AMK is currently working on the new B.P.’s catalogue, which will be about L.A. his new hometown. The previous BP’s catalogue feature the drive-in movie theatre edition excellent reading full of the spirit for the so "cliché" old America, and many funny testimonies. You can order releases from AMK of course (see detailed list w/interview), but also tons of nice price stuffs. The Haters, "breakthrough" EP ($4) "the subsequent rip" tape ($5), AMK/ Speculum Fight/ MSBR "damkbr" tape ($6) ltd to 100, John Hudak tapes "tick tock" or "slumbrous breathing" ($6 each), Francisco Lopez "paris hiss" tape ($6), Chop Shop "discrete emissions" EP ($4) ltd to 500, Chop Shop "powerdrunk" CD ($10) ltd to 100, AMK / GX the 2 guys tapes series of 7 different works for ($6) each, blackhumour "constraint" tape ($3), Small cruel party "the subtle body" EP ($4) & "but life a child kept still" tape ($5), Embraced (s/t) double tape ($7), crawl unit "chime vortex" tape ($5), smell & quim "retract your balls" tape ($6), Radiosonde "sad letters" tape ($6) & "evil dreams" video ($15), tac "try my hand" tape ($6), zipper "spy" tape ($6), daniel menche "the chrome homicide" EP ($2), k2 / runzelstrin & gurglestock EP ($4), k2 / aube EP ($4). All prices excluded postage. Fight against the Petrol cartel, and bring your support to B.P. Remember Amoco cadis, Torre canion, Exxon Waldheim, recently Errika and Danemark event! When will this all ends!!!!!! Blow your local gas station, piss in your fuel tank & Order to this true underground activist the sound of NOISE!

After AMK shut his label for one year due to one the worst event a man has to face during his life. I was very pleased to see this Noise pioneer back with so much dedication to his work. The label's 100th release has been put out! Entitled 10x10 it is a 5 tape box set with 10 artists: Small Cruel Party, Damion Romero, Francisco Lopez, Gen-Ken, Chop Shop, M. Stavostrand, John Hudak, Leif Elggren, M. Behrens and Daniel Menche. Each tape is a c-o2 with each artist getting one minute. This interview will take to the roots of broken noise.

Do you sell them like that?
I have from time to time sold the montages as is, but generally I use them with a turntable as my instrument. Just like somebody would use a guitar or a blowtorch.

Is there any new AMK releases?
Quite a few in fact, P.A.L. put out a flexi-disc & l.p. in which all the material on the Lp. is made from cut-up versions of the flex-disc. The second side of the Lp. is an actual cut-up flexi. I also have new cassettes on a few American labels and a c.d. on the wholeness records label and one on my own.

The Salton Sea edition of your banned production catalogue is very interesting, what do you plan for your new catalogue?
The new catalogues theme is drive-in movie theatres. The drive-in is I believe a uniquely American phenomenon. So in this one there are stories by people on their experiences at drive-ins, lists of favourite movies, photos of theatres and a history of them. It's a very full catalogue, I also have all my labels releases in it too.

How has the threatened lawsuit from British Petroleum over copyright infringement of their logo resulted?
It was really no contest. My tiny little label vs. the second largest oil conglomerate in the world. And I was stealing the logo, there was no question of that. One interesting note, is that I was using the BP logo since almost the inception of my label, I used it in ads, t-shirts, on all my releases, everywhere I could. When I made a banned production web site it was not up for two days when I was contacted and sued by British Petroleum lawyers. That says something about the internet, whether it is good or not I do not know.

What is new and upcoming for banned production?
In the catalogue there is seven new releases by chop shop, amk, TAC, zipper spy, blackhumour and a video and cassette by radiosonde. Upcoming is a CD by Damion Romero (Speculum Fight) and maybe a live AMK CD.

What is the scene like in the San Francisco Bay Area '?
I'm not the right one to ask, I spend more time in Los Angeles, where I know more people like, Damion Romero, Fin, PAL Records, Solid Eye, Spastic Colon and the like. To me the scene in Los Angeles seems much more vibrant and exciting.

Any final thoughts?
I am looking forward to the end of the millennium. I always like to think of new years as turning the page and this year will be like opening a new book.
Last release: AMK "A to Z" CD ($8)
" Every sound uttered by AMK on a computer " 65 tracks of montage loop samples remixes, scratch mixes, voice samples, unreleased material and everything else that ends up on the hard drive. A great collection of pieces as is, but sounds even better in random mode on your player.