Interview with X-Ceed

MAX/DeFeCt^CRyogeN^GoFerZ

supplied by Total Disaster

Hi... X-ceed. Introduce yourself in short words.

Hi...! My name is Wojciech Panufnik. I'm a 22-year-old musician. I live in Legionowo (it's such a small town near Warsaw). Apart from that, I am a student of "Wysza Szkoa Zarzdzania" (economy school) in Warsaw. It is a part-time study, so I additionally have to work for money. That is the reason why I don't have much time to do anything.

How long have you been at the scene?

Since the beginning of 1992.

You are a musician. Why did you choose this function?

To be honest, I did not choose that function. Hmmm... it is not like you think. It is not that I found the scene interesting and then I decided to do something for it. I have been interested in music since I was a kid and the scene was a very good opportunity to present my skills.

Your nick used to be "SNOOPY". Why did you change it?

There were some reasons for that. First, I never liked it (but it's only me I can blame, I made it up). Second, I had a short break in the scene from 1996 to 97. I was not attending parties, collecting demos, reading mags and so on. But I was making mods at that time. I bought a modem in 1997 and I decided to get back to my previous activity. There were a lot of changes during the break. I learned a great deal about tracking. I decided to get back with a brand new image. So, here I am!

What was your machine when you wrote your first mod?

Amiga 500 0.5MB ram

What comp do you have now?

It is Amiga1200, 030/28MhZ, 6mb RAM, modem 33.6, VGA monitor, so I can easily make multichannels on it. My music equipment is: Roland JV30 i Roland JV1080.

What was your biggest success in the scene?

I would say: first place at Rush Hours'98, multichannel compo, mod titled "Passion". I will put it in another words: the biggest success was composing that mod. It is really cool to get e-mails from all over the world, in which people write that I made an piece of amazing music.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Honestly, I do not at all, because I have no time for that. I can tell you what I like: goa psychodelic trans, acid house, minimal (sometimes), acid-jazz (eg. JamirqQuie), soul and some bands: Prodigy, Ramstain, Rage Against The Machine, Fugees, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Dire Straits, T-love, ONA and Edyta Bartosiewicz.

What do you do apart from being at the scene?

As I said before I study and work. I am on the third year of college and I am doing just fine. I have been working for Canal+ for a year and a half now.

How much time do you need to write a mod?

It depends... from one hour to few months. It happens that I just get to work and do the whole mod (like in case of "Passion"). But sometimes I begin and can not finish. In such cases I give up, because I know that there shall be a day that I will know how to finish it.

What do you think, is your talent trained or inherited?

I have been very keen on music every since I was a little kid. There were no musicians in my family (well unless Andrzej Panufnik is my family ;). I have been always in love with music, so I always wanted to make it. I think that everyone has to develop his possibilities.

What do you think about Polish musicians' skills?

Three musicians have my respect: XTD, Revisq and FML. But honestly I would rather not to answer this question. There were a lot of changes in the musicians' scene when I was off.

Who is your favorite musician?

Poland: XTD and Revisq. West scene: Muffler, and from among those who have left the scene: Lizardking, Moby, Heatbeat and Dr. Cloo.

Is writing music just a hobby for you, or maybe something more?

It is a hobby for the scene, but I do some commercial stuff too.

What are your plans for the nearest future?

Get an as interesting job (as a musician of course) as possible.

If someone will need some music for his demo or so, can he get in touch with you somehow?

Yes, no problem. My e-mail: x-ceed@union.org.pl and home phone number in Poland: 022 7749849 (Wojtek).

Would you like to send some greets?

Yes, to my girlfriend Agnieszka and the whole scene.

OK. That was the last question. Thank you and good luck.

Thanks!

- MAX/DeFeCt^CRyogeN^GoFerZ