±33  I N T E R V I E W   W I T H  ×

±33    S T G / T A L E N T ! ! ×

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Here we present an interview with the
man  behind  the  ±13Q.E.D.×   demo  from
TALENT.  The demo was given an fourth
place at demo-comp.  at the TG'93.

This  interview,  a crazy one really,
was  done  by  BCR/Stone  Arts on the
8.june 1993.

±12BCR:×Ok,  could  you  please introduce
yourself and your group?

±12STG:×Very  original  BCR!!  Well, I am
19  years  old,  and  I'm  one of the
founders  of TALENT.  (It was Jukebox
and  I  who  started this group, some
years  ago).  I am also a coder , and
I  have  been  coding for 3 1/2 years
now.

±12BCR:×Right.    There's  probably  some
guys  out  there who haven't heard so
much about Talent.  Could you tell us
a bit about the group?

±12STG:×Do  you really think so????  Hmm,
strange,  but  if  there  really  are
people  out  there that didn't notice
that  we're  the only group that have
gotten  an  incredible  12.9%  in ±13RAW×
(thanks  COCY),  then  maybe I should
have a little history lesson for you.

Well,  it started some years ago.  In
1991  actually.   During  the  sommer
vacation  Jukebox  and  I  left ±13SHADE×
(have  anyone  heard of Shade???),and
we  decided  to  found  a  new group,
which  we  called Talent.  Anyway, we
released   a  shitty  demo,which  was
slaughtered  in  RAW,  but  I  won 50
disks  in  the  demo  competition  in
±13ARENDAL×,   so   I  was  happy  anyway
(pretty  good payment for such a lame
demo!)

After  that  we've  become  a  bigger
group   (we   were   just  4  in  the
beginning),  and  we've released some
intros  now and then.  During 1992 we
worked  on a little trackmo, which is
now released under the name of Q.E.D.
(Hi,Andromeda).  ±13 Q.E.D.×   was by the
way,  our  contribution  to  the demo
competition at the ±13GATHERING 93×.

±12BCR:×Well,  can you reveal some of the
plans  ±13TALENT×  has  for  the  future,
future releases etc.?

±12STG:±13NECROLOGIC/TLN×  is  working  on a
musicdisk,  called Premiere.  It will
contain music from all our musicians,
and  the  graphics  are  all drawm by
±13(kjott)MACE×.  Necro is probably going
to  compete  in the intro competition
in ±13KRISTIANSAND×.  The only problem is
that  there  is no competition there,
but  ±13NECRO× don't care (he can compete
with   himself),and  remember  he  IS
necrofil (and he is not a pervert, he
just look like one (he,he))!!

Apart  from  that,  I am working on a
tiny-mini-demo-intro,which       will
hopefully    be   released   sometime
between 30.  july and 1.  august (Who
said anything about ±13RENDEVOUZ 93?×)

±12BCR:×Could  you  tell us the amount of
members  in  ±13TALENT×,  and  if you are
going  to  grow  into  an even bigger
group?

±12STG:×We're  16  members  at  the  time
being,  but  I  really  don't know if
we're going to grow.  If any ±13TALENTED×
people  contact  us,  there is always
room   for  more.   (You  can't  have
enough TALENT, ehh!?!)

±12BCR:×How  is your group build up?  I'm
thinking  about the amount of coders,
graphicians,  musicians,  etc..  What
do  you  think  is the most important
thing to have in a good group?

±12STG:×Talent consists of:
    ±1333%× coders
    ±1333%× musicians
    ±1333%× graphicians 
    ±131%×  swappers

3.5%  of  the  members  are necrofils
(Who said i wasn't a lier???)

I  think  that friendship is the most
important thing to have in a group.

±12BCR:×Hmmm....   What  do  you think of
the scene here in ±13NORWAY× today?

±12STG:×I  hate it!!!!!  No, seriously it
is  quite  nice.   Most of the people
are  nice and there are a lot of good
groups.   But I really don't think it
is very much different from the scene
elsewhere   in   ±13EUROPE×  (except  for
SPAIN, ITALY, GREECE, GERMANY and all
the other contries below DENMARK).

±12BCR:×You  say  there are a numerous of
good  groups here, could you tell the
rest  of  the world some of your fave
groups,      coders,     graphicians,
musicians, demos etc.....

±12STG:×I really don't have any favourite
groups, coders etc.  I mean, they all
have their different style, and it is
different  to compare.  But I can say
that ANDROMEDA has a very good soccer
team.

±12BCR:±13TALENT× also won the soccer compo.
at  the  gathering'93,  how  did  you
manage this?  Years of hard training,
I bet??

±12STG:×We  have been training ever since
1991,  and  I must admit that we have
stolen  some of the ideas that ±13DRILLO×
use.   For example we use a 9-0-1 (in
Lillestrom  we  had  to convert it to
4-0-1,of  course) system, which means
that  everyone  is  helping  the goal
keeper, while one lonely guy tries to
get  a  goal  or  two.   This way the
matches  normaly end 0-0, and we have
the  chance to win the penalty compo.
Quite  easy  really,  it  is much the
same  system  as  ±13ARGETINA×  (remember
Maradonna?) used some years ago in VM
in ITALY (or wherever it was).

Well,  seriously  we needed a helping
hand  (thanks  HEIN og mannen med bla
bukser).And  in the final, we won 5-2
over ANDROMEDA.  I don't know how the
guys  (OLP,  MACE,  MR.   Z,  HEIN og
blabukse  mannen),  managed that as I
were  eating chicken at that time (by
the way it was chicken chop suey, and
it  was like heaven compared to the 5
pizzas   we  ate  after  the  fotball
compo).

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