RUSH #01 29 мая 1999

Интервью

Interview - A great interview with ANTARES.

   Interview with ANTARES, which I
invite your attention, it was taken from
KONEX'a and EA a day after the festival
FUNTOP-98. It is known that guys do not have time
once again come up with demoy, but
Ilya (EA) was able to slightly diminish the bitterness
setbacks, won 1 st place in the MUSIC COMPO.

   At first, I turned to KONEX'u - coder and
organizer of the group.


   KVZ: Tell me, Andrew, where to start
Your passion for computers and Spectrum in
particular?


   KON: Actually, I was interested in
computers somewhere in 1986, when
our school brought Yamaha MSX-1 ". And then
time, I trudged on this computer until
do not know about the Spectrum in 1990. My
friend bought a similar machine, and I went
to his home to play. It is natural that
"Yamaha" I immediately scored, because in my mind was already 
only Speccy. And in April, 1991 year bought the first Spectrum -

recorder "Leningrad-48K, and was very
happy. I still can
good memories of his purchase. As
I remember it cost 900 rubles ... :-)

   In 1994 I bought the ATM-TURBO 512 +
and still working on it. That's it
I became a normal coding.


   KVZ: How did the idea to create such
team as ANTARES?


   KON: The idea did not appear suddenly. She
ripening very long time. All
The fact is that before I did all
this one, and among my friends was not
anyone who would be interested in demomakingom.
I also wanted to make different effects
In general to create, encode ...


   KVZ: A other genres of computer art you are not attracted to?


   KON: I can not draw, write music
too. But with the math I have good and
programming I have just a good idea
worked. In his school, the Yamaha, I
achieved decent success, even a toy
almost done.


   Once I was invited to the SCORPION
CLUB. I just met with one person - the organizer SCORPION 
CLUB'a it It was autumn 1995. And then they were going to do 
IMAGINE MEGADEMO. Tam was quite crowded, as it turned out 
complete lamer than FIL'a, and I was entrusted to do one or two 
parts. I was very happy I had the opportunity to participate in 
the creation of such a large project. I have long hovered with 
the idea, thought up the different effects, and the rest did 
not do anything, all sit back, and then I learned that nothing 
at all for the demos are not done and as a result of a thorough 
IMAGINE MD bummer. In short quickly became clear that the whole 
group nobody doing and will do, only we

FIL'om worn with your own ideas and something
tried to implement.

   We had two options: either
organize a new group or all
drive. We chose the first option and
invented a name - "ANTARES". It was
March 15, 1997 - the birthday of our
group.


   KVZ: Was there anything in your work
of SCORPION CLUB'a?


   KON: Before I let SCORPION CLUB'a
two intro to the game "THUNDER CATS" and "MONTECARLO CASINO". 
Later DeMouy "VICTOR-21 - My first deme - GIFT. At ENLIGHT'96 we

did nothing, only drew FIL
a few pictures and took some 15-e,
16-th place in the GFX-compo.


   KVZ: A how do you become a musician?


   KON: Yes, the musician, we were
problems. It was my job as an organizer, and a musician, we 
find no could. At the same time, we really liked

Music IMP'a, we believe the best muzakerom has a very large 
number simply stunning Mouzon, we ask them

dragged and dream to hear the music in IMP'a
Our Deme. In addition, before we heard rumors
that IMP wrote music for the money and thought
even pay him.

   Also we were familiar with such
man as a MIC of PROGRESS, which
could also send us music. We gave
MIC'u order, as well as written IMP'u. IMP,
rather you sent IMP'ovsky Mouzon and MIC
also wrote their own music. And we
had a choice, or this or that. By the way I say
Mouzon MIC'a that, unlike IMP'ovskogo
was unfinished, and even more so to our Deme
on E'97 - "ECSTATIC DUB" did not fit perfectly, do not fit into 
the effects and we very pleased that you have chosen Mouzon 
IMP'a. 


   KVZ: By the way, you are very well tied up
music with effects, as far as I can remember in
ECSTATIC DUB almost perfect
synchronization. Are you customized effects
specifically for the muse?


   KON: Most certainly yes. We somehow
gathered, write down all the patterns of Mouzon
on leaf and just began to reason under any
pattern, which part of the suit. And so in
us what happened. As far as I know, before
Nobody does that for the time
got a very original way. Ourselves
really liked this style. Of course, in
Some demah observed such moments,
where the music is very well combined with
graphics and coding, but in most
cases of people not care quite that
They often have an end, but the pattern is playing,
or vice versa. It certainly looks awful.
So we decided to do everything carefully,
calculated where all interrupts are doing
and ... to ENLIGHT'u-97 did not have time. :-(


   Even before ENLIGHT-1997 we met with
a man like EA. Then he was still
EA-SOFT from MEGADATE GROUP. We have something to do with
FIL'om noticed that it is similar to AGENT-X
from Poland and called it among themselves -
"Our agent". And on E'97 we're pretty tight
became friends, hung out together, walked around
Peter. In addition to his music I've heard
even before the festival, a release from MEGADATE
GROUP, which climbed to Moscow BBS, rocking music. Yes, and 
from Moscow more choice much was not. That was then, but

Now EA - the best musician in Moscow. Of course, MIC - cool, 
too, wrote the music, but in this year from him that I did not 
hear anything new, but EA - for this year has progressed 
greatly. That its level a year ago and Today - two very 
different things. Y I still have a flair for people, if I

I see that he can achieve what ever
results if there is a prospect - I
try to establish friendship with him
relations. And vice versa: if I see that
it's just stupid - it makes no sense to him not
only cooperate, but even on the phone
talk. This was the case with the SCORPION
CLUB'om. I immediately saw that the FIL
normal person, it will work.
Also, it was with EA. After listening to his songs
I felt that the potential for it
as a musician is quite high. And we have invited EA to the 
group, which is very welcome. 


   KVZ: K Festival FUNTOP-98, you were prepared
DeMouy "DEVOTION". Can you say a few words?


   KON: Here you can talk a lot.
We started to do it on Feb. 2 - the date
known. I did one part, I
think - cool. Then you had to do
FUNTOP PROMOTION. Effect it was made
in 1997, to IMAGINE MD, left
only output INFO supply. On this, too
It took time. Later the same month of March still up
F'98 lot of time, why hurry thought
I. And we're not really driven, not in a hurry. Then
some drinking-spree, May 1, to and fro,
sisopnik. And after all this spring, we did not
do nothing. There, I'm still a little pokodil
pootdelnosti, but really there was nothing
done.

   And then I had a diploma in July
month. And the closer it was time for the Diploma
the more my time was spent. July 16, I
a diploma in June, and all I am a diploma
almost did not get out. Computer included
of course, but not kodil was not before.
After graduation he was celebrating,
prolonged by eight days and again
prolonged inactivity. I like
Organizer do nothing, while the remaining
Naturally, too. In July, one football
look who is rested. Then there was a
condition was terrible, despondency, to
mid-July, the crisis of some sort after
graduation. And only after that,
We finally come to his senses, relatively, and
started to work as before F'98,
remained a whole month, and made
there was nothing. July 17 from EA
had a birthday, we celebrated together,
and it was only a joyous event
over the past two to three weeks. From his days
birth we began to work seriously.
EA started writing all these Mouzon type: "LAST
WARNING FOR KONEX "-" Last
Konex'u warning. "They had their
action, because after listening to this
Mouzon, I actually started to do something.
But he did too, not very heavily loaded.
Frankly, if we compare what
done in the last week before FUNTOP,
it's like night and day. Then we tried
capture video. We have EA as it were included in the
rut, and FIL somehow stayed on the sidelines,
began to climb over the Internet and dolazilsya a result of ... 
At night, he climbed on the Internet the day he was sleeping 
and the phone cut off, to call him was impossible, ie night He 
is busy, the day he sleeps in the evening he tired and says he 
can not do anything do. In short, here's how we protormozili:

I, the FIL. And then we saw no
could shoot again because FIL'a. We
all prepared, assembled, call him,
but there is no one suitable. And in fact we
DeMouy started doing somewhere in the beginning of August. FIL 
to the same repeated endlessly: "We will not have time, we do 
not have time ...". morally corrupt himself and decompose us. 
In all brains while dripping ...


   The last two weeks before FUNTOP, was
active preparation. I said, EA and FIL'u:
"I will put you on the ears, but we DeMouy
to do with all his forces. "As promised and
done, put on the ears and the process went. K
EA claims there is no, and FIL, so all
slowly made quite slowly,
type of no hurry.

   On the GFX-compo say: "You're actually going to draw?" He 
said: "Yes, no I know ... "As a result, did not draw anything

nor the compo, nor our DeMouy. Zoom in
one piece drawn one day before FUNTOP.
Only last week became the FIL
move, but unfortunately too late.
And as a result of my and inhibition
We do not have time. :-((( And the last three days
happening at all is something unimaginable,
completely. We have simply reduced
number of parts in Deme: 9,8,7,6 ...
We stopped at number 5. Five parts, we
really came of it. The biggest
problem with the video we have. We
Video filmed. FIL him there for two weeks
translation, and this video, I packed in different
methods, by the way not bad 1.5m
packed in a 200K. And the videos we have time
certainly not foreseen. I even plan
has been piecemeal and videos there at the time
was not given. I just thought that
so with the stock, remove and no time
carded out. And the time it took a very
many: a lot of discs, a lot of different records
all this footage transferred from PC to a Spectrum
cut, pack, and then another, and
look at how best to obtain and time
certainly lost a lot. Although it is certainly
worth it. You saw. I believe that
FUNTOP our video best. Texture
video, I think the first time and applied to any
what other methods it does not match,
because it's just cool, it looks like
Now, especially if you look meters
three. And full screen.


   KVZ: And even though such a failure,
You're not going to give up?


   KON: No, here we do not
going. "DEVOTION" has been completed.
Of course, the specific release date for demos is difficult to 
name. I do not know. If prior to F'98, we have consistently 
reduced the number of parts, then Now we will increase. And on 
a figure stop, is difficult to call. Roughly a dozen.



   KVZ: But it must be better than all
that went so far.


   KON: Absolutely, otherwise it makes no sense
generally take up a job. At least
we will try. As there will appreciate - it is
is subjective to each viewer. One
Like the code to a steep, others
just look at the music, the third picture
Bring beautiful, and the rest do not care
someone important, so looked it all together nicely to make it 
all the music we fix that fact itself is important

on their own ... In short, we will try to
finish quickly.


   KVZ: A few words about the festival F'98.


   KON: Here we are with EA were part of
Organizing Committee, planted a lot of
nice ideas about its implementation,
put your contribution to this cause, and helped
as they could. In general, the festival was
organized, I think, very well.
At least with any there Inlaytami
close does not compare. Everything was quite
civilized, ie, there is no ispisanyh walls
toilets, broken railings, etc. Why?
Just do everything for themselves, and therefore
was good. After all, at all Inla
PeTseshniki organized, mostly
Sobolev - the main enemy of the Spectrum in St. Petersburg
and they have all been built on the PC. Spectrum there was 
given to last place. And we do for themselves, for themselves 
will not poorly done. That came with great responsibility, it 
came out there seems to be ok, in my opinion. 

   The only thing that surprised by the number of
people. We count at least on person
300. That's how much was sent in applications.
Strange. All gathered and said: "We
come, we will come. "Most of all I
struck Moscow, our beloved, that there is
was represented by a man, probably 20.
Many did not come because of money, although
altogether strange. The overwhelming majority of
People go to Moscow is closer than Peter,
except PHANTASY, DR and X-TRADE:).
Atmosfera in the beginning was boring. On
DEMO-COMPO was excellent: full house
people, silence, applause at the classroom
effects on other compo people were
much less.


   KVZ: A what could you say about work
exposed on FUNTOP?


   KON: astonished by some of the work. In VAV'a
that in the INTRO, that Deme same
effects, monotonous, some: some
endless textures, as in the POWER UP.
DIGITAL REALITY also impressed me. Whether
time at FLYING'a was not. I do not know. Why are there only two 
of the coding? They video disk constantly for some reason 
loaded. Nearly 100% of the animation, if the video considered 
animation. There were some original demos. I would particularly 
like Note DeMouy from POWER GROUP, she told me

really liked it. It
Indeed, some diversity. If
multicolor there - it cool: the picture
there are 4 colors on familiarity - it does not tremble
etc.

   In any case, not as the same type
effects, as in FOREVER by DR. In general DEMO
COMPO well passed. Although 1 and 2 places are not
entirely deserved, in my opinion.

   What I most dislike in demomakinge, what some people are more
love tear other people's effects, than do their
and it is very sad. MAGIC button is
horrible, luckily I have it does not work
y EA, it does not soldered, but FIL is sitting
in the emulator, there is none. :-) Although its intended 
purpose, I do not mind its use, but when I see that the effect 
of impudent stuffy - it's just infuriates me. By the way, in 
some demah on FUNTOP, samples were "potyreny" from S4B ... 


   KVZ: What bands do you support
contacts from the former Soviet Union?


   KON: In Moscow earlier communicated with
PROGRESS. I still love to MIC'om
talk on the phone - he is the same fan
Spectrum, like me, but it no longer
communicated, there was no time. Among other ... Well
Here: RUSH, POWER GROUP. With anyone not
rewritten. In order to correspond
needed swapper, we do not, and to combine
all at once is not so simple.


   KVZ: Could you highlight any
groups as the most promising in
the moment?


   KON: I like very ETERNITY
INDUSTRY, POWER GROUP ... I do not know that there
with DR happened, we ask them more
expected to be honest. But I think that they
can still do normal things. VAV
also, if the mind will be taken and no longer
making demos without the same effect.

   PROGRESS - also a good strong team,
with the coding they have a good idea, ZERO, PHANTASY -
although lately something retard.


   KVZ: Do you think there will be more
FUNTOP-99?


   KON: I hope that ...


   KVZ: your creative plans for the future?


   KON: First, to finish "DEVOTION". A
secondly ... Then received an offer ...
game do ... There is a very researched
scenario that combines ELITE, SABOTEUR and
COMMANDO, which was written in 91-92
respectively. But you need to have a team.
Then in terms of toys, a few unreleased
from the Internet.


   KVZ: Are you planning to move to another
platform in the future, and members of your group
in particular?


   KON: No! I have the opportunity
work on the PC, but I have no desire
this. Every time I with a terrible mood
I think that now have to work at the HRC
Is a bug, it's glitches, it's awful. By
At least for myself I can say for sure.
EA - I think too. FIL - there did not know it at the
He should ask. He is now a problem with your computer, from 
Spectrum, and he sits in the emulator. Draw the truth is less 
was. Although I think that there is no ... 



   Here, join us Ilya Abrosimov, he's Ea.


   KVZ: Introduce yourself to begin with.


   EA: EA from ANTARES - musicmaker.


   KVZ: Tell us a little about yourself.


   EA: I started writing music, 4
ago. It all started normally. At first the
I had a Spectrum 48K, how it all began.
Then I bought a Pentagon-128 to AY and
drive. But as disk drives have been
then the road, I was just
controller and the drive itself was not.

   I downloaded the toys with a tape recorder, because
At the time I was nothing more
interested. And when I first heard
AY-Mouzon, I was amazed. Then when I
I started the drive came to collect
music.

   I tried to write in ASM, as
it was then very much touted that
this is the best editor on the Spectrum. But it is very
I was quickly disappointed in him. In ASM I rarabotal other, 
because I did not drive, and ASM was the only disk Then I got 
SOUND TRACKER cassette. There were ready-Mouzon, and I became 
apart, as they are written. And it was in ST I have become 
something to be obtained. I immediately used to this editor. As 
I worked in It - it is also interesting: I came to

work in the evening tired, sat down at my computer and 
downloaded from a tape nemeryannom Mouzon, unnecessarily if 
they are not packed and held under polstorony. And what is out 
there trying to write. After some time I have

broken computer, six months, I was sitting
com, and then I bought "GrandRomMax 2 +.

   Then began to appear different editors. A whole month, I 
tried to persuade LOOKER'a write me KSA'shny ST Pro. In the end 
I was down and bought his CD. Chegochego, and the discs have 
always had decent cost ... I looked at the editor and he told 
me something like it. By the way, PROTRACKER 2.1,

who went before, I have not seen him,
generally in the eye, I saw demo-version: Well
similar to the ST. I looked KSA'shny wrote
something in it, did not understand at all how
use a mask for the envelope, it
Of course, for many musicians mystery
Nature. When I was online, someone
downloaded PROTRACKER 2.1, very quickly it
understand and understand that this thing is set up
for me. And the editor I wrote quite a lot. I sat there half 
the year. And when there was a PT 3.31 I thought that if it did 
NICK, then it is a good thing and I am happy with it. Although, 
of course, bugs there is complete:). In the editor I work

until now.


   KVZ: I know you used to be the organizer
MEGADATE GROUP? Out whether you have kakienibud releases?


   EA: From MEGADATE in his time was up a lot of work, although 
not the best of quality. And the most famous, memorable

not only in Moscow, and even in the former
Soviet Union - is "FUCK> GPV", which somehow
everyone liked it, probably because of the very
quality sampling.

   And because of what a conflict with GPV,
I can explain. GPV was not very long
on the Speccy, it has long been all knew, but I
did not know him. Generally, I left Moscow,
for summer vacation, I come, I call Master'y
and he tells me that some dude - GPV
Tolls on the BBS, download our work and says that everything is 
complete lamerstvo, encode, we can not. They had a conflict 
nemeryannom. And the Master offered to write to He knocked 
down. So they did - digitized bad words. And it worked. 


   KVZ: A what can you say about the GPV?


   EA: Well GPV - this is the GPV ... If the to
example, in Moscow to mention GPV, then you
will immediately recognize. He runs into all and sundry
Considering himself the coolest coder can he
and superkoder, but only in theory. In practice, it's actually 
not a coder ... 


   Hearing that it is a GPV, suitable
KONEX.


   KON: Ooooh! Ha-ha! (.. Everybody laughs ...)
In short, lamer, public land is not seen.
Well there still KANO, LOOKER - although these
lamer, but normal, do not say that they
steeper for all, all the other fools. And this
lamer he is special, exceptional case.
He considers himself a steeper everyone knows everything, 
everything knows all the effects it has long done.

Demos for him in the zero downloads true
as he himself expressed. At all comes over with
X-TRADE quarreled, Moscow ZxNET. PROGRESS ignore it, we ignore 
it. Most zafaknutaya person in Moscow. In addition, he complete 
moron, as a person and he himself thinks so. Says: "Of course,

I must die ". He said:" As you morgue
crying, and he: "No, I was crying nuthouse!". (laughter ... 
Again ...) 

   Crazy man ... :-)


   (A lot of having mocking the unfortunate
GPV, KONEX removed ... I turned again
to the EA).


   KVZ: Tvoi personal impression of FUNTOP?


   EA: Well, I can not throw impressions, because I myself was 
a member of the organizing committee, was a member and in 
charge of the music-compo. Liked it in principle, all. 
Organizers were all sober, unlike ENLIGHT'a :-). By Wlodek'u 
approached Alex and said to him: "Hail, here only the good

reviewers.

   Of the shortcomings can only say that
there were relatively few people. The most interesting, as it 
turned out that Moscow is not all knew that FUNTOP will on 22 
August. But the level of work certainly risen. Perhaps this is 
due to prize money, I do not know. If a similar event is 
planned and the following year, the quality of is simply 
atrocious. 


   KVZ: Your personal plans for the future?


   EA: That will have to finish and I DeMouy
have to write a bunch of cool patterns ...


   KVZ: Speccy Since you are not going to blame?


   EA: Actually not going! You, not the way
on the man stumbled. That group ANTARES: KONEX and EA - two 
people in the hard-nosed Spectrum at 100%, before his death, 
not before the death of the Spectrum. First LOOKER

said that the Speccy died in 1993, then
Someone said once that he had died and another.
And the last time I heard it last summer when we have in Moscow 
on sisopnike had 5 people people. And then we thought: "A 
network of some dead, no one ...". But the summer this time of 
holidays and vacations. How started autumn, the people again 
knocked, the network has earned. But all have said that the 
Zx-Net bent. In fact, in Moscow, Spectrum motion mainly in the 
network. On the other, who do not have modems, we simply do not 
know. There are many, but we are even approximately can not 
estimate their number. 


   KVZ: And finally, a general desire
from a group of ANTARES to all those who have not scored Speccy.


   KON: Love Spectrum and do everything for
its development.


   EA: I would like to simply repeat
words words of Captain NEMO, said at the
FUNTOP: "Actually, no emulator is not
replace you live Speccy! ". Golden words.
I let the whole group ANTARES passes NEMO
big hello and thank you for them.


   KVZ: Well Andrew and Elijah, a great
Thank you for this interview. I think that
with people like you and all your
Spectrum Group will live a very
long. And we are looking forward
"DEVOTION" and your next job. I wish
You all the best and more
enthusiasm.

   Until we meet again.



                                  23.08.98