    Cyberphreak interviews Deadpoet/Shunt

    An IRC interview:

    [deadpoet] oh hey
    [deadpoet] interview time?

    [cyberphreak] :)

    [deadpoet] ok, spunky..
    [deadpoet] *tap tap*.. uh..is this thing on?

    [cyberphreak] hehe
    [cyberphreak] right, first off, give us your name, age, group, job in the scene...

    [deadpoet] My name is Jonathan.. 19yrs young, currently in a group called shunt
    [deadpoet] and i'm a musician mostly
    [deadpoet] and do some (bad) gfx on the side

    [cyberphreak] cool, so how long have you been tracking, and what programs do you use to make your music ?

    [deadpoet] since, *coff* i was about 14..
    [deadpoet] oh, brb, other fone
    [deadpoet] back
    [deadpoet] yeah, i started when i was about 14
    [deadpoet] with.. *drum roll*.. ModEdit
    [deadpoet] :)
    [deadpoet] now i use FT2
    [deadpoet] and soundforge, and other audio apps for samples and such

    [cyberphreak] what would you say is the main source of inspiration for your music ?

    [deadpoet] boredem
    [deadpoet] well, actually
    [deadpoet] that sense of exploring things, fucking with programs and such, how i'm feeling at the time
    [deadpoet] usually i dont know what im going to write,.. i fiddle on my keybaord (pc keyb..) and start writing something, and i spit something out at the end of some days/hours/whatever

    [cyberphreak] i remember you saying, that your songs have the "Jonathan" in them, what would you call this "Jonathan" in your music ?

    [deadpoet] a fine example of poor breeding conditions?

    [cyberphreak] haha

    [deadpoet] uh.. well, every artist has their own signature
    [deadpoet] their own, mark in all their music
    [deadpoet] i think one of the reasons is that i've had no music theory education
    [deadpoet] and i learnt everything by fiddling, with the aid from friends now and then..

    [cyberphreak] Oh, i was just about to ask that :)

    [deadpoet] *smile*

    [cyberphreak] What do you think about the South African tracking scene ?

    [deadpoet] i think there's alot of unused potential
    [deadpoet] not many artists make me raise an eyelash, sadly
    [deadpoet] tho i dont know that much
    [deadpoet] NiMH is my fav tracker in the local scene
    [deadpoet] Jahya is a fine tracker
    [deadpoet] chuK was v good too, but he's buggered off to the UK..
    [deadpoet] i enjoy a few of saurax's tunes

    [cyberphreak] BTW, would you like some coffee ?

    [deadpoet] yes, brb :)

    [cyberphreak] cool, me too, im tired of thinking of questions

    ** cyberphrk is away [coffee]
    ** deadpoet [away coffee]

    [deadpoet] yes, have a break.. i went dancing to the kiten to boil the kettle, i love the Pixies

    [cyberphreak] hehe
    [cyberphreak] right... enough musical questions

    ** deadpoet fears what other questions you havent lined up

    [cyberphreak] I see youre interested in art too, what has influenced you into drawing computer art ?

    [deadpoet] um
    [deadpoet] well
    [deadpoet] when i was 12, we got a puter
    [deadpoet] and my brother got autodesk animator
    [deadpoet] and i LOVED that.. i used to annoy my friends by sitting at the puter and fiddling with it
    [deadpoet] and sergio who used to try and hit X all the time (it cleared the screen)

    [cyberphreak] haha
    [cyberphreak] hey, help me out here, i need some questions :)
    [cyberphreak] im a lame interviewer :)

    [deadpoet] have you seen Nuclear Cheese?

    [cyberphreak] :)
    [cyberphreak] okay
    [cyberphreak] Have you seen Nuclear Cheese ?

    [deadpoet] no man
    [deadpoet] i was asking YOU
    [deadpoet] hehehe

    [cyberphreak] hey i though *I* ask the questions here :)

    [deadpoet] it's a liddle demo Andrew and i whipped up (RawHed)

    [cyberphreak] nope

    [deadpoet] lamer :)
    [deadpoet] he's comming to dbn and we're gonna do some more stuff together

    ** [ed note] wonder what kind of 'stuff' ;)

    [deadpoet] have u met him?

    [cyberphreak] I heard one of the files on http://SURF.TO/DEMOS was infected with a virus
    [cyberphreak] it scared me off :)
    [cyberphreak] nope, i spoke to him on irc tho

    [deadpoet] he's a funny dude
    [deadpoet] are you going to paste this irc log for the mag? ( i dont mind )

    [cyberphreak] yeah, but i suppose it'll need some editing :)
    [cyberphreak] you've had that annoying away msg on

    [deadpoet] more q's

    [cyberphreak] the whole time

    [deadpoet] oh

    [cyberphreak] :)

    [deadpoet] sorry bout that

    [cyberphreak] okay, lemme see...
    [cyberphreak] whats your favorite demo ?

    [deadpoet] i think.. Crystal Dreams 2
    [deadpoet] you thought i was going to say 2nd Reality, didnt u? :)
    [deadpoet] i'm an avid Triton fan

    [cyberphreak] ahha
    [cyberphreak] now i really think youre a lamer :)
    [cyberphreak] no offence to Triton tho

    [deadpoet] :)~

    [cyberphreak] Okay, and what's your favorite tracked song ?

    [deadpoet] oh lord, no comment
    [deadpoet] thats tricky

    [cyberphreak] eheh :)

    [deadpoet] i can tell u my fav trackers

    [cyberphreak] okay, that'll do

    [deadpoet] It Alien - for his sheer musical talent, tracking genious and obscure music .. he rocks
    [deadpoet] Wave: amazing
    [deadpoet] Jogier Liljedahl: dunno if i spelt it right, he's a god of mine
    [deadpoet] Lizardking, Skaven, Pm,

    [cyberphreak] ah good, i was starting to get worried :)

    ** cyberphrk is a FC freak

    [deadpoet] nimh, awesome,
    [deadpoet] umm

    [cyberphreak] Are you planning on entering anything at Optimise 99 ?

    [deadpoet] no
    [deadpoet] of course i am :)
    [deadpoet] multi#, handrawn art
    [deadpoet] 4# and raytraced if i have time/inspiration
    [deadpoet] and the open compo
    [deadpoet] hopefully by then my love and i will do a vocal song together for the open bit

    [cyberphreak] sounds cool, i hope to see you there then
    [cyberphreak] well, i guess that brings us to the end our interview with.. *drum roll* deadpoet
    [cyberphreak] it was nice chatting with you

    [deadpoet] i hope to see everyone there too
    [deadpoet] hey, dont i get to say hi?

    [cyberphreak] oh yeah
    [cyberphreak] say hi

    [deadpoet] to all my fans *coff coff*
    [deadpoet] :)
    [deadpoet] I wanna say hi to Clair, my love of my life who loves, understands and accepts me, who even enjoys my music :)
    [deadpoet] Rawhed - a dude of note
    [deadpoet] nimh - another dude, who has a funny voice when he's sick
    [deadpoet] jahya, chuk, chrome,

    [cyberphreak] and me ? :)

    [deadpoet] michal, michelle, mike, sergio, all my irc friends
    [deadpoet] etc;
    [deadpoet] who ? :P

    [cyberphreak] ME

    [deadpoet] hello cyberphrk, i love youman.. satrudaynight with the hot candle wax was beautiful.. :)

    ** deadpoet *hides*
    ** cyberphrk blushes

    [cyberphreak] heh, HEY, where's my Hi's ?

    [deadpoet] hi?

    [cyberphreak] the interview never gets to say Hi

    [deadpoet] :)
    [deadpoet] no, he doesnt

    [cyberphreak] i think im gonna have to change that today...

    [deadpoet] oooh, revolutionary :)
    [deadpoet] you go boi

    [cyberphreak] i'd like to greet, all the opt99'ers, my friends, and everyone that knows me, thank you

    [deadpoet] oh, and
    [deadpoet] i'd like to add
    [deadpoet] if anyone wants, i can make copies of my first album, for R40 each, so mail me: reverie@goth.co.za
    [deadpoet] and bring em to o99

    [cyberphreak] HEY
    [cyberphreak] cut the advertisments
    [cyberphreak] :)

    [deadpoet] a starving musician has to
    [deadpoet] :)

    [cyberphreak] hehe
    [cyberphreak] hey, i wonder what this button does...
    [cyberphreak] *ZAP*

    ** cyberphrk end of transmition