE'S LACK OF IMAGINATION - COULD WE HAVE JUST ONE SOUNDSYSTEM OUT OF 100 THAT DOSEN'T PLAY HARDTEKNO??????? OH NO NEVER BECAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD BE OVER THERE DANCING IN FRONT OF IT PROBABLY. I WISH WE NEVER COINED THE PHRASE "TEKNIVAL" ITS POSSIBLY THE MAJOR REASON WHY WE HAVE A CLONING PROBLEM. HELL WE NEED HELP NOW MORE THAN EVER, 15 TO 30,000 PEOPLE FOR 5 DAYS IN A FIELD, WITH NOT ONE SOUND SYSTEM WITH A TRAINED NURSE? WE HAD 3 PEOPLE TRAINED EXPERTLY IN FIRST AID, WHO THEN WENT ON TO GIVE ADVICE TO THE OTHER MEMBERS. HANDS UP WHO ELSE SOUND SYSTEM HAS SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IF SOMEONE'S ABOUT TO DIE ON THEIR DANCEFLOOR??????????? I THOUGHT SO, NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE NEED SUPPORT FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES LIKE RED CROSS AND AMBULANCE. HOW MANY RAVERS NOT ONLY CLEAN UP BUT TAKE A BAG OF RUBBISH OFF SITE WITH THEM TO DISPOSE IN A PROPER BIN IN THE NEXT TOWN?????????????? THATS RIGHT, NONE OF YOU FUCKERS, ITS ALL FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO, NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE NEED THE LOCAL COUNCIL 'S RUBBISH DEPT TO COME AND HELP. HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO GO OUT AND BUY BOTTLES OF WATER FOR SITE OR GO AND REFILL WATER CANNISTERS? AT LEAST 10 CARS AN HOUR DURING THE DAY - NOW YOU SEE WHY ITS IMPORTANT TO GET A LARGE WATER CONTAINER ON SITE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY ACCIDENTALLY SETS FIRE TO THE FIELD NEXT DOOR? ALL THOSE PEOPLE TOO FUCKED TO DRIVE, WHATS GONNA HAPPEN? LET EM BURN ALIVE???????NOW YOU KNOW WHY ITS NECESSARY TO HAVE A FIRE ENGINE NEARBY.WHEN THE PARTY' S OVER AND YOUR TRUCK IS STUCK IN THE MUD BECAUSE IT RAINED ALL WEEKEND? WHO GETS YOU OUT? THATS RIGHT? THE FARMER WITH HIS TRACTOR, THE ONE WHOSE CORNFIELD YOU JUST KILLED BY PARKING CARS AND SHITTING ALL OVER - ISN'T IT WORTH THINKING ABOUT A FEW THINGS LIKE KEEPING THESE PEOPLE AS OUR ALLIES? AFTER ALL , THEY OWN MOST OF THE LAND WE END UP DOING TEKNIVALS ON.YOU HAVE AN ARSEHOLE IN POWER WHO ACTUALLY WANTS TO HELP YOU ON THESE SORTS OF THINGS,ITS WORTH KEEPING THIS RELATION SWEET FOR NOW, I MEAN WHILE YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVING A REVOLUTION AND KILLING YOUR GOVERNMENT THAT IS.......WHICH YOU WON'T ANYWAY BECAUSE DEEP DOWN NONE OF YOU WANT REAL FREEDOM, JUST A BIT MORE SPACE TO BREATHE THATS ALL. OH, ITS QUITE NICE TO KNOW THAT THOSE 2000 OR SO POLICE SURROUNDING THE SITE AREN'T JUST GOING TO WALK IN AND BEAT EVERYBODY UP AND SMASH THEIR HOMES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ANYMORE - I CAN GET DOWN TO THE REAL BUSINESS OF HAVING A PARTY AND LOSING MY BRAIN ON DRUGS BECAUSE I'M IN A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. REASONS WHY? 1000 PEOPLE TEKNIVALS CAN BE DEALT WITH BY A SOUNDSYSTEM CREW OF ABOUT 15 PEOPLE AND A FEW MORE REALLY DEDICATED GOOD FRIENDS. 35,000 PEOPLE TEKNIVALS NEED TO BE TREATED THE SAME WAY AS ROCK CONCERTS OR FESTIVALS AS FAR AS LOOKING AFTER THE HUMANS THERE IS CONCERNED - OTHERWISE ITS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
Now (if you have the time!) feel free to speak about what you want: sound philosophy, parties, spirit, nature,	LOVE TO BUT MY 3 METER HIGH 800KW DEEP BASS DRUM I JUST GREW IS CALLING ME, IT WANTS TO START POUNDING SPEAKERS AGAIN. GOTTA GO.............