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This week, a nice little article by Psibelius about the social effects of this little newsletter since I and my colegues share it with you all readers. Karl is back with another weekly techno album review. I interviewed Nemesis of Renaissance and Zer0 got a hold of Stalker of OTM. Of course columns are still here. But, without cooperation from their owners. So, if I don't get any feedback from them, I will remove them from the next release. If you have something interesting to write about, please offer it to me. But, please come with an idea before anything, since I can give you any subjects or anything like that. Subscriptions are available now, and can be done in this matter: If you want to subscribe to TraxWeekly mail to: listserver@oliver.sun.ac.za And put in the message body: subscribe trax-weekly [your real name] If you want to unsubscribe to the list mail to the same address and write: unsubscribe trax-weekly TraxWeekly is also available on ftp.cdrom.com/demos/incoming/ or /demos/diskmags/tw/ Well, get transported to the world of TraxWeekly once again, bye folks! - Populus populus@llc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ Contents ]-------------------------------------------------------------- 1. TraxWeekly: The Voice of the People 2. Karl's Weekly Techno Albun Review 3. Interviews (Nemesis & Stalker) 4. Epinicion Column 5. Defiance Column 6. Kosmic Column 7. PURE Column 8. Advertisements --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 1. TraxWeekly: The Voice of the People ]-------------------------------- TraxWeekly has been incredible. And when I say incredible, I mean incredible. Three weeks ago, discussion about TW mainly turned toward the "Oh, another newsletter? It'll be gone when DemoNews comes back." Well, it just goes to show that if you want it to happen, you can make it happen. TW has gathered quite a following, thanks to its presentation of the music scene. For a few of us, demos don't really matter. Those articles that we read elsewhere about coding and design and etcetera don't mean anything. TW is here. TW is us. It's all of our opinions, our feelings, and our revelations! TraxCulture is a brilliant example. Think about it! How many of those really 'classic' moments in IRC are lost? Now we can actually remember some of the stupid things we accomplish online! =) The most amazing thing is the circulation of TW. Not only did it get passed around to a number of FTP sites, it was also posted on USENET and generated a lot of serious, positive, feedback! Populus has told me about the increased volume of mail with comments, suggestions, and the like! TW has also gained for me new members and requests about my own group. This is a really short article here, but I'm just encouraging everyone that has an opinion, idea, or something interesting to share about the music scene in general to write an article for traxweekly and send it to Populus at populus@llc.org. Here is a chance for you to make a statement. A chance to expose some of your better ideas to people. TraxWeely. We're here for #trax! Wanna say something? SAY IT. -psibelius p.s. And as usual, please read the Epinicion Column. =) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 2. Karl's Weekly Techno Albun Review ]---------------------------------- JOY ELECTRIC.melody [STYLE: analogue joy house] [TRAXX: 18] [TT: 68.09] Sorry about the break i took in the last issue, my dog went into labor and.. and... well... okay... i'm back... this time, with an acid joy house album. read up and njoy! write me lots and lots of mail! 8D I remember when my friend got me interested in 'dance house children' a few years ago (jesus album). That was pretty ground breaking stuff, with it's analogue house grooves, and joyful overtones. After 'dance house children' came the ever popular 'rainbow riders' album. Quite the same to it's predecessor, but so more characteristic in emotion. Ronnie Martin, the guy behind the grooves of the whole analogue operation is back for a new album like he promised in 'rainbow riders'. The title of the album has to be the most appropriate title in the history of music. The beepy and slurpy sounds, myxed in with the housy snare and slow bass, can derive no other feeling than joy. This album is joy inducing at least, love sharing at best. Truly amazing. Beep beep squeel beep beep lah lah beep beep ... ok, the first few songs are a good representation of what is to come with it's innovative loops and quirky beeps. 'The Electric Joy Toy Company' continues the plight of joy with more (insert adjective) and weird sounds that you didn't know existed. The sweet voice of Ronnie (mr. martin :) carry us melodically through the beauty and joy of sound that he creates with his analogue equipment. Did I already mention that he has really nice hair?? His nose is quite amazing too, not to mention the advantageous loop at the end of the third song "candy cane carriage", which makes me want to bust my bladder and dance. WOW! Listening to this album shows me how happy Ronnie is, his smooth soft lyrical voice fits into the analogue soundz better than the enticement of a free case of snapple delivered to yer home every day for the next 30 years. And don't let his puppy dog look on the back of the album fool you. He's madly in love with life and jesus. Moving on to track 5, we have "every girl and boy falls in love". How untrue, we'd have a problem on our hands if that was true :) But seriously, it's almost impossible for me to try and describe these as anything other joy inducing melodies laced with housey dance grooves, and a little tabasco on the side. I think i've tracked up about 300 hours of listening on this album, and for some reason i still don't get sick of it, the amazing melodies keep me going till i'm ready to burst with excessive joy. If yer throat doesn't hurt from humming by the time you get to track 6 "the girl from rosewood lane", then yer seriously in need of the other two albums by Ronnie (rainbow riders and jesus). This track represents a softer, more chill feeling than the rest. Not many beeps and splurches in this one, just a happy voice and a breezy drum loop, oh, and a few melodies splashed in between. The next trakk, "Sweet Sweet Charity", is a remyx of the same song on the rainbow riders album. If you thought that 3O3 riffs couldn't be happy and peaceful, then this song will prove you wrong, assuming you can find the sweetness amongst all the other melodies and loops going on. Quite a complex song, yet it sounds like such a simple composition. Ahhhh... nice... Mr. martin thought that he'd be funny and put in some kinda pattern to his tracks. Song 9 and song 18 both start out with a breezy sample. Maybe he was trying to fill up space, hehehe.. nah... this album can easily be classified as a life anthem. Every song has many particular feelings in it, and trakk 9, "life guardian twenty", has a very sad and reminiscent kind of emotion to it. :~~) number 11 is... well... umm... it has guitars in it :) hehe... interestingly enuff, they're melodic! that's truly amazing, yet appropriate for the trakks name; "Never Be a Star". My friend, alphabitz, tried to explain to me what he thought (or knew) Ronnie Martin was referring to when he said "i will never be a star." Those who love jesus christ are innertly opposed by those who see christianity as a falsehood, and as just another "religion". Most christian band groups do not receive the same type of coverage that secular artists do. Although, some bands make it through the cloud of ignorance and appear alongside with other top rock artists, namely King's X and Prayer Chain. Not to mention Mortal who became pretty popular due to their video on MTV. Maybe most musicians will never be a star, but you can rest assured that the CCM (christian contemporary music) artists will always have jesus on their side. Enuff rambling, "old at this young" is our next flower up. i must admit that ronnie martin has immense talent whether it is through electronic equipment, or through guitars. This song is laced with majorly weirdness guitar melodies, and other distorted guitar stuff going on in the background, whatever you call that "stuff" 8-) Skipping ahead, "happiness and life", is keeping me in an amazingly ecstatic mood. More soft and slobbery sound fx bring me closer to jesus upon each and every note and every word sung. Amazing, "...you bring me happiness and life, you take my saddness into your hands..." If you've forgotten how good it feels to be happy and joyful, then you should do yourself a favor and listen to this, oh so beautiful. If you're as happy as I currently am, then prepare to be elevated to another level of joy beyond comprehension, or something like that %-) did i mention that i don't like to write in paragraph form? well, i don't. "lily pad the forest our home" is another extremely unforgettable toon that will keep you dancin until yer feet give up. i don't know how joy electric is able to come up with so many memorable melodies and emotions. i only regret that i cannot fully tell you how good this music is. but... but... oh well... sorry. i'll "bee hoping" that you pick this beauty of an album up.. hehe.. trakk 16 (yep.. 16 :) has a very ragga house feel unlike any other, or at least it did. oh , there it is, back again, hehe... this track was created in response to all the unhappy people in the world, crying about loneliness... well... maybe not, but it sure sounds like it, with it's sultry (always wanted to say that :) lyrics that remind me of those who i long to see. .. uh oh, guitars, four o'clock! hehe... ooh. i don't think i've ever heard guitars and analogue loops created more beautifully than "The Dark Ages"... i can't describe it... so i won't :) here's that windy song i was talking about earlier, "buttercup fairy jamboree", which reminds me of the time when all of my squirrel friends became magicians and turned all the dogs in the neighborhood into... oh...woops... hehe... sorry... um..good song... i'm quite jealous of mr. martin's choice of trakk names.. i have yet aspire to such creativity... =8-] ooh... hair... more beautifully structured analogue grooves and housey beatz are in this jam packed toon that just "live forever"... Joy electric represents the start of a new fad of music and feeling for those who thought that tekno is all "dark". If you're like me, then you switched to tekno because of the fact that most commercial alternative and groonge bands have "angsty" themes. Kontrary to people's beliefs, being a teenager doesn't mean that you have to be sad and dreary and nawty all the time. Joy is a big part of life. A part that of my life that jesus has brought back to me. I honestly think that teachers should start teaching their students (and themselves) how to be happy. And if that sounds too unrealistic, then you should dig into this jamboree of joy. If you still don't like tekno because you think it's repetitive, or you think it's just boring, pick up this album at yer nearest christian book store and sit down with a close friend. Or listen by yourself. Most importantly, enJOY the grooves and i hope you derived as much love and joy from this album as i still am. note: if you're interested in ordering this album, or hearing more about the CCM market of tekno and house, then contact me for information: braczyns@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us http://esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us/~braczyns/home.html -"live for jesus" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 3. Interviews ]--------------------------------------------------------- . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ___ ___.___________ ________ . _______ / \ _______ :___| ___\__.___ _ /________\_____ | _. _\______/_ \ /______ __\ . / \ / ____/ __ ____/ |__:___. _ _ _____/ \ /_______ . | . / \/ _/ \ | /. |/ __/ (- -) /__ \WW : | ./ \ \ . \ : / . | \ oO / \ | | \ ._________\ \ : \ . / . | O \ / |___|____\ /. /__________\ |______\ /___._|_______/_/\__/________\/ \/ . /______| \ / . . \/ . ===============.=================================.======================== . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . -[ Interview with Nemesis ]- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nemesis is one of the Renaissance dudes, remember? Intros and demos? I understand this is far, far behind everybody. But Nemesis is one of it's newest members, and wasn't really part of it's demogroup days. All I can say about Nemesis is that he's a really great composer. His tunes are very realistic and catchy. But, for some reason he hasn't got enough expose and respect that he deserves. Read through this interview, this one's good. Conducted by Populus [Epinicion / TraxWeekly] [populus@llc.org] Subject was Nemesis [Ren/KFMF/iCE/Intrance] [nemesis@crl.com] ---- - - - ----- --- -- -- --- --- ---- --- ---- ---- --- .oOo. Started - xxxx, March x at xx:xx .oOo. Populus - tell me your real name, affils, occupation, age, etc! Nemesis - Andrew Wise / Renaissance, Kosmic, iCE, Intrance / Student / age: 16 Populus - I notice that you tend to make 'realistique sounding' songs, with guitars and conventionnal instruments. Is it important to you that your songs have this appeal? Nemesis - well, I like realism as much as the next guy, but I try for professional sounding more than realistic... Professional being that it sounds much more like MIDI rather than a module. Populus - What are your influences? Nemesis - I would have to say alot of NIN (Terrible Lie taught me alot about volume. :)), Necros, Purple Motion, and Basehead... I've had alot of ideas that surfaced while listening to the aforementioned artists... Populus - What kind of music do you listen to in normal basis? Records you have? Nemesis - Metallica (just about everything by them), Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Nine Inch Nails... Populus - How many songs have you written? Nemesis - I'm not quite sure, but a good guess would be about 50 or 60... Populus - What's your best song ever? Nemesis - that's a tough question... I don't really have a favorite song by myself, although I do think that among my best are: Split Second, Visionary (as of yet unreleased), Maelstrom (as of yet unreleased), and... well, that's about it... Populus - Where can people get most of these songs? Nemesis - well, Split Second is in iCE's Epidemic musicdisk, which can be found on ftp.cdrom.com, Visionary will probably be released in Insomnia magazine (ish #2), and I'll be releasing Maelstrom with Kosmic as soon as I can get a hold of Maelcum. :) Populus - Who is the best mod-maker out there? Nemesis - well, I can't pick one out and say that they're the best, but I think that a few of the best existing musicians are Purple Motion, Dizzy, Necros, and C.C.Catch... Populus - What's your favorite song ever written in tracked format? Nemesis - that's gotta be "Starshine" by Purple Motion... close behind, though, are the Seeing is Believing tunes by Nuke, and "Ice Frontier" by Skaven, though Ice Frontier is a bit short... Populus - What's your technique and steps for creating a tune? Nemesis - Well, I have a few ways actually... The most common is where I load up a few chords and play around with them until I get something that sounds pretty decent, or catchy, and then I build up from there... Usually after the chords come the drums, and then the bass and after I get a few patterns down, I start writing an intro, and then a "B" part or the "A" part if I think the existing patterns fit the "A" part better.. Populus - Do you have any experience with music outside of the computer music scene? Nemesis - I've played sax for about 6 years, piano for 8 or 9 (though I only took lessons for maybe 1 year), and I've been playing guitar for 2 and a half years now... Populus - How much time does it take you to write a song? Examples. Nemesis - well, Split Second took me about two months, and a total of probably 28-30 hours of actually writing time. That's a >really< extreme example though... I deleted sooo many patterns while writing that song it's almost insane... Maelstrom, on the other hand took me about a two weeks, and about 14 or 15 hours of actual writing time... the shortest time I think I've ever written a song was "Interphase" (which is pretty short), which took me about 3 or 4 hours Populus - What's up with Renaissance? Dead or serious coma? Nemesis - not dead... definetly serious coma... the two coders (Daredevil and Starscream) have little or no inspiration to code something big, and even less time... C.C.Catch is mudding about %75 of the time (I mud about %25 of the time, on the same mud as him. :P), and the rest of us are either releasing songs, organizing various scene activites, or releasing through Kosmic. :) Populus - C.C.Catch is writing for what? Nemesis - Well, to my knowledge (I'm probably wrong... I'll have to ask him), he hasn't writtren anything in about two or three weeks, and before that he has writing tunes for Epic Megagames.. (i.e. One Must Fall)... Populus - What's up with you? What are you working on? Nemesis - Well, I just joined Intrance, which is mainly a VGA group, who put out some >really< nice art, and are almost local to me... Also, I'm writing music for a game called "Red Sector" which is like a cross between Master of Orion and Star Control 2... and I'll continue to release through Kosmic for as long as I can... Populus - What's your opinion of the demo scene and music scene? What do you think of all the music released everywhere in general? Nemesis - well, the music scene lately has taken some big strides towards where it should be, but it's still producing music that people can classify as "computer music" or "tracker music"... I think that it'll be where it needs to be when people start referring to the music we write as "music" and not classifying as crude, etc... Now, the demo scene is doing pretty well, but the demos being written are still outclassed by amiga demos... Lately, I'm seeing alot of animations in demos, and I can't say that I like it... the animation may be visually appealing, but they're ruining the entire concept of writing a demo, which is based on the fact that it's >not< an animation... I'm sure alot of people would agree with me when I say that if I knew all a demo was, was a long string of .fli files, I wouldn't be impressed... Populus - Who's your biggest fan? (excluding yourself ;)) Nemesis - I have fans? Populus - Are you going to NAID? Have a NAID tune ready? Nemesis - Well, I >would< go to NAID, but I haven't the money... I >am< writing a tune, though... It's a joint production with Leviathan, and it rox... (yeah, I know that sounds a little egotistical, but I can't help it... I like the tune. :)) Populus - Anything to declare to all the TraxWeekly readers? Nemesis - WATCH AKIRA TODAY... YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID... Akira = a kick ass anime movie. :) Populus - Okay that's it! Thanks for the interview. .oOo. Ended - Sunday, March 5 at 19:26 .oOo. ---- - - - ----- --- -- -- --- --- ---- --- ---- ---- --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ Interview with Stalker ] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is Zer0's interview. Enjoy and notice how I don't have much to say anyways. ;) Conducted by Zer0 [Defiance / TraxWeekly] [zero@taz.ramp.com] Subject was Stalker [OTM / Defiance] [stalker@primenet.com] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Zer0 - Ok, stalky.. bare with me. This is my first interview! So umm.. introduce yourself. Tell everyone what state your from, and how much it rulez.. maybe yer real name, your age, your favorite cereal, and first language. :P Stalker - hmm... I'm Stalker, real name is Ariel Gross. I'm 15, I like Hidden Treasures but if I eat too much I puke... My first language is swahili, but I like English more. Zer0 - Excellent! What groups are you in? And what do you think of them? :P Stalker - Im in OTM and I love it. They're some o' the coolest people I know... and I also joined this one lamer group called Defiance like 2 days ago. But aside from the President being a weeny, it's a cool group. Zer0 - Ya know.. I happen to know the president of Defiance quite personally, and I hardly think hes a weeny! :) How long have you been tracking? Stalker - heh, I've been tracking since December '93, using ye olde Composer 669, then I moved on to MultiTracker about 2 months later, then the second st3 came out I used it, and have been ever since. Stalker - that is one GIGANTIC run on sentance. Zer0 - Composer 669? Oh wait, I remember that.. damn thats old.. =) How did OTM get formed? Stalker - OTM was former when Zilym Limms contacted me over a local bulletin board called The Sun State Fun BBS (my uncles board) and he said he liked my tunes... Since the whole purpose of me distributing my first 669's was to attract a demo group, I decided heck yeah, I'll join. This was back when OTM was known as Gentilezza. Then we got Supreme for graphics, then we got Hurricane as a coder because Zilym knew him before as a good coder, then we got Tek, then Volt as a coder, then Nameshift for gfx, then Phred, our most recent addition, is our out-of-state coder guy. :) sorry this is long, but it's really undetailed. We changed our name to OTM one day when Zilym was on vacation. um... Zer0 - you know stalker, being a local.. I was wondering when the hell OTM is gonna release a demo. Got any input? Stalker - hahaha... well, I can honestly say that MY work for the demo we plan on releasing is done. There's only a few more LITTLE things we need to do before we can release it. We think within this next week, but who knows. Cross your fingers, eh? Zer0 - I'm crossing my fingers. So is it going to be a cool demo with flying Malaysian monkeys, and stoned rats.. or is it going to be a plain ole' we got da plasma, we got da sound.. yay' kinda demo? Stalker - Well, it's something that we think is pretty darn original. I speak on behalf of OTM when I say these demos are getting REALLY old the way that everything is the same. I can assure you that OTM will release original stuff, not improved old effects... but actual NEW effects! I'll shoot for flying Malaysian monkeys in the next demo. Zer0 - Wow, new effects! Well.. if you put flying Malaysian monkeys in a demo, be sure to credit me for the idea. =) =) I'll mail you a dollar or something. :) So like, rumor says your working on a game? Expand on that.. Stalker - The dollar's in the mail, man. :) Yeah, I'm doing the music for a game thats probably going to be released on the PC, 3D0, Jaguar, and possibly the Sony IPX Playstation, but that's pushing it. I should also have a CD of +my stuff out by the end of this year, but that's more prospective. I can't give out details about the game, but I assure you it'll be worth the download from a pirate bbs. just kiddin. Buy it, I like money. Zer0 - What are your favorite styles of music? Throw a few bands at me too.. :P Stalker - Well, I basically like everything but country. From tchaikovsky to lords of acid to enya to erasure to coolio. It's all music and I appreciate it and how it sounds. I just... don't like country. Zer0 - Ya know.. I hope I'm not offending anyone, but I can't stand country either. :> So.. who are your favorite trackers? (Muzicianz) Stalker - Well, I'd have to say that my top favorite is Necros. Everything he does is just awesome. His chords, his beats, his everything. He's what I aspire to be. Then among my favs are all the musicmen in Renaissance (lv, cc, rc and mosaic), everyone in FM, and of course, Tek, the other musician in OTM. He's great, need to release more, but great nonetheless. He's inspired me a lot too. Zer0 - Where do you find your inspiration to track? I tried it for a while, but I couldn't find any inspiration to keep going. :P Stalker - Most of my inspiration is from females. As cheezy as it sounds, it's true. IMHO, the best songs Ive written were for Jane Anau (whom Im not 'with anymore :~( ). Music also inspires me a lot. But for the most part I'd say females, friends, and cookies. Zer0 - Cookies.. shit man, I suck down oreos like cheeze whiz. (Btw, I love cheeze whiz) Call this offbeat (speling?), but where did you get the idea to track Tropical Bean? =) Stalker - ah, Tropical Beans. I knew you'd ask. Well, actually, my friend named Kevin was over one day, and he was playing with the sonic belljam sample and it just hit me. >BLAM< It was my destiny to make the cutest song known to man. Which it is. ;) Zer0 - What's a sonic belljam? No, seriously.. =) Stalker - hahaha... want the truth? It's a loop I sampled from, yes, Sonic CD for the Sega-CD. BTW: If you have a chance, rent Sonic-CD and play it in your regular cd player, it's INCREDIBLE. Zer0 - Not many people ask this, but it might be interesting learning about someone OUTSIDE the demo/music scene. Do you have any signifigant hobbies? Digging up remains of rabbit carcasses, polo, synchronized swimming?? Stalker - I do all sorts of things. I run track (not good, but still. :), play video games and air hockey (I'll never be too old), run around BUTT NAKED in the park at 3 in the morning yelling obscenities, kill my parents and bury them in the front lawn, etc... Zer0 - That's who my next door neighbors were screaming about last night. =) I guess that will wrap it up. You got any greets to throw out to friends/enemies/associates? =) Stalker - heh... yeah, that was me. Ah, greets. Wyrd to all of OTM because youre all so ELiTE, Defiance, all the #vampire and #trax fellaz, and most importantly, KATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And most importantly to anyone who brings a good name to the demo scene. Be it by means of music, art, coding, or just by sitting in #trax without mass deopping or flaming like a 10 year old. Zer0 - Ok dude, that about ends it. How did I do for my first spankin' interview??? =) Stalker - You didn't spank me at all, sailor... I wouldn't have MINDED, but you know... aside from that you did good. Zer0 - If I were you, I'd be glad I didn't spank you. :> Cya later Stalker.. thanks for your time. =) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 4. Epinicion Column ]--------------------------------------------------- ___ _______ _____________ ______ ______ _______ ______ _______ ___________ | // \\ \\_____) \\_____) \\_____) \\ \\ | : / o \ o \ \ \ \ \ \ o \ \: // _____// / \ : / \ _____/ \ / : \. \\_______/ _//______\\_|__//______\\_____//______\\_____//____| /: : \\____\\ ______________________________ oT /___//| |________________________// e p i n i c i o n \\________________| I accidently put down the wrong FTP address in last weeks's TraxWeekly so here it is: kosmic.wit.com /kosmic/epinicion. Thanks to the great KFMF people for so generously giving us our own directory. Our other FTP site is direktor.voima.jkl.fi /epi/rel95. New songs this week: AeuroNautik [s3m] by NeuroPsychosis. In my humble opinion, NP is one of our best members in term of improvement. He's really made a leap since last year. Congrats! Then there is Helpless Hope [mtm] by Bluebeard. Bluebeard is one of our newer members, and he's making steady progress. Be sure to check out his work in a few months. It might surprise you. =) Also new are two songs by Nemesis (not the Ren guy =)...he's been in Epinicion since it started, but hasn't really been out in the open very much. His tradition in "cute" songs is continued in his release this week. All the files are epi-*.zip and can be found in /.13/demos/incoming/music at wcarchive.cdrom.com. This week we gained three new members for the group. Please welcome Obsidian, a new coder; Riders, a new musician; and Raznal, a new musician. Finally, I stress this: You need not be great to join Epinicion. You need only to aspire to be great. I quote from "Synners," a novel by P. Cadigan: "We do what we do and we do it because we can." Damn straight. If you are a dedicated person striving to become better, then email us. And join us. We're here for YOU, the musician. Psibelius (Gene Wie) Epinicion Founder gwie@coyote.csusm.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 5. Defiance Column ]---------------------------------------------------- .----..-----.-----.--.-----.-----.-----.-----. ..defiance music.. | . | . | . | | . | . | . | . | ...productions 95... | | | | | |__|--: | | | | |__| | | | | | | | |__| __| | . | | | | | |__|_ _ : : |_____:_____:__| |__|__|__:__| |_____:______ _ . . _______________________________ : : ______________________________________ Spiffy Ascii Artwork provided by Cerulean/Defiance (Unfortunately, this group hasn't givin me any articles or contributions.) But, the DefTro (Defiance Intro for all the slow ones) has the Whisper Virus, so be sure to clean/delete or anything. I ain't responsible ! I just write stupid notices.. - Populus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[ 6. 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