Interview with Jesper Kyd & Mikael Balle

Published in:	Top Secret #11
Interviewed by:	Mud of Majic 12
Date:	11. July 1992

Interview

What does Kyd/Balle prod. think about Odessey, Any new videoes etc. If you want to know the answers of these questions then read this little interview made by Mud of Majic 12. Since you all know Kyd/Balle I skipped the introduction questions...


	
		Mud:
		What are Kyd/Balle Productions exactly, and how many members/employees are involved?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		Kyd/Balle Prod. consist of Jesper Kyd and Mikael Balle.

It's a label under Silents DK, and it was formed because of economic reasons. It was also formed because Mikael and I lived in the same town and therefore we made a lot of things together. At the time we started calling us Kyd/Balle Prod. we were the only active members in Silents DK. We kind of made our own division!!!

But things look a bit different now.
	
	
		Mud:
		Almost everytime Silents release anything big like "Hardwired", "Global Trash", you see the label Kyd/Balle prod. Do you control things in TSL? Are you the leaders?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		We are only about 3 or 4 active members in Copenhagen, and Mikael and I have released most lately, and there fore you might say that the most active members run things in Silents DK. But we don't control people, we just make our own productions with out anybody controling us, but we take good advice from our friends.
	
	
		Mud:
		You have released the CAT Computer Club demo some time ago. Have you got anything to do with this firm, or did they just ask you to do a demo for them. A former member of BRS wrote in Zine that he had checked out the firm and he had found out that they sold demoes without permissions. Is this something that annoys you in any way. What do you think about PD Companies in general?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		We have got nothing to do with this firm, we just made a couple of productions for them. We have not read that article in Zine, but if it's true it certainly annoys us. PD firms are also selling Sound of Silents, Global Trash and Hardwired, without paying us anything!!! But the good side about it is that they spread our productions to target groups our swappers don't reach.
	
	
		Mud:
		Your fabulous Hardwired demo has been a great success (still is). Even though you "only" ended up as second in the demo competition. After the party your demo jumped right to the 1st place in almost every chart, and a lot of guys present at the party have said that this was the best demo, and some say that it's the best ever on Amiga. Howcome you didn't win then. What's the reason for this?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		We don't know!!!
	
	
		Mud:
		Are you disappointed about the result of the competition? What do you think about Odessey?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		Ofcouse we were a bit disapointed after the competition, but after looking at the charts we all cheered up. The first time I saw the "slideshow" Odessey I was impressed. But after seeing it twice it becomes boring. It's like a new kind of Budbrain demo!!
	
	
		Mud:
		Hardwired was filled with new ideas, which was never seen before. Who comes up with these ideas?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		Well, the coders came up with the routines. Some of them were inspired by the software of the Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS (computer).
	
	
		Mud:
		Your Global Trash II video was a big success too. Rumours say that it will be shown on MTV. Is this true. Have you had contact with MTV? How are the chances?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		Yes we are in contact with MTV and GBII has been showed 3 or 4 times now.
	
	
		Mud:
		Can we expect to see a new video from you, and will we see a new mega party again?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		Well, actually we just made a new demo for a danish record company cal led Soulpower. It will be spread at the Hurricane Party in Dk. Mind you, we have only made the video, we have nothing to do with the music.
	
	
		Mud:
		You have lost a lot of members to Anarchy. Is this a problem for you? Is this why you made Hardwired to gether with Crionics, or had the cooperation plans been made before?
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		A cooperation demo was bound to be released, because we had worked together with Crionics for quite some time. We lost members to Anarchy after we had planned to make a demo together with Crionics, so it didn't really matter that much. "A Journey Into The 25th Century" was canceled though, but some of the graphics was used in HARDWIRED.
	
	
		Mud:
		Well, I haven't got anything else to write, so now you can have the final word...
	
	
		Kyd/Balle:
		We read somewhere that Static was a member of Melon Design. STATIC HAS NEVER BEEN A MEMBER OF MELON DESIGN!!! He is a member of Silents DK!!!

Mud:	What are Kyd/Balle Productions exactly, and how many members/employees are involved?
Kyd/Balle:	Kyd/Balle Prod. consist of Jesper Kyd and Mikael Balle. It's a label under Silents DK, and it was formed because of economic reasons. It was also formed because Mikael and I lived in the same town and therefore we made a lot of things together. At the time we started calling us Kyd/Balle Prod. we were the only active members in Silents DK. We kind of made our own division!!! But things look a bit different now.
Mud:	Almost everytime Silents release anything big like "Hardwired", "Global Trash", you see the label Kyd/Balle prod. Do you control things in TSL? Are you the leaders?
Kyd/Balle:	We are only about 3 or 4 active members in Copenhagen, and Mikael and I have released most lately, and there fore you might say that the most active members run things in Silents DK. But we don't control people, we just make our own productions with out anybody controling us, but we take good advice from our friends.
Mud:	You have released the CAT Computer Club demo some time ago. Have you got anything to do with this firm, or did they just ask you to do a demo for them. A former member of BRS wrote in Zine that he had checked out the firm and he had found out that they sold demoes without permissions. Is this something that annoys you in any way. What do you think about PD Companies in general?
Kyd/Balle:	We have got nothing to do with this firm, we just made a couple of productions for them. We have not read that article in Zine, but if it's true it certainly annoys us. PD firms are also selling Sound of Silents, Global Trash and Hardwired, without paying us anything!!! But the good side about it is that they spread our productions to target groups our swappers don't reach.
Mud:	Your fabulous Hardwired demo has been a great success (still is). Even though you "only" ended up as second in the demo competition. After the party your demo jumped right to the 1st place in almost every chart, and a lot of guys present at the party have said that this was the best demo, and some say that it's the best ever on Amiga. Howcome you didn't win then. What's the reason for this?
Kyd/Balle:	We don't know!!!
Mud:	Are you disappointed about the result of the competition? What do you think about Odessey?
Kyd/Balle:	Ofcouse we were a bit disapointed after the competition, but after looking at the charts we all cheered up. The first time I saw the "slideshow" Odessey I was impressed. But after seeing it twice it becomes boring. It's like a new kind of Budbrain demo!!
Mud:	Hardwired was filled with new ideas, which was never seen before. Who comes up with these ideas?
Kyd/Balle:	Well, the coders came up with the routines. Some of them were inspired by the software of the Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS (computer).
Mud:	Your Global Trash II video was a big success too. Rumours say that it will be shown on MTV. Is this true. Have you had contact with MTV? How are the chances?
Kyd/Balle:	Yes we are in contact with MTV and GBII has been showed 3 or 4 times now.
Mud:	Can we expect to see a new video from you, and will we see a new mega party again?
Kyd/Balle:	Well, actually we just made a new demo for a danish record company cal led Soulpower. It will be spread at the Hurricane Party in Dk. Mind you, we have only made the video, we have nothing to do with the music.
Mud:	You have lost a lot of members to Anarchy. Is this a problem for you? Is this why you made Hardwired to gether with Crionics, or had the cooperation plans been made before?
Kyd/Balle:	A cooperation demo was bound to be released, because we had worked together with Crionics for quite some time. We lost members to Anarchy after we had planned to make a demo together with Crionics, so it didn't really matter that much. "A Journey Into The 25th Century" was canceled though, but some of the graphics was used in HARDWIRED.
Mud:	Well, I haven't got anything else to write, so now you can have the final word...
Kyd/Balle:	We read somewhere that Static was a member of Melon Design. STATIC HAS NEVER BEEN A MEMBER OF MELON DESIGN!!! He is a member of Silents DK!!!