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January, 2004 || / \ \__/ / / /___// | 308 Subscribers World Wide | /___/ \ / / __/_ / | | / / / / / / // | ^\____ /___/___/ /^\____ //____| \/ /___/ \/ --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Table Of Contents --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Opening: Message From the Editor Letters From Our Readers Reviews: Music: On The Sideline -- "On The Buses (blakeymix)" and "Rhino" The Lineup -- Monthly Music Listings Demo: Screen Lit Vertigo -- "Red", "Mirages" and "Cafre" Opinion / Commentary: Coplan's Eyes -- Passion Link List: Get Somewhere in the Scene Closing: Staff and Contact Information --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Message From the Editor --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Hello, I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Static Line took a break last month; being the holiday season, nothing much was happening. But we're back in full swing again this month, with all the regular articles - On The Sideline, The Lineup, Screen Lit Vertigo and Coplan's Eyes. I bought a couple of scene products recently - the Assembly '02 DVDs and NAIDorabilia. They look pretty good so far - believe it or not, I've never actually been to a demoparty, but after seeing these I definitely want to go to one. We'll see how it all works out. :) Enjoy the issue, have a good 2004, and I'll see you next month! --Ciaran --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Letters From Our Readers --=--=------=--=------=--=---- -=- A Message from RaD Man -=- I'm not sure if your magazine would be interested in covering the new DVD-ROM we just released (our first). In a nutshell it's virtually every ANSI/VGA artpack, cracktro/loader and emag ever released. The magazine collection in particular is very extensive including zines from all facets of the PC-scene (ansi, demo, music and yes, even early-day warez). There seems to be some confusion by those who are unfamiliar with the FTP site we used to operate from 1996-2003 called "artpacks.acid.org", so I think at first glance some people will assume that this is a collection of just ACiD releases. But rather it is a compilation of the files we used to offer before we lost our two main hosts in the USA. (We still have 3 rather large mirrors in Sweden, Australia and at ftp.scene.org and some other smaller ones) Anyways I don't mean to bore anyone. If this sounds like something the readers would like to know about, then I'd love to answer any questions you might have. I've posted an allfiles list on scenespot.org, but beware, it's 1MB of compressed text. ;) [editors note: The file list is at http://www.darkdomain.org/allfiles.zip ] --RaD Man -=- Reply from Ciaran -=- Hiya, Thanks for the email! It definitely sounds like interesting stuff. I'd review it myself but I've recently bought two other scene products (see above), and I expect they'll keep me busy for a while. :) I'm sure that this would be of interest to a lot of our readers though. Thanks again! --Ciaran --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- On The Sideline "On The Buses (blakeymix)" by H. Kylloenen and "Rhino" by Illusion By: Ben --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Greetings. This month I am going to review some songs that were released under the the label Milk. This group has produced a good deal of excellent music. Both of these songs are upbeat, minimal, and mildly ambient in style. If you enjoy playful and buoyant music, you might want to give them a listen. -=- "On The Buses (blakeymix)" by H. Kylloenen -=- "On The Buses" is a 4-song EP release by H. Kylloenen. You can read about the release at http://milk.scene.org/onthebuses.html . The majority of these songs were serious and direct. But "On The Buses (blakeymix)" stood out from the rest with its own unique style. This particular selection is mellow, dreamy -- almost a lullaby. So I shall share with you my thoughts about "blakeymix." The introduction slides in with a string orchestra and a mild humming synth. It sounds like a song you might hear played with a sunrise. The quietly echoed speech in the background adds a nice touch, as if waking up to the sound of other people starting their day. The song gains momentum as it goes on with a simple drumline and simpler theme. A whisper of a choir carries the flow of the song, and a synth similar to a woodwind drifts peacefully as the instruments unfold. I liked the solemn yet lighthearted tone of "On The Buses (blakeymix)". In my opinion the simplicity of this song's theme is both its strength and weakness. On one hand, the length of the song is short compared to the ambling pace, and the theme gets a little repetitive. That's the price this song payed for bordering on ambient: Just when I started to feel the scene being set for some unfocused contemplation, the song fades out. It needs to exhibit more ideas, either by expounding further, or by quicker variation. On the other hand, the song genuinely sets a fresh, fairy-tale mood. I would encourage a learning tracker to try to extend this song as a fun exercise. H. Kylloenen sets many good examples in his songs, and this one is no exception. Song Information: Title: "On The Buses (blakeymix)" Author: H. Kylloenen File Size: 3M Source: ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/milk/milk0072.zip -=- "Rhino" by Illusion -=- "Rhino" is a much merrier song. There is a bit of an organ to lay the foundation, and then the drum loops bust out, crisp and well pronounced. I really enjoyed the flippant synths together with the tiny bells. Both the organ and the synth leads have a vocal quality about them with their "mmm's", "mwah's", and "tralala's". I think they were well selected to match the funky rhythm of this song. At the very end of the song there is speech saying "It'll be a new experience for you.". Perhaps the song was meant to be played backwards. ;) I found this song very satisfying. It is infectious and makes one feel like moving a bit. Go ahead, sway a little; it makes the song sound better. Song Information: Title: "Rhino" Author: Illusion File Size: 444k Source: ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/milk/milk0053.zip -=- MOD Player Disclaimer -=- I tend to review music in the mod format, though I may include other structured formats in the future. I listen to the music with the modplug player, or dumb. These can be found at http://www.modplug.com and at http://dumb.sourceforge.net. Since I am not using the same software the composer wrote the music with, you may want to take my reviews with a grain of salt. --Ben Collver --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- The Lineup By: Novus --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Welcome to The Lineup! Every month, I scour through the hundreds of new releases on the scene's major archive sites to find the best new music, saving you the trouble of having to download 20 instant-delete songs to find 1 that's worth keeping. Since Static Line took a month off, this edition of The Lineup will actually cover two months: November and December. I'll select a Best of the Best for each of those months, as well as The Lineup's top song of 2003. I'm also changing my methods for finding songs for The Lineup. Before, I was simply grabbing new releases from Cute Trance Girls, MODPlug Central, Scene.org, Scene Satellite Network, Paleface's Song Archive, S3M.com, and Sounding Board. Now, I'm also scanning through various individual and group websites as well. If you'd like me to add your site to my monthly list, just e-mail the URL to me at vince_young@hotmail.com and I'll start watching your site for new releases. (Keep in mind that I do NOT scan The MOD Archive for new songs because of the weirdness that rules their Unfiltered Uploads page. I've tried to keep up with their random clear-outs in the past, and all I got was a migraine and lots of missed songs. Just so's ya know.) In the meantime, you may consider the following 41 tunes to be the best tracks of November and December 2003: -=- TOP SONG OF 2003 -=- "Umber Dawn" - Quasian - progressive rock ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/quasian/quasian_-_umber_dawn.zip -=- THE BEST OF THE BEST: November -=- "Flashback" - Argh - trance http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~jonl/music/fq-flash.zip -=- THE BEST OF THE BEST: December -=- "I Know Your Sadness" - Vibe - pop ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/cornercut/050crc.zip -=- THE REST OF THE BEST -=- "30.05.1997" - Randor - pop http://personal.inet.fi/koti/randor/30.5.1999.rar (Yes, the URL is correct. Randor typo'd the filename himself. :D ) "All Systems Ready" - Tangerine - demostyle http://www.novusmusic.org/songs/syread.zip "Anywaterwish" - Dance Tomato - pop http://members.lycos.nl/marcel_g/DT%20-%20Anywaterwish.xm "As Raindrops Hit The Sand" - Turkanen - fantasy http://www.mbnet.fi/~eska/t-raindr.it "Cristallized Rezonance" - Ultrasyd - dance http://site.voila.fr/ultrasyd/UltrasydxCRzn.zip "Cyberspace Jungle" - John646260 - industrial http://www.modplug.com/mods/nr_download.php3?session=&downnum=11137 "Emotion" - Storm - trance http://digilander.libero.it/stormtremilauno/emotionsremix.zip (original by JJMax) "Eye Of The Storm" - Argh - pop http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~jonl/music/tb-storm.zip "Friendship" - An Duc Truong - light rock http://home.no.net/ducciz/music/adt-friend.zip "From Morningstar To Midnight" - Xtr1m - fantasy http://xTr1m.sq7.org/music/xTr1m-MM.zip "Goa Destenition" - Newbie's - techno http://www.home.no/slog/NGD.zip "Heaven: Long Edit" - Premium Trance - dance http://www.ptrance.de/files/mods/ST_HEAVL.rar "Heaven 34" - Rave-n - trance http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/R/ra_hev34.it "Her Kisz" - Pro-Xex - electronica http://pro-xex.kenamick.com/tracks/herkisz.zip "Hideout" - Ilmarque - fantasy http://koti.mbnet.fi/~tympanic/mods/2_ppessi/il_hideo.zip "In A Flame" - Butch - light rock ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/butch/b_flame.zip "Inaccessible Depth" - Butch - pop ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/butch/b_depth.zip "Inside Our Mind" - Prophecy - pop http://koti.mbnet.fi/prophecy/musat/p-iom.it "Kingdom Of Shadows" - Semen & Skuter - jungle ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/skuter/kingdom_of_shadows.zip "Limitless" - Tehcumation - trance http://majestic.tadan.us/download/music/module/Tehcumation%20-%20Limitless.zip "M4, Short Range Burst" - J/M/T/M - techno http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/M/m4srb.xm "Magic Atmosphere" - Storm - trance http://digilander.iol.it/stormtremilauno/magicatmosphere.zip "MorningStar: DreamMix" - Observer - pop http://www.modplug.com/mods/nr_download.php3?session=&downnum=11124 "Pilgrimage Party Invitation 2004" - Cerror - demostyle http://www.ctgmusic.com/ctg/song.php?id=2264 "Poison" - Storm & Xcalibur - trance http://digilander.libero.it/stormtremilauno/poison.zip "Release" - Djkor - techno ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/cornercut/047crc.zip "Samvetskval" - Dr. Emok - pop http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/S/samvete.xm "Silent Dreams 3" - Tarahenrik - ambient http://www.modplug.com/mods/nr_download.php3?session=&downnum=11060 "Spirit Of The Chaos" - Cyborg Jeff - electronica ftp://ftp.scenesp.org/pub/modulez/cyborgjeff/Kaos816.it "Thailand 008" - Butch - pop http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/B/b_thail.it "The Queen Of Goth'arde" - Cdnalsi - orchestral http://www.cdnalsi.co.nr/queen_lofi.rar "Then And Now" - Argh - fantasy http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~jonl/music/fq-tan16.zip "Touching" - Fyzix - house ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/parties/2003/evoke03/m4ch/fyzix_-_touching.zip "Trance Journey" - DJ Kneh - trance http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/D/dk-trajo.it "True Calling" - Ballistique - pop http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~jonl/music/bal-true.zip "Vega" - Turkanen - pop http://koti.mbnet.fi/~eska/t-vega.it "When I Am Thinking Of You" - DJ Kneh - trance http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/D/dk-wiat.it "Whispers" - Rave-n - dance http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/R/ra_whrad.it "Words Between Our Hearts" - Nobody Here - pop http://www.novusmusic.org/songs/nh_wboh.zip Latez! --Novus --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Screen Lit Vertigo "Red", "Mirages" and "Cafre" By: Seven --=--=------=--=------=--=---- -=- "Red" by RGBA -=- (party-version) Found at www.scene.org 1st place at the BNC party 11 demo compo System requirements: 7.1 MB HD, 256 MB RAM, 1Ghz+ CPU, GF2 TI or better 3D card. Test Machine: P4 2.6GHz 512MB DDR, Realtek AC'97, NVidia 488 GO 64MB, WinXP Reboots halfway on my new P4 with ATI 9800 :( The credits: Code: Enlar, Epsilum, Iq, Utopian Music: Jewoll Gfx: Newalpha, R3d The demo: Red is a theme demo centered on blood: it starts in a medical lab, with a microscope, a centrifuge etc. RGBA uses a glow effect (like in Farbrauschs The Popular Demo, but more rough) that gives the white room a very bright, sterile feeling. The centrifuge, containing a number of blood-filled testtubes, starts to spin, until one of the tubes flings away... The rest of the demo is more effect-based, but still with plenty of 3D: a hyperkinetic virus traveling through veins, a high-tech room with a heartlike living center, or the really nice silvery/transparent blob. Besides the glow effect, other full-screen postprocessing effects used are water ripples, radial blur, motion blur and some 3D deformation of a hallway that looks as if you're drunk. 2D is used sparsely, the "RED" logo is quite cool, and there's a girl-face picture that appears with a reverse pixelising effect. The greets are done on TVs (how original, yawn), and the demo closes with a fine RGBA logo made of hundreds of tiny shuffling red boxes. The music is a typical synth-track, with bells and a lot of variation in the percussion. It's rather happy and energetic considering the mood of the visuals at the start, but otherwise it follows the demo very closely: it speeds up and slows down with the effects on the screen, has soundeffects for the 3D scenes, and never gets too repetitious. Overall: BCN judged demos on sound, gfx and effect separately, and Red got 1596, 1872 and 2508 points respectively (only on sound did anyone do better). So it's a well-balanced demo, but the code indeed accounts for the biggest chunk of it's success. Its only shortcoming IMHO is that it's barely 3 minutes, but those are well worth the dowload. -=- "Mirages" by Sector Omega -=- (final version) Found at www.scene.org 2nd place at the BNC party 11 demo compo System requirements: 8.1 MB HD, Windows, 3D card (no requirements listed...) Test Machine: P4 2.6GHz 512MB DDR, Realtek AC'97, NVidia 488 GO 64MB, WinXP The credits: Code: Yero Music: Josss Gfx: Yero The demo: This new 2-man group got the second place at BCN, quite an accomplishment for a new group. Mirages refer to the ghost images seen in deserts, not to the planes, and the demo follows this theme in a number of ways: oriental music, an arabic font, and a lamp that grants your wishes. At the same time, it asks you what your dream is (and give several possible answers), and the feeling of those parts clash a bit with the oriental atmosphere IMHO. Most of the visuals are done with pictures and moving 2D textures. The pictures are average to OK, but if you factor in that they're all done by the coder it's already more impressive (we coders are by definition not known for our graphic skills :)) The effects are few and simple, there's a tunnel, and some warping of 2D to simulate 3D (the lamp, the camera reel). The 3D models are equally simple: a ball, cogs, and a flower, but they're always used together with pictures to reinforce each other. The music is the best part of the demo, it starts slowly with oriental voices and gongs, but those are quickly joined by a nice rhythm section. Later it hesitates between an ambient and orchestral sound, with an occasional piano lead, flutes, and loud percussion. New parts start following the music changes, but the syncing of objects (sudden jumps on the beats) is overdone and doesn't fits the mood (the lamp or the cogs f.e.) Overall: Mirages is not a bad start for Sector Omega, it's a bit rough in places (especially the code) but they compensate for this with a meditative theme, lots of pics, and excellent music. Check it out if you're curious what newbies are capable of nowadays! -=- "Cafre" by Stravaganza -=- (party-version) Found at www.scene.org 3th place at the BNC party 11 demo compo System requirements: 6.5 MB HD, Pentium2 CPU, OpenGL 1.2 compatible 3D card Test Machine: P4 2.6GHz 512MB DDR, Realtek AC'97, NVidia 488 GO 64MB, WinXP The credits: Code: Ithaqua Music: Wonder Gfx: TeKnO, Ithaqua The demo: Oh my god! They've gone hardcore! What this demo lacks in quantity (it lasts only 1:38), it makes up in attitude! This grayscale demo features heavy weaponry, tunnels, an assembly line for robot heads (I think), a hairball and love declarations to MFX and Melon. The effects are rather simple: flashes, flashes and more flashes. Oh, and also exploding particle-greetings and a 3D flashing raster. The only graphics are a virus-picture for the credits and the cute shoot-me-through-the-head logo at startup. The 3D tank looks awesome, to the point I doubt it was either ripped, or done in far more than a couple of days. The soundtrack (a 194 kb .IT) is aggressive techno, with plenty of repetition, but as the demo is so short it doesn't have the time to become boring. All flashes and jumping objects are synced to the beats, of course. Overall: As the readme says, it was coded in only 5 nights and shouldn't be taken too seriously. But if you like techno, and have a sense of humour, Cafre is something you must see. --Seven --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Coplan's Eyes Passion By: Coplan --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Passion is not tangible. It is not some thought that has been placed in your head ready to be unplugged if need be. Sadly, passion is somewhat of an addiction. But it is not an addiction. It is something different. It is constructive. It is often time consuming and it may lead to expensive purchases. Alas, but money and time are nothing, because it's your passion. You can feel it. Everything is going to be fine. But too many people confuse dedication with passion. Alas, passion is a want to do something or to have something. My passion is music. Your passion might be demos. Chances are, if you're reading this, your passion has something to do with the demoscene. But I could be wrong. Your passion might BE the demoscene. And you will do whatever you can to make sure you remain involved. As a musician, I don't have life so easy. If I were smart, I would've developed a passion for code. It's a relatively cheap hobby. But alas, I had to choose music. I had to get myself into the habit of hearing new music every week. I had to train my ears to hear distortion and imperfection. I had to do all that. And here I am buying software synths, top end speakers and other crazy stuff. Here I added well over 40 CDs to my massive collection (though not as massive as some) within the past couple of months. Give me a gift card to Best Buy, BN.com or Amazon, and chances are it'll get turned into a CD. And give me a new CD, and I'll analyze everything on that circle of plastic and foil. I might add new samples to my sample library (most of which I honestly have never used). Contrary to popular belief, I write a new song or a riff or a ditty almost every day. I average about 5 tunes a week. But, most of them never get finished. Most of them serve only the purpose of stress relief and relaxation. The reality is that I don't care if no one ever hears half my stuff. It's for me. It's my passion. There is always some confusion about passion. Old music artists claim to have passion. But they don't. They have a record contract that requires them to pretend that they do. Many artists are successful at releasing quality music time and time again after decades. David Bowie, David Byrne, U2 and so on. Others, however, aren't so lucky. But is it luck? Or is it a fault in the system? Artists, in my opinion, should not be held to a contract with such restrictions as you see today. Many well known artists are releasing albums because they have to...not because they are satisfied with their music. They have to meet their quota. And the quota is a restriction on the quality. If you're talking main-stream, the best artists are the ones who fund their own way. But when it comes down to it, the music with the most feeling comes from the local bands. The guys that haven't yet been noticed. The guys who play in bars just to be heard. They might have a CD, but they paid for it themselves. And you often can't get the CD unless you're at the bar. And these guys are good. They play with conviction. They play with passion. They surely don't do it for the money. Chances are they are loosing money. But they love what they're doing, and they love their music. And they'll do anything to make sure they can keep playing it. And that, my friends, is passion. So don't tell me about the latest crap from Van Halen or Metallica. Those bands don't make music anymore, they just make money. They could care less about their fan base beyond the paycheck. They don't care about the music anymore. They only write the music because they don't know what else to do. If you want my respect, you have to show me that you love what you're doing. You have to show me that you're having fun. You have to get up on stage and carry a presence, as if you really want to be there. Experiment. Take chances. Do it just so that you can say you did it. And if it isn't appreciated, at least you tried. Passion is not the game of safety. It is a way of life. It becomes your life. And it should radiate from your soul. Show me that, and then I will have respect for you. Passion is appreciated everywhere. Without passion, there are no guarantees. --Coplan --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Link List --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Portals: SceneSpot (Home of Static Line).......http://www.scenespot.org CFXweb.......................................http://cfxweb.net Czech Scene................................http://www.scene.cz Danish Scene..............................http://demo-scene.dk Demoscene.org.........................http://www.demoscene.org Demo.org...................................http://www.demo.org Diskmag.de...................................http://diskmag.de Greek Scene............................http://www.demoscene.gr Hungarian Scene........................http://www.demoscene.hu Italian Scene...........................http://run.to/la_scena Kahvi.....................................http://www.kahvi.org ModPlug Central Resources..........http://www.castlex.com/mods Noerror.................................http://www.noerror.org Norwegian Scene........................http://www.demoscene.no Orange Juice.............................http://www.ojuice.net Planet Zeus..........................http://www.planetzeus.net Polish Scene...............................http://www.scene.pl Pouet.net.................................http://www.pouet.net Russian Scene..........................http://www.demoscene.ru Scene.org.................................http://www.scene.org Scenergy on-line (8bit)............http://www.scenergy.natm.ru Scenet....................................http://www.scenet.de Spanish Scene............................http://www.escena.org Swiss Scene..............................http://www.chscene.ch United Trackers.................http://www.united-trackers.org Archives: Acid2.....................................ftp://acid2.stack.nl Amber.......................................ftp://amber.bti.pl Aminet.....................http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/ Cyberbox.....................................ftp://cyberbox.de Hornet (1992-1996)........................ftp://ftp.hornet.org MOD Archive..........................http://www.modarchive.com Music Massage......................http://www.scene.cz/massage Scene.org..................................ftp://ftp.scene.org Scene.org Austra........................ftp://ftp.au.scene.org Scene.org Netherlands...................ftp://ftp.nl.scene.org Swiss Scene FTP...........................ftp://ftp.chscene.ch Demo Groups: 3g Design..............................http://3gdesign.cjb.net 3State...................................http://threestate.com 7 Gods.........................................http://7gods.sk Aardbei.....................................http://aardbei.com Acid Rain..............................http://surf.to/acidrain Addict..................................http://addict.scene.pl Agravedict........................http://www.agravedict.art.pl Alien Prophets.....................http://www.alienprophets.dk Anakata..............................http://www.anakata.art.pl ASD....................................http://asd.demoscene.gr Astral..............................http://astral.scene-hu.com Astroidea........................http://astroidea.scene-hu.com BlaBla..............................http://blabla.planet-d.net Blasphemy..............................http://www.blasphemy.dk Bomb..................................http://bomb.planet-d.net Broncs..................................http://broncs.scene.cz Byterapers.....................http://www.byterapers.scene.org Bypass.................................http://bypass.scene.org Calodox.................................http://www.calodox.org Cocoon..............................http://cocoon.planet-d.net Confine.................................http://www.confine.org Damage...................................http://come.to/damage Dc5.........................................http://www.dc5.org Delirium..............................http://delirium.scene.pl Eclipse............................http://www.eclipse-game.com Elitegroup..........................http://elitegroup.demo.org Exceed...........................http://www.inf.bme.hu/~exceed Fairlight.............................http://www.fairlight.com Fobia Design...........................http://www.fd.scene.org Freestyle............................http://www.freestylas.org Fresh! Mindworks...................http://kac.poliod.hu/~fresh Future Crew..........................http://www.futurecrew.org Fuzzion.................................http://www.fuzzion.org GODS...................................http://www.idf.net/gods Halcyon...........................http://www.halcyon.scene.org Haujobb..................................http://www.haujobb.de Hellcore............................http://www.hellcore.art.pl Infuse...................................http://www.infuse.org Inquisition....................http://inquisition.demoscene.hu Kilobite...............................http://kilobite.cjb.net Kolor................................http://www.kaoz.org/kolor Komplex.................................http://www.komplex.org Kooma.....................................http://www.kooma.com Mandula.........................http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mandula Maturefurk...........................http://www.maturefurk.com Monar................ftp://amber.bti.pl/pub/scene/distro/monar MOVSD....................................http://movsd.scene.cz Nextempire...........................http://www.nextempire.com Noice.....................................http://www.noice.org Orange.................................http://orange.scene.org Orion................................http://orion.planet-d.net Outbreak................................http://www.outbreak.nu Popsy Team............................http://popsyteam.rtel.fr Prone................................http://www.prone.ninja.dk Purple....................................http://www.purple.dk Rage........................................http://www.rage.nu Replay.......................http://www.shine.scene.org/replay Retro A.C...........................http://www.retroac.cjb.net Sista Vip..........................http://www.sistavip.exit.de Skytech team............................http://www.skytech.org Skrju.....................................http://www.skrju.org Spinning Kids......................http://www.spinningkids.org Sunflower.......................http://sunflower.opengl.org.pl Talent.............................http://talent.eurochart.org The Black Lotus.............................http://www.tbl.org The Digital Artists Wired Nation.http://digitalartists.cjb.net The Lost Souls...............................http://www.tls.no TPOLM.....................................http://www.tpolm.com Trauma.................................http://sauna.net/trauma T-Rex.....................................http://www.t-rex.org Unik........................................http://www.unik.de Universe..........................http://universe.planet-d.net Vantage..................................http://www.vantage.ch Wipe....................................http://www.wipe-fr.org Music Labels, Music Sites: Aisth.....................................http://www.aisth.com Aural Planet........................http://www.auralplanet.com Azure...................................http://azure-music.com Blacktron Music Production...........http://www.d-zign.com/bmp BrothomStates.............http://www.katastro.fi/brothomstates Chill..........................http://www.chillproductions.com Chippendales......................http://www.sunpoint.net/~cnd Chiptune...............................http://www.chiptune.com Da Jormas................................http://www.jormas.com Fabtrax......http://www.cyberverse.com/~boris/fabtrax/home.htm Fairlight Music.....................http://fairlight.scene.org Five Musicians.........................http://www.fm.scene.org Fusion Music Crew.................http://members.home.nl/cyrex Goodstuff..........................http://artloop.de/goodstuff Hellven.................................http://www.hellven.org Ignorance.............................http://www.ignorance.org Immortal Coil.............................http://www.ic.l7.net Intense...........................http://intense.ignorance.org Jecoute.................................http://jecoute.cjb.net Kosmic Free Music Foundation.............http://www.kosmic.org Lackluster.....................http://www.m3rck.net/lackluster Level-D.................................http://www.level-d.com Mah Music.............................http://come.to/mah.music Maniacs of noise...............http://home.worldonline.nl/~mon MAZ's sound homepage..................http://www.maz-sound.com Med.......................................http://www.med.fr.fm Miasmah.............................http://www.miasmah.cjb.net Milk.......................................http://milk.sgic.fi Mo'playaz..........................http://ssmedion.de/moplayaz Mono211.................................http://www.mono211.com Morbid Minds..............http://www.raveordie.com/morbidminds Moods..............................http://www.moodymusic.de.vu Mstation.....................http://mstation.org/software.html Nectarine Demoscene Radio................http://scenemusic.net Noise................................http://www.noisemusic.org One Touch Records......................http://otr.planet-d.net Park..................................http://park.planet-d.net pHluid..................................http://phluid.acid.org Radical Rhythms.....http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/merrelli/rr RBi Music.............................http://www.rbi-music.com Ruff Engine................http://members.xoom.com/ruff_engine SHR8M......................................http://1st.to/shr8m Sound Devotion................http://sugarbomb.x2o.net/soundev Soundstate.........................http://listen.to/soundstate Sunlikamelo-D.....................http://www.sunlikamelo-d.com Suspect Records........................http://www.tande.com/sr Tequila........................http://www.defacto2.net/tequila Tempo................................http://tempomusic.cjb.net Tetris....................................http://msg.sk/tetris Theralite...........................http://theralite.avalon.hr Tokyo Dawn Records........................http://tokyodawn.org Triad's C64 music archive.............http://www.triad.c64.org UltraBeat.........................http://www.innerverse.com/ub Vibrants................................http://www.vibrants.dk Zen of Tracking.........................http://surf.to/the-imm Programming: 3D engines..........http://cg.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ki/engines.html 3D programming portal.................http://www.3dgamedev.com Documents...............http://www.neutralzone.org/home/faqsys File format collection...................http://www.wotsit.org Game programming portal...............http://www.gamasutra.com LCC (free C compiler).........http://www.remcomp.com/lcc-win32 NASM (free Assembly compiler)......http://nasm.sourceforge.net Programming portal......................http://www.gamedev.net Programming portal.....................http://www.flipcode.com Programming portal......................http://www.exaflop.org Programming portal............http://www.programmersheaven.com Programming portal.....................http://www.freecode.com PTC video engine.........................http://www.gaffer.org Magazines: Amber (in pop-up window).............http://amber.planet-d.net Amnesia...............http://amnesia-dist.future.easyspace.com Demojournal....................http://demojournal.planet-d.net Eurochart.............................http://www.eurochart.org Hugi........................................http://www.hugi.de Jurassic Pack.......................http://www.jurassicpack.de PAiN.....................................http://pain.scene.org Shine (in pop-up window)................http://shine.scene.org Static Line....................http://staticline.scenespot.org Sunray..............................http://sunray.planet-d.net TUHB.......................................http://www.tuhb.org WildMag..................................http://www.wildmag.de Parties: Assembly (Finland).....................http://www.assembly.org Ambience (The Netherlands)..............http://www.ambience.nl Breakpoint (Germany)..........http://breakpoint.untergrund.net Buenzli (Switzerland)......................http://www.buenz.li Dreamhack (Sweden)....................http://www.dreamhack.org Gravity (Poland)............http://www.demoscena.cp.pl/gravity Mekka-Symposium (Germany)...................http://ms.demo.org Pilgrimage (Utah, US)..............http://pilgrimage.scene.org ReAct (Greece).............................http://www.react.gr Takeover (The Netherlands).............,http://www.takeover.nl The Party (Denmark).....................http://www.theparty.dk Others: CoolBPM.....................................http://coolbpm.com Demo secret parts....http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mandula/secret.txt Textmode Demo Archive.................http://tmda.planet-d.net Arf!Studios..........................http://www.arfstudios.org #coders..................................http://coderz.cjb.net Csound-tekno e-mail list...................................... ............http://plot.bek.no/mailman/listinfo/csoundtekno Demonews Express.........http://www.teeselink.demon.nl/express Demo fanclub........................http://jerware.org/fanclub Digital Undergrounds.....................http://dug.iscool.net Everything tracking..http://zolaweb.com/Zola/trax/tracking.htm Freax.....................................http://www.freax.hu/ GFXZone.................................http://www.gfxzone.org Mod-Radio.....................http://www.back2roots.org/Radio/ PC-demos explained.....http://www.oldskool.org/demos/explained Pixel...................................http://pixel.scene.org #trax e-mail list............................................. 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