Extract from Reality Check Network 29: 26th October, 1996
Interview with Spartic (RNS)

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Reporter : Redd Dawg                 Interviewee : Spartic
Subject  : Rare MP3?                 Affiliation : RNS Coordinator

We will soon have our Internet radio station as soon as all the kinks
are worked out of the software. We also rip rare demo tapes. There will
be one going up tonight of Metallica that has NEVER been heard publicly
before to my knowledge.

Just one more thing. Don't request music from CDA (Compress da Audio).
They're sexist bastards and they treat people like assholes.

RCN█: Hey.

RNS█: Hi. I really just want to point out some things that maybe some
people haven't noticed about the MP3 scene.

RCN█: Ok, well now's your chance, so where would you like to start?

RNS█: I guess with styles. RNS (Rabid Neurosis) offers more different
styles of music than ANY other group on the Internet and we don't
stick with all the main stream shit. We dig deep for the bootlegs,
and live recordings and just the all around rare stuff to find.

RCN█: Many people say that there should be no MP3 scene because there is
no challenge to it and it is just taking music off of CDs and
putting them out onto the Internet. How true is this?

RNS█: I would like to ask all these people that said this to sit down
and try it. Each song takes 30 minutes MINIMUM to
rip/compress/package and that's for like a 30 second riff. It's
not as simple as it sounds, believe me. There's all the setting
up, and going over/playback just in the process of ripping it off
CD, then you have to worry about frame rate and compression ratios
and things.

RCN█: Well, what makes people think that it's so easy and pointless?

RNS█: Because they think, "Oh... wow.. they can record off a CD," when
there's really a lot more to it and there is a point to it.

RCN█: Now is your chance to clear up a few of these "myths" if you will.

RNS█: People put in nfo files on a program that they release saying, "if
you like this program, please buy it" trying to cover their asses
basically. Well, we're doing the same thing with MP3 and we can do
it without taking up 25+ megs of space for a wav file and still
maintain the stereo CD quality and it's nice to enjoy your
favorite songs and not have to go spend like $20 on a CD when you
really will only listen to one song. You simply request it.

RCN█: Now are these files able to run in the background of something
just the same as if you put in a physical CD in your computer?

RNS█: It's also just an example of a new breakthrough in compression. I
run them all the time while I'm on the WWW, telnet, FTP, IRC, etc.

RCN█: A while back, the Quake music was released by a group (I can't
remember off hand if it was done by RNS or not) but can you run
those songs while playing Quake?

RNS█: Sure. I play MP3s all the time when I play over Kali. You can run
MP3s just about anywhere. You can even drop to DOS from Windows
and still play them.

RCN█: That's cool. Going back a bit here you mentioned at the top of the
interview that you wanted to clear up some things about MP3. Have
we overlooked anything that you would still like to talk about?

RNS█: Well, if you log into World Domination, you might see some songs
in RNS that you never heard of such as Deicide, or Enslaved. RNS
is definitely the most open minded when it comes down to music. We
want to stay clear of all the main stream stuff you might hear on
the radio over and over.

RCN█: Wow. You're right, I have never heard of Deicide or Enslaved. What
style of music are they?

RNS█: And one of the ways we are showing this is our Death/Black metal
releases. We are the ONLY group to have even touched this area of
music and these groups have real talent.

RCN█: You mentioned that you try and get rare/live music. How would you
go about getting these things?

RNS█: Attending live concerts and Internet telecasting.

RCN█: Ahh, that.

RNS█: We will soon have our Internet radio station as soon as all the
kinks are worked out of the software. We also rip rare demo tapes.
There will be one going up tonight of Metallica that has NEVER
been heard publicly before to my knowledge.

RCN█: That is cool. Do you ever get anything straight from the
companies, any "inside connections?"

RNS█: We will be. I have a friend who works with Roadrunner Records. We
will be getting some group samples and ripping them, also, any
other rarities that we might not know of. We should be getting
these contacts some time this month.

RCN█: What do you want to cover from here?

RNS█: Just one more thing. Don't request music from CDA (Compress da
Audio). They're sexist bastards and they treat people like
assholes. If you want it done quick and right, and FAST, go to us
or DAC (Digital Audio Crew), any other groups we are in touch
with. Read our nfo files to see who they might be.

RCN█: Alright, well, I think that's about it then. I hope to see good
things from RNS in the future and good luck to you.