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INDEX
01. Defcon 4 in las Vegas
02. Reply to lisas Epilogue
03. Factsheet for MasterISO
04. New facts about da Walker Project
05. Invitation 2 somwhere in August
06. Malicious Crew join forces with Twilight
07. Trax Weekley #52
08. On the sony Take over
09. An article about Amiga in da Wall street Journal
10. Importand Info about Amiga
11. Soap City Busted
12. BUSTS WILL BE HAPPENING THE H&P SCENE
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DEFCON 4 in las vegas
plelimeinary list of events and speakers
also confirmed dates and places
and accomodation details.
if anybodys going then mail me dudes.
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DEF CON IV Convention Update £1.0 (03.20.96)
July 26-28th @ the Monte Carlo Resort in Las Vegas
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DEF CON IV Will be held for the fourth time in Las Vegas. Heck, they are
building the hotels faster than we can use them up. If you don't know much
about Def Con, please check out the web site and you will get an idea.
IN SHORT:---------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT: Speakers and partying in vegas for all hackers
WHEN: July 26 - 28th
WHERE: Las Vegas, Nevada @ the Monte Carlo Hotel
COSTS: $30 in advance, $40 at the door
MORE INFO: http://www.defcon.org or email info@defcon.org
IN LONG:----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hey, it's time for DEF CON again. This is an initial announcement and
invitation to DEF CON IV, a convention for the "underground" elements of the
computer culture. We try to target the (Fill in your favorite word here):
Hackers, Phreaks, Hammies, Virii Coders, Programmers, Crackers, Cyberpunk
Wannabees, Civil Liberties Groups, CypherPunks, Futurists, Artists, Criminally
Insane, Hearing Impaired. It seems that books about the culture are becoming
more popular, so of course reporters are also welcome. You won't be hurt.
I promise.
SPEAKERS:---------------------------------------------------------------------
Speakers in the past have included Gail Thackeray, Phill Zimmermann, Bruce
Schneier, Susan Thunder, Jim Settle, and many others. Who will we have this
year? Well as usual the actual list is always changing, but below will be
the current state of the speakers. There will be speaking all day Saturday
and Sunday starting at about 10 a.m. and going to 6 p.m. with about two hours
for lunch. Approx. 18 people will speak, plus smaller tech sessions.
John Littman - Author of "The Fugitive Game" - Tales from the whole
Kevin Mitnick saga.
Spaceman Spiff - Linux hacking. A look at security and os hacking.
Winn Schwartau - Information Warfare -
Eric Hughes - Founder of Cypherpunks List -
Dune - Lockpicking demonstration and Q&A - There will be various tools
and locks demonstrated. This will be a smaller talk at table X at x:xx
on Sunday.
If you are interested in speaking, or know of someone who is is, please
contact me. I am looking for a keynote speaker and technical and social
issues (Privcay, Identity hacking, etc).
EVENTS:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
HACKER JEOPARDY:
Winn is back, bigger and badder with Hacker Jeopardy. The Holy Cow
will help supply the beer, you supply the answers. Extra sekret
bonus round, and an elite challenge round make this year even better.
The first round starts at 12 midnight o'clock on Friday and lasts
until it is done. The second and sekret rounds will happen Saturday
at midnight.
6 teams will be picked at random and compete for the final round.
There can be only one! Strat's Team, the winners from last year
will defend if all the members can be found.
CAPTURE THE FLAG:
Capture the Flag will have one network, with a Sidewinder firewall
connecting the network to the internet. On the hacker network will be
5 to 9 different "flag" machines running a variety of operating
systems. The object of the game is to get points by having your team's
message be the last one on the console of a flag machine at specific
times. Contestants are not allowed to use the keyboard or monitor of
the flag machines. Any other method of getting the message to the
screen is valid, as long as the console and/or network is not disabled
for more than 3 minutes.
VIRTUAL WORLD:
We will have a discount at Virtual World, and you will be able to play
the various Red Planet or Battle Mech games. Full pod emersion! Up
to eight people/pods per group. More information to follow.
T1 NET CONNECTION:
There will be another T1 network connection this year. This time we
will have it set up in time. If you want to connect to the network
make sure to bring a computer with a 10 base T (10bt) ethernet card
to plug into our hubs. Don't forget to bring wierd connectors and
stuff, those always seem to come in handy.
HOTELS:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
There are many hotels nearby. Below are some close references to the
primary hotel, and others that are close and less expensive.
PRIMARY HOTEL: The Monte Carlo
This hotel will be built one month before we show up. I am told it
is a very nice, hence, ecplensive place.
Phone: 800-311-8999, reference "DEF CON" for reservations
Rates: Single & Double rooms $99, Tripple room $109
Other hotels near by:
The MGM Grand (Across the street)
The Tropicana 1-800-634-4000 (Also across the street)
STUFF IN VEGAS:---------------------------------------------------------------
URLs
MORE INFO:--------------------------------------------------------------------
DEF CON Voice Bridge (801) 855-3326
This is a multi-line voice bbs, VMB and voice conference system.
There are 5 or so conference areas, with up to eight people on each
one. Anyone can create a free VMB, and there are different voice
bbs sections for seperate topics. This is a good neutral meeting
place to hook up with others.
MAILING LIST
send emial to majordomo@fc.net and in the body of the message include
the following on a seperate line each.
subscribe dc-announce
subscribe dc-stuff
dc-announce is is used for convention updates and major announcements,
dc-stuff is related to general conversation, planning rides and rooms,
etc.
WWW Site http://www.defcon.org/
Convention updates and archives from previous conventions are housed
here. Past speakers, topics, and stuff for sale. Also a growing
section of links to other places of interest and current events.
EMAIL dtangent@defcon.org
Send all email questions / comments to dtangent@defcon.org. It has
been said that my email is monitored by various people. If you want
to say something private, please do so with my pgp key (At the bottom
of this announcement) I usually respond to everything, if not I'm
swamped or had a system problem.
SNAIL MAIL
Send all written materials, pre-registrations, etc. to:
DEF CON, 2709 E. Madison, Seattle WA, 98112
If you are pre-registering for $30 please make payable to DEF CON
and include a name to which you want the registration to apply.
I don't respond to registrations unless you request.
DO YOU WANT TO HELP?----------------------------------------------------------
Here is what you can do if you want to help out or participate in
some way:
DONATE stuff for the continious give aways and the various contests.
Got extra ancient stuff, or new cool stuff you don't use anymore?
Donate it to a good cause! One person was very happy over winning
an osbone "prtable" computer.
ORGANIZE sharing a room or rides with other people in your area.
Join the mailing list and let people know you have floor space or
some extra seats in your car. Hey, what's the worst that can
happen besides a trashed hotel room or a car-jacking?
CREATE questions for hacker jeopardy (you know how the game is
played) and email them to winn@infowar.com. No one helped out last
year, so this year let's try. Everything from "Famous narks" to
"unix bugs" is fair game.
BRING a machine with a 10bt interface card, and get on the local
network, trade pgp signatures, etc.
MY PGP KEY:-------------------------------------------------------------------
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EPILOGUE:
Aren't you getting tired of all those crap wannabe sceners or sysops trying
to be heard by us all? A few that spring to mind are Cobalt and Mirrorman.
You do? Do us a favour, and start writing txtfiles as well, or if you think
you aren't creative enough, then let us know in any other way (How about
noting in the Location or Sentbyline that you support us? We will gladly
take you up in a wall of fame some time lateron this year. Think about it.
It is your scene as well afterall.
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They arn't scared of 'Ado' and yet 2 textfiles, way to go Ado!
Answer from Mirrorman:
I saw this stupid 'Epilogue' of you people, and what the crap do I have
to do with this? And then you ask the people if they want to reply and
say how good you are? Get real....Don't write Virusses then, you are the
'wannabe' and you know it. And I sayed in my textfile that if you ever
replyed to me you'd show the world how lame you are. You only formatted
one HardDisk and you think you're Krsna, imagening you are making Virusses
and stuff, but you didn't do jack. If you are so though say who you really
are, otherwise go away. You people make me sick, and the only thing you are
doing now is irritate people with you're textfiles and big words.
Now go home and cry out to mamma, puberic transvestites....
Signed:
'Wannabe' Mirrorman.
In the C'64 and Amiga scene over 13 years now when
mommy was still changing Gary & Wyatts dipers.
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{bLITTERsOFT} Product Information Sheet
6 Drakes Mews, Crownhill Industry, Milton Keynes
Bucks, MK8 0ER. United Kingdom
Orders: 01908-261466 Fax: 01908-261488
Technical: 01908-261477 BBS: 01908-261499
WWW: http://www.mag-net.co.uk/Bsoft
E-Mail: bsoft@mag-net.co.uk
Product: MasterISO Requirements
Category: CD-R Control Software Amiga 1500/2000/3000/4000
Options: None Kickstart OS3.0 Or Better
Memory: 16mb RAM
Peripherals: 1.3Gb HD Space
Compatible SCSI Controller
(Warp, Z3, 4091)
MasterISO is a professional program that allows the user to control a
CD-ROM recorder in order to create custom CD-ROM and CD-Audio disks.
MasterISO offers the power to meet all CD recording needs in an Amiga
specific package.
The MasterISO software package includes an advanced ISO 9660 build utility
which allows the user to create a universally compatible CD-ROM volume.
Options are provided to give the user control over every aspect of the ISO
9660 volume. Amiga specific support also allows for long filenames,
special characters, CDTV and CD32 auto-booting.
CD-Audio disks can be created with MasterISO. Digital audio data can be
sourced from 16-bit CDDA, MAUD or AIFF audio files. CD-Audio disks are
formatted to the red book standard and offer universal compatibility with
standard CD players.
All aspects of the MasterISO are controlled through a powerful graphic
interface.
MasterISO Technical Highlights
. Creates ISO 9660 compatible volumes.
. Handles ISO 9660 level 1 and level 2 filenames.
. Files can be taken from multiple sources and combined into a single
volume.
. Generates volume image to a DOS file or direct to a SCSI hard drive.
. Uses AIFF, MAUD and CDDA 16-bit audio files.
MasterISO supports the following
. Yamaha CDR-100. CDR-102
. Pinnacle RCD-202, RCD-1000
. Phillips CDD-521, CDD-522, CDD-2000
. Sony CDU-920
. HP 4020
. Pioneer DW-S114X
Current prices
. £129.95, or
. £149.95 with AsimCDFS
Typed: 21/03/96
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hi enginiering staff at amiga technologies!
i wanted to leave a few sentences to you in hope to get you guys start thinking
about the garbage you produce. well at least it is not necessary for you to
know who i am. i think it is more importand to know what i have to write. i
don't know how many people will read this while this takes it's time to reach
your hands but i think some reasonable guys would aggree with my words.
i am realy afraid that you continue developing the fantastic machine called
amiga and i am one of those who followed the steps of amiga since it started.
i don't realy know what realy went on right now in your laboratories but, all i
saw took me up a big puke.
the reason why i am writing is that stuff called 'walker' you are going to
produce. at least i don't know if this was a kinda april joke or something
similar. anyhow if it was then stop reading, if this is realy a project of
yours then continue reading.
few days ago i saw several packages of the first snapshoots of the 'walker'
project you made. and the first impression of mine was to search for the
garbage can to make a big puke in it.
the first words will be made for the design. is it realy a serious design you
want to produce in for all the folx out in the world?? that's noting for the
table? all the world will lough about something looking like that. the people
on pc will starting with more jokes about amiga as they currently doing. it's
always the same with you guys could you keep a norming standart? that design
looks like an cutted of egg! what a fucking shit is this? are you going to
produce realistic hardware or are you making jokes of an legendary machine?
mc68030 / 40 is that serious? "commodore" and "factor five" went 5 steps
forward and you at "at" are going 4 steps back! we are not at the middle ages
we want to go steps forward and not backwards? the whole amiga scene heard
rumours about something with power pc chips inside and converted amiga
operating system. at least i am not so involved in the way "at" is going right
now. i am a normal user and i react to that what i am getting at several
boards. so you might forgive me if i am going to react a bit confuse. but
thats the actuall thoughts of mine. motorola stopped with the mc68060 and went
over to risc 88000 and cisc technology. who the fuck wants to have a cpu which
has speed of an normal 386? well its terribly making comparisions with intel
chips but thats the truth. be realistic. i would understand if you continue
with 040 boards or 060 boards but 030? no matter how many mhz it has and how
much asynchronous throughput you will add there, old shit stays old.
well i don't want to write more about the other "new" specifications but i
think you are a bit out of time! aren't you? should the "walker" become
something equal as the other trash came out under commodore label?
in my eyes the walker with its currently specifications is only a waste of
manpower and a waste of money. who the hell would buy something like that if
he could get an:
amiga 4000 tower, factor five powerpc card, cyberstorm 060 card, cybervision,
and a midicard, 32 mb ram, some hdd ploppies, some gigs on hd space, cdrom
drive and a good monitor. the result about above configuration would be the
pure power. i wouldn't reach the standarts a p90 processor would reach but who
cares, the operating system is the best ever. i think that configuration will
beat the ass up from your walker!!!
amiga 1200 magic, surfer and other stuff you add? amiga 1200 stays amiga 1200
in my eyes. or am i wrong? what would you do if you are going to put
cosmetics to the face of your grandma? would she change? nope she stays the
same old melting down woman as she ever was.
the first thoughts of mine as i saw that amiga 1200 got developed again under
"at" was a shock of my lifetime. i saw the same old 1200 with the same roms
(you had no time to change commodore in amiga technologies?) the only big
change on this machine was the handbooks, the package and the plastic sign
which used to label commodore.. nothing else.. the mainboard has no big
changes. at least i am electronics specialist so i am able to make my own
words about this part.
i promise you this. your walker is something for the ass, and with your
current marketing strategy you would win only slimy lough from an guy called
bill gates. how could it be that macintosh is actualy in a better position as
amiga?. it is an fact that amiga will get developed but under which
conditions, after the buyup we saw still people and old cool scene dudes who
leaves for pc this has to stop... the scene is the market for your machines,
without scene, no amiga, no amiga no scene.. got it ???
cool marketing strategy would be to make some spots on tv! this would motivate
lot of amiga users and would get in brain of these stupid folx out there. it's
a waste of time making this theatre with "mc donalds" the people came there to
eat and not to buy an amiga?
it exactly came as i promised it over an year ago:
- if commodore gets bought, then all went wrong, because the right engineering
stuff is missing (at least the importand guy is missing ;)
- the marketing strategy would be for the arse. who should be the ones to get
informed about another cool machine in the computer business? not the amiga
owners, they already have amiga's (at least i use more of them) you must
reach the stupid folx. they must buy amiga!!!! you must reach these guys.
and how would this happen? through mc donalds????. stupid lamers who never
used to know a single bit about computers knows that pc has more power right
now than amiga, they go to the way other idiots are going to. how would you
turn their minds? spending them an hamburger???
- the new amigas they produce are getting the biggest joke of our meantime.
am i right if i say as mentioned above that it is better buying an a4000t with
above mentioned specifications than waiting about some serious news? i dont
want to buy something like walker because my amiga 3000 has the same
facilities!!! at least i can't deny to say that the walker might be better but
for which reason should i buy an egg?
the future should be clear, and i think you guys must know it to? we want some
serious machines, the time you waste in an garbage can (or breadbox 2) is the
time you could spent in serous machines. the draco and the amiga 4000t (with
turbo card) is the much better workstation right now. what would you think if
20 lamers are going to speak about pcs and you the only amiga user under them
are sitting and couldn't make a sentence. everytime you open your mouth the
spitt into your face because as amiga user. well we "the amiga scene" want to
stand up and tell them where they have to put their pc's (into their arses,
where it belongs to) but we can't do this (but we still do because we belive in
amiga, whilst we know that amiga is not fast enought to stay todays
competition).
the last words from me is to say: please start showing the real projects of
yours and not that garbage currently going around. start making real spots on
tv (as macintosh, intel and microsoft is going to do). go forward and not
backwards (as the roumors producing c64 again, there is a scene with cultural
memorials, please don't destroy its name, new folx wouldn't get a chance in
this scene. there are legends present. leave it alone). money is not
everything. a cool marketing strategy and a cool machine would be better. it
is simple but open yer eyes.. you already wasted 120 mio dollars, why not
wasting 1-2 mio more to ake tv spots..
the normal folx are missunderstanding the way amiga works, about few days ago i
went to my local amiga store and waited till i am on. meanwhile i heard a
dutch man talking to the store guy and asked how he could, if he buys the
amiga, ms-dos to run? well we know that we could use a card or use pc-task but
he doens't know because he is informed in a wrong way... i had to lough but
shutted my mouth after a while. it's poor but not the fault of the man, nope
its the fault of the amiga marketing (well millions of people says the same
about amiga marketing, so there must be something right there..) that dutch man
only heard about pc intel etc, he thinks that every computer (which has a
keyboard and a low price) works the same way.
i know there might be a big response from lot of other particular sceners, some
of them claims themselves to be experts in the way amiga technologies will go
in future, but they are all as i am, they wait and wait and wait..
change it or you loose a big couple of potential users...
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(ZYMOSIS - INU-SOFT - PORO - JORMAS)
ARE ORGANIZING PARTYS FOR YOU!
Project Name:
Somewhere In August
(Final name not decided, send your suggest to organizers)
Competitions:
· AMIGA DEMO
- Demo MUST be hd-installable and must NOT require assign
to run it.
- Max. lenght 4096kb.
- Compo machine is going to be Amiga boosted with 68o6o!
· AMIGA 4okb(?) INTRO
- Max. lenght is usual 4okb or 64kb not decided yet!
- Compo machine is going to be Amiga boosted with 68o6o!
· c64 DEMO
- C64 and 1541 diskdrive or similar.
· GRAPHICS
- Will be shown with Amiga or any machine you bring along.
- Max resolution is 640*512
- IFF, GIF and JPEG allowed.
- NO RAYTRACED PICTURES TO THIS COMPO!
· MUSIC
- PT / XM / S3M ...
- Played with Amiga or PC we dunno yet.. Maybe XM and S3Ms with
PC and so on.
· WILD
- As name says, limit is on your side! But this should not be
VHS or only animation file.
- CONTACT ORGANIZERS BEFORE IF YOU ARE GOING TO ATTEND.
· VIDEO!
- VHS / BETA films, we prefer something computer generated.
· SURPRISE COMPOS
- Who knows
NOTE!: There is no(!) PC competitions and there seems to be lack of interest
to organize them(at least at the moment).
Reason:
There is nothing on party scene on august -- so we thought that maybe we
should fix this situation arranging partys featuring real 80s feeling.
Features:
· raves organized by local rave organizers called NIITTY!
· da jorma5 live!
· good audio equipment
· relaxed athmosphere
· we are going to fight for so called A-OIKEUDET!
(that will cause a part of hall is over 18 only!)
· a lot of surprises - features what you haven't EVER seen on any partys!
· all girls and foreigners are free to come in!m
· more to come!
When:
August 1996
[no exact dates known yet, planned to be on first weekend!]
Where:
Jyväskylä, In Central Finland [no exact party place decided yet]
How Much:
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Welcome to TraxWeekly #52.
As you can see, our number of subscribers is slowly increasing. We passed
the 500 mark several issues ago, and we've gained another 18 subscribers
since last week (544 to 562). Hopefully, as we refine the content of this
publication and work on keeping consistent in reviews and articles (like
our big brother, DN), we'll be able to expand to a much larger audience.
Judging by the numbers of songs uploaded to HORNET each day, it's evident
that there are still lots of musicians not linked up with TraxWeekly yet!
This week, we're hoping to set a trend in TraxWeekly music reviews. Kal
Zakath has redefined our ratings system, and he and Mick Rippon present us
with not just one or two, but *seven* song reviews. A hand for their hard
work and dedication! Faces in the Crowd features Daedalus and Ganja Man,
interviewed by Zinc.
Group columns don't seem to get too much attention, as Explizit, Noise,
and occasionally STJ are the only contributors. If you or your group
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1. New Music Reviews.............................Kal Zakath
Mick Rippon
Faces in the Crowd
2. Interview with Daedalus.......................Zinc
3. Interview with Ganja Man......................Daedalus
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--[1. New Music Reviews]----------------------------------[TW Review Crew]--
Welcome back to TraxWeekly's Review Section. As always, we are
doing our best to review quality tunes by lesser-known musicians, as well
as trying to fulfill review requests. We have four reviews for you this
week, which is more than we've had in a while. Hopefully, we'll continue
to increase quantity without sacrificing quality... Joining us in
reviewing this week is Darkwolf. I'd like to personally welcome him to the
Review Crew, as I'm sure his contributions will help us greatly. :>
Also this week, We're introducing some changes/additions to our
rating categories. The old system (composition, samples, originality)
worked well enough, but as we thought it over, we realized that not all
aspects of a tune were included in those three (at least not the way we
interpreted them). Therefore, we've made a switch over to the rating
system used in MC3 (technique, samples, form, originality, and personal).
Here's a brief explanation:
TECHNICAL refers primarily to the tracking of the tune. how good is the
composer at translating his musical ideas into tracked music?
does he make leads interesting through portas, vibratos and vol.
slides, or are they flat, cutting each other off?
SAMPLES is fairly self-explanitory. were the instruments high quality?
were they original, or samples that obviously have been ripped a
hundred times? if there were extended samples, were they used
well?
ORIGINALITY might not mean exactly what you think it does. :> if you read
my article in the last traxweekly, you'll understand what i
mean. any song, imho, is 'original' if the tune sounds to me
refreshing or different. i have no problem giving demo music
or techno tunes high marks for originality, if they have their
own style...
FORM addresses the composition of the song itself. to balance out with
'technical', the 'form' refers to the musical structure of the song.
does it flow well, or break from part to part? does it have variety,
or does it get boring after 30 seconds?
PERSONAL is just how much we liked the tune. maybe it was rough, but still
catchy; maybe it was well-tracked and composed, but seemed to
lack something special. i don't know. this is where we get
subjective -- as if the whole rating process wasn't subjective
enough. ;>
Now a brief summary of the percentage-scale ratings... Don't think
of them like grades, _please_. 65% does not mean 'failing'. :> For
clarity's sake, here they are:
100% - 95%: _excellent_ tune, awesome!
94% - 90%: very high-quality tune, one to keep in your collection
85% - 89%: nice tune, definitely stands out as better than average
80% - 84%: overall very good, may have a few rough spots
70% - 79%: composer has potential, but still needs work in places
50% - 69%: mediocre, like 95% of the stuff out there, nothing special
Except in the case of a request where the composer _insists_ on
having their tune reviewed in TW, we will refrain from publishing a review
of any tune with a rating any lower than 50%. Instead, we will send the
review to the person requesting it, as a sort of personal criticism on
their music. There's no need for us to humiliate anyone.
summary of tunes reviewed this week
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1) don't stop now - vegas/mystique [74%]
2) castaway - sikamikanico/mistery [85%]
3) maximalism - mick rippon [92%] (editors' tune of the week)
4) no truth - rage/jade [91%]
5)*hyperion - outrage and orc/ormicron [68%]
6)*the river eternal - vegas/mystique [60%]
7)*stepback - kitsune/oxygen [60%]
* reviewed on OLD rating system
tunes which will be reviewed next week
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kanamon worms - lord blanka the black/terraformer
jasmine tea - lord blanka the black/terraformer
the ballad of romeo - doj/cubic team
wasser - doj/cubic team
... and others!
review - 'don't stop now' by vegas/mystique
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style: jazzy
duration: 2m09s
patterns: 29 orders
date of release: not yet released (for Mystique's upcoming musicdisk)
where to get: the Mystique musicdisk
composer's e-mail: vgs@loop.com
- [ technical: 75% ] -
- [ samples: 65% ] -
- [ originality: 75% ] - -== [ OVERALL: 74% ] ==-
- [ form: 75% ] -
- [ personal: 77% ] -
'Don't Stop Now' is another nice tune from a relatively new tracker,
Vegas. I reviewed one of his earlier tunes, 'Search for the Missing Link',
in an earlier TW, and I noted then that Vegas had excellent potential. He
has come quite a ways in developing that potential since then. 'Don't Stop
Now' has excellent piano chords, a solid bassline, and nice drum work. It
is overall a nice tune to listen to, but let me point out some flaws. The
lead sample could have been better chosen, it is inappropriate for this type
of song. Perhaps a sax sample would have suited this jazzy tune better?
And leads in a tune like this should have some sort of effects use to make
it more smooth and interesting. The tune is a bit repetitive, and
transitions need a bit of work. Don't be too discouraged by these comments,
however. Your music is coming along very nicely. If you address the sort
of problems that I mention here, it will help you bring your compositions to
the next level... I know that we can expect excellent work from Vegas in
the future.
- review by kal zakath
review - 'castaway' by sikamikanico/mistery
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style: guitar
duration: 3m45s
patterns: 39 orders
date of release: march 1996
where to get: HORNET [/incoming/songs/xm/sik-cast.zip]
composer's e-mail: johanl@dataphone.se
- [ technical: 80% ] -
- [ samples: 90% ] -
- [ originality: 90% ] - -== [ OVERALL: 85% ] ==-
- [ form: 80% ] -
- [ personal: 85% ] -
I don't know if you're familiar with Sikamikanico, but he has been the
winner of quite a few of the Trackering music compos, and his music for
those compos is excellent, especially considering the circumstances (i.e.
pre-chosen sample sets). Therefore, I was very eager to listen to one of
his regular releases. I was not at all disappointed when I heard
'Castaway', a superb guitar ballad with nice synthleads. Sikamikanico is
obviously a very talented guitarist as well as an a skilled tracker.
Combine these skills and you get this beautiful, mellow tune. Perhaps its
only fault is that it's a bit repetitive, but it's certainly well-composed
and very relaxing to listen to...
- review by kal zakath
review - 'maximalism' by mick rippon [Editor's Tune of the Week]
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style: various
duration: 7m(+)
patterns: 61 orders
date of release: ?
where to get: HORNET [/incoming/songs/xm/maxmlsm.zip]
composer's e-mail: rip@hunterlink.net.au
- [ technical: 90% ] -
- [ samples: 93% ] -
- [ originality: 95% ] - -== [ OVERALL: 92% ] ==-
- [ form: 94% ] -
- [ personal: 90% ] -
Wow... 29 channels, over a meg in size (hence the name, I suppose :>),
and excellent composition and tracking make this tune one of the most
impressive I've seen. This song must have had much effort put into it and
it shows. It combines so many styles of music that I'm not sure what to
call it. :> Let me just say that this is my personal 'tune of the week',
and everyone should hear it. :> Beautiful melodies, harmonies, samples,
_everything_... Congratulations to Mick Rippon for another superb piece
of music!
- review by kal zakath
review - 'no truth' by rage/jade
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style: techno
duration: 2m39s
patterns: 35 orders / 34 unique patterns
date of release: march 1, 1996 for GBP compo
where to get: HORNET [/incoming/songs/xm/notruth.zip]
composer's e-mail: hablom@lokki.edutec.pori.fi
- [ technical: 93% ] -
- [ samples: 95% ] -
- [ originality: 91% ] - -== [ OVERALL: 91% ] ==-
- [ form: 86% ] -
- [ personal: 90% ] -
Ahh... Another awesome Rage tune... 'No Truth' starts out nice and
mellow, then develops into one of the most original techno pieces I've
heard in a while. The whole style of this tune is excellent, and the
tracking is superb. Everybody who enjoys techno music of any sort should
definitely check this one out.
- review by kal zakath
review - "Hyperion" by Outrage/Omicron & Orc/Omicron
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Filename: HYPERION.ZIP [xm] Email: Not given.
Presented to us by Outrage and Orc is a rhapsodic fusion of Trance, Ambient
and Jungle. As expected with a trance-like intro, we are greeted with a
minimalistic rapid multi-textured (farty) bassline, followed by differing
but forceful percussion work overlaid on top. The prospect of witnessing
another piece of music with this formula was enough to give me a headache,
but before I reached for the earplugs, I was heedlessly greeted by the soft
flowing melodical presence of Ambience. As you would expect from a piece
where the whole philosophy is based on variation, the sound doesn't hang
around for long before compulsively exposing the listener to another dose
of 'farty bassline and drum rhythm'. A nice piece of execution however sees
this dire combination engulfed by some great orchestration. The next
section brings us to the Ambient Jungle genre, the combination of the
jungle rhythm, strings, piano, and the standard gm, Eb, F progression is an
attention grabber. We are then greeted by the Fartphony in gm again but the
presence of a chordal based melody and nice chordal movement are a welcome
feature. We say goodbye with a few moody chords. Nice ending.
I think it would be more correct to describe this piece as a musical mind
map more than an actual piece of music. The sections within themselves are
well tracked, and the overall sound is very good. I couldn't help thinking
that the desire to avoid repetition ruled supreme over the desire to
exploit each section to it's potential. The way the sections were strung
together were not very innovative, and there was not really a sense of
unity between succeeding sections.
Composition: 62% - Nice pleasant harmony, good rhythm, some lazy modulation
great ideas but were not exploited and minimal compositional craftsmanship
when dealing with a new section.
Sound Quality: 81% - Good exploitation of the samples. Great Piano sample,
Stereo effects were great and very noticeable. Good presence. Nice sound.
Some tuning problems but too marginal to bother.
Originality: 65% - nothing that really struck me as original.
Overall: 68% - Nice implementation and refreshing orchestration, but let
down by no development and poor linkage.
-review by Mick Rippon
review - "The River Eternal" by Vegas / Mystique
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Filename: V-RIVER.ZIP [s3m] Email: vgs@loop.com
Composers Notes: "I based the entire mood of The River Eternal on that
tranquil yet unsettling echoing drip instrument that plays throughout the
song. The smooth base and 9th chords only serve to augment the feeling of
eerieness. Even when I add the snare/base/hihat drumline, the ringing piano
and the sad synth lead keep you focused on the main feeling. The first
time I listened to it build up and boil back down to that final echoing
droplet at the end, it sent a shiver down my spine. If my music can do
that to anybody else out there, then I've accomplished something."
One echoed 'drip' note per bar for an intro at a slow tempo concluded my
suspicions that I was a true cynic. The next phrase saw the entrance of an
absorbing sombre bass that complimented the 'drip' a 9th below - surprising
to the ears, but it worked well. Tradition demanded the entrance of a
strong sombre rhythm track. Expectationalist won't be disappointed with
the next phrase as we then welcome a nice mellow easy piano melody. We then
see the introduction of the main theme with the piano being arpeggiated and
a new melody being given to a synth, including a slight change in the chord
progression. The rest of the piece contains basic variations on the theme
and a recapitulation of the progression and theme in a few modulated keys,
two steps above and below the home key. The piece concludes with the sparse
texture of the intro.
Technically, there's nothing much to rave about. The harmonies, although
very rarely dissonant could have been a bit more musical. The melodies,
although mostly improvisational, needed a bit more melodical flair.
Although the percussion track manages to hold everything together rather
well, it really needed a tom to add to the sombre atmosphere, and the quick
succession of the snare drum at then end of each phrase started to get
repetitive. There could have been more done with the arppegiated piano as
it never seemed to acknowledge the melody's existence, and it was too
loud. The chord progression didn't really change, as there were only 2
characteristic progressions [fmin, DbMaj, gmin, cmin] and.[f min, DbMaj,
cmin, DbMaj].
Emotionally, the tune felt good. A great haunting sombre bass enriched by a
powerful rhythm really added weight to the texture. The thing which grabbed
me the most was the 'emotional shape' of the melody as the high notes and
the low notes were in exactly the right places - very dramatic, and very
inspiring. Although it took ages to come to terms with the melody.
There's a common habit nowadays with so much music going around that you
immediately dismiss a track if it doesn't capture you the first time. It's
a sad reality that if you attempt to write anything that requires an
acquired taste, then the implementation must to damned good, or you have
the initial credibility for people to take your work seriously.
There's a strong correlation between meeting new music and meeting new
people. Some people you don't like at first, and they grow on you. Some
people you don't like, and you never like again. Some people aren't that
charismatic, nor intelligent, but for some abstract reason you're drawn
towards them - "The River Eternal" in a nutshell.
Composition: 60% - Mediocre implementation saved by a dramatic and
emotional melody. Instruments suited the music pretty well.
Sound Quality 66% - Great bass sample. Stereo effects would have enhanced
it greatly. Samples are pretty generic.
Originality 70% - Each element has been done before, but the overall feel
of the tune has a unique feel.
Overall 60% - Althought it's rather simple, it's still one of those pieces
that you have to listen to a few times to come to terms with everything
that's going on. Once you become used to the shape of the melody, the
technically crude aspects of the piece become less and less apparent. No
bells and whistles, but who needs them? Recommended.
-reviewed by Mick Rippon
review - "Stepback" by Kitsune / Oxygen
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Filename: STEPBACK.ZIP [s3m] Email: raphael@it.com.au
This was the last song played out of the 25 played at Oz96 and I put it
down as my 2nd favorite entry. [It ended up coming equal 7th] After
hearing many endless tunes which took pleasure in caving in my head four
times a bar, I welcomed this with open arms. What makes this one different
is it's use of singing, and it's solidarity with the music. I won't
reproduce the lyrics in full, but I'll quote this from the samplenames:
"Sometimes, ya know, ya gotta stepback ... take a long hard look and make
sure you know when you're bound ... "
The piece is simple both musically and instrumentally, but this is
necessary if you want to draw attention to the lyrics. Basically, the
first section consists of a 'dig-dug' bassline swapping octaves every once
in a while, a relevant static chord flowing underneath, and a sparse but
tuneful vocal line drawing the attention. The next section sees a guitar
solo happening, which we witness the entrance of the drums and a few more
'synthy' instruments adding to the overall texture of the sound. We then
see the theme from the first section but with the medium tempo drum rhythm
happening in the background. This section concludes the piece.
I liked this piece. The sound was very pleasant and relaxing and the
lyrical melody and the chords tied in together perfectly. It might have
done with a bit of variation, and maybe some more instrumental solos. The
lyrics weren't all that clear, but it was saved by it's melody. The
percussion line could have been used far more effectively, maybe with some
more samples as all I could hear was a kick and snare. Maybe a few little
counter melodic lines in between the short lyrical phrases might have added
to the interest of the sound.
Composition 55% - Simple, but effective. Needed a little more. Nice lyrical
melody well supplemented by a simple but effective chordal structure. Might
have benefited with a solo in a contrasting key.
Sound Quality 54% - Vocal samples "distorted so the listener can hear what
I'm (he's) singing without straining" - I didn't understand the logic
behind that. Stereo effects used. Nothing special. Samples could have been
better.
Originality 80% - The use of lyrics that actually were there not there for
sake of 'just having lyrics'. The overall feel of the piece was unique.
Overall 60% - Nice track which needed a little more.
-reviewed by Mick Rippon
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That's all of our reviews for this week... I hope that you all have the
time to check out all four of these tunes, they're very nice indeed...
Don't forget that _you_ can have your tunes reviewed in TraxWeekly, just
contact us (at the below addresses). Next week we have some requested
reviews of tunes by Lord Blanka the Black and Doj/CT. We'll see you then!
If you want to discuss reviews, or the music scene in general, feel free
to e-mail us at the addresses given below, or just chat with us on IRC.
- kal zakath / inferno
[jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu]
- Mick Rippon
[Rip@hunterlink.net.au]
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--[2. Interview with Daedalus]--------------------------------------[Zinc]--
<zinc> Hello Daedalus.. We've been planning this interview for a while
now. :)
<Daedalus> yeah, we have.
<Daedalus> a few months or so i guess? =)
<zinc> hehe yeah.. I've done about 3 interviews this week alone though
already, so I'd better get to you :)
<zinc> Anyways we should begin now..
<Daedalus> wow
<Daedalus> ok
<zinc> To start off, please tell us about about yourself. Real
name (if you want), Age (if you want), Sex (you have no
choice in this matter, I'm afraid!) pets, lawsuits, etc etc..
<Daedalus> My real name is Brian Bennetts, I'm 28 (one of the oldest
people in the scene i guess, ack, dunno if that's bad or
good) I'm a Guy obviously, no pets, but may have some
lawsuits pending a couple of web pages i'm writing at
this time. =)
<zinc> So in all this time, what groups have you been in?
<Daedalus> well, i've been in Neophyte, epinicion, and a new one that's
about to be introduced soon. =)
<zinc> Well, please explain how you got involved in tracking, and what
musical interests led up to that.
<Daedalus> Well, after the earthquake in northridge in 94, i was
introduced to modedit 1.0, played around a bit.... then i
was introduced to malakai, thru a friend of ours, and he
got me into st3... i had really no musical background
before then... and just kind of emulated some music that i
like, until i was able to develop a style that was similar,
but my own. =)
<zinc> Okay, so did you have real-life friends who were also trackers?
<Daedalus> No, i had infact just recently purchased my PC, was on an
apple //e before then...so didn't know anyone else with a
pc, let alone any trackers. =(
<zinc> Okay then. Could you please describe the styles you were talking
about a minute ago?
<Daedalus> Well, a lot of the music I liked was stuff by Tangerine Dream,
Jean-Michel Jarre, Amin Bhatia, and The Tubes (personal way
cool fave)...
<zinc> Does it bother you that Bill Gates has a personal bias against the
tracking scene?
<Daedalus> Tangerine Dream is an all electronic band out of Germany, and i
sought very hard to emulate some of their types of sequences...
wasn't too successful at first and ended up with music that
sounded like a drunk monkey pounding on the keyboards....
<zinc> :)
<Daedalus> later, i learned a little bit more, and was able to use
somewhat of their technique, and mold it into something
a little different. i've found that people either really
like, or really despise my music. =)
<Daedalus> I wasn't aware that gates was against the tracking scene,
is he really?? if he is, then heck yeah it would bother
me... here's a guy who is one of the richest people on the
planet, and all he has to do with his time is complain
about the tracking scene? GET A LIFE BILL!
<zinc> hehe.. Actually it was a joke, but it seems like he is..
Anyways..
<Daedalus> hahahah
<Daedalus> I think Bill Gates is opposed to anything, if he's not
getting a percentage of any possible profits.
<Daedalus> especially when it involves computers.
<zinc> Okay, well, most people don't think about what trackers do
outside of the scene, so I thought maybe it would be
interesting to find out! :) What DO you do when you aren't
at the keybord?
<Daedalus> Well, i spend most of my time at California State University
Northridge, as a theatre major, acting in their productions,
as well as designing lighting for the plays, and also
designing sound....
<zinc> Do you get paid for that?
<Daedalus> When i'm not there, or behind the computer, i spend time out
with my friends, going to movies, eating out, going to
parties, and doing things that normal people do.
<Daedalus> Nope, not yet. all the designs i do are usually to meet
production requirements for the major.
<zinc> Okay. So then, what do you plan on doing over the next 5 years,
in and out of the trakkin' scene?
<Daedalus> heh, i use the term 'normal people' very loosely.
<zinc> hehe
<Daedalus> Well, in the tracking scene, i'd love to do the same thing
that every other tracker does, do some video games, and
i'd LOVE to score a movie some day <not of course, done
with a tracker> i'm also going to persue an educational
background in music, to gain a little more knowledge about
it <obviously, as to score a movie, i'd have to know
something> it probably wouldn't be a BIG movie, i'd be
happy scoring someone's budget film, just so i could say
i've done it.
<zinc> Sounds neat. Have you ever done any computer game music?
<Daedalus> outside the tracking scene: i'd like to focus on my acting
career, i've done a few commercials, and worked on a
television series, and had a few smaller parts in films,
but i'd like to make my mark as a character actor in film.
<Daedalus> re: computer game music: nothing released yet, but some
negotiations in the works.
<Daedalus> Id also like to get more education as far as computers,
learn some decent programming languages, and since acting
is not a guaranteed career, have that to fall back on.
<zinc> movies? anything we could see you in? ("look! that's me in
the back row!")
<Daedalus> hehe, well, yeah... if ya look real hard i guess. =) I did
"Child's Play 3", "Shout" and "Grand Canyon" as far as
TV goes, i did a smaller role in the TV series "The Flash"
<zinc> Do you like Grand Master Flash?
<zinc> (did I get that right, fans?)
<Daedalus> Grand Master Flash? the old rapper? yeah, i vaguely remember
listening to some of his stuff when i roller skated when i
was younger. =)
<zinc> hehehe :) Wow, you ARE old! j/k :P So then, back to the
tracking scene business...
<Daedalus> actually, i guess Grand Master Flash was more funk, not rap.
<Daedalus> hey, i'm so old that i can remember when gas was a dime a
gallon...
<Daedalus> ...oh wait, dinosaurs didn't use gas.
<zinc> What are your personal opinions on groups, and the pros + cons
of having them?
<Daedalus> Well, there's definate pros and cons... i guess the pros
would be that if everyone combines their talents correctly,
you can have a terriffic result, as far as a song, or a
demo goes, provided everyone is good at what they do <or
can fake it real well>
<Daedalus> cons: well, there can be a lot of arguements over what's good,
bad, and what SHOULD be done, and that can cause a lot of
tension among the members.
<zinc> Couldn't we all help each other out just as well without groups?
<Daedalus> Yeah, we could I guess, but just as there is something to
be said for individual efforts, there is something to be
said when a team comes together, and produces something
that's astonishing, this doesn't always happen, but when
it does, it's a pretty tremendous feeling to know that as
a group, the members can function as a well oiled machine.
<zinc> Okay then. How about the age old debate of ft vs st? people
are still arguing about this. Do you think this is getting all
too silly?
<Daedalus> I think it's beyond silly. This arguement is one that has
been going on forever (as you've pointed out) and will
continue forever, and get worse as other people develop
other tracking programs. Everyone has their personal
preference of trackers to use, and most players support
these formats. if someone chooses a different tracker,
that's their choice. people should just accept it, and let
that stupid old arguement DIE!
<zinc> yay!
<Daedalus> (Tho i would like to point out that my current choice IS
screamtracker 3.21 :)
<zinc> Okay, being an old guy (relatively, of course!) :), what do you
think of people's attitudes and maturity level in the scene
these days?
<Daedalus> oh man... this is a tough one.
<Daedalus> I've only been in the scene for a little over a year now,
but, sad to say, i've seen the attitudes of people slowly go
downhill....
<Daedalus> not necessarily people who've been around, but of the newer
people coming in. there is such a sense, and need for them
to feel "Elite", that instead of focusing on doing quality
material, they seem to just try to 'fit in' and 'be cool'
<zinc> True. I don't know about you, but over the last few months,
I've noticed that all the old buzzwords have all but
dissapeared. ie. Woop :) hehe.. Have you noticed this?
<Daedalus> I still use werd and w00p, but yeah..
<zinc> Okay.. now for the fun part..
<Daedalus> hehe, uh oh
<zinc> If the sky was falling, and you only had 10 minutes left, what
song would you listen to while you build yourself a little
sky-fallout shelter?
<Daedalus> PC or commercial?
<Daedalus> =)
<zinc> pc
<Daedalus> PC: "Global Motion" by Purple Motion; Commercial ...well,
since we're about to die..."Talk To Ya Later" by The Tubes. =)
<zinc> hehe. Actually, the sky falls every day, and nobody dies.. But
that's called rain... (c:
<Daedalus> hehe, in that case...i'd listen to "Rainfall" by me. =)
<Daedalus> <shameless plug>
<Daedalus> hehehe
<zinc> haha
<zinc> Okay, and now for another question.. this IS an interview..
<Daedalus> ok
<Daedalus> <hopefully i'm not too boring> <---- leave that out. =)
<zinc> haha, no :)
<zinc> If another group similiar to Epinicion formed, and you were the
president, 1) what would you call the group? 2) what would
you do to attract members? 3) what would you do to make it the
most interesting group? (you have unlimited $$$ remember :)
<Daedalus> Hmm, it'd be called "A Million and One" 2.) i'd say that
that name was our goal, as far as how many members we wanted
on the roster, 3.) unlimited money? wow, i'd buy everyone
incredible setups, make an entirely new sample set, hire
someone to write the ultimate tracker (exclusive to all
1,000,001 of us) and pay people to listen to our music.
<Daedalus> =)
<zinc> wow! I like the name :)
<zinc> I think there should be a tracker college, don't you?
<Daedalus> well, kind of a pun on how many members were in epinicion.
<Daedalus> a tracker college? sure, but we'd have to screen out the
people applying who thought it was a model railroading
development class.
<Daedalus> change class to school.
<zinc> I think I'll make a group called xM like Five Musicians but
the x can be any number at all. No problems! hehe
<Daedalus> <variable>m
<Daedalus> heh
<zinc> Anyways, this interview has taken a turn for the worse.. hehe..
we better end it :) I just have a couple of standard questions
now..
<Daedalus> heheheh...ok
<zinc> What is your email address where we can send ansi-bombs?
<Daedalus> like i say, hope i'm not too boring...just been a really
long day.
<Daedalus> hahahha, daedalus@westworld.com
<zinc> okay, and where can we find your s3ms?
<Daedalus> right now, a few of them are on ftp.cdrom.com, but coming
soon, there will be an ftp site set up <which will be
announced in the future> where everything will be.
<Daedalus> or, people can email me, and i can send them whatever they
want.
<zinc> Okay, and finally, anybody you wish to thank or spank at this
time?
<Daedalus> well, i could think of a few girls i'd like to spank... but
they'll never read this article. I'd like to thank all the
old members of Neophyte for a really great time, Basehead,
Necros, Maelcum, Purple Motion, Skaven, and other old schoolers
for the musical encouragement they've given us all, with the
music they've produced, and everyone out there who listens to
my music, and the music of others, as well as the people who
help to keep the scene alive...best wishes
<zinc> Oh, I just wanna say to the readers that this interview was
conducted very very late (or early, depending how you look
at it) at night.. so any craziness or nonsensicalness or
idiocies etc can be attributed to what I just said.
<Daedalus> yeah, it's like 2:00am here.
<zinc> Oh, wanna say that infamous daed line? hehe .. re the lemonade?
<Daedalus> ya know, after seeing it 100+ times, i'm not sure how it goes.
<Daedalus> hehe
<zinc> haha
<Daedalus> err still not sure...
<zinc> Okay, well if anyone is interested, they can ask me in #trax..
i guess :) Anyways, good night :)
<Daedalus> g'nite.
<Daedalus> well, how do ya think that went?
<Daedalus> heh
<zinc> hehe
<Daedalus> that bad?
<Daedalus> hehe
<zinc> fine, and this is still on!
<Daedalus> oops.
<zinc> err.. recording :P
<zinc> Okay, I'm turning it off now :D
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<Ganja_Man> OK
<zinc> Hey Ganja Man
<Ganja_Man> Hi
<Ganja_Man> Can we get on with the interview??
<Ganja_Man> My breakfast is almost ready.. :)
<zinc> Okay, well, first off, the boring, repetitive, monotonous
stuff.. Like your name, age, vital stats, group affils, etc
<Ganja_Man> OK.. real name = Sam Bashton, I'm 15 (!), member of LOK,
and I'm currently doing the music for a game..
<zinc> Cool, Sam, so what kind of music do you track?
<Ganja_Man> Well, basically all UK club styles. I love to listen to
Happy Hardcore and Jungle, but I'm not too great at
tracking them. I prefer tracking handbag house, 'cos it
lets me experiment with pianos a lot..
<zinc> So what exactly is LOK all about?
<Ganja_Man> Well, in the UK (where I live) there weren't really any
demo/music groups (at least not that I knew of). So I
decided to set one up. I also wanted to educate people
about Jungle a bit (I remember the days I used to offer
Jungle, and people used to ask what it was.. :)).
<zinc> Yeah, Jungle seems to be one of the last underground styles..
At least in North America, anyways. Do people listen to
jungle much outside of cyberspace where you live?
<Ganja_Man> Yeah, Jungle has a HUGE club following. We also have a
LOT of pirate radio stations blasting out Jungle. But
we try to stop the BBC from finding out about it, 'cos it'd
get included in the Eurovision song contest or summink.. ;)
<zinc> What are your musical influences? As in trackers, as well as
real-life musicians. (Should trackers be considered 'real-life'
musicians?)
<Ganja_Man> Well, Maelcum was a big inspiration to me early on.
Sonic Ectasy, a little-known Candian house group were
another great tracking inspiration. In real life I get
inspiration from the Happy Clappers, LTJ Bukham, Goldie &
Photek mainly. A bit of a Jungle bias really... :)
<zinc> Are you impressed with anyone in the tracking scene? Not only
in the talent respect, but also as regards to their attitudes.
<Ganja_Man> I was sort of surprised by the tracking scene when I first
logged onto IRC almost a year ago, actually. It was like
'oh my god! It's Maelcum!!', 'cos I had all their stuff,
but I thought they were like gods or summink. OK, well
perhaps not that far. But I was quite impressed by their
"we're no anybody" attitude. Then I found out they *weren't*
anybody.. :)
<zinc> haha :)
<zinc> We've probably all felt like that at some time or another
<Ganja_Man> Yeah, s'pose
<zinc> Is there anybody, or anything that really bugs you about the
scene?
<Ganja_Man> Well, I know a LOT of people are going to say this, but the
reviewers on Hornet.
<zinc> What bugs you about them?
<Ganja_Man> They do a good job if you like demo-style music, but for us
'normal' people the ratings are no good at all. To be
honest, I wouldn't care if they kept the rating as they
were, as long as they sorted the music according to style.
<zinc> Okay, well I'm going to ask you a couple of off-the-wall
questions, just to try and throw you a bit :)
<Ganja_Man> kool
<zinc> You have the choice of registering FT2 for _free_, or getting
an African Elephant fed-ex'd to you in the mail.. which would
you do, and why not?
<Ganja_Man> I'd have to go for the free FT2, 'cos I'd have no space for
the Elephant, and London Zoo is almost bankrupt as it is.. :)
<zinc> Good point :)
<zinc> Okay, OTW question number two:
<zinc> You are locked in a room with your cat, and your computer. You
hypnotize yourself by watching the rotating Bill Gates in 'Verses'
over and over. When you come to, there is a masterpeice composed
on your computer. Your cat is the only one who could have done
it, unless you did it by automation. Do you credit the cat?
Assume you did it? What? How do you handle the situation,
without the use of bell-bottoms or eggbeaters.
<Ganja_Man> Well, I'm always hitting the wrong key when I'm tracking stuff,
play it back and find it sounds kool. I'd record it onto
cassette and send it away to a record company, 'cos I don't
mind telling the general public I made something I didn't, but
lieing to the music scene is different. :)
<zinc> Aha! Kind of like a milli-vanilli
<Ganja_Man> Yeah, only at least the cat can't expose me... :)
<zinc> good thing for that!
<zinc> Okay, now for the final question. (This is an easy one)
<zinc> What are you, nuts?
<Ganja_Man> I am the only sane person around here.
<zinc> So thought I.
<Ganja_Man> The voices told me what to say
<Ganja_Man> :)
<zinc> Okay, well enough foolishness... :)
<zinc> Since you are only 15, what do you plan on doing by the time you
are 20?
<Ganja_Man> Does this include sex?? :)
<zinc> Naw, man.. I don't have all night.
<zinc> This only includes scene related stuff (and other music schtuff)
<Ganja_Man> OK, well, being discovered as the next Liam Howlett (of the
prodigy), earning tons of money, and inventing my own style
of music
<zinc> Good plan :)
<Ganja_Man> Thanks
<zinc> When you are tracking, how do you come up with inspiration, and
ideas for your music?
<Ganja_Man> Well, usually I'll be listening to a CD, hear a sample I
like, sample it, then I just go in to a trance at the cat
does the rest! :)
<Ganja_Man> Actually, my inspiration usually comes when I get back from
clubbing
<zinc> What format do you use?
<Ganja_Man> XM, because I can't stand the text interface of ST3. I
started with TCB tracker on the ST, so using a tracker
without mouse support is alien territory.
<zinc> Okay, well since we now know what style you track, where can we
find your tunes?
<Ganja_Man> http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ad021/index.html
<Ganja_Man> Or ftp://tillbm.rpi.stu.edu/LoK/
<zinc> Okay, and would you like to thank or spank anyone at this time?
<Ganja_Man> Erm, Snakey7 for giving me all those great music samples..
<Ganja_Man> (That's a THANK BTW)
<zinc> Okay, dude, now is your chance to say anything you wish to all the
sceners around the world...
<Ganja_Man> Remember however good you are at tracking, there will always
be someone who thinks someone else is better..
<zinc> Okay, one more thing. If you so desire, please state your email
address so we know where to send all that fan-mail!
<Ganja_Man> Oh yeah, ad021@dial.pipex.com
<zinc> Okay! Well that wraps it up.
<zinc> Cya later
<Ganja_Man> Cheers.. l8r
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Explizit TraxWeekly column issue #13 - March 28, 1996
Hi there!
What about us ... we're explizit and we make techno music. That's all =)
If you want to contact us for any reason, write to explizit@dds.nl. You
can receive our modules thru internet e-mail if you want by subscribing to
the explizit e-mail distro list.
New releases in the past week:
E-RIDE2R Ride To Da Rhythm by Jay, 100% german rave
E-FLY2 Are You Ready To Fly - The Do-Re-Mi-Mix by batjo, happyHC
E-WORLDS Worlds Apart by KoM'AH, Mellowtrance
I got some feedback! -whow- .. Thankx to Szazm (i think was his name) for
the email. He asked if i could talk less and say more :) Well i'll try.
Anyone heard Heretic's new song? It's a remix of Robert Miles' "Children"!
I guess you ALL know children, even if you don't know the title. The song
gets played all the time on the radio (at least over here) and it's in
the top-10 at the moment. Heretic's remix really is great, a not too big
XM file.
I could talk about Coolio with his "It's too damn hot" or that new song
of his that 1-2-3-4 ripoff...not that ANY of coolio's songs are original
but who cares. I've never heard a Coolio remix on MOD ... volunteers?
Did anyone say "why don't you give it a try Ch:ilm"? You must be joking!
The best remix i ever made was Zig & Zag's "Them Girls" (them girls them
love me, them girls them luuuvvme). I'm not much of a tracking-talent.
I know some people who are, though. Jay for instance. 14 years old and one
of the best whappie composers i know. I think we'll be hearing a lot of Jay
in the future. There's Thunderbass, not too old as well. Wants to release
his S3Ms on vinyl (but hasn't got the right connections). There's Mad Max,
making german rave-music. But that's all techno and house. I know some
other composers as well, like VooDoo/MTB who doesn't exactely make techno.
There's Sturm / ZODSoft, there's Mairsil and Dark, there's Mindcrime. All
make demo/rock/metal/ambient/progressive/alternative music. All are great.
Whenever one of them releases a great song i'll let you know. Bear in mind
that i like techno myself (i could write a big story on techno as well,
but it wouldn't be in the right mag would it, since TW is pc-music
oriented).
Lately i wrote a nice article on a public radio-station here, radio 3 FM.
Unfortunately it's in Dutch and even if i wanted to publish it, it's on
the school server right now (i'll attach it to an email to myself ok).
I've been setting up the impulse tracker European HQ lately. European
readers should be able to download the latest version directly off
http://huizen.dds.nl/~im-pulse mind the "-" ....
Everybody is free to visit this site offcourse, but European visitors
will have faster transfer speeds.
Well that's about all i can think of right now. If you want to receive
all our modules from us, subscribe yourself to our e-mail distro list!
It's so easy, just write an email message with keyword SUBSCRIBE in it.
Thank you for reading, you can ftp all our releases from:
ftp://tillbm.stu.rpi.edu/explizit/
For feedback, info and more, visit our homepage:
http://huizen.dds.nl/~explizit
Ch:ilm/Explizit
explizit@dds.nl
(Like the short one better? ;-)
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--[5. Grey Matter, Going Mental, and other things]--------------------------
Hey all. I've been reading TW since issue one, and have been in
#trax for. uh.. well... a long time. So chances are if you hang out in
#trax, you've probably met and talked to me.. and if you haven't.. well...
Hiya! ;)
Anyhoo, I just wanted to just wanted to let people know of a couple
of things.
Grey Matter:
First off, I finished my first album, Grey Matter, a couple of
months ago. This is the same ablum I've been talking about doing for the
past 3 years, but I eventually got my ass in gear and put it all together,
re-mastered the songs, etc. This tape contains a lot of songs that have
been released already, however most have been improved on somewhat (either
by post-production sound enhancement, or I've remixed them). This tape was
aimed at the non-tracker market (ie, people who haven't heard my stuff, or
very little of it), but a number of people involved in the tracker scene
have bought copies and are very happy with it, and I'm pretty sure they're
not just being nice. ;) The song list is..
SIDE A White Sands, My Place in Space, T2 (A trance remix of GooRoo's The
Terrorist), ... what the?, Real, World Wide Slack Remix, Alterraid (this is
a live mix using the samples from Dune's song of the same name)
SIDE B Slow Groove, Razz, Razz Remix, Ultrasubmarine, Dino (remix of the
song in the demo of the same name), They Came from Above, Earthtones
(slightly extended), The Return of Cornholio!@ (slightly funkafied)
Anyhoo, I should make this message short, so I'll just close this
part off by saying that the whole tape is about 90 minutes long, and only
$8 Canadian. You can get a copy by sending $10.50 (that's tape + SH) to
Andrew McCallum
101 Centre St. West.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4C-3P6
Go-Mental email list:
I've set up an email list to distribute my songs right to people's
mailbox. The songs (about one every 2.5 months) are emailed MIME encoded,
and are decoded automatically by most mail software. If you want to get on
the email list, email andrewm@io.org, with the subject "subscribe
go-mental", and you're on.
If you want to find out more information on any of the things I've
disussed, you can find them on my web site, http://www.io.org/~andrewm .
You'll probably be hearing more from me....
---
.oOo. Andrew McCallum = Mental Floss [KFMF] .oOo.
.oOo http://www.io.org/andrewm oOo.
K o s m i c F r e e M u s i c F o u n d a t i o n
*NEW!* album Grey Matter @ http://www.io.org/~andrewm/greymatter
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Yes Klein Duimpje (He wrote the H^O-SONY.TXT file) was right offcourse it was
an april fools joke. What else did you expect around this date... :) But next
time would you wait untill it is the first of april before telling everyone
about it. You spoiled my little joke :'-( .
I just wanted to see how well these kinds of texts are read, as i know a
couple of guys who believe about anything they read.
Remember last years news txt about Workbench 4.0 and its 'handy' MS-windows
like installer? I actualy know some guys who believed it!!!!
Well here is my reaction to his text file:
(text between "" original text. >> before text indicates Klein duimpjes
reaction)
"wegens de pas uitgevoerde reorganisaties. Ik kan echter het
Amiga publiek gerust stellen, hun favoriete computer is in
goede handen."
>>No speaker of ESCOM, would try to ease the Amiga user, NEVER! And although
>>this COULD happen... he would NEVER user this kind of straightforward
>>sentences.
Well i'm not so sure about that. The head of Commodore UK did so why wouldn't
someone of Escom? After all they would like to keep selling stuff to the Amiga
publik.
"De heer Eno lirpa hoofd van het Nederlandse distributie
centrum van Sony had het volgende te zeggen over de overname:"
>>Head of the Dutch Distribution Centre? Yeah right, nor the name of the head
>>there, nor the chairman are called Eno Lirpa... Jeez man, get lost.... I
>>checked... I just HAD to know.
You really CHECKED those names ?!? Well seems like i fooled you at
least a little bit hehe.....
" leached from USENET, newsgroup: comp.sys.amiga.news"
>>leached?? Should not it be: LEECHED?!? And HOW can you leech MAIL?? HAHAHA
Allright a slip of the finger okai.
And how you can leech mail ? Well IMHO Leeching = downloading Without
uploading. So mail you get from the net (send by ftp/ip so it is dloaded to
you) can be considered as beeing leeched.
" Translated by PhoeniX of .T.R.I.B.E."
>>Mmm, nice joke :) I have to hand it to you... have any more?? :)
Well who knows what i'll think of next year.
So you are warned......!! :)
PS: You missed a few clues. Namely:
-"De middle en High end modellen zullen standaard uitgerust worden met
mini disk loopwerken ter vervanging van de verouderde disk drives."
Hehe so anyone could toss away their old amiga software on disk. :)
-"Verder staan er ook uitbreidingen voor de oudere modellen zoals de A500
en A2000 op stapel. Wegens de grote gebruikers groep zullen er
uitbreidingen uitgebracht worden om deze machines op te halen naar het
huidige technologische niveau van de aga serie. Deze uitbreidingen
zullen dus uitgerust worden met de nieuwe 'Custom Chips' die de AGA
serie zo populair gemaakt hebben."
This is totaly imposible as the custom chips on the main board can't be
turned off or rerouted....
Well that's all.. Hope you all have a nice April fools day and Prank 'em all.
Greetz from,
PhoeniX of .T.R.I.B.E.
* Comment of the day: "Just keep on smiling"
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
TECHNOLOGY SELECTIONS
18 Mar 96
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Full-text articles:
1. Business Brief -- ATARI CORP.: Net Loss of $27.7 Million Is Posted
For 4th Quarter
Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., the struggling maker of the Jaguar
videogame player, reported a net loss of $27.7 million, or 43 cents a
share, for the fourth quarter, against net income of $17.6 million, or
30 cents a share, a year earlier. The loss resulted from sagging sales,
which fell to $2.8 million from $14.9 million, and the write-off of
inventory and development costs. Atari has agreed to merge into JTS
Corp., a disk-drive maker, and plans to expand the production of video
games for personal computers. For all of 1995, Atari posted a net loss
of $49.6 million, or 78 cents a share, against net income of $9.4
million, or 16 cents share. Sales dropped to $14.6 million from $38.7
million. Atari closed at $3.875, down 12.5 cents, in trading Friday on
the American Stock Exchange.
4. Escom AG Tries To Resuscitate Its Amiga PC --- Remembrance of Glory
Lends Certain Mystique To Model With a Past
By Silvia Ascarelli, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
HANOVER, Germany -- Can a computer be jinxed? Ask the three successive
owners of the Amiga home computer.
First, the quirky little machine burned through the $7 million put up
by its initial backers, three Florida dentists, before the first model
hit the stores in the mid-1980s. After it became a cult brand in the
U.S. and Europe, Amiga's second owner, Commodore International Ltd.,
went bankrupt in 1994.
The brand's new owner, German personal computer-maker Escom AG, is
experiencing the unlucky tradition. Only months after it bought the
Amiga and Commodore names and patents for $10 million, Escom slid deep
into the red, largely because of slowing conventional-PC sales.
But Escom is betting that Amiga's luck has finally changed. Amiga
fans -- an unusually loyal band of diehards from Berlin to Boston --
contend that the current wave of multimedia computing and Internet
surfing plays to Amiga's strength: a fast, efficient circuitry and
software that are good at showing pictures and playing video.
"Technologically, it's a great computer," says Asha DeVelder, 48
years old, a Northern California graphic artist who walked out of a
store in 1986 with an Amiga instead of the typewriter she was shopping
for. "The bottom line is the technology is still there; it's still
graceful, it still works. There's no reason to leave."
Industry experts give it impossible odds of ever being a big force in
the market; after all, IBM-compatible PCs hold nearly 90% of the PC
market, and the Amiga last Christmas represented less than 1% of
industry sales in Europe. Even Manfred Schmitt, chairman of Escom's
management board, describes it as a niche entry. But despite its
financial woes, Escom is starting to roll out new Amiga models. "We
definitely don't want to see Amiga fail," Mr. Schmitt says.
Here at Cebit, Europe's biggest computer trade show, Escom is
displaying perhaps its most promising product, Amiga Surfer -- a
microcomputer that plugs into a standard television and comes with a
modem and special software for "surfing" the global Internet. Priced at
1,199 marks ($815), the machine also handles conventional computing
tasks such as word processing, games and graphics. Aside from the modem
and accompanying communications software, it is similar to an earlier
model, Amiga Magic, now sold for 998 marks.
Also at Cebit, Escom is unveiling a prototype of a new Amiga model
that should be in stores in September and will include a Pentium-speed
processor and CD-ROM drive. Depending on cost, a modem may be added.
Amiga Technologies President Petro Tyschtschenko says he wants to price
the model below 1,000 marks, or less than half the price of a similarly
equipped PC. But company officials maintain their biggest splash will be
a PowerAmiga, using Motorola Inc.'s PowerPC chip, expected to be
introduced at next year's Cebit trade show and to reach stores in May
1997.
When it was first launched a decade ago, the Amiga, with its fat
keyboard and no stand-alone hard drive, was considered ahead of its
time. Back when PCs could only beep and screens were monochrome, Amiga
was dazzling users with sound and video cards, sharp color screens and
plug-and-play technology.
If a PC were likened to a sober numbercruncher, then the Amiga,
originally conceived as a game-playing machine, was the vibrant
animation designer. And it was cheap. After a few million models were
sold during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the computer became a cult
item. Fan magazines proliferated in almost every language. User groups
kept meeting, even when most had relegated the computer to the scrap
heap.
Recently, 70,000 fans swarmed into Cologne for a three-day Amiga
trade show, clamoring for autographs and entrance tickets. Grateful
letters still arrive daily at Amiga Technologies GmbH headquarters,
thanking company officials for bringing the computer back from the dead.
Steve Pond, a computer network designer in a London suburb, boasts
that he can simultaneously format two disks, print from his screen and
go online on his nine-year-old Amiga 2000. "If you spend any amount of
time working on an Amiga, when you switch to a PC or a Macintosh,
everything feels so slow." He says he wants to hold out for a PowerAmiga
but admits that "at the moment, I'm teetering. I do need a new
computer."
Persuading the rest of the computing world to switch systems won't be
easy. Escom's financial woes are likely to spill over to the Amiga
division, which lost about five million marks last year. Even Mr.
Schmitt admits that he can't be as free-spending as he might like. The
Escom group must be more conservative in developing new products; in
fact, it's hoping Motorola will pick up some of the tab for developing
the PowerAmiga.
"We must avoid at all costs making any risky maneuvers," says Mr.
Schmitt, Escom's chairman.
One glaring weakness is the absence of Amiga software in computer
stores. At one of Escom's Frankfurt stores, colorful Amiga boxes are
stacked by the cash register, and one is set up for demonstrations. But
prospective buyers won't find boxes of software to go along with it.
"I can get what I need for it," says Ms. DeVelder, the graphic
artist. She relies on mail-order firms for most programs and says her
software collection already fills two 75-disk wooden boxes, a 50- and
100-disk box and several 30-disk boxes, in addition to "various piles of
disks scattered about" her office.
"I consider myself extremely blessed that I stumbled across Amiga
when I did," she adds. "I'm just wondering whether Amiga Technologies
can really [bring back the brand.]" .
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INFO RELEASED 1ST APRIL 96
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DIRECT FROM AMIGA TECH!!!!
PRESS INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1st 1996
AMIGA Technologies GmbH
New AMIGA Prototype Information with important changes
In an attempt to satisfy a larger portion of the existing Amiga market,
and in preperation for the PowerAmiga's, AMIGA Technologies are proud
to announce a new AMIGA.
A prototype of the new AMIGA will be shown for the first time worldwide at
a trade fair to be hold in late April this year. AMIGA Technologies GmBH
will hereby expand the AMIGA product line for the advanced home user and
the semi-professional market even more than it did until this day. What
will differ this from the AMIGA Technologies Walker project is that its
graphics abilities will be a vast improvement over existing Amiga graphics
architecture. This product will have modularity, a professional design,
and expansion capability to satisfy even the most demanding AMIGA user.
This new AMIGA will have many similaritys to the Walker project machine.
The motherboard features two SIMM sockets, on which the memory can be
increased up to 128 MB. This AMIGA comes standard with a quad-speed
CD-ROM drive. But unlike the walker the main processor used will be the
68060/50Mhz. It will come with 4 of the new 64bit ZorroIV slots, and 8
ZorroIII slots, of which 3 of those slots can also be used as video slots.
Like all of the AMIGA's current range a PowerPC upgrade will be easily
installable when it becomes available.
The ZorroIV slot will allow for the use of real-time video to be sent
to and from any ZorroIV device instantly. Providing this AMIGA as an
ideal MPEG Video Player. It will also be able to handle the usual
variety of multi-serial cards, sound cards, etc. This design concept will
be the base of the coming AMIGA Generation.
Like all Next Generation AMIGA's including Project Walker, the new AMIGA
will be shipped with a new version of AMIGA-OS. But unlike the Project
Walker's AMIGA-OS 3.2, it will have AMIGA-OS 3.5. New features and many
enhancements will give the system more power and flexibility. This OS
will also support most of the new additional hardware the system is
getting added.
A new and welcome addition to the new AMIGA will be the scrapping of the
AGA Chipset and the replacement of it with the much-rumoured AAA chipset.
Amiga Technologies GmBH developers have been quietly working on this
chipset to complete it since it first aquired the rights to the AMIGA.
Features include 24bit Screens, Quad Density Disk Drives, Faster Blitter,
full RTG Support, to name a few of its features.
The PowerPC project is continuing to move forward. Thanks to the close
cooperation with Motorola and Phase 5, the porting of the AMIGA-OS 3.5 will
be achieved within the announced schedule. The first Power AMIGA will be
available early in 1997, as planned. Until then, it is also foreseeable
that Phase 5 will release the first PowerPC cards for existing AMIGAs.
The development of the OS is led by former top AMIGA engineers.
Info: Gilles Bourdin / Public Relations
AMIGA Technologies - Berliner Ring 89 - D-64625 Bensheim
Tel +49 6252 709 195 - Fax +49 6252 709 520
Email: gbo@amiga.de
Copyright 1996 by AMIGA Technologies GmbH
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^^ BBS ADS ^^
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SOAP CITY BBS BUSTED 03-APRIL-1996
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Today -SOAP CITY BBS- was busted. John Loader and 5 CID officers arrived
at 2PM with a warrant to search the premises. They confiscated all of
his equipment including a topend A4000, A1200 & P-60.
DONT CALL -SOAP CITY BBS- ANYMORE
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A WARNING TO ANYBODY WHO IS PHREAKING AT
THE MOMENT - A REPLY..
DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE PARANOIA CRAP!!
This is ø-LiNE, i just read 'watch-it.txt', and thought i might add
somethings to it as it in the whole seems like pure speculation: This file
is in its original form apart from the additions by me seperated by
[ ]'s.
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I wish to remain anon for this file as it may jeopadise my accounts
on some of the following bbs`s ect also I am alledgly on the so called HIT
LIST.
Yesterday a very involved member of the H&P scene was busted by adrian gorham
from bt security at a very inconvienient hour of the night. Floowing him
being interviewed he learnt some very interesting information that confirms
the thoery that bt know more that what we think they know.
these thing include the following.
--- ONE ---
BT Security have accounts on the following BBS`s.
DUK & COVER (RIP)
Permanent Vacation
Switch Board
and probably more.
--- TWO ---
Premere World Link was a trap from the start. The company was set up by MCI
as a trap to catch everybody who use cc`s to call fraudulently. If it was
not a trap then why is it still running. Surely if it was a real company
they would have boycotted setting cards up so easily like the other cc`s
companies.
[Where is your proof? it is unlikely that such an operation would be set up
purely for the reasons of catching carders! If there was then would be
expecting a LOT more busts than have been happening! I doubt there is much
MCI could do about the situation anyway being an American-born company - they
would have a lot of problems regarding international laws etc, also they
would have to coordinate with BT!]
--- THREE ---
BT are logging calls from people being busted and cross refferencing this
information to see who knows who and to plan their next busts.
--- FOUR ---
DEF CON VOICE BRIDGE - This is set up by the feds and is used to gather
information on telephone fraudsters. Think about it, A person is given
over 16 thousand dollars worth of hardware and telephone lines for free to
run a free voicebridge for hackers and phreakers. Get Real the thing is
paid for by the major telephone companies from around the world and is used
and monitored by them. I have proof because BT have information on an
associate of the berson who got busted and the only way they could have got
that information is by monitoring either defcon or the persons in questions
line. Which is against there policies (YEAH RIGHT).
[HAHAHA! Although it is totally feasible that DEFCON is monitored by police
etc, there is no way they would have set the bloody thing up! You say that
BT have got infomation.. fine, so what? They could have got the evidence
by monitoring his line! This would definatly not require the extremly
unlikely scenerio of the major telecommunications companys of the world
combining and setting up a voice-bridge in America to catch hackers!]
--- FIVE ---
Adrian Groham and associates read every TXT file on the H&P scene and have
access to every message sent by grabbing datapackets by monitoring lines.
[ This is equally ssttuuppiidd... i really don't think BT would bother with
such a big operation to catch phreaks who only account for a small
percentage of their loss due to fraud... and Adrian Gorham would NOT have
the authority to set such a thing up! Think of the man-power involved in
pulling together all the H&P BBSs - lame and otherwise, and setting up
equiptment to monitor every single one of their lines! For the main part,
datapackets are not used as packet-switching is not needed when calling
locally - and it would require special circumstances to redivert the phone
call! I do not deny the possibility that they have access to BBSs and can
get the files like this, but they would not be able to read private mail and
they could not set up accounts on EVERY bbs.. ]
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OK well I hope this has made you think twice and i can tell you now I do not
work for BT but I am a person who cares and does not want fellow associates
busted for their uncarefulness.
[- be careful - not paranoid - discover - don't speculate -]
[ well, i don't think that the file actually does anything
for anybody - being based on pure speculation and no proof..
and we can do without stuff like it.. anyway, you can make
up your own mind.. ø-LiNE ]
Greets to SEMTEX.
Signing Off
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