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WT: Let’s start at the beginning, what was your
first contact with the chiptune scene, and the first piece of software you
wrote with?
Holy Konni: Hello Andrew and thanks for this opportunity!
My first
contact with chipmusic was when I first got a Gameboy Color from my Grandma,
when I was about 6-7 years old. I think the best game music back then was Kirby
or Zelda. Then, when I was in 6th grade me and a friend made shitty tracker
music (if you can even call it that) on ModPlug Tracker, and by chance
downloaded some keygen music that we loaded into ModPlug. It might have been a
Dubmood song, can't remember. But I was amazed and thought it was really cool.
At the age of maybe 17 years, I discovered 8bc, and started making music with
Milkytracker.
WT: How has your style evolved, what has been
your favourite release to write thus far and why?
HK: After making pure LSDJ chip for a while I became bored with the pure
chip sound, and wanted to be able to implement other sounds and samples into my
music. I discovered LGPT and it's probably my favourite tracker (it has
built-in bitcrusher!!!). I've experimented a bit with ambient/chip music, and
right now I'm writing a new release which is kind of
house-beats/ambient/samples/chiptune. My favourite release was probably earth
child, answer already. I learned so much about writing music during that
one. It's a favourite.
WT: Who are your main musical influences in and
outside of the chiptune scene?
HK: I get influenced by pretty much everything I hear,
both in and outside of the scene. But I think some artists that have influenced
me in particular are Chalices of the Past, Musho, OK Ikumi and maybe Crystal
Castles when it comes to vocal samples.
WT: What other instruments do you play, and how
have you utilised them with the chiptune medium?
HK: I play guitar! And sing. But I've never really used
those things that much in my songs, probably mostly out of laziness. But there
are some vocals in my music, but not much. However I've always wanted to do a
chiptune & singing album.
WT: You also do a lot of artwork right? Could
you tell us a bit about that the influences which dictate your style?
HK: Yes! I used to do lots of art before I started
getting 'serious' with music. I also made animations and stuff like that, and
some album art for the chip community. I was really influenced by a group of
artists on this website called UPWN, but it died. I really like Pendleton
Ward's Adventure Time, and I guess my style is kind of similar. But now I
mainly do music, and that is what I like the most right now. Maybe in the future
I will pick up drawing and painting again, we'll see.
WT: As a Swede, what are your opinions on the
current Swedish chiptune scene as well as the worldwide chip scene?
HK: I'm not a Swede, but I've lived here for some 10-11
years now. The Swedish chip scene is pretty good, when compared to other
countries. There are lots of events taking place and even in my tiny town I get
to play shows from time to time, which is nice. There are a great number of
famous chip artists that are from Sweden, like goto80, Boomlinde and my BFF
Nordloef. I ♥ Nordloef.
In general, I think it's pretty interesting how the chip scene is
getting more mainstream. You can hear chip sounds in pop songs played on the
radio today. And bands like Crystal Castles are promoting the sound to other
audiences.
WT: And finally, what are your future plans for
‘Holy Konni’?
HK: I'm just gonna see where I go from here, where the
project takes me. But in the nearer future I'm releasing a new LGPT album
called Fetushouse, which is a mix of roughly cut lo-fi samples,
house-beats, ambient vibes and chiptune & glitch sounds. It's going to be
released by the great Cheapshot and Lazerbeat label Cheapbeats and sold as
CD's. I'm incredibly exited and hyped for this and really hope it will be
well received by people.
