Eclipse interviews Elemental/Night55 Media Arts

    Eclipse - Who are you and the rest of your group ?

    Elemental - Nick: Elemental Group: Night 55 Media Arts Real Name: Jonathan Nel Winner of Optimise
                97 Multichannel Compo

    Eclipse - When and how did you start tracking ?

    Elemental - Hrmm..I started all the way back in 1992 on good old Modedit, listening to all the
                great old MODS and wanting to be like them I suppose...it was just weird for me to
                hear music that people i could meet made on a computer.

    Eclipse - What equipment do you use for making music ?

    Elemental - I have a pentium pro 200, I use a Gravis Ultrasound Max 1mb or my Sound Blaster Awe
                64, I have a few friends with synths, but I have none of my own, I do however have a
                bit of musical background having played guitar, violin and piano.

    Eclipse - Are you and your group entering Optimise 98 ?

    Elemental - I will probably enter the music compo's, just out of tradition I suppose, and I wish
                this goddamn SA scene would stop isolating themselves, download other peoples music for
                crying out loud!

    Eclipse - What in the SA demoscene do you want to see improved ?

    Elemental - This scene is beyond help if you ask me, after Dexterity 96 i think it was, i had hope,
                but now its all gone, I hvent been on an SA IRC server for ages, noone from here ever
                emails me and vice-versa, I know noone here, it disappointing, but I feel even these
                compos dont stimulate enough activity, what help is 2 megademos as a compo?

    Eclipse - What is your current favorite demo or music ?

    Elemental - I havent downloaded a demo for ages, but my fav song is called " Working in Progress"
                by Mickrip, real music, I suppose Lighthouse Family's " High"

    Eclipse - What was your first computer ?

    Elemental - IBM 4.65Mhz TURBO, CGA 512kb

    Eclipse - What was the first mod that you listened too ?

    Elemental - Cant remember, but i know in the first batch i downloaded was a baroque tune and aqua.
                mod by foxx :) Ruled i tell you.

    Eclipse - Do you have any current projects you'd like to mention ?

    Elemental - Well yes we do! If you dont know who Night 55 is, well we have a web page, www.night55.com,
                go take a look its grand. Its an international music group, with only 8 members:
                Scirocco,ParticleX,Rage,Loonie,Xerxes,pV,Stein and me! We are busy coding a revolutionary
                new player called Sonique - go to the web page for more details. Also a night 55 cd will
                be released soon with 2 of my tracks on there, you can also order that over the web page.

    Eclipse - What are your plans for the future ?

    Elemental - Bollocks, I am a second year law student, so i guess i better start studying eh?

    Eclipse - Anyone out there you'd like to say hi to, thank or threaten ?

    Elemental - naah..just a big fat werd up to #trax and night55 , you guys are awesome.

    Eclipse - And how can you be contacted ?

    Elemental - yep - elemental@icon.co.za or on #trax (irc.scene.org)

    Eclipse - Thanks for your time!