| Judge Drokk: |
Hi Frap, is this the first time you've been interviewed for a disk mag? |
| Frap: |
Well, not really I have been interviewed for a couple of other disk magazines, but most of 'em never get published. It is a great honour to be interviewed by one of the best leading magazines. I hope that everyone reading this, gets great pleasure from doing so. |
| Judge Drokk: |
How long have you been a member of Magnetic Fields? |
| Frap: |
I have been in Magnetic Fields straight from the beginning and I like being a member of Magnetic Fields as everyone is so friendly especially Cosy (keep on sending those games!!). |
| Judge Drokk: |
Can you tell me a little about Magnetic Fields and its members? |
| Frap: |
Magnetic Fields started about 2 years ago, when two main groups called Sub-Zero and Nitro A.C joined together to form Magnetic Fields. At the moment we have quite a few coders, musicians, swappers etc. |
| Judge Drokk: |
Were you one of the founder members of the group? |
| Frap: |
I'm afraid I was not one of the founders of Magnetic Fields, but I was one of the main members who got Magnetic Fields so famous, as I have a good relationship with all the foreign groups, and thats very important when you are first starting out!. |
| Judge Drokk: |
How did you become labled as "The biggest demo freak in the U.K"? |
| Frap: |
Oh I did not know I was labled as "The biggest demo freak in the UK" but anyway It's fairly easy, all you need to be a total square face have loadsa money and bags of time sitting infront of the boring X-COPY!! Theres still a lot more work to do still I am the No1 Demofreak!!!. |
| Judge Drokk: |
What do you think about the demo scene in the UK, do you think we match the rest of the world or or lacking in someway? |
| Frap: |
At the moment we are lacking behind the European Groups in producing nice quality demos (worth spreading), but as I say we are not that far behind!! Especially Anarchy who are probably the best group in England for demos, not forgetting your musician 4-MAT who is so cool at composing the nicest music. The answer to your question "Yes we are still lacking". |
| Judge Drokk: |
What do you think about your own groups productions? How would you speak of them if you were in another group? |
| Frap: |
Oh if I was in another group I would say they were @#$@. No only kidding we are not bad, but as I always say to our coders, they are still not as polished as foreign demos, we are getting there!!. |
| Judge Drokk: |
What would make an ideal party for you? |
| Frap: |
My ideal party would be one with no bigheads who think there cool! |
| Judge Drokk: |
Now it's time for those "Favourite Things" questions. Who would you rate as the top 5 all round groups in The U.K, and in The World? |
| Frap: |
In the world are:
1. Scoopex
2. Paradox
3. Skidrow/Valhalla
4. Oracle
5. Quartex
I will not comment on the UK as you will get all the lamers moaning saying "I am the fuckin best" (Remember Scooter/LADS) |
| Judge Drokk: |
Who are your Favourite Coders, Musicians & Artists in the whole wide world ever? |
| Frap: |
My favourite coders are RSI, Kefrens, Budbrain, Alcatraz & Crionics. My favourite musicians are Romeo Knight, Uncle Tom, Einstein & 4-Mat. My favourite artists are anyone who produces cool grafix! |
| Judge Drokk: |
What do think about megademo's? Have they become stuffy, out of fashion, and far too common or do they just need a boost in the arm? |
| Frap: |
Megademos are O.K, some of them are really mega, but usually they have a cool beginning, cool ending, + loadsa shit in between, but take Budbrain Megademo, really polished and mega. (hope more come out?) |
| Judge Drokk: |
Do Magnetic Fields, intend to produce a megademo in the future? |
| Frap: |
At the moment, we would like to produce a Megademo, but by the time we would have completed each part and released it, each part would be out of date and really shit, I think it would be better doing a good demo and releasing it one at a time. It makes more sense to do a g ood demo instead of loadsa boring parts. |
| Judge Drokk: |
Who do you admire most in the scene today, and why? |
| Frap: |
I really don't admire anything in the scene at the moment, as there are far too many big heads out there!!! |
| Judge Drokk: |
How much did the loss of Spook's coding talents effect Magnetic Fields? Has it made the other coders in the group get their fingers out? |
| Frap: |
The loss of Spook has not really affected us as we have another cool coder called Turboslug & more great coders who are always on new releases, so watch out for them? |
| Judge Drokk: |
How and when did you discover there was such a thing as an 'Amiga Scene"? |
| Frap: |
When I first started to get new contacts, as I was on the good old C64, its a bit of common sense to become hot again. |
| Judge Drokk: |
Being a "Demo Freak", you'll have seen a hell of a lot of demos, do you remember most, and why? |
| Frap: |
Yes I can remember loadsa demos, also I have a huge collection of demos ranging from the Cat Anims to the latest demos. (1200 disks) |
| Judge Drokk: |
Which is your favorite Magnetic Fields demo? |
| Frap: |
My favourite demo by Magnetic Fields has got to be the Vectorbobs demo, although I was impressed by the Zarjaz demo and Copper intro. |
| Judge Drokk: |
What's coming next from Magnetic Fields, and where does the group plan to go from here? |
| Frap: |
The next plan is the Party which is very soon, so I hope many groups can turn up and make the party a good one. I don't know when this issue is coming out so you will just have to wait till the party to find out whats coming. |
| Judge Drokk: |
Well, this is the last question! Is there anything you'd like to add before we end the interview? |
| Frap: |
Yes, Have you bloody finished asking me questions, now I have to get some sleep, bye everyone!!! See ya all soon and take care!! |
| Judge Drokk: |
Thanks for your time, have fun, stay cool! |