Interview : Crystal Distortion

Questions des visiteurs ! - Visitors Questions !
01 - why do you use the rm1x? just for the sequencor, or also for the sounds	I don't use this machine anymore , its broken.
02 - which sounds do you use more: bd, sd, percus, synth bass, sfx,etc ?	when i had an rm1x, the left channel was always rhythm, the right was always sounds. this then mixed mono down 2 channels on a mixer giving more control to the general picture. General procedure was to feed most of the punchy drums ( kik clap etc) through the amp simulator effect with the overdrive turned down: this tricks the machine into playing twice as loud, or alternatively for kick drums this can be achieved by using the chorus at 0ms delay and the mod speed and depth turned off, the feedback right up: oops the speaker's nearly dead!!knowhatimean?
03 - is there a sequencor which will let you forget the rm1x: xl7, rs7000, mc909 ?	for me it all depends on how many people are around me when i'm playing / working: at home i have a virtual studio comprising of a digital mixer, a creamware pulsar 2, and a p4 overclocked to 2.7ghz running cubase sx, reason 2, kontakt, some freeware and al the synths + fx bundled with the soundcard, now using this setup i need complete concentration and i prefer to have 2 people maximum around when this is happening ( a collaborator and a drinks mixer?), its obviously my preferred music environment ( inside the machine i mean, but the rest is cool too) now in a party/ concert environment the last thing i would do is leave the entire dancefloor in the hands of a microsoft powered computer, where anything can go wrong and often does. Ok, so find me a hardware sequencer to replace a pc/mac/atari that ISN'T a rm1x, xL/mp-7, rs7000, mc303 / 505 / 308 /909. And even if you do, we're talking about dragging truckloads of rack samplers, synthesizer's, 3 hours plugging everything in so we can play for 1h30- 3hr maximum ( everybody's gotta have their turn and too many party organizers think that 10 acts on a flyer is what brings people - WRONG!), Laptop's for me just aren't doing it enough yet, and again we're giving the ultimate power to break down to somebody else, so for me its down to the versatility factor - I've followed the evolution of the "groovebox" from day one, I can do things instantaneously with these machines that would take me a whole night to program on anything else, and they're cheap enough to be replaced within the week ( and smash over a policeman/door security/club organizer's head )should anything go wrong.
04 - how many rm1x have you killed during your carrier ? what have been destroyed : controllers, mute, internal electronic? screen ?	BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LIKE this question!!!!!! Can we go and see roland/yamaha with this one???? Ok the first thing that goes on any "groovebox" i've ever had is the buttons, normally the start/ restart buttons first, then the mutes, then keyboard. it gets to the point where the thing switches on, starts in sync, changes pattern but is impossible to write anything new in. It takes about 45 minutes to undo an rm1x, changing buttons over can be achieved with a good quality soldering iron, and feels a bit like the crucial moment in any bomb defusing scene in any hollywood film ( don't breathe!!!), putting it back together is doable if you drew a diagram first but all the ribbon connectors are different sizes so eventually you'll get it right. GETTING NEW BUTTONS FOR THESE MACHINES IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A NORMAL CUSTOMER LIKE YOU AND ME!!!!!!!!!! so all of you, go make friends with your local musc shop now!!!! or address these problems to the forum of your chosen machine. It took 9 months for me to get 75 replacement buttons for my rm1x. i dread to think whats coming next with the rs7000.
05 - when you're composing at home, do you use cubase (then put them in the machine), or directly on the machine ?	No, my studio life and my live set life are totally separate affairs, same way we try not to take our sex lives to work with us????
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 I have a jomox airbase 99 rack at home. I find the electribe red more friendly in a live environment, everything is saved in the pattern you're in. the whole patt /prog thing on a jomox xbase 09 is cool , but just too confusing for me to handle correctly on a friday/ saturday night next to 10kw - 50kw sound, and generally I don't have a fixed source for my bass drums etc, if you can't get what you want out of any one of your machines, some box some where in your setup is not your friend!
07 - how much time do you spend on the machines during week	I prefer to write live patterns when i'm on the move, so a good train journey or a stay at someone's home before /after a party is normally where i'll get a pattern or two done . At home I tend to work more on studio productions, or edit up bits of live work that sound good. I write liveset at home when I have a long break between dates, or when I 've replaced something. All of this depends of course on how well the machines work too. Fill em up before they break !!! that s what i say.
08 - What an underground artist like you can appreciate out of the underground scene ? Jungle D&b, Tekno & hardcore? Aphex Twin, Squarpusher or Lory & Lara Fabian ?	I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, THESE ARE TOOLS IN MY OPINION THAT HELP TO MAKE UP THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDINGLY- TOO MUCH OF ONE DRUG WILL FUCK YOU UP. ÒH LES RITA MITSUOKO WIN - HANDS DOWN
09 - Sometime in live, do you have a complete song in a machine, or it's always loops	ITS A MIX OF THE TWO: I USE LOOPS IN THE MACHINES, BUT MY BODY AND MIND AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF PLAYING WITH THE NEXT SET OF PATTERNS WORK OUT A SEQUENCE IN WHICH TO BRING THE LOOP BASED MATERIAL IN AND OUT OF THE MIX, THIS IS WHAT MAKES UP THE BASIS OF THE REPERTOIRE: RAW MATERIAL IS USELESS WITHOUT DIRECTION, THEREFORE MERE PATTERN PLAYING IS USELESS WITHOUT AN IDEA OF "HOW THE SONG GOES". THIS OF COURSE COMES FROM MEMORY AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE PATTERN MATERIAL - IN SHORT? THE MACHINES HAVE GOT THE PATTERNS, I PLAY THE SONGS.
10 - When playing with someone else, do you sync the machines in midi ?	NOT ANY MORE.
11 - What's your actual configuration ? Have you a photo of your studio ?	NO PHOTO'S, NOT MUCH TO SEE REALLY, THE HOME STUDIO: ONE PC.ONE DIGITAL MIXER.ONE MIDI CONTROLLER.ONE HALF DEAD MIDI KEYBOARD.2 SPEAKERS ON TOP OF "PAGES JAUNES" STACKS.SOME CABLES ? TABLES? RUGS AND PILLOWS. THE LIVE SET: ONE YAMAHA RS7000.ONE E-MU XL-7 .ONE EMBARRASINGLY SUBSTANDARD MIXING DESK,FAR TOO BIG FOR WHAT IT DOES, MUST GET THAT MACKIE FIXED - APPARENTLY SOMEONE CAN DO IT FOR 2 BOTTLES O SINGLE MALT WHISKY!ONE LINE 6 DELAY MODELLER PEDAL (FEATURING ENHANCED ECHOPLEX MODE! YEP THE SPINBACKS ARE BACK!) SOUND CARD AT HOME ? CREAMWARE PULSAR XTC WITH I/O BOARD ATTACHED. STUDIO MIXER: YAMAHA 01V, GOT IT THROUGH A SCAM MADE IN HEAVEN.THANK YOU JUAN CARMONA!

Interview generale ! - Main Interview !
01 - can you present yourself for the ones who don't know you ?	hello. my name's s1m0n. I'm training to be a witch doctor.the tools i use generate sound.coupled to a large enough sound system I can use the vibrations that these tools produce to shake peoples bodies in a positive manner. being sound in body can improve state of mind.Improved state of mind can help keep the body healthy. healthy body and mind can help us find what it is to be in love again and possibly through our collective actions we can save the planet from humanitarian / ecological disaster. is that ok?
02 - what was your first machine, your first music style ?	02: Never had a music style. 1st machine was a yamaha MSX computer with a dx7 chip inside, i was 13 yrs old.
03 - what was your first complete studio, complete live configuration ?	03: My 1st full configuration for a studio? that would be .....somebody else's studio ( rob playford , movin shadow recs)
04 - what was the first machine you were ready to kill to keep it ?	04: I 'm not a violent type, to me the machines don't matter, its whats in my mind body and soul i would like to preserve, that i would kill to defend if necessary.
05 - What was your first love story with a dancefloor ?	05: 1st love story? my first rave,august 1988, was 15 yrs old, walked in a gothic ( bad cave) came out with a smiley t-shirt and a bandana screaming "aciiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeed" with about 600 other people in the streets of blackpool. never turned back.
06 - Is there a machine you always dream about and had no occasion to play with ?	06: Synclavier. depeche mode made complete album's on the thing, art of noise swear by them, trevor horn has someone paid to push the buttons on his one, they still retail at 250,000 euro's 20 years on. One day........one day.......
07: I heard in an interview you give to "France Culture" that with 69db, at the beginning, you prefered playing with samplers when most chip jockeys plays with TRs & TBs, can you explain more to us ?	HELLO AGAIN, WELL 1ST WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR 909 AND 303, 2ND EVERYBODY WAS USING THEM, 3RD EVERYBODY ELSE WAS USING THEM TOO, 4TH WE NEEDED MATERIAL THAT CAPTURE THE TIMES WE LIVE IN, SAMPLERS ARE PERFECT FOR THIS. DRUMS TO SLICE TIME HOW WE SEE FIT, AND SAMPLES TO REFLECT THE AGE WE'RE IN, AND CONVEY A MORE PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM OUR HEARTS, NOT SO POSSIBLE WHEN DEALING WITH A POTENTIALLY VOCAL FREE MUSIC AND USING THE SAME STUFF AS EVERYBODY ELSE ( WE DIDN'T SING IN THOSE DAYS)
08: What's the biggest difference betwen the old lives you had played, and the actual ones (musicaly & technicaly) ?	WE KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW.THIS HAS ITS BENEFITS AND ITS DRAWBACKS
09: And the biggest difference about the public reaction ?	ASK ME AGAIN WHEN I'VE DONE A WORLD TOUR. IT IS NOT A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER WHEN I HAVE SEEN SO LITTLE OF OUR PLANET'S PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT CULTURES.
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.............