. founded march 12, 1995 _| : _____ t r a x w e e k l y # 60 ______________ |___| _ _______/ /\___________________________ / ____________/ /\__\ _ _______/____/_____________________________ / / _________ \/__/ ______\ \_____________________________ / / / `_ . .~ \____\/ _ __ ___ / / / _____ . _ \ __ ___ _/__/\ / / / / /\ _ The Music Scene Newsletter __ __\__\/ _/__/ / ____/ /__\_________________________________ _____ ___ _ / /\/ /___ __________ _ ______ _ ___ \/ /\ / / /____/ \ \ / /\ / __/\ / /\ \ \ / \ /____/ / / \ / \/ /_ \___/___/ \ \_/___/ / \_/ / / \ ___\ / /_/ /______/\/ \ /______/\/ \ /_____/ // \ \ / / / \ / / \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \_\ \ //____/\____\/ / / / / / \______\/ \______\/ \_____\/ \ \ \ \ / / / / \____\/\____\ / / / / _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ / / / /__/ w /\___/ /\___/ e /\___/ /\__ / l /\___/ /\____/ / / __/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/________/ / __\ \____\ e \____\ \____\ k \ ___\ \____\ y \__________/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/WW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - | TraxWeekly Issue #60 | Release date: 05-30-96 | Subscribers: 572 | - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Introduction]------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Welcome to TraxWeekly #60! Well, we're here, at yet another landmork. We're just a bit over half the way there to issue 100 of TraxWeekly. I know many of you are wondering, "Why has TW been so...uh...poorly reflective these past few weeks?" I gather it's mostly my fault. Again, the schooling excuse. The approach of finals and graduation has severely cut down the amount of time I've had to deal with music related issues. However, next week is my last. I promise a return, full speed, to the format and content that made TW a success in the past. We will return to featuring the popular and the infamous members of the music scene. We will concentrate more broadly on scene related controversies, and especially, bring back #trax-culture! This week, we feature two interviews. A fairly new group, RAF, joins the group listing. Also Red Haze has made his DOSlink utility for linking files available. Thanks for putting up with me! See you next issue, back in full force! Please note also that most of the ASCII in this week's issue was deleted in order to save space. Art by White Wizard and Squidgalator2 return next issue! Gene Wie (Psibelius) TraxWeekly Publishing gwie@owl.csusm.edu /-[Contents]---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ________ _________________________________________________________________ / ____/_/ __/ \ __/ / _____/ \ __/ __/ ___/_ < \____\ \ \\ \ \\____ __/ __/_\ \ \\____ \_____ \__ \ \ \ \\ \ \ww\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \_ _\________\________\\___\____\ \_____\\_______\\___\____\ \_____\_______\ General Articles 1. Interview with Rage...........................Kal Zakath and Kleitus 2. Faces in the Crowd............................Zinc Group Columns 3. Explizit 4. Radio - Abandoned Frequency Advertisements 8. DOSlink Closing Distribution Subscription/Contribution Information TraxWeekly Staff Sheet /-[General Articles]-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. Interview with Rage]------------------------[Kal Zakath and Kleitus]-- This week, we are bringing you a special interview with Rage, a member of Jade and Night55. Rage burst into the scene when he earned 2nd place in the Assembly '95 Multichannel music competition. He has consistantly released quality songs, so check out some of his works. Before we start, there are several notes about this interview that I want to inform you about. This interview occured several weeks ago, and several things have happened since:>. Rage has entered several trackering competitions, so pick up some of the trackering packs. Also, check out Rage's new tune, "Superpop", in the Night 55 Musicdisk, Grandeur. One final note:>, Rage talks of his bud Elwood in the interview and how he hasnt released anything on internet yet. Apparently, Rage brought up several Elwood tunes to the internet, so pick them up on ftp.cdrom.com. =========================================================================== - - Kleitus [Inferno] = skatzman@global2000.net - - Kal Zakath [Inferno & TW] = jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu - - Rage [Jade & Night 55] = hablom@lokki.edutec.pori.fi =========================================================================== (note: the following interview has gone through a bit of editing for the sake of clarity, but is still pretty much the original IRC capture, with no changes, except where necessary. :>) first, why don't you start off by giving your real name, age, where you go to school, group affils. (basic info like that) ;> ok.. my real name is Harri Blom. I live in Finland, in a small town called Kankaanpaa. Age is 18. At the moment I've finished school and I'm looking for place to continue my studying. Group affils: Jade and Night55. why don't you tell us a bit about those three groups you're involved in...? Jade is the group I've been in for the longest time. We haven't released lots of stuff, but I'm really happy with the group. We've got some talented members.. Night55 is a group I joined recently. It's an international group of very talented musicians and I'm happy to be a member..:) yes, night55 certainly has a lot of talent... i'm looking forward to hear night55 releases. ;> as well as the jade musicdisk 'gems' which sounds like it will be excellent as well... ;> anyway, let's talk a bit about your music... how long have you been composing...? well, I used to do some stuff with my amiga500 and protracker few years ago, but I didn't really achieve anything special.. I started tracking seriously after going to asm94... are there any composers who have significantly influenced your music, or do you feel that your style is primarily your own...? you mean trackers or other musicians? either, or both. ;> hmm.. there are composers who have influenced me, of course.. I got into tracking because I thought Purple Motion's and Lizardking's music sounded so damn cool! I wanted to try it.. but I've always tried to create and develop my own style... that's good. ;> i would certainly say you've succeeded in that. besides pm and lizardking, who are your other favorite tracker musicians (even ones who haven't necessarily influenced you, just whose music you enjoy) ;> my favourite at the moment is Dune... He's got his own unique style which I like. And his work in some demos like Caero and X14 is just awesome! I also respect the likes of Zodiak and Radix who are, I should say, great songwriters.. the music is just so well constructed. and Cybelius... :) werd, i like dune and zodiak too... and radix, even though i hadn't heard his music till recently... i'm listening to his tune 'marsian girl' right now... ;> yes, cybelius is quite good, though i haven't heard too much from him recently... yeah.. I hear 'Sunjammer' in my head .. werd, i love that tune. ;> cybelius always does only quality music... as it should be done.. yes, too many composers just upload music to cdrom.com without any sense of quality at all... it's unfortunate. yep.. I hate that HC BOOMBOOM stuff! everybody stop doing it.. hmm... let me see... what sort of musical background do you have...? (other than tracking) ;> I play guitar (like, I've taken guitar lessons for a long time).. hmm. nothing else really. :) let me ask you two questions about your favorite tunes... first of all, what are your personal favorites among your own music? (for the record, my favorites of your tunes are 'guild of sounds', 'space and time', and 'no truth') my own tunes? yep... difficult to say.. let me think about this.. I'd say ... 'Green' from the Hope-disk is one of my favourites.. and.. well, I'm quite happy with 'Guild' too.. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes I listen to some of my older tunes and think "why did I release this?".. I just get bored with 'em. ah, i know that feeling too. on the subject of guild of sounds... let me just ask you a few questions about what the whole asm95 experience was like for you...how did it feel to come in 2nd place *** Kleitus (skatzman@shell.global1.net) has joined channel #interv how did it feel to come in 2nd place in such a major compo, were you expecting to place that high? I wasn't expecting it! I was happy when they even played the tune! (about guild) but it was just a great feeling.. beating Lizardking, my hero! It was like a dream come true... and it has helped me break into the scene :) kleitus! jt..whew:> rage: kleitus is going to help think of questions ok... rage: lo... oh.. i meant to ask you... (i know i'd have trouble answering this) but... what are some of your favorite tracked tunes of all time (by other composers)...? guild of sounds is one of my personal favorite tracked tunes, i love it. ;> one of my favourite tracked tunes is none other than 'Attributed Horror' by Jogeir! (also a big influence to me).. I listened to that tune over and over again. It was just so.. cool. Exploration by PM... never listened to that one actually...the one by jogeir... kleitus: i have it. ;> i really like it, but then again you don't like jogeir as much as i do... jt: true... Desert Dawn by Lizardking... (CD2 tune) Anyway, what's your stand on ripping?:> arg...;> I've got my policy on ripping... I personally never rip anything well, not from modules at least.. but it's nice if somebody uses my samples.. :) I've got nothing against ripping... but I won't do it :> ok... well, i'll have to use more of your samples in the future.... ehehehehhehe. ;> are you pretty well versed in the musicians of the amiga and pc scene? I have to say that not so well... haven't been in the scene for so long a time.. we can try this anyway... ill name a musician and you give me your brief feel about that musician... ready?:) ok. ok... purple motion... incredible musician... It's no wonder people still rate him high in the charts... scirocco Some great distinctive tunes. i think his style is developing nicely... necros haven't really done research on him..:) except for 'Eden' pick up his stuff... especially introspection and his music disk: progression... dizzy has he been on the amiga-scene?... man .. I've heard he's good.. Where have I been?? hes an amiga dude yeah, he's only released on the amigascene xerxes xerxes.. his music is like... very nice for the ear. How should i say it.. well, haven't got all of his work but what I've got sounds good... skaven Skaven's tunes are high quality... like Rama Gardens. Excellent compositions. ... he's good. On to another topic...Where did you get your handle from? I just picked it up, seemed regular... I've had some mix-ups with my handle though... :( mix-ups? yeah like.. it's a very common handle, ya know what I mean? ;> true.. ok... Since you're from Finland, what's your opinion on how the Finnish scene differs from the scene spanning the rest of the world... im simply asking this since Finland seems to have been the center of the demo scene since its creation:>... Finnish scene rules. :) ..hmm.. yeah that might be true.. I don't know if it differs in any way.. maybe it's just that here in Finland people are more aware of the scene... everyone tries to make the big breakthrough.. dunno why. heh, interesting... i've always wondered what it would be like to live in finland or sweden or some other country where the demoscene is bigger than it is here in the us... let me see... what current projects are you involved in (future song releases, musicdisks, demos, compos, or anything you can think of) ;> the Gems musicdisk will be released soon.. It will look and sound cool. hmm.. Jade is also planning a demo (well, planning). I've been asked to do music to some demos by some groups (Fobia Design for example), so look out for them. I'm also doing music all the time for any compos I have the chance to contribute. Maybe I'll release a musicdisk soon.. that would be nice. ;> have you thought about entering HORNET's music contest 4? yes of course.. I have heard of it I think... subscribe to the mailing list... that I have to do.. lemme see rage: What do you feel are some of your best tunes? already asked that ;> what were they?:> yeah... they are... Green, Under Pressure, Guild of Sounds... I'm happy with the quality of those songs.. i liked guild the best out of all of those.. i still love notruth tho...kicks ass:> werd who do you feel are some of the most underrated composers in the scene today? (and overrated, if you dare to answer that) ;> let me think... you know.. that question is just too hard to answer. no wait.. I think my pal Elwood is the most underrated composer. Nobody really knows him, but he is one of the best (I dare to say that).. rage: is elwood going to have any tunes publically released soon? not really.. there are some tunes available here in Finnland.. but not in Inet.. but I've heard lot of his tunes and they all blow my mind. maybe he'll start releasing stuff some day.. hmm... I have to talk to the guy about releasing his tunes.. are you familiar with either the 20 minutes chiptune compo or the trackering...? no I'm not actually.. ok..fair enough... in 20mc, you get a set of chipsamples and have 20 minutes to write a tune...in the trackering, you get a set of normal samples and have one week to write a tune. ;> i was just thinking that you should maybe try one of those out sometime, if you have the time. ;> hmm.. I took part into some compo like that.. but I don't like those kinda compos.. I can't do anything good in twenty minutes, and don't like to use someone else's samples ;) heh... yes, 20 minutes is pushing it a bit... that's why i prefer the trackering. ;> trackering always has many nice tunes from skilled composers.. is there anything else you can think of, that you'd like to talk about? any scene opinions or just things you'd like to tell all of your fans out there. ;> hmm... dunno.. this has been very interesting.. :) i'm glad... ;> it has been for me too. well for my "fans" I'd like to say that if you like my tunes, it makes me very happy :) ...and scene rules! hehehehehe. okay, thank you very much for your time. ;> thank you. keep up the good work with your music. ok.. btw. you seen my homepage? no, but i'd like to see it! ;> what's the address? well, it's modest but better than nothing... http://lokki.edutec.pori.fi/~hablom/ ok well... cu l8r then.. yep. it's been nice interviewing you... later. ;> =========================================================================== I hope you enjoyed this interview with Rage as much as I did;>. Several of Rage's releases can be found upon his home page, listed in the interview, and also on ftp.cdrom.com. Here are some releases you can pick up by Rage... ftp.cdrom.com /pub/demos/music/disks/1995/h/hope.zip A Musicdisk by Jade /pub/demos/music/songs/1995/xm/g/guildofs.zip "Guild of Sounds" /pub/demos/music/songs/1995/mod/s/shredwit.zip "Shred With Me" /pub/demos/music/songs/1995/xm/s/spacetim.zip "Space and Time" /pub/demos/music/songs/1996/xm/e/errorzon.zip "Errorzone Zero" /pub/demos/music/songs/1996/xm/m/myst_g20.zip "Mystique" /pub/demos/music/songs/1996/xm/n/notruth.zip "No Truth" /pub/demos/music/songs/1996/xm/u/undpress.zip "Under Pressure" If you have any comments, write to the email addresses listed at the beginning of this interview. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. Faces in the Crowd]-------------------------------------------[Zinc]-- "It's howdy-dooty time!" Well not really. Actually, it's Faces In The Crowd Time. I conducted an interview with fisherman, who I hadn't heard of before. Hopefully it's easy to read. I think I need to format these better. But without further ado... hi. How are you today? Hello zinc.. Howz things? Fine :) I am fine... just got back from buying some cds. okay cool, well lets get on with this interview. First of all, where are you from? I am an Australian, but I have lived in Thailand for the past 4 years of my life :) Wow, do they have a Thai tracking scene? The Thai tracking scene consists of me and another aussie tracker called Cand-ice (of Moonblade). That is all. It really sucks, because there is nobody to really talk to about tracking.. So then, what is your name, age, and all that? My real name is Matt Overington. I have survived life on this planet for 18 years.. I am going to go back to Australia for university in a couple of weeks :). That'll give me more time to track.. I need more time to track. That is the worst thing about school here (I get up at 5:30am, and get home at 4:00pm). I am dead tired the whole time. What is your tracking history? How did you get started, and what groups have you been in/are in? Well. I started about 3 years ago.. I got my first internet account, and decided to get some music for my new soundblaster (!). I had a friend in australia that was a tracker on the Amiga (he has since retired). I got a copy of modedit (didn't EVERYONE start on modedit). After that I switched to Scream Tracker 3, and now I use Impulse tracker. I really started because my life was pretty boring, and I needed a way to vent my frustrations about moving to Bangkok. I am in a group called MindTap, run by Subliminal.. I only joined them a couple of weeks back, so I have not had any major releases yet. There's one thing about the scene, its accessible from almost anywhere (even Thailand!), and stays the same. Yep. That is the best thing about the scene. All you really need is a computer and a net account (with access to irc :) What is that group, MindTap, all about? (here's yourc hance to advertise it!) Ok, then!!! Here goes a shameless plug about my new group! Sub had been advertising about his group (AMP) in his modules that are sitting on ftp.cdrom.com. I downloaded these files, and decided that since I currently wasn't really in a group seriously, I might as well apply to join. After I sent some mail to him, we decided to change the name to MindTap because nobody was interested in AMP (it was really cheesy anyhow - ATOMIC MUSIC PRODUCTIONS). =) hehe Does the group focus on any particular goal or style? We are setting up for some music disks, and Sub is going to compete in a music compo. I am really into guitar/piano/orchestral toons. I think that I share this taste with Subliminal (although he has released some dance tracks under AMP). I think that MindTap will develop with time.. It is too soon to pick a "definite style" for us yet.. Give us some time, and then make up your own minds :) What do you think about super-groups like Kosmic or the late Epinicion that have a lot of members? I have almost completed my debut tune for MindTap.. It is guitarry and mellow.. I quite like the way it is fitting together. . It'll be on ftp.cdrom.com soonish.. Well. in response to your question about the MegaGroups.. I think that there are a lot of super talented trackers out there.. Basehead and Maelcum immediately come to mind.. They are famous :) I think that Kosmic and Epinicion have/had a lot of respect from all the trackers in the scene. The problem with a young group like MindTap is trying to get famous(ish). We will keep putting out the tunes and hope that someone listens and likes them.. Kosmic and Epi were and are great for the scene.. I think that they deserve every tracker's admiration. You never know.. Perhaps mindtap will be BIG one day, too =) Do you think the scene is getting _too_ big? The scene is expanding rapidly, and eventually it may get too big to really deal with properly.. #trax still has a "bar-like" atmosphere, and it is really friendly.. Since #trax is a fair representation of the scene, I think that it is good at the moment. It may develop to be unbelievably huge, but it is ok at the moment. Do you think there's a way to deal with the problem of the scene getting too big? Not to mention the number of releases from people who really shouldn't be releasing! That is a problem - untalented trackers pumping out the tunes... That has got to stop. I don't know. I think that it is really hard to put a limit on the scene.. Who is going to oversee everything and say "YOU can't write music anymore". That is censorship (and something that has been deemed evil by the masses :). I think that the skilled musicians will prevail. The unskilled ones will either improve or cease to track.. It will sort itself out, I think. As for the untalented trackers, see my article "The Blacklist" in TW 58 :) Anyways, where would you like the scene to go the next few years? Is there anything you would like to see change? In the next few years the speeds of access to the net will improve. This will allow bigger modules to be composed. I think that it will get out of hand eventually, and a standard will eventually be reached.. Well, the GUS PnP has a hardware limit of 8megs! I think that the scene will get much bigger, but it will not be too bad for another couple of years.. You've got to love the guys at Gravis :) They know what they are doing. =) Well, their WHQ is very close to where I live! I assume that you have one, then? just an ACE.. but anyways, on with the interview. I'm going to ask you a few questions that you may deem silly or weird. Just answer them as you see fit. Certainly... I am all yours... okay.. Que. number one.. Go for it :) If FastTracker, ScreamTracker, and ImpulseTracker were fruits/vegetables, what would they be? Fast Tracker would be a Watermellon because they are hard to use (eat) :) ScreamTracker would have to be an apple - Kind of boring, but everyone loves it deep down. Impulse Tracker would be a new hybrid of a pear and an apple - So new to the market, it is taking everyone by surprise. Only time will tell if it causes people to grow an extra nose or something ;) hehehe You are right about these questions being wierd. ;) Okay, next qusetion... ;) You know about the free-for-all competition at NAID? The one where you get a certain amount of time to do anything you want? I do. I must say that I approve. It allows the tracker to shine in their own way with no limitations.. Okay, well if you really COULD do ANYTHING you wanted to, with absolutely no limits (keep it somewhat clean ;) What would you do? Well. If I HAVE to keep it clean :) I would probably do 2 things.. 1. End the poverty that sourrounds me here in Thailand. It is really quite sad the way some people live on US$4 a day. 2. I would like to meet all the trackers that are really big in one room one day (kind of hard since I am not in the US) Maybe I'll get to meet ChuckB and Mick Rip in Australia. You never know. 3rd and last weird question... How would you feel about being known as the tracker who beat up basehead at NAID? Violently? :) yeah! [Note: I'm kidding of course! - zinc] If I was to beat him by composing a better toon then I would be really proud.. If I was rumoured to have bashed the living daylights out of him, then I'd be really ashamed (I am not a really big fan of violence - nor would Basehead be a big fan :) hehe =) It would be a quick way for a talentless person to get well-known though! hehehe It would :) InFAMOUS. Okay cool.. This brings me near the end of the interview. At this time, please thank or spank anyone you wish in the scene. I'd like to send waves out to MindTap (of course), and all the people on #trax... Especially PC, whose interest in Thai prostitutes still makes me laugh.. :). Also, big hellos to the columnists at TRAX WEEKLY. You are doing a great job, fellas.. heh heh, thanks :) No worries. I have one final thing to say: Look out for my debut release in ftp.cdrom.com soon! I promise that it will rock :) Okay, well, finally, where can we send you email? Right. My e-mail addy is: overim@mozart.inet.co.th okay d00d.. that's about it! have a nice day :) you too, thanks for the interview. It has been fun... Hope you enjoyed it! I'd like to remind everyone of the point of Faces In The Crowd. The scene is full of faces, and unless we are as famous as [enter famous person here], we can get lost in the crowd. FITC is every musicians' chance to get his/her 15 minutes of fame. So to those who complain that the staff is interviewing 'nobodys' or 'lamers', please keep your comments to yourself. After all, there was a time when even Basehead was a nobody! :) BTW, TraxTips #2 is still in the works! I haven't totally fogotten about it. Catspaw seems to be picking up the slack though, so stay tuned! - zinc / rays@direct.ca [SE/Thought] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Group Columns]----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[3. Explizit]------------------------------------------------------------- -:RADiCAL:- .sS$$~$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$~""~$$$$$$$$$$$$$$~"'"~$$$$$$$$~$$Ss. $$$$"$$$~$$$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' $$ `~~~~~~~~~~~~' $$$ ~~~$$$ı$$"$$$$ $$$ $$$"$$'.sS$$$Ss.$$$s s$$$$$sS$$Ss.$$~"~$$$$$$$Ss.~"~$$$$$$ $$$$"$$ $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $$$P" $$ `S$S.S' $$$P" $$$$$s.s'.ssssS$$$s.s$$$ sssss$$$ $$ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $$$""""""' .S`S$S.$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$"""""' $$$$$$.`ıııı$$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$$.$s."~$$$$$$$$$$~..~$$$$$$$$$S~"$$$$$`~$S$$$$$$$$$`$$$$$$$$ $.$$ $$$ $$$$.$$$s$$Sssssssssssss$$s. $$$ ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss$s$$.$$$$ `~S$$s$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Ss...sS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$s$$S~' "We Are The Music Makers" Explizit TraxWeekly column issue #21 - May 30, 1996 Hi there! Yes, a new logo. What can I say, I got bored :). It's not wrong to change from time to time. Thanks to RADiCAL for this askey! From now on our homepage will hold a page with some info about TraxWeekly and the latest 4 or 5 columns of us. Looks really nice! http://huizen.dds.nl/~explizit/traxweekly.html And again, we have two new members. We keep saying "No More", but all the good ones from other groups come to us and apply. What can we say? If we take them, we're the bad guys, we're "stealing" people from other groups (which is not true), if we dno't take them, we stand still, and when you stand still, you die. The 8th member of Explizit is KAOTIX. Kaotix makes screaming-hard gabber traxx. Nevertheless, you might actually like his chewns. Kaotix was formerly member of CMD. The 9th member is Sagittarius. He is a beginning scener who makes techno house music, in a very original style. We think his modules will appeal to the USA public. Feel free to correct us :) Because of the three new members the internet distro-list has been split up into 3 different lists: one for the commercial tracks, one for the gabber tracks and one for the original tracks. When you subscribe to our list you now must include one of the following listnames: explizit.original : techno, trance. 120-140 bpm explizit.commercial : happy hardcore, happy rave. 140-160 bpm explizit.hardcore : hardcore, gabber. 180-200 bpm When no listname specified you'll be subscribed to all three. We now also have an announce-list, where we will tell you about new releases, hot stories etc. This will be a small text-only list and will change into the 'explizit-discussion-list' once we can get our hands on a (free) relay-service. If this seems difficult, visit our web-site where you can subscribe and unsubscribe simply by clicking some buttons. I'm off. C u later... Ch:ilm . explizit mailto:explizit@dds.nl Explizit internet Hq: http://huizen.dds.nl/~explizit USA Ftp: http://www.rpi.edu/~tillbm/site/explizit Euro Ftp: ftp://sdc.wtm.tudelft.nl/pub/music/groups/EXPLIZIT/ Italy Ftp: ftp://shadow.pegasus.it/music/groups/explizit/ Now online: The Explizit HomeSpace3.10! (Crashes suck!) http://huizen.dds.nl/~explizit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[4. Radio - Abandoned Frequency]------------------------------------------ :=== |~~~~~~. .~~~~~~. |~~~~~~| \ ---|--|--- | () | | () | | |~~~~ ------------------------------------|| ---|--|--- | / | | | ~~~| ------------------------------------|| --{}-{}--- | |~\ \ o |~~| |o| |~~~ o ----------------------------------8|| ----------- ~~ \ \ ~ ~ ~ ----------------------------------------|| ----------------- ~~ Radio - Abandoned Frequency ------------------------|| / Hi! I am Zovirax (real name Pavel Hodek) from R.A.F. Most of you have probably never heard of me or R.A.F. (we don't appear on #trax but I don't think it is a problem). So first, let me give you some basic information. R.A.F. is a music group that was founded by me and my other two friends Trifid and Psylocybe in September 1995 (yes, we are relatively new on the scene). Later in 1996, another musician Maximus joined the team. So far we have released one music disk and a bunch of solo tracks. Everything is available on ftp.cdrom.com (RAF-????.ZIP) and on our pages: http://home.stlnet.com/~tgodwin/raf.html (US) http://risc.upol.cz/~fencer/raf.html (CZ) http://rhea.ff.cuni.cz/~belsky/raf.htm (CZ) (Authors recommend at least Slowtown, Blue Sky, Tekknocracy, Dreamflow Artificial Minds and Messenger of Light) We founded R.A.F. because we thought that it was better to compose as a group. We can share success and disappointments, support each other, exchange ideas, samples, experience or even work together on something. We are four now and there's a lot of room for others. If you think you could have some fun and/or gain experience, see about joining us. Simply send me e-mail. My e-mail address : xhodp03@st.vse.cz Get finger info from: xhodp03@manes.vse.cz < Zovirax / R.A.F. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Announcements]----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOSLink has been officially released! If you don't know what DOSLink is, read the article on it in Traxweekly #58. 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