. founded march 12, 1995 _| : _____ t r a x w e e k l y # 40 ______________ |___| _ _______/ /\___________________________ / ____________/ /\__\ _ _______/____/_____________________________ / / _________ \/__/ ______\ \_____________________________ / / / `_ . .~ \____\/ _ __ ___ / / / _____ . _ \ __ ___ _/__/\ / / / / /\ _ The Music Scene Newsletter __ __\__\/ _/__/ / ____/ /__\_________________________________ _____ ___ _ / /\/ /___ __________ _ ______ _ ___ \/ /\ / / /____/ \ \ / /\ / __/\ / /\ \ \ / \ /____/ / / \ / \/ /_ \___/___/ \ \_/___/ / \_/ / / \ ___\ / /_/ /______/\/ \ /______/\/ \ /_____/ // \ \ / / / \ / / \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \_\ \ //____/\____\/ / / / / / \______\/ \______\/ \_____\/ \ \ \ \ / / / / \____\/\____\ / / / / _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ / / / /__/ w /\___/ /\___/ e /\___/ /\__ / l /\___/ /\____/ / / __/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/________/ / __\ \____\ e \____\ \____\ k \ ___\ \____\ y \__________/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/WW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - | TraxWeekly Issue #40 | Release date: 12-28-95 | Subscribers: 467 | - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Introduction]------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ _ _________________ /_\ \__ / ____ ______ \____ ____/____________ ______ _/ \ _/ \ \ww_/ \ _/ ________/_/ _ \ __/ \/ \ \/ \/ \ / | \__ ___ ___ _______ _/ \\ \ \\ \\ | \\/ | \_ ___ __ __ ____ /___________\__\_______\________\____|______\____________\ \__\ In less than three months, TraxWeekly will not only have survived one year here in the music scene, but it will also publish its 50th issue. At this moment, we are all here staring at issue 40, wondering, "where did all the time go?" Look, we even have 467 subscribers!!! This week, we have our usual music reviews, along with some feedback from Maelcum's "Chord Theory" article last week. We have interviews with Zalt and Blackwolf, the last two for this year, and finally some more music compo coverage. Enjoy this issue, and happy new year! Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu /-[Contents]---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ________ _________________________________________________________________ / ____/_/ __/ \ __/ / _____/ \ __/ __/ ___/_ < \____\ \ \\ \ \\____ __/ __/_\ \ \\____ \_____ \__ \ \ \ \\ \ \ww\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \_ _\________\________\\___\____\ \_____\\_______\\___\____\ \_____\_______\ General Articles 1. New Music Reviews.................................Atlantic 2. Reflections on 1995...............................Psibelius 3. Chord What?.......................................Trixter 4. Chord What?.......................................Basehead 5. No More Compos!...................................Nova Competitions 6. 20 MeEnUtHz Compo.................................AmusiC Interviews 7. Interview with Blackwolf..........................Psibelius 8. Interview with Zalt...............................Psibelius Group Columns 9. Epinicion Productions 10. Explizit Closing Distribution Subscription/Contribution Information TraxWeekly Staff Sheet /-[General Articles]-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. New Music Reviews]----------------------------------------[Atlantic]-- HaPpY NeW yEar! Hope yer christmas was a funky one, filled with the endlessly wonderful gift of music. =) Few things to talk about this week before I get to the reviews. Firstly, I have a few words in response to Maelcum's article in issue #38. I would like to apologize to him, and to anyone else who may have been offended by my comments in issue #37. I meant no personal offence to anyone, and was very honestly surprised by such a reaction. But as far as the argument presented by Maelcum goes, I have to agree with his position. I don't know why I made the statement that I did, because I do not believe myself that a knowledge of musical theory is required in the writing of "good music". What I do believe is that a lot of musicians in the scene would benefit from such knowledge. What I have seen during my time in the scene (which has been much more brief than Maelcum's I should point out) is an abundance of musicians who essentially have "no idea what they are doing" in writing music. They are playing with melody and harmony, getting good note combos by trial and error, and I feel that many of these people would benefit from knowing some "guidelines". This does not mean that I subscribe to a formulaic mainstream style, in fact such writing makes me ralph. All I am suggesting it would be beneficial for a lot of people to understand the way music works, so that they don't just duplicate the tricks used by other musicians. Rather they can "build" their own style from the ground up. It was closed-minded and foolish for me to say what I did - I am not in the habit of making such statements, and will be especially careful not to make them in the future. Again, my apologies. Meanwhile, I'm starting something new this week. From now on, I intend to review ALL the music that is sent to me personally. I am doing this because I am going to focus more on reviewing than on recommendation. I had two such songs sent to me this week, and I would like to thank those people who did so. I'm glad to see some interest in this opportunity. Another new thing this week is a mini-rating system. All music mentioned in this article will be given a percentage mark in 3 categories: [1] Composition - This encompasses the tracking knowledge that was displayed by the song. To score high in this category a song needs to bear complexity and maintain the listeners interest. It should have a good frequency spread, and should be thick and dimensional. Good mixing is important here as well. 20-40%: Needs work. Song is flawed in several respects. More practice/musical knowledge is needed. 40-70%: Average, not really phenomenal. Writing is not weak, yet no elements of the song show great composing experience. 70-100%: Piece is an example of skilled, experienced tracking. [2] Sound Quality - Sound quality involves the noise level of the song, but more importantly, the quality of the samples. Are they clear, or are they noisy and static-ridden? Do any samples throw the whole balance of the song off? 20-40%: Sound is noisy and/or unbalanced in some aspect. 40-70%: Average sound quality. Not especially bad, yet some samples are muddled, and could have been chosen more carefully. 70-100%: A song with well-chosen sounds, which all work together to form a piece with excellent clarity. [3] Originality - This is perhaps the most important category. A high percentage rating in originality means that the tune is novel, different, and fresh. doing something unusual and achieved a good sound as a result will get you a good mark here. 20-40%: Scoring this low could mean that the song bears elements directly taken from another piece of music. Trying to emulate another tracker's style can result in this kind of mark, if taken to far. 40-70%: Average. Song does not stand-out, yet one could not directly associate any of its elements with other music. 70-100%: Tune is the result of novel, interesting ideas, with an overall sound that perhaps has not been heard before by the reviewer. Remember, if you know of a musician who deserves to be heard, pick a song by that musician. If they aren't into composing anymore that's alright, although I -strongly- prefer musicians who are active. Attach the song to me in email (as566@torfree.net) in MIME format (not UUencode: that stuff drives me wild), or send it to me on #trax where I can usually be found around 4-7 PM EST. It is important to include the following info: - Artist's Alias (Artist's Real Name, if known) - Date of Release (If not known, approximate) - Where it can be found (ftp site & directory) - Artist's E-mail Address (Very important!) Reviews for week of November 21 - December 28 ---------------------------------------------------------- Artist......... Malakai/Neophyte, GD/Neophyte, The Zapper/Force10 Song Title..... "Two Dozen" [twodozen.s3m] DOR............ December 23rd 1995 Email Addy: Malakai [mram@airmail.net] GraveDigger [gd@ftp.cdrom.com] TheZapper [zapper@autoroute.net] Found: ftp.cdrom.com (/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/s3m/twodozen.zip) Composition: 80% Sound Quality: 85% Originality: 75% Comments: "Two Dozen" is the goodbye song from Neophyte, marking their last release. They promise, however, that bigger and better things are on the horizon. Two Dozen has a relaxed, yet mournful and sinister mood, which is hard to achieve. All elements are strong - with a thick, powerful low end, funky mid range samples, and a good melody. The use of harmony in the lead at parts is particularly nice, and adds a lot of dimension. I love the way the different parts of this one flow together to create a coherent and solid whole. This is a great song to have looping in the background while you do some work or something. =) Artist.......... Dude/Rat, Dream Scythe/Rat, Catspaw/Rat Song Title...... "Runesong" [runesong.s3m] DOR............. November 26th 1995 Email Addy... catspaw@eskimo.com Found: ftp.cdrom.com (/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/s3m/runesong.zip) Composition: 65% Sound Quality: 80% Originality: 75% Comments: This song was submitted to me by Catspaw. "Runesong" is a well-done tune, with a kewl epic sound that rolls around in your head for awhile. This is done, I believe, through some nice chord choices, and a powerful theme. There is an excellent counter melody that persists throughout the mid-range frequency of the song which helps it along quite a lot. I feel it could've benefitted from more variation. "Epic" songs like this work really well when they are constantly moving, from one progression to the next while maintaining a strong "over the top" rhythm, and I think with some more work this song could've gotten there. "Runesong" seemed to just persist on small variations of the same theme. If you've got something that sounds good, use it - but don't use it for too long. Nontheless, it is still quite nice, and it has me watching out for more relases from Rat. Artist......... Balrog / Groove Song Title..... "Fruit" [fruit.xm] DOR............ December 23rd 1995 Email Addy.. Not listed. Arg. Found: ftp.cdrom.com (/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/xm/grv_frut.zip) Composition: 80% Sound Quality: 85% Originality: 85% Comments: I am getting the impression that pretty much the whole world has heard something from Balrog, other than myself. Regardless, I really liked this song, released under Groove, an all-swedish musicgroup. Anyway, "Fruit" is a not-finished-yet-released-anyway funk song. The elements of this one are great, with some funky prefab guitar samples and great use of ye old slapbass. Percussion is good too - love the way the bongos are set off-time from the rest of the drum line - makes the intro really groovy. <-- pun unavoidable. Does end far too quickly though, and I assume that this is because it was released before it was finished (I don't know why a group would do this...). Was a little disappointed by the fact that a big chunk of the mid-range sound is from a loop, but much worse things happen. Definately worth checking out. Artist......... Subliminal / Atomic Music Productions Song Title..... "Floating Through Time" [a_float.s3m] DOR............ December 20th 1995 Email Addy... sub@Realitybbs.com Found: http://www.halcyon.com/rbonnett/ Composition: 70% Sound Quality: 70% Originality: 60% Comments: This tune by Subliminal was submitted by Robert Bonnett. It uses Big Jim's samples from "Foreign Skies", and much like that song, it is a guitar duet. The lack of originality in the style in that respect hurt its mark somewhat, yet the song has other redeeming qualities. The composing itself it well done, and you do not lose your interest while you are listening. I found the chord progression to be a little cliche, I've heard slightly different versions of it in other tunes, although I wasn't able to pinpoint exactly where. The melody is quite nice in some parts, and Sub did a particularly good job of building tension and suspense towards the end. I felt that the melody would have served better if "toned down" a little, and blended with percussive and bass elements.. Overall though, a good composition. That's all for this week folks. Take good care. - Atlantic / Aim Higher & Traxweekly (as566@torfree.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. Reflections on 1995]-------------------------------------[Psibelius]-- Another year has passed us by, and I didn't think it would be proper to just let it go completely without remembering a few moments... Nineteen Ninety-Five has been a monumental year of change. Here in the scene, we have "seen" more expansion than most. This year is one in which more people have been brought into this electronic network we call, "The Internet." This year is one in which more people have been introduced to the demo/music scene than any other. We have seen the rise of impressive new groups and individuals who only a year earlier were virtual unknowns. Some relatively famous individuals have reached the ranks of godlike worship. coughcoughnecroscoughcoughcough Although I have not followed the demoscene itself too closely, the amount of publicity out of Assembly'95 and the current Party 5 is too much to ignore. I finished reading Imphobia issue #11 before reading this article, and that differences are enormous. Future Crew, the highly respected group which set some massive landmarks is no longer on top. Groups like Complex, Nooon, Orange, and Impact Studios are buzzwords. New demos are everywhere, and many have set new standards. Stars is a wonder. Dope! is another. And many of us cannot get Kosmic's "Little Green Men" out of our minds. =) The PC music scene has undergone massive growth. Necros, Basehead, Big Jim, Mellow-D, and Stalker are some of the best, joined by people like Leviathan, CCCatch, Jase, Future Assassin, Lizardking, Maelcum, Nemesis, Ryan Cramer, Siren, and countless others which I am unable to all name. Kosmic Free Music Foundation, Defiance, Bass Productions, Epinicion, and Trials in Musical Escape (TiME). Groups have expanded like wildfire from all corners of the globe. Though not all of us have survived the long journey, we will continue. All we have to do is visit the HORNET ftp archive and gape at the size of the collected musics. Music Contest III has shown us how incredible the expansion of the music scene really is. It has been followed by a zillion imitators: 20 MeEnUtHz Compo came out, with the first weekly chiptune competition. Then came Impromptu Compo and The Trackering. In any case, I am looking forward to Music Contest IV. TraxWeekly Publishing now marks its 40th issue. Back in march of this year, Populus and Neurosis started this newsletter simply as a side show in the absence of DemoNews. Almost a year later, TraxWeekly stands on its own. I would like to take a moment to thank Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) and HORNET for all the support that has made this newsletter a reality. I would also like to take the time to recognize all the former editors of this newsletter, and thank them for the part they have played in making TraxWeekly what it is today: Neurosis, Populus, Popcorn, and Maelcum. And my final thanks goes to Basehead, who gave me the first honest, unbiased, review of my music back in early 1994, and motivated me to do better. (As for his statement, we can only guess =). We can look back at the events that have passed us this year. There are many people who just haven't been around for awhile, and they will sorely be missed. When is the last time Neurosis or Populus showed up? And what about Starscream, who wrote MultiTracker? I haven't seen Hadji or Quarex in quite a few. Sigh...time flies doesn't it? I really miss some of these guys... I know some things we will forget: Vortex and Muzikman, Plagiarism in the Music Scene, etc... I know a few of you may be wondering, "why the heck is psi writing this big long article? He's the editor, not a writer!" Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know how much longer I'm going to be around. Six months from now, I'm packing up and moving outta here. I really don't know how much time I'm going to have for tracking and IRCing after I get to college. Right now, it's the middle of holiday break, and I'm hauling ass to get all these projects out of the way. Vacation isn't much fun anymore, especially when you have to work...=( But in any case, this is the last issue of TraxWeekly for 1995, and I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year. "We do not remember days, we remember moments." -Cesare Pavese What more can I say? =) Gene Wie (Psibelius) TraxWeekly Publishing gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. Chord What?]-----------------------------------------------[Trixter]-- [Before we begin, please note that due to space and format requirements, TW has been forced to rearrange some of the text in order to allow the quoting marks to fit in. None of the content has been changed. -ed.] -------------------- >This is in reference to comments by Atlantic in a review in issue #37. > >>A discussion on #trax this week pitted Aahz, Basehead and Necros against >>a tracker who stated something like: "chord theory is not required to >>write good music". The sensible side of the discussion apparently showed >>this poor individual that his statement was silly, > >This is insulting and completely wrong. The sensible side of that >discussion _was_ the "poor individual"! Anyone who believes that chord >theory or for that matter ANY knowledge of the antique western musical >system is required to write good music is smoking alot of crack. This is a >naive and small-minded view of music. Chords are not the be-all end-all of >music, nor are they even necessary to "good music". While some of your points are valid, Dan, you're obviously hindered by *your* limited view of music, and you're confusing your opinions and experience with established technical definitions of music. Industrial and hardcore music is not in the mainstream, it's just in *your* mainstream, and saying that chord theory is useless is just as naive. Before I even start, let's look at your use of the term "chords" and "chord theory": You toss these terms around as if you have no understanding of them. From your usage, you are treating "chord" as if it was a technical piece of a tracker, like a sample or a pattern. A chord isn't a "thing", it's any combination of notes! I hope we can at least agree on that; if we can't, I suggest you ask some other musicians for guidance. Following this, we can spot chords in *any* piece of music. *Every* piece of music has chords. It's part of the technical definition of music! Some of the industrial music you listen to consisting of nothing but car doors slamming still contain chords. I'm afraid your ignorance of real music theory is showing. And whose music theory is that? You mention the "antique western musical system". That's a pretty funny term, since basic music theory dates back thousands of years ago before your "typical western musical system" even existed. >Chords are necessary to *certain types of music* and those musical styles >are NOT the only "good music" around (indeed most of them are saturated >with songs and bands that can only be described as pure excrement). I am >especially shocked that Basehead should subscribe to such BS when in fact >some of his own music is proof against it, and in fact I think in >retrospect he would agree that chord theory is in fact not required to >write good music. Really? And which of Basehead's songs would those be? In fact, let's use this opportunity to compare the different types of music that *really* don't contain chords: - Modern Experimental: The composer *makes it a point* to not have any note play at the same time as any other note. This is intentional. - 11th to 13th century Gregorian prayers: They're called "chants". The same note in sung in unison. There are others, but you get my point. Now let's explain the musical styles you're confusing as not having chords (which really do): - Industrial: No traditional instruments, but still contains sounds (notes) that play at the same time. This is called "percussion". Some don't deem it music, but a musical fragment. - Ambient: A never-ending collage of sound. If you don't think this contains chords, you are seriously missing the point--the whole damn song is one long, ever-changing chord! Chords do not have a single attack and decay! - Trance: Same as Ambient. - African Tribal/Jungle: Same basic explanation as Industrial. It's been 4 years since my last music theory class, so I could be a little off in a couple of definitions. I am also probably forgetting some categories. >Chords are a valid and valuable tool available to the composer, but anyone >who thinks all good music has to have chords or that anyone who wants to >compose good music has to know chord theory is certainly not worthy to be >called a composer. From a technical standpoint, yes. But don't charbroil the guy just because he thinks that way: Over 99% of music in the entire world has chords in it, unless people are still composing new Gregorian chants. This is in contrast to the music you obviously prefer and compose, in which about 80% does *not* have any chords. I think the *both* of you are being a little naive. >Talent is no excuse for lapses of stupidity. Then what's your excuse? Jim Leonard (Trixter / Hornet) - trixter@mcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[4. Chord What?]----------------------------------------------[Basehead]-- [Before we begin, please note that due to space and format requirements, TW has been forced to rearrange some of the text in order to allow the quoting marks to fit in. None of the content has been changed. -ed.] -------------------- >This is in reference to comments by Atlantic in a review in issue #37. > >>A discussion on #trax this week pitted Aahz, Basehead and Necros against >>a tracker who stated something like: "chord theory is not required to >>write good music". The sensible side of the discussion apparently showed >>this poor individual that his statement was silly, > >This is insulting and completely wrong. The sensible side of that >discussion _was_ the "poor individual"! Anyone who believes that chord >theory or for that matter ANY knowledge of the antique western musical >system is required to write good music is smoking alot of crack. This is a >naive and small-minded view of music. Chords are not the be-all end-all of >music, nor are they even necessary to "good music". I agree -- i was misquoted in this blanket statement. What's quoted ^^above^^ was not the whole story.. the statement the tracker made was something more along the lines of "knowing music theory doesn't help you write good music" -- something entirely different than what was relayed in the last TW. Necros, Aahz, and I basically tried to explain to this person (who i don't believe has done anything outside of the techno/house genres), that music theory is a great help.. no matter what style you're doing, elements of music theory can give you alot of backing (not necessarily chord theory). >Chords are necessary to *certain types of music* and those musical styles >are NOT the only "good music" around (indeed most of them are saturated >with songs and bands that can only be described as pure excrement). I am >especially shocked that Basehead should subscribe to such BS when in fact >some of his own music is proof against it, and in fact I think in >retrospect he would agree that chord theory is in fact not required to >write good music. .. Ayup, i did not "subscribe to such BS" as i've said. Obviously by some of my own work, it's obvious that my feelings about music not based on chords are the same as yours. Anyhow, your statement that most chord-based music can be called "pure excrement" is highly opinionated to say the least. I can find just as much crap in the whole techno/etc. scene, and you know for a fact that i like both "musical" and "non-musical" styles equally. >Chords are a valid and valuable tool available to the composer, but anyone >who thinks all good music has to have chords or that anyone who wants to >compose good music has to know chord theory is certainly not worthy to be >called a composer. I think it's safe to say that the majority of the tracking scene is involved in writing the type of music that DOES involve chord theory and the like. Yes there are alot of techno artists out there, but i think there are even more who are in the realm of "piano/string" "e.z. listening" "jazz" "demomusic", etc... and to them, music theory, and chord theory especially.. is a valuable asset. >I am also offended that while the author conveniently dropped two >"respected names" (though how much respect is due people supporting such >silly statements is dubious) in the tracking scene to support his own view >he failed to name the person who rightfully disagreed. I have nothing of interest to respond to this with, other than: shaddup =) >Talent is no excuse for lapses of stupidity. .. I had a great comeback for this, but i'm going to spare ya, Dan =) lighten up a bit eh? =) -basehead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[5. No more compos!]----------------------------------------------[Nova]-- Since the end of the summer, the trax scene has been introduced to countless music compos. First was Amusic's 20mc chiptune compo. The idea of having trackers compete to see who could write the best chiptune in a limited amount of time was interesting, and it quickly attracted many entrants. But people soon lost interest in listening to each other's songs. The only voters were competitors who hoped to get some extra points. Since 20mc took place every week, it was taken for granted and the quality of the songs shot down. I remember the topic on #trax being something about how chiptunes used to be cute, but since 20mc, they had just become annoying. Shorty after, more and more compos were started, like Impromptu Compo and the Trackering. The ideas behind each of these are quite similar to 20mc. They're just more of the same thing. Some of you might disagree with this, but I find it particularly annoying when I download an issue of Traxweekly and half of it is made up of announcements and results of these compos. I would like to ask the organizers of all these compos to reach an agreement as far as how often they take place and where they are advertised. Perhaps a merger would improve the situation. One way or another, something has to be done. Thanks for taking the time to hear me out. - Nova/ACiD nova@acid.extern.ucsd.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Competitions]------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[6. 20 MeEnUtHz Compo]------------------------------------------[Amusic]-- _____. 20________Me\_ __l___EnU___hTz_________ Subscribers _\_ ___/_ | \___ \_(___) _\_____ \_ / |/ \_ |/ \ \_ _l/ / This Week: 55 \ | / | / / \_____/ Last Week: 55 \_________/:____:____/:____/| | Change : 0 NeWsLeTtEr:____: _ _.___ ________ _______ ____ | \ _________ _______ _\_ ___/_ _\____ \_\_ _\_/_ \_\_____ \_\____ \_ / |/ \_ |/ \ \_/ \ _l/ / |/ \ \ | / | / | / \_____/| | / \_________/_________/\____|____/| | :________/ !MB :____: Moo! We Cow-Ly Wish You Merry Christmas A Week Off ---------- Hello People, Once Again... This week, there was no competition held, as well as no results have been released for 20mc #14. The truth is that during this season, 20dc has been our primary matter. Voting for #14 is due next Wednesday, so dont hesitate to vote (Very Few Votes Yet). In Love With Chips ------------------ Although no Chipcompo was announced for this friday, quite a lot people were in channel #chipcompo at the usual time. So they decided to have a 20mc compo of their own, using AUTOEXEC.BAT's and CONFIG.SYS's for samples. Thats thanks to Calvin and Zalt. This competition's votepack is also available at the 20mc archive in ftp.cdrom.com. For more information on the latter, ask Calvin or Zalt on IRC. The 20 DaYhZ ChipCompo ---------------------- Yup! Tracking time is over, and 10 tunes out of 20 have been posted. Seems like a quite good job done. All the tunes along with the Voteform have been uploaded to ftp.cdrom.com under the filename 20dcXmas.zip. Please Vote for it, since its the biggest happening in the 20mc History. No disqualifications occured. Rules on how to vote are included at the file "ReadMe.txt" inside the votepack. Votepack Mailing List --------------------- Some people suggested that we should send the Votepack along with the Newsletter. We tried this once, but some people didnt like recieving 200k packs by mail and unsubscribed from the mailing list. Thus, giving us the idea to still send the votepack, but through a different mailing list. So if you desire recieving the votepacks by the time they are beeing released, then send mail to: amusic@beryl.kapatel.gr and as subject put the phrase "subscribe Voteform". As body, include your nickname and/or your real name. Residencial Duties ------------------ As most of you already know, And thanx to Snowman For That, you can find the files of the 20mc on ftp.cdrom.com, under the directory : /demos/incoming/music/20mc/ Each competition's Chiptuneandvoteform file is named after: 20mc_xxx.zip Where xxx is the number of the competition. Channel Properties ------------------ Lately, the people that gather to #chipcompo are so many that we need to moderate the channel in order to say vital information. We hope that You understand, and we are sorry for any inconvenience. Because people tend to spread their work during the competition we decided to use another channel for spreading people's work. The channel name is #chipspread, and has been made to avoid flooding the competition channel. We decided to abandon Efnet For good. Chipcompo can now be found at Anothernet. Access to Anothernet Is Provided by servers: "neato.org", "irc.netnation.com" and "sunrise.ca.us.another.org" If there are other Anothernet Providers, Please Inform me In order to include them in the list. Voting System ------------- Yes People, We Changed It. This time You wont be forced to Place someone in the given position, but Grade them instead from 0 to 9. Then all the gradings will be summed and divided by the number of voters. This is better in action than it is heard. For example, a voteform would look like this: Contestant Song Grade Name Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baygle Bay-zoop.s3m - - - - - - - - - - Dawg Dwg-poop.xm - - - - - - - - - - Werd Wrd-loop.mod - - - - - - - - - - Phear Phr-doop.s3m - - - - - - - - - - ... and so on ... A filled up voteform would look like this: Contestant Song Grade Name Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baygle Bay-zoop.s3m - - - - - X - - - - Dawg Dwg-poop.xm - - - - - - - - X - Werd Wrd-loop.mod - - - - - - - - - X Phear Phr-doop.s3m - - X - - - - - - - ... and so on ... In future there will be an automated script to count the votes, so please dont alter the voting form in any other way than adding the X's to the right place and please, always use the given voteform. The Word Of The Mass -------------------- Quote Of The Month: (to Floss): Do you and AmusiC have a close relation-chip? Interview --------- Interview With Sikamikanico Interviewer: Cyberdmon Interviewee: Sikamikanico -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the 20mc InterView slot *blah.. what the hell am i doing?* my answers is gonna be like "i dont know" on every question.. :) ok ~|8^1= So eh.. whats your name, age, birthplace, age.. etc.. anything that you think is like freakin rad about yerself my name is Johan Lundin..eh..sikamikanico and im 20..live near stockholm in sweden..i drink to much beer. so.. where did you hear about the 20 Meenuhtz Chip Compo? on #trax i think it was.. heh.. same here |P~~ what group affiliations are you currently in right now? or are you independant?? im in a finnish group called fraction..hmm..ive been a member a few moths and theyve never released a shit yet..3 members.. THEY SUCK! :) haha.. wow, i hope they read this now :) heh oh no! :) so.. how do you really find it easy to track for the compos? or do you think its easy at all? yea..its kinda easy, i do kinda easy songs so.. bad answer heh heh.. do you think that sweden will dominate 20mc for a long time to come? *grrrrr* |P yea..a lot of the greatest 20mc musicians is from sweden like balrog,marwin and zalt..and me ofcourse..and YES we will dominate the 20mc as we will dominate the tp5!.. :) muahahah.. well, we'll see about that (: what other 20mc musicians do you especially enjoy ? hmm..necros when he show up..and marwin i think is great.. sika: heh.. any other scene members you especially like? i like guitar tunes a lot so..zodiak is pretty good. and heizahn is awesome.. :) werd.. did you ever hear his 20mc tune? zodiak's... he did one... like around 6 or 7 i think werd to heizahn rECTUM cAUDA dominates!@ muahahah yea..i heard it..pretty good..rectum for presidents! the only thing that is bad with heizahn is his fucking massmsg.. :) moo. anything that you'd like to say off of the top of your head or like umm.. something that you just feel is to rad to keep secret eh? >3) i dont get his massmsg's coz i'm op!@ muahaha, though.. i do get his massdcc's *Grrrrr i like to say to everyone who will show up at the party 5: i will be there, i will be drunk, I WILL WIN..heh i hope you're right.. heheh *fwap* well.. methinks that this is about all we need |P~~ later...thx for the interview!! im not started on a tune yet.. i will sample some guitars tommorow.. sika: it might be smart (: no more questions? :) sika: well.. umm... do you WANT anymore ??? |8) hmm..no..its fine with me.. :) ok..werd.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Place And Time Of Competition ----------------------------- The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo, Is Held Every Saturday On Channel #ChIpCoMpO (The Official 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Channel) at 00:00AM (CET). This, For Our American Friends, Should Be In EST (Eastern Standard Time) Arround 19:00 Of Friday. Try To Adapt Your Schedule, Because It Is Impossible To Change Day And Time. Some people complained about the time, because of other duties (music bands, private lessons etc.). I'm sorry fellas, but most people find this time appropriate. Whats The Catch? ---------------- The Catch? Oh Yeah... The F&F... Fun N' Fame! What Could You Ever Want More Than That? Soundcards? CD's? Eh.. Wait Till The Next MC then =) All Time Charts --------------- Its Been 13 Compos, And 13 Winners... Lets Review Those People That Gained Our Gratitude... (2nd and 3rd Place are also Included) Competition Number 1st 2nd 3rd ------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #01 : Mute Rimbo Deathbringer 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #02 : Necros Charlatan Balrog 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #03 : Balrog Mystical Octoque 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #04 : Mystical Sikamikanico Charlatan 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #05 : Sikamikanico Floss Smeghead 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #06 : Calvin Balrog Zodiak 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #07 : Calvin Zeus Dark Harmony 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #08 : Mystical Zeus Calvin 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #09 : Lepra Necros Calvin 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #9.9: Leviathan Marwin Calvin 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #10 : Marwin Sikamikanico Charlatan 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #11 : Oce/Clef Marwin LuvK 20 MeEnUhTz ChipCompo #12 : Clef Leviathan Lepra +-----------------------^-----------------^--------------------------+ ____ \ \ __ __ ____ ____ / / //\/ // / / __// __/ / \// / // X__/ __//\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \/__/\__/ \___/ +------------------------\/------------------------------------------+ Now, Lets Review The 10 Basic Rules One More Time... (01) Contestants Should Be Present At #ChIpCoMpO Channel On The Competition Time, And Declare Competitors. No Competitors Are Accepted Before The Competition Time, And After Competition Has Started. (02) Each Competitor, Should Compete With Only One Tune, Which Should Comply With All Of The Following Rules : a) Maximum File Size (Uncompressed) Should Be 20 Kilobytes b) Maximum Number Of Channels Allowed Is 4 (four) c) The Competitor MUST Use The Samples Of The Sample Pack For The Tune. d) The Tune Must Be DCC'ed Or Mailed Before The Given Deadline e) The Tune Must Be Uncompressed A Tune Not Compatible With The Above Rules, Will Be Instantly Disqualified. (03) The Duration Of The Competition Is 20 Minutes Plus 10 More For Connecting and Transfering The Tune. (04) The Filename Of The Tune Should Be Comprised Of 3 Parts. A Three Letter Abreviation Of The Competitors Nickname (Or Name), a dash And A Four Letter Abreviation Of The Song's Name (.Extension). ex. If I Made A ChipTune Called Tomahawk, The File Name would Look Like This: amu-tmhk.mod (05) Allowed Formats Are: MOD (Pro/Fasttracker) Format XM (Fasttracker ][ ) Format S3M (ScreamTracker 3) Format (06) All The Tunes Should Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). (07) Contestants Are Not Allowed To Leave #ChIpCoMpO Before The Signal That Initiates The "Bout". Contestants That Leave Before The Signal, Are Instantly Disquilified. (08) Voting Takes Place Right After The End Of The Competition, And Lasts Till Wednesday 00:00AM CET (When No More Voting Forms Will Be Accepted). (09) Competitors Can Vote And They CAN Also Vote For Themselves. (10) Voteforms Should Also Be Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format) or standard Ascii Text. ______ __ ____ \ __/_ __ __/\ / / ________/ / / / / / \/ \/ / / / / / / __/ _ < / / / / / / / / / / X_/ / / / / // / \__/\__/\__/\__/ \/_/\__/\__/\/ \/ YOU'LL NEED IT! Mailing List ------------ To Subscribe To The Mailing List And Have All The Latest News In Your Mailbox, e-mail to amusic@hol.gr and as subject use the word: "subscribe", and as body write the nickname you are known by. To unsubscribe Use the same procedure, but instead of "subscribe" use "UNSubscribe". Peace Of Cake.. Sponsors -------- Official 20 MeEnUhTz Chip Compo Sponsors Are: - Trax Weekly And Gene Wie (Psibelius) For Hosting This Column. - Hornet And Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) For Hosting The Compo On ftp.cdrom.com. - Thomas Axelsson (Axl) For Writing The Chip.Irc Script For The Competition. - Kxmode For his WWW support On His Trax Page at, http://www.io.com/~kxmode/trax.html Credits ------- Credits Fly Out To All Those People That Have Supported This Brilliant And Pretty Dificult To Acomplish, Idea. DarkHeart And DeathBringer For Giving Me The Idea Of This Competition. Everyone That Respects Him/Herself And Reads Trax Weekly. Every One That Competed And Voted For The 20mc. Calvin For His Neat Idea of spreading the samples as a mod, Axl For His Neat chip.irc Script, Cyberdmon and Floss For their Helping Hand,and finally "Dream Theater" For No Particular reason. Looking For... -------------- Every Promotion And Advertising Available. Contact ------- For ANY comments, suggestions or Ideas, you can Contact AmusiC, Floss Or Cyberdmon at the following places and adresses... To Contact AmusiC (Sotiris Varotsis) e-mail at: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr or amusic@hol.gr Or You Can Occasionaly Find Me On IRC Channels: #trax, #daskmig, #amigascne, #ChIpCoMpO, #coders, #theend To Contact Floss (George Nowik) e-mail at: norg@cyberspace.com Or You Can Occasionaly Find Him On IRC Channels: #trax, #chipcompo To Contact Cyberdmon (Brian Wickman) e-mail at: bry_n_al@inetnebr.com Or You Can Occasionaly Find Him On IRC Channels: #trax, #chipcompo, #TheCafe All Three In Anothernet Ending Notes ------------ Tell a friend of the 20dc. Its the ultimate Christmas Present! Keep The Flame Burning. Thank You. -AmusiC/Bass Productions -Floss/Baygle Dawg Productions amusic@prometheus.hol.gr norg@cyberspace.com -CyberDemon/20 Meenuhtz ChipCompo bry_n_al@inetnebr.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Interviews]-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[7. Interview with Blackwolf]--------------------------------------------- It's been a very long time since we've had some interviews in TraxWeekly, and I felt it would be appropriate to visit an old friend. =) Blackwolf was last interviewed in TraxWeekly #6, back when Populus was still running the show. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Blackwolf... Interviewer . Psibelius (Gene Wie) . gwie@owl.csusm.edu Interviewee . Blackwolf (Bobby Tamburrino) . bobbyt@netcom.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, our first interview for this week is an old friend we interviewed many issues ago...Please introduce yourself again, we have lots of new people who don't who don't know who the hell you are. =) Hehehe...Okay. I'm Blackwolf! My real name is Bobby Tamburrino, Ilive in Atlanta during the holidays and attend the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia during school. I'm 18, and unemployed :> And your numerous affiliations? I'm in Epinicion now, but I've been in Defiance, UNiON (3 days before it folded), and...uhmm...I really think that's it. :> Since it's been a long time since we interviewd you last... ...what are you doing nowadays? Still tracking? Still tracking when I should be studying, basically. Being a bum over the holidays and stuff. I finished 5 songs while I was in my first quarter at UGA, one which has been released and the other four are going on a solo-musicdisk by me called "9x10" When is your disk going to be out? Hopefully by the end of January. I have all the music, but I've got a coder making the interface. I hope it'll be a cool interface, sounds cool from what he's saying. So what do you think of the music scene these days, now that you're a "veteran?" =) I'm a vet now? Oh...I guess I am...MC4 won't let me enter as a rookie again I guess...It's gotten bigger since I started. Also more demanding. It sometimes seems to me that I'm behind everybody else. Something I write now might rock the scene a year ago, but only be mediocre now. Competition's taking its toll? Yah, also the songs I write aren't the type that people have heard before. People get my recent song (Last of the Omnipotent) and say "interesting"...Most people have never heard a drum & bugle corp in their life, and don't expect a drum corp style ending in a song :> DCI rules...Blue Devils, Vanguard, Cadets... SPIRIT!!! (Spirit of Atlanta) Oh yeah...can't forget them. =) They made it to quarterfinals before they were eliminated!! :> I've tried doing marching band style stuff back in early '94... ...didn't come out too well, maybe I should try again. You've inspired me. =) Hard to do. I've got the inspiration now because I'm in the UGA Marching Band. :> You a percussionist? Yep. I'm in pit, which are all of the stationary instruments up front. I don't wear a hat, so if I screw up people know. :> We're in the Peach Bowl, so if you see us on TV, I'm the one with the glasses :> You on marimba, or glockenspiel, or timpani, or what? Usually timpani, but not for the show we're doing at the bowl game. We have no acoustic instruments anymore. We have 4 MalletKAT's, and I'm the only one who knows enuff MIDI to be able to do neato things with 'em :> I'm on a kat the entire show. That rocks! So this gives you ideas for tracking? The shows that we play do. The ending for LOTO is actually from our spanish show, just cut in half and changed keys :> What have you guys played this year? UGA did a spanish show, then we did a "Dances around the World" show (mambo, hodown, etc) and then the one we're playing for the bowl, an Olympic show. (ugh) I hate the olympic show, but we gotta do it for ATLANTA 1996.:> Like John Williams "Olympic Fanfare" and stuff like that? Exactly. I'd like it more if the pit's parts didn't suck. I could write better parts. :> Okay, enough about the fun stuff for now...=) What direction do you think the scene's headed? Towards commercialism. Not just with the parties, but the people too. This could be a great boost for some people. Guys like Straylight have already taken the lead with beating Origin over the head with their music, I think others will follow. Commercialism = good or bad? bad in the parties sense, but sometimes it has to happen. Good because if people can make money doing what they love doing, more power to them. Wish I could do that. (maybe I can... hmm...) :> What about all this rampant competition in the scene to be "famous?" It's possible now with how widespread the scene is getting. Everybody wants to get in on the 15 minutes of fame they're alotted. I got mine back in May with Goodbye to a Good Thing.:> Hmm..I had my 15 minutes back in march when Epinicion's "Timeline" disk got **** from DemoNews. =) I was in that musicdisk! Cool! :> And what is your opinion about all this bashing on the U.S. in Imphobia #11? I think that imp11 is half right with the US bashing. The demos? Yah. I can agree with that. Of course, I bet NAID'96 will have some great productions. I think they should listen to more music from North America (Canada too!) The music over here is a lot more enjoyable (to me) than some of the euro stuff So what's in the future for us? Which "us" we've had so many "us"'s this conversation :> North American music scene. Don't be a smartass. =) We'll get more talented as time grows on and send people to the euro parties to kick their asses...We're the last underground music scene where you can get things free and actually there's some decent stuff coming out. It can only go up from here. So there *is* a future for us? For the moment. :> Hmmm...any last comments? Hmmm...Go listen to some of my stuff, give me comments. I love comments, good or bad (good preffered, but be honest!). Visit my website at http://www.dave-world.net/~bwolf to get my songs and sign my guestbook while you're there :> Okay...thanks for being here today... Thanks for having me. :> ...you are privileged to be the last TW interview for 1995. =) In our 40th issue also...woohoo. =) Yes! I've done something meaningful with my life! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[8. Interview with Zalt]-------------------------------------------------- This week, we also have an interview with a European music scene member, Zalt! Zalt hails from Stockholm, Sweden, and several months ago won 2nd place in the Icing'95 multichannel music competition. Let's hear it for Zalt! Interviewer . Psibelius (Gene Wie) . gwie@owl.csusm.edu Interviewee . Zalt (Tobias Garder) . zalt@portal.gate.vhc.se - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Please introduce yourself yo our studio audience. =) err... like... zalt of groove.phenomena.mistery, 16 years old, living in stockholm/sweden... my mother and father tend to call me tobias garder sometimes How long have you been a tracker musician? well, i've been playing around with trackers since like 2-3 years, but i started concentrating on it for about 1 and 1/2 years ago How did you start out? i was a coder from the beginning, but my friend who also coded always did better things than i, so i freaked out and sat down with noisetracker (ataritime =) and did like 1 pattern tunes for some months (didn't know there was more to come =) And then? ... and then i discovered the fun in tracking and been doing it ever since What tracker do you use? ft2, god i hate st3, since i come from the atari, i used the pro and noisetracker, so screamtracker was never in my thoughts, ft2 came like a blessing Does the mouse interface in ft2 bother you? no, i mean, it's the part of it, i can't stand the thought of 20 billion macros to remember, even though i rarely use the mouse in ft2, but it's nice to know it's there, and it's the way i learned Okay...off the technical stuff for now...what is your perspective on the European music scene as opposed to the North American music scene? humm... well, scandinavia (sweden, norway and finland mostly) has gotmany, many great trackers, but usa have got these not-so-many but very unique guys like necros, basehead, levi and all of em... i guess it is because of that the demoscene is much larger (it seems) in scandinavia than other places...and scandinavia has got many, many bad trackers too, as everywhere Are you attending TheParty5? no, i want to, but didn't have the money, i kinduv spent them on the wrong things =/ , but my friend and i have done "music together" so i'll be in the compos anyway ehhehee...I pulled that trick with ior at asm'94. =) it's great =) no doubt. =) Did you read Imphobia 11? no, since i only have a VGA monitor and D/A converter to this f***ing pc i don't leech so much demos and diskmags, but i read them as fast as i can, haven't read it yet though So you don't use the PC exclusively? What other systems do you use? well, this is a ibm ps2, so it's all f**cked up.. all soundcards are really expensive and shit, but i have nothing else to work with (except atari, c64 and vic20 =) but i often go to friends places with gravis =) What do you think about the music scene? Is it dying? Expanding? well, it's was fun in the beginning, with this wave that stargazer (i think) started in asm94 with walkaway, with like presamples... but it's really booring now, it's not so much technique =) .. but the standard of the winning tunes have expanded alot, it's more like "real" music now, not like the old amiga 4chn pops.. which i miss too.. but anyway.... i think it's expanding, which is great So you think the "realism" thing is too prominent now? hmm.. well, if it sounds real, and isn't presampled it is much more fun than just to see 10 patterns with one note in them...but the "old" walkaway style is dying now i think... You don't like those 1meg wave files disguised as mods eh? =) exactly, it's like listening to a .wav =) What about using sampled loops? Walkaway used a series of samples of guitar riffs... ...do you think it's okay, or should we rely more on single note same note samples for our songs? hmm.. i think it's okay if you sample some guitarchords and fingerplaying but not *too* much, and if that isn't the main thing in the tune...i find it kinda sh---y when people sample some neato chordloops and stuff and then make this awkward bass, drums and leads... What about 16+ channel tunes? How do you feel about the number of channels available today...as opposed to the older 4 channel style stuff? hmm... very often the mchnstyle is like mis-used, if it sounds strange, then just put on some 10 chnls of echo, for as an old 4chn musician, i find a good 4chn much more quality than a good mchn, because it's much more difficult to make 4chns...it's so much easier to make good tunes with 28 channels than 4 agreed. =) But you have ft2, that shouldn't be a problem. =) actually, i hate ft2 for one thing, the .MOD incompatibility, you can't be sure that it will play okay in a amigacompomachine if you've made a 4chn, it can f--- up alot. Yeah, I noticed that FT2 can save like, 32 channel .MOD and I was like....woah. ... yes, *and* it doesn't really say what's wrong, you have to debug everything, like a friend of mine who made a chiptune in ft2, and he had used like some 6th octaves.. which all became Bs in the 5th, so it all f---ed up and he placed like last. It's too bad we don't have regular standard Amiga Protracker available for the PC. yes! i want that, it would be gold for alot of persons Is there anything about the music scene that concerns you? hmm... like, the search for fame, everyone is really too much concentrated on being famous, it's like...some people rather to this technothingy than doing a laidback fusionjazz or something, just so he can get fanmail...maybe i am to horny on famousness too... who knows, i hope not. Awrighty, before we close up, do you have anything to say or anyone to greet? well.... fina ankdammar goes to axl, lepra, sika, marwin and all... and, (a swedish saying) lat inte dina fiskmasar bli branda! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Group Columns]----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[9. Epinicion Productions]------------------------------------------------ ___ _______ _____________ ______ ______ _______ ______ _______ ___________ | // \\ \\_____) \\_____) \\_____) \\ \\ | : / o \ o \ \ \ \ \ \ o \ \: // _____// / \ : / \ _____/ \ / : \. \\_______/ _//______\\_|__//______\\_____//______\\_____//____| /: : \\____\\ ______________________________ oT /___//| |________________________// e p i n i c i o n \\________________| Our XMAS'95! holiday mini-musicdisk has been released. Please check our FTP site for a small collection of songs by Clef, Daedalus, Psychodelix, River, Swill, Charlatan, Zoner, and a guest, Domine. Restructuring for Epinicion Productions begins January 2nd, 1995. All members, please be prepared for a massive change in operations, as well as a brand new group structure. That is all I can say for now. ALL of Epinicion's 1995 releases can be found through ftp at: kosmic.wit.com /kosmic/epinicion Epinicion's webpage can be found at the following address: http://www.csusm.edu/public/guests/gwie/epi.html Psibelius (Gene Wie) Epinicion Founder gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[10. Explizit]------------------------------------------------------------ .....______________.____________________________________________| |__... :::::\__ _____ | ______ \ \______) \_____)_ _____/::: :::::::/ __>/\/ . __/| __/ / /__ \_____ \ \| |:::::: ::::::/ | / \ : \| \_____/ / \ \_ _____/ \ |:::::: :::::/ \__| \_ :::\ / / / | \ / |:::::: :::::\__________/::|______/____|:::\_______/_____/________/_____/___::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::[sYNOPTiC]::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Explizit TraxWeekly column issue #3 - december 28, 1995 . . .' intro `. `...........' Hi there! First of all, greets to Life Sciences (had to say that ;-). They make new york style remixes, not very cool because their songs contain many loops. But they are getting better each release! . . .' membaz `. `...............' Ch:ilm staff outlandm@netland.nl Phonc(ie) music,staff W.Langenhuizen@nl.cis.philips.com Batjo music tgcpaw@stud.tue.nl LightWing code pflick@xmission.com If you make techno music and want to join a new and fresh group, send some of your work to me! I read every email i get and even if you're not in you receive a reply. We're not elite, we are really looking for more composers. So if you want to belong to a group (and a pretty cool one i think) be sure to let me know. . . .' news `. `..........' Take a look at our new and fresh homepage! Contains all our releases, contacting info and some feedback forms, just check it out! The URL is http://www.netland.nl/~outlandm/explizit.html You can now subscribe to a MIME-mailinglist where you can get all our releases first-hand. Send email to outlandm@netland.nl with subscribe in the title or the body of the message. NEW! Dutch HQ: Cyclone WHQ +31-79-3315963 Syzdude Cyclone Coming up (first weeks of 96 probably) - a new member! A very cool raving dude will -> hopefully <- join us somewhere next month ... - cosmetic defects megamix by Phonc(ie) - exploration tune by Phonc(ie) (not public) - Nature Beat megamix by Phonc(ie) . . .' releases `. `...............' E-EXPLOR.RAR Dec-24 Ch:ilm This is a little information intro about the new diskmag we're going to make. It's called Exploration and it will have articles, news, gossip, reviews and columns on the Dutch music scene. It will also hold a list with all Dutch music making groups and contacting information. . . .' end `. `...........' Thank you for reading, you can ftp all our releases from: ftp://ftp.uniserve.com/pub/gamesnet/EXPLiZiT/ For feedback, info and a wreal kewl homepage: http://www.netland.nl/~outlandm/explizit.html Ch:ilm/Explizit outlandm@netland.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Closing]----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ TraxWeekly is available via FTP from: ftp.cdrom.com /pub/demos/incoming/news (new issues) ftp.cdrom.com /pub/demos/info/traxw/ (back issues) TraxWeekly is also available via WWW from: http://kosmic.wit.com/~kosmic/traxweek http://www.partek.fi/traxweek To subscribe, send mail to: listserver@unseen.aztec.co.za and put in the message body: subscribe trax-weekly [name] (NOT address) To unsubscribe, mail same and: unsubscribe trax-weekly (in message body) Contributions for TraxWeekly must be formatted for *76* columns, must have a space preceding each line, and must be readable and understandable. 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