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t h e s u r r o u n d e r s
"That ugly beige thing is driving me crazy.
How in hell can I make it get insane?"
- Frank Dubois, 1994
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Not much to say, actually.
The group isn't dead as some might beleive, but let's just say that
it's in the same state as most north american groups: in a coma.
There's no demo competition in the horizon (maybe in 98? anyone?),
so obviously there's no motivation to create.
But there's still motivation to remember...
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Parallax Olivier S. Masse Musician, Organizer
Le Barman Jean-Claude Dumas Musician, Co-Organizer
Black Beast Sebastien St-Laurent Coder
HamiBios Hami Monsarrat-Chanon Coder
Integris James Platt Musician
Mad Scientist Daniel Picard Artist
Mat David Sirois Musician, Artist
Matryx Sylvain Martel Coder
Warpery Eric Barbier Musician
The group is based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and counts a
few members in Montreal and Ottawa.
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| d e m o s
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| EMERG.ZIP 1706922 06/96 Emergency - 7th place at NAID 1996
| Required: 486DX4-100 and a GUS
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| DARKP.ZIP 423631 05/95 Dark Purpose - Unknown rank at NAID 1995
| Required: 486DX/33 and a GUS
|
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| October '96
| SR-HEART.ZIP 11/96 Breezy Heart Techno XM NorBert
| SR-DRAIN.ZIP 11/96 The Drain Demo IT Parallax
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| NAID 1996
| SR-CRIME.ZIP 06/96 Crime Scene 1996 Chiptune S3M Parallax
| SR-SMALL.ZIP 06/96 Small Nut Chiptune IT Le Barman
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| September '95
| SR-VGN&F.ZIP 09/95 Vengeance & Freedom Techno MOD Parallax
| SR-WSWES.ZIP 09/95 West South-West New Age S3M Parallax
| SR-FRERE.ZIP 09/95 Frere.J.2 Happy S3M Mat / LB
| SR-INMOT.ZIP 09/95 In Motion New Age MTM Warpery
| SR-ELECT.ZIP 09/95 Eletric James Techno MTM Warpery
| SR-REACH.ZIP 09/95 Reach New Age S3M Styves
| SR-ECLYP.ZIP 09/95 Eclypsia New Age S3M Styves
| SR-TWILT.ZIP 09/95 Piano Twilight New Age S3M Integris
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| NAID 1995 Releases - SR-NAID.ZIP
| SR-INHER.ZIP 237581 04/95 Inherent New Age ULT Parallax
| SR-NIGHT.ZIP 277205 04/95 Night Adventure Dance MTM Warpery
| SR-622.ZIP 50415 04/95 622 Rock S3M Mat
| SR-ULTIM.ZIP 52959 04/95 Ultima Rock S3M Le Barman
| SR-MIDSU.ZIP 122260 04/95 Mid-Summer Night New Age S3M Integris
|
| Februrary '95 Releases - SR-FEB95.ZIP
| SR-REVOL.ZIP 61083 02/95 Revolution Rock S3M LB / Par.
| SR-NVISI.ZIP 184094 02/95 Night Vision New Age S3M Parallax
| SR-MOVIN.ZIP 113834 02/95 Moving In The Night Dance MTM Warpery
| SR-THROU.ZIP 87058 02/95 Through The Life Ambience MTM Warpery
| SR-OCEAN.ZIP 129383 02/95 Sounds Of Ocean New Age S3M Integris
|
| December '94 Releases - SR-DEC94.ZIP
| SR-RWOK!.ZIP 54771 12/94 Rwok! Rock S3M Le Barman
| SR-AGGRE.ZIP 65737 12/94 Aggression Hardcore S3M Le Barman
| SR-BORNI.ZIP 86113 12/94 Born In The Night New Age MTM Warpery
| SR-PIPES.ZIP 109066 12/94 Pipes SoundTrk MOD Parallax
| SR-BLOOD.ZIP 6638 12/94 Blood Tears New Age MID Parallax
| SR-CROIS.ZIP 38585 12/94 La Croisade Medieval S3M Mat
| SR-AMAZI.ZIP 6720 12/94 Amazing Grace Christmas MID Parallax
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| October '94 Releases - SR-OCT94.ZIP
| SR-DET.ZIP 63387 10/94 Det Rock? S3M Le Barman
| SR-NEWBA.ZIP 147388 10/94 New Bass Techno MTM Warpery
| SR-PANG.ZIP 88833 10/94 Pangai Ambience MTM Warpery
| SR-SAMP1.ZIP 98851 10/94 Sample Set 1 Samples SND Parallax
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| Older '94 Releases
| EFLORAL.ZIP 95303 09/94 Efloral Techno MTM Warpery
| I_WIN.ZIP 222365 09/94 Will I Ever Win New Age ULT Parallax
| DMTUNE1.ZIP 7681 08/94 Doom Tune 1 Rock MID Parallax
| BADMOVES.ARJ 171271 08/94 Bad Moves Techno ULT Parallax
| PUMPUP.ARJ 63654 08/94 Pump Up Techno MTM Warpery
| GLIMIT.ZIP 325274 07/94 The G Limit Techno ULT Parallax
| HOTDOGS.ZIP 62748 06/94 Hot Dogs Rock S3M Le Barman
| SITUCOM.ZIP 14531 06/94 Si Tu Comprends Remix S3M Le Barman
| BEGGING.ZIP 113746 05/94 Begging Techno MTM Warpery
| BEHOLD.ZIP 3089 05/94 Behold New Age MID Parallax
| CONTRAST.ZIP 92957 05/94 Contrast Slow ULT Parallax
| FADODO.ZIP 87868 05/94 Fadodo Rock S3M Mat / LB
| IZONE.ZIP 57342 05/94 Interzone Rock S3M Le Barman
| MAT4.ZIP 30171 05/94 Mat Four Slow S3M Mat
| MQT.ZIP 54632 05/94 ยจ M.Q.T ? Rock S3M Mat
| SAILOR.ZIP 2927 05/94 The Sailor's Path New Age MID Parallax
| SECONDCH.ZIP 74271 05/94 Second Chance Techno MTM Warpery
| SURREND.ZIP 204271 05/94 Surrender Yourself Techno ULT Parallax
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| MINDST.ZIP 243621 02/95 MindStorm - Small strategy game which
| used the basic sound and graphics engine
| of Dark Purpose. 386 and GUS required.
|
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| SR-VAISO.ZIP 07/97 "Vaisseau 1" by Mat (GIF format).
| Presented at NAID 1996, unknown rank.
|
Where can you get all these files? As you probably know already, most are on
our home page at http://www.interlinx.qc.ca/~parallax and, of course on
http://www.hornet.org.
Most releases prior to spring 1995 have been released mainly on BBS's using
file distribution networks, so they are not readily available on Hornet's
site and there are no plans to upload them either. We have to keep some
pride, don't we? If by any bad luck you would happen to have these vintage
files lurking on 5"1/4 floppies or 8 tracks somewhere, delete them.
Screw them. Burn them. Feed them to the cats. Thank you for your time.
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E-Mail:
Parallax: parallax@interlinx.qc.ca (organizer, PR)
Le Barman: jead@interlinx.qc.ca (co-organizer)
Web:
http://www.interlinx.qc.ca/~parallax
IRC:
Our members are on #trax and #coders only when the moon is full and
the tides are proper. You've read it right, this means almost never.
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Ad Hoc Inc. ...Graphic resources with their MacIntoshes
DCB ...Don't you ever try sleeping like that again!
Otto Chrons ...The cool DMP guy, too bad DMP is gone
Erik Harris ...The ADLIB echo guru (now with Apogee??)
Future Endeavors Inc. ...Find their games in a store near you
Hallucination ...We greet those who greet us for our greets
Hornet and their members ...No need to say why
HyperShell Software Inc. ...Network adapters
InterLinx Inc. ...Private listserv and ftp site
Med ...NAID organizer.
Mr. Khan ...NAID organizer.
Nucleus ...Too bad we didn't have a chance to team up
John Smith ...We miss you.
Struk ...NAID organizer.
The Veritech Knight ...NAID organizer.
]USED[ ...Remember tech-sound?
Xyster ...Lots of support in the old days
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Every release of The Surrounders (including music, sources and
programs) are copyrighted and all the rights concerning these
productions are owned by the group itself. Our productions are
released 'as is' and you are not permitted to modify any of
them except for your private use. Oh yes, and these thingies
have no warranty of any kind.
No permission is granted to include our releases on promotionnal
or commercial CDs without our prior consent (see contact information),
with the exception of CDs made by and for the demo scene; we'd like
to know about these, though.
The samples included in our songs can be ripped, modified and used
freely. Most of ours are already ripped anyway. Original songs
made by our musicians should not be copied or remixed with a
lucrative intent in any manner. They can be broadcasted freely
on non-profit radio stations (student and community radios stations,
etc), but a mention of these broadcasts would be appreciated.
We release our stuff freely for you to enjoy or hate, so please do
not violate these basic ownership rights.
v2.50 - July 22nd, 1997
(C) Copyright 1993-1997 by The Surrounders.
Text by Parallax. Logo design by Mat. "S" design by Le Barman.