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DemoNews Issue #99 - August 21, 1995 | Subscribers : 1480
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DemoNews is a weekly newsletter for the demo scene. | Change : +13
It is produced by Hornet at the site ftp.cdrom.com. | Archive Size : 1002M
Our demo archive is located under /pub/demos. | Last Week : 941M
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Uploads
Articles
Introduction................................Snowman
Reply to "Tracking Society" Editorial.......Necros
"Growing Up in the Scene" Editorial.........Snowman
Music Contest 3 / Freedom CD Update.........Dan Wright + Snowman
Ramblings...................................Ryan Cramer
Assembly 1995 Party Results
The Scene 1995 Party Results
Subscribing
Closing
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=----------------------------------------------------------[File Information]-=
All files listed below are on ftp.cdrom.com or one of its mirrors.
Ratings are completely subjective and do not necessarily reflect opinions
of the demo scene in general.
ftp.cdrom.com too slow? Try our mirror at ftp.luth.se. You may even
upload to this site under /pub/msdos/demos_upload.
All files moved to /dev/null imply that the file was deleted.
=---------------------------------------------------------------------[Demos]-=
Location /demos/alpha/1995 Size Rated Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---------------------------------=
/1992/f/fo-life.zip 1121 **** Facts of Life by Witan
/d/dst-knk.zip 465 *** Avena Kinetik by Distorsion
/e/ex.zip 575 ** !ex by Hyperopia
/i/itp.zip 1252 [rip] Into The Pentagram by Paradise
/s/sp-artd.zip 468 *** Artdisk by Surprise Productions
/s/sp-up.zip 60 ***+ Up Intro by Surprise Prod.
/s/sp_drst.zip 1137 **** Dreamsteal by Surprise Productions
/s/spl-h2b.zip 33 + How 2b A Lamer by SuperLamers
/dev/null/zanti.zip 89 *+ Zanti's Pit BBS Intro
Assembly '95 Demos
/n/nooon_st.arj 1456 ****+ 1st [1/2] Stars by Nooon
/n/nooon_st.a01 173 ****+ 1st [2/2] Stars by Nooon
/d/dxproj.zip 2430 **** 3rd DX Project by RealTech
/c/cc_2lite.zip 1032 **** 4th Zweilight Zone by Capacala
/r/rebelmnd.zip 791 *** 5th Rebel Mind by Epical
/t/tv.zip 676 *** 7th Television by Orange
/l/lgm_kosm.zip 1041 *** 9th Little Green Men by Kosmic
/a/amendino.zip 493 ** Dino by A-men
/d/deaparca.zip 1103 ** Dea Parca by Underworld Corp.
/s/shock.zip 1328 **+ Shock by DCC
Assembly '95 64k Intros
/d/drift.zip 70 ****+ 1st Drift by Wild Light
/c/cma_stik.zip 50 *** 2nd Stickman's World by Coma
/c/clx_bgfr.zip 65 **** 3rd Bill G Force by Complex
/n/nation0.zip 85 **** 4th Nation Zero by Jamm
/d/detour.zip 61 **** 5th Detour by Halcyon
/b/believe.zip 63 ***+ 6th Believe by Valhalla
/a/alchymia.zip 132 *** 7th Alchymid by Mist
/r/rcamera.zip 91 **+ 9th Camera by Symptom
/c/cocaholc.zip 67 **+ 12th Cocaholic by Hazard
/b/byteme.zip 104 ***+ 15th Byte me by @
/f/fruity.zip 57 **+ Fruit Cake by Deus
Assembly '95 4k Intros
/a/animate.zip 5 ***** 1st Animate by Schwartz
/n/nooon_he.zip 5 **** 2nd Heaven by Nooon
/c/crshtest.zip 5 *** 3rd Crash Test by J-P/Rebels
/h/havoc.zip 15 ***+ 5th Havoc by Vicious/Extreme
/s/speed.zip 5 ***+ 6th Speed by Codex/Paranoids
/d/dragon.zip 15 ***+ 8th Dragon by T. Glasmachers
/l/loop01.zip 12 ***+ 10th Loop01 by Pascal/Cubic Team
/a/ahrum.zip 12 ***+ 11th Ahrum
/r/redrum.zip 4 *** 13th Redrum by Galvados/Jamm
/s/shine.zip 8 *** 15th Shine
/f/fraction.zip 4 **+ Fraction by Quad/Apocalypse
Summer Encounter '95 Demos
/m/mighty.zip 1061 **** 2nd Mighty by Xtacy
/o/ohno.zip 318 *** 4th Oh No by Zool
/f/fdg-rec.zip 401 ***+ Fudge by The Recipe
/f/fudge.zip 399 ***+ Fudge by The Recipe
/n/nothing.zip 84 ** Nothing by Noware
/s/skumlfix.zip 645 [n/a] Skumle Planet
/humor/demos/drugs.zip 53 *+ Drugs by Komplax
Summer Encounter '95 Fast Demos
/b/brian.zip 207 *+ Brian by the Brian Team
/f/fast-sko.zip 17 ** Fast Sko by Pugsy/Lobsession
/l/light.zip 11 *** Light by Xinu
/p/p0sle.zip 17 * P0sleguf by CdZ and OPiUM
/w/weird.zip 869 **+ Weird
=-------------------------------------------------------------[Music:General]-=
Location /demos/music Size Rated Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---------------------------------=
/disks/1995/c/cyber1.zip 573 * Cyberwork Disk 1 by ANK
/disks/1995/c/cyber2.zip 311 * Cyberwork Disk 2 by ANK
/disks/1995/c/cyber3.zip 315 * Cyberwork Disk 3 by ANK
/disks/1995/m/moses95.zip 1515 *+ DJ Moses-The Disk by DJ Moses
/songs/1995/midi/house4.zip 893 ** DeepHouze for AWE32 by J. Langpap
/songs/1995/mod/a/alienate.lha 137 * Alienation by Hypno
/songs/1995/mod/b/bizarre.zip 37 *+ Bizarre Imagina. by Zanti
/songs/1995/mod/c/cubik.zip 68 ***+ Cubik by Anodyne
/songs/1995/mod/f/flight2.zip 83 *** Sunset Flight R. by Miss Saigon
/songs/1995/mod/j/justme.zip 92 ***+ Just Me by Balrog/Omen
/songs/1995/mod/l/lamers.zip 113 * Lamers Rule by Zanti
/songs/1995/mod/p/party.zip 56 *+ Mini Gath. 95 2nd place by Zanti
/songs/1995/mod/s/sunsand.zip 48 ** Sun in the sand by Frog
/songs/1995/mod/t/t-dontgo.zip 91 ** Don't Go by TFH/Time
/songs/1995/mod/t/tambreak.zip 384 **+ TamTamBreak
/songs/1995/mod/t/tecbots3.zip 66 * Tecno bots III by Frog
/songs/1995/mod/t/terminal.zip 868 *+ Terminal Reality
/songs/1995/mod/t/thisone.zip 465 ** This one's for you by Frog
/songs/1995/mod/z/zanti.zip 54 * Zanti's pit by Zanti/ELQ
/songs/1995/mod/z/zorba.zip 23 *+ Zorba, the greek by Frog
/songs/1995/mod/z/zs-orkin.zip 62 ** Orkin 659 by Zsazs
/songs/1995/mtm/i/innerdub.zip 99 *** Innerdub by Merrick Brown
/songs/1995/mtm/j/junkies.zip 250 *+ Junkies in Space by ??
/songs/1995/s3m/a/afever.zip 90 *+ Office Fever by Arura Flux
/songs/1995/s3m/b/bassdark.zip 129 * Bass From The D. by Darksin
/songs/1995/s3m/b/bdremix.zip 205 * Battledrome Rem. by Darksin
/songs/1995/s3m/c/carrot.zip 112 ***+ Carrot by Meat
/songs/1995/s3m/c/crazybas.zip 17 + Crazy Bass by Radial Monster
/songs/1995/s3m/c/cybsbirf.zip 127 ** Cyberdemon's B-day by Grinner
/songs/1995/s3m/d/dy-influ.zip 162 ***+ Influxation by Draygen
/songs/1995/s3m/f/fm-atla.zip 262 **** Atlantis by Stalker
/songs/1995/s3m/f/fuck-had.zip 92 ** F--k You by Hadji
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-cmtmx.zip 100 * Comet Mixes by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-jurny.zip 79 ** Mindless Journey by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-mdtc1.zip 63 *+ MediaTech try #1 by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-movin.zip 49 * Moving That Rhythm by Golden Spd.
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-msdqa.zip 76 * MRS-DQA (remix) by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-ntlot.zip 100 *+ Notta Lotta Bass by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-titld.zip 54 * Titled by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/g/gs-wtpts.zip 127 *+ Wet Pants by Golden Spud
/songs/1995/s3m/l/loqulady.zip 109 *** Loquatious Lady by DD/Aurora
/songs/1995/s3m/n/nex-blue.zip 176 ** Blueprint by Nexus
/songs/1995/s3m/p/p_psycho.zip 443 ** Psychotic by Primal
/songs/1995/s3m/r/rngr-had.zip 102 *+ Ranger Danger![rmx] by Hadji
/songs/1995/s3m/s/s-mirage.zip 93 *+ Silicon Mirage by Catspaw
/songs/1995/s3m/s/simpsonz.zip 392 ***+ The doh-boyz choir by Protocol
/songs/1995/s3m/s/slipaway.zip 70 ** Slipping away by Catspaw
/songs/1995/s3m/s/smokey.zip 77 *** Smokey nights by DD
/songs/1995/s3m/s/stardawn.zip 180 **+ Star Dawn by Petagor
/songs/1995/s3m/s/sunsetbl.zip 304 **** Sunset boulevard by Prism / EMF
/songs/1995/s3m/t/t-alunis.zip 245 ***+ Alunis Project by ded silence/Time
/songs/1995/s3m/t/t-blumte.zip 168 *** Bluemite by ded silence/Time
/songs/1995/s3m/t/t-dd2.zip 188 **+ Dooms Day Part 2 by TFH/Time
/songs/1995/s3m/t/t-intrwk.zip 159 *** Interweak by ded silence/Time
/songs/1995/s3m/t/techness.zip 51 *+ Ultratechness by Jaymus
/songs/1995/s3m/t/termend.zip 181 **+ End of term by DD
/songs/1995/s3m/t/trippp.zip 11 + ??
/songs/1995/s3m/v/vo-destr.zip 256 *+ Destructive by Voyeur
/songs/1995/s3m/w/wk-sekrt.zip 40 ** A secret smile by W. Krauser
/songs/1995/s3m/w/wk-urge.zip 338 ** Urgency by Wolfgang Krauser
/songs/1995/xm/0-9/2days2.zip 233 ** 2days2LiFE by SiNE
/songs/1995/xm/a/ak_loom.zip 403 **+ Untitled by ??
/songs/1995/xm/b/b13-0023.zip 518 **+ TwilightAnthem by ??
/songs/1995/xm/l/levity.zip 211 **+ Levity by Trifixion
=--------------------------------------------------------[Music:Non-Reviewed]-=
Location /demos/music Size Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------=
/other/socal.zip 1933 Music from SoCal '95 Music Competition
/programs/misc/awe-dump.zip 12 AWEDump ROM dumper by Mr. Gun
/programs/mixers/mastmix2.zip 31 MasterMixer 2.2 SB Mixer by Mr. Gun
/programs/players/ghsc106.zip 35 Grafik HSC Player 1.06 by ??
/programs/players/juicy15a.zip 35 Juicy Player 1.5a by Lord Bane...
=----------------------------------------------------------------------[Code]-=
Location /demos/code Size Rated Lang Description
=-------------------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----------------------------=
/demosrc/uwloader.zip 24 *** A UWLoader source code
/graph/raster/rastdemo.zip 188 *** A Three raster-effect intros
/pmode/pmw120.zip 123 ****+ A C Pmode v. 1.20
/sound/amm.zip 30 ** [NA] Audio Manager file format
/utils/rtmx20.zip 667 **** [NA] 3D object viewer/browser
/utils/ved11.zip 84 *** [NA] 3D vector object editor
=------------------------------------------------------------------[Graphics]-=
Location /demos/graphics Size Rated Description
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Assembly '95 Graphics
/ASM95/fiction2.zip 38 **** 1st Fiction by Visualize/Jamm
/ASM95/mystery.zip 43 **** 2nd Mystery by Artifec/Complex
/ASM95/agony.zip 36 **** 3rd Agony by Jogi/Mellow Chips
/ASM95/valk31.zip 166 **** 4th Valkyria by Visigoth
/ASM95/an_axe.zip 56 ***+ 7th An Axe by Yoga/United Artists
/ASM95/phobic.zip 66 **** 8th Phobic by IronMan
/ASM95/baby.zip 45 **+ 10th Baby by Facet&Super Nao/Lemon
/ASM95/imp_wolf.zip 78 ***+ 11th NO by Wolf/Imphobia
/ASM95/grandma.zip 35 ** 12th Grandma by Tyshdomolo/Abyss
/ASM95/nrtzrkbl.zip 106 ** 14th Blend by Neutesten/Zirkonium
/ASM95/after_li.zip 43 ** Afterlife
/ASM95/battlewa.zip 75 ** Battle War?
/ASM95/cowboy.zip 14 *+ Cowboy
/ASM95/dasboot6.zip 23 * Das Boot 6
/ASM95/deepsalf.zip 35 *** Deepsalf
/ASM95/dragon.zip 95 **+ Dragon
/ASM95/ducepic.zip 65 ** Duce Picture by Duce/Extend
/ASM95/firedray.zip 30 *** Firedray by OLA
/ASM95/frost.zip 15 * Frost
/ASM95/hcosmic.zip 21 ** HCosmic
/ASM95/hellview.zip 64 ** Hellview by Lich
/ASM95/huma2.zip 134 ** Human 2 by Dreamer
/ASM95/indian.zip 128 ** Indian by M-Stone
/ASM95/ingas.zip 88 **+ Ingas by Louie
/ASM95/ladywar.zip 45 **+ Lady War by Mindeye/Cirion
/ASM95/outspace.zip 34 **+ Outer Space by Toxic
/ASM95/pad_newb.zip 30 ** Pad
/ASM95/rabbits.zip 31 **+ Rabbits
/ASM95/rosie.zip 39 *** Rosie
/ASM95/sami2.zip 144 ** Sami by Cork
/ASM95/si-nrn.zip 48 *** Si-Nrn by Neuron/Silicon
/ASM95/tb_ass95.zip 112 **+ Ass95 by Treabeard
/ASM95/warrior.zip 47 *+ Warrior by Menace
/ASM95/whoisit.zip 16 ** Cobain by The Wind
Summer Encounter '95 Graphics
/pictures/fudged.zip 18 ** Fudged Demo Session by Seth/Fudge
/pictures/sdpg.zip 24 *+ Super Dupber Person Guy by X-Cell
/pictures/tina.zip 15 * Tina by MC/Fudge
Summer Encounter '95 Fast Graphics
/pictures/ironman.zip 226 *** Ironman/Crime Inc.
/pictures/jesper.zip 38 **+ Jesper
/pictures/nogravit.zip 201 *** No Gravity by Vivaldee
/pictures/robozone.zip 78 ***+ RoboZone by Ziax
=-------------------------------------------------------------[Miscellaneous]-=
Location /demos Size Description
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/hornet/demonews/dn_1of1.097 52 DemoNews #97
/hornet/demonews/dn_1of1.098 27 DemoNews #98
/hornet/traxw/traxweek.020 40 TraxWeekly #20
/hornet/traxw/traxweek.021 43 TraxWeekly #21
/hornet/traxw/traxweek.022 65 TraxWeekly #22
/mags/h/hoaxmag6.zip 597 Hoax Magazine #6
/mags/i/inf_dsk7.zip 823 Daskmig #7
/mags/s/scoop_.zip 89 Preview of Scoop, new Diskmag (good)
/mags/u/uflg14.zip 73 UserFlag DiskMag #14
/nets/nad022.zip 69 NADnet - North America's Demo Network
/party/misc/euskal95.zip 248 Invitation intro to Euskal '95
/party/naid/1995/dddnaid.arj 1456 [1/2] Dungeon Dweller's NAID '95 Report
/party/naid/1995/dddnaid.a01 1273 [2/2] Dungeon Dweller's NAID '95 Report
/party/naid/1995/naid-res.txt 3 Unofficial Results to NAID '95
/party/sih/1995/sih_rep.zip 43 Hornet's SIH '95 Report (Stony+Meriadoc)
/party/wired/1995/w95inv20.zip 104 Wired '95 Invitation v2.0
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=---------------------------------------------------[Introduction]--[Snowman]-=
Greetings and salutations. We are back with another issue of DemoNews.
I am feeling quite somber today, and it appears that this issue reflects
it.
A rather startling discovery was made this week by our friend Trixter. If
you look at the header for this newsletter, you will see the current size
of our archive listed. The number listed is misleading. We _do_ have
approximately 1 gig of files, but those files actually occupy 2 gigs.
Why the discrepancy?
ftp.cdrom.com stores files in blocks, much like your traditional DOS-box.
That means that the minimal amount of space a file can occupy is 32k (or
some other gross size like that). See if you jump to the same conclusion
I did. Why are we at 2 gigs?
Well, you know all those little .txt files we have on our site (one for
every .zip, .arj, and .lha)? Each of those files may look like 50 or 100
bytes, but in actuality each eats up 32k of storage. In total, we estimate
that .txt descriptions occupy half a gig!
We will be accelerating our conversion from .txt to the 00index format. :)
The big news this week is Assembly '95. And so, logically?, we have
absolutely no articles (save the results) concerning this landmark party.
Blame it on what you like, but I couldn't seem to obtain any juicy tidbits.
We'll scrape together a couple tardy articles for next issue.
In fact, we really don't have that much in the way of articles this week.
I am working on getting past the "Grr... I'm the article monster! Feed me!"
stage and working toward the "Its ok if we don't have that many articles"
stage. You the reader may suffer, but at least it gives me solace.
That said, enjoy the file listings, enjoy the editorial, and enjoy the party
results.
To all faithful DemoNews subscribers, it is now time to hold hands.
The number 1500 is within grasp. Be sure to subscribe all your relatives
and pets during this next week.
Christopher G. Mann - r3cgm@ftp.cdrom.com
=---------------------------[Reply to "Tracking Society" Editorial]--[Necros]-=
[Note: "Tracking Society" editorial appeared in DemoNews #98]
Your description of the various social stratification that occurs on IRC is
quite accurate. There used to be a time when only a very few people had
trackers, and in fact the ones that did have them usually were chosen
fairly randomly, and included a whole bunch of coders, artists, and other
non-music types.
Back then, there was the 'elite', and then the 'rest of the people'.
However, due to the recent explosion of the size of the music scene over
the last few years, especially in the U.S., a bit of social darwinism has
taken place.
It is hard to make a mark in the scene these days with so many people
producing such high-quality stuff. The one thing people have to start
realizing, though, is that you cannot expect to go to ftp.cdrom.com, pick
up a tracker, write your first song ever, and then expect to go onto #trax
and XDCC it down everyone's throats.
Once you have a bad rep, it's really really hard to get rid of it. I
tracked for a solid 6 months before I started releasing publicly, and I
also had about 10 years of music experience before I even touched a
tracker. It is the exact same way with art, code, and anything else. Why
upload every crappy thing you've done to Hornet and flood the /incoming
dirs?
Is the stuff you first create what you are truly capable of? It just seems
that lately the signal to noise ratio on ftp.cdrom.com is so low, I barely
download from there anymore unless a file is recommended to me by a friend.
I realize that people are perfectly entitled to upload whatever they darn
please to sites, but they should stop and think for a moment: A) how does
this compare to other stuff that's out there? and B) does this really
represent the kind of work I am capable of?
Well I'm rambling again but your editorial somehow inspired it, so it's all
your fault :> (muhaha)
Necros / FM - necros@axs.net
=----------------------------["Growing Up in the Scene" Editorial]--[Snowman]-=
_____Introduction
All of you reading this editorial are my parents, my siblings, or my
children. For those who attended the NAID demo party, you may recall in my
closing speech how I mentioned that the demo scene is a "family". Today I
am reminded just how true this is.
_____Five Stages of Growth
There seem to be five very distinct stages we all go through in the scene.
We are born. We download our first demo, our first s3m, our first intro,
and are... enlightened. We discover this underground world called the
"demo scene". We are in awe, not fully understanding, but realizing that
this place is one of the stops on our journey of life. We are born.
We are children. We absorb, as a child does. Memorizing names, demo
vocabulary words, slang, we begin to assimilate ourselves into this
culture. We form some sort of feeling about our where we are headed. Some
choose to be musicians, others coders, others graphicians (still don't know
how you pronounce that), and yet others (like myself) take to the realm of
organization. We are children.
We are adults. We have a good feel for where we belong in the scene and
how well we are respected. Even though our talents are not yet fully
honed, we have a fairly good idea of how much we are likely to achieve in
our demo scene lifetime. By now, we have formed many strong friendships
that will sustain us for years. We are adults.
We are elders. Not too much surprises us anymore. More often than not, we
take a cynical view of the scene. Most new productions are pure crap and
childish. We content ourselves by associating with those we "grew up"
with, and laughing at the newbies and their mistakes. We also tend to say
a lot of things like "Remember when...?". We are elders.
We are dead. Not in the physical sense of course, but we are no longer
active in the scene, having tracked and coded, down and uploaded, e-mailed
and IRCed, till our minds became static numb. We check in on the the scene
every now and again just to make sure everything is still going well, like
some watchful deity eye protecting the naturally chaotic populace. We are
dead.
_____Personal Experience (skip this if you like)
I can recall my birth back in mid-1992. Putre Faction, Amnesia, Vicky,
ModPlay, CMF, ROL, and MOD files were all part of my personal
"enlightenment process". I remember fondly (and perhaps pervertedly) the
scorn on my father's face when he would confront me with a large phone
bill. I would fork over hard-earned stockboy money to pay for my long
distance calls to demo BBS's.
Cronologia, Whacker Tracker, The Sound Barrier, Composer 669. That's the
stuff my childhood is made of. I remember once having a disagreement with
C.C.Catch back in 1992 about which sounded better: Sound blaster filter on
or off. I was young and cocky, wanting to take on the world, wanting to
become the greatest musician there ever was and go down in Imphobia
history. Years later, I have a much more realistic view of the scene.
My adulthood is proving to be an interesting time. Since I get to review
all /incoming/demos, my view of the demo scene is a fairly accurate one I
think. Most of the uploads I rate are devoid of creativity and flare:
stuck in the rut of phong shaded donuts and 3D Studio objects. Occasionally
a glimmer of hope trickles in: an X14, a DOPE, a Slow. This is what keeps
me going.
I have discovered that there is a very real similarity between lifeblood
family and demo scene family that transcends mortal time. Not only do we
ourselves go through different stages of growth in the scene, but we also
take on different roles: children, siblings, and parents.
My parents in the scene were Dan Wright and Dan Potter. I credit Dan
Potter (coder for Digital Infinity) for opening my eyes to a global image
of the scene. I credit Dan Wright for having faith enough in me to pass on
the responsibilities of maintaining our demo archive. These two individuals
have been my parents and have shaped my perceptions.
My brothers. Oh, my brothers. I have many dear friends, but very few
brothers. Ryan Cramer, my college student mirror, with remarkable
connections. Jester, my long lost POV friend; diligent and talented.
Krystall, that goofy French kid who started on .ULT while I was on .669 and
was with me through the .FAR era. Trixter, my Pascal=lamer friend, with an
unnerving ability to grasp concepts and who is my twin in humor.
GraveDigger, the gifted and dedicated journalist and musical organizer
extraordinare. Jeff, the melodramatic and vibrant Quebecker who would be
in tears if I didn't mention him. :) Stony, the innocent and angelically
positive buddy from The Netherlands. And Jason Nunn, my upside-down bloke
from the land of British Prisoners and deadly wildlife. Two coders, two
musicians, two graphicians, and an organizer. These are my brothers.
_____The Point
"Snowman, this article seems to have little to do with the demo scene.
Further, you are rambling and using only sentence fragments. I fear
you shall be mailed in a negative manner when this editorial is published."
"Fear not consciousness. I shall give the readers some food for thought
and justify my rambling before I depart."
In my self-delusional capacity to do so, I proclaim this week "Reflection
Week". Take a moment to think about all those individuals who have
influenced you along the way, to those who you have grown up with, and to
those who you are influencing at this very moment.
Light travels at 186,282 miles per second (if memory serves). Fast as this
is, it still takes a fraction of a second for images to reach your eyes. In
a very real sense then, we never see the future, or even the present:
we are always looking at the past. This seems quite fitting, as it is the
past experiences in our lives that mold who we are today.
Every once in a while, pull out and dust off your own demo memory book and
peer into your past. You might be surprised at what you find.
This editorial was inspired by my cat Herbie, who died this morning after
loosing a tough battle with cancer. May his gentle soul rest in peace.
Christopher G. Mann - r3cgm@ftp.cdrom.com
=---------------[Music Contest 3 / Freedom CD Update]--[Dan Wright + Snowman]-=
_____Introduction
Its the contest that just won't quit: Music Contest 3. Weeks after the
official results were posted in DemoNews, Snowman continues to work on the
mc3final.exe, while Dan Wright and GD work on assembling the lists of songs
which will be put on the Freedom CD.
Due to some severe difficulties in communicating with Floss, things are
moving along at a snail's pace. We still are without a list of author's
e-mail addresses. Because of this, we have been unable to contact several
of the proposed song's authors (to be included on the Freedom CD).
Delays in the mc3final.exe can be explained (though not justified) by the
following reasons: producing DemoNews, reviewing tons of new demos, intros,
and graphics, restructuring the /alpha directory, visiting out of town
relatives.
_____Announcement
To all MC3 entrants, please reupload your song with full text and
appropriate song title to ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/demos/incoming/freedom. It
was a gross oversight on our part that we did not plan ahead for this.
Our sincere apologies for all of these inconveniences.
_____Proposed Song List for the Freedom CD
This is the song list--a final as far as I am concerned-- regarding the
songs that will be on the CD. I am going to have XTEN work with this and
get me something final by Wednesday.
Below are the songs that will appear on the Freedom CD in the order they
will appear. All of the information below is assumed correct until
otherwise notified. This file may be distributed--especially if it will
get me feedback from the 5 musicians whose song names I had to make up.
All tracks with * contain songs I named--A total of 5 songs. If I do
not get a response from these people by Tuesday 22th of August then
the name I picked will be final.
Stuff inside () do not need to be on the Art--tray card. Tray card needs:
# of track, Author, and Song Name (Like Escape but Times are not necessary
unless there is room and then the times below are only approximations)
? Means I do not know the correct answer.
*** Some songs may need to be FADED OUT (i.e Song #13)***
Dan Wright - dmw@inca.gate.net
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 1
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Jase
E-mail : jlchong@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Country : Australia
Song Name : Kingdom Skies
MC3 Name : E-94956 (1st Place)
Post Processing : Small reverb to full out
sound a bit. Not too
drastic.
Player : Cubic Player (alternative:
Fast Tracker 2.04)
Approx Time : 4:42
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 2
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Necros
E-mail : asega@libws4.ic.sunysb.edu
Country : USA
Song Name : The Crossing
MC3 Name : E-29812 (2nd Place)
Post Processing : heck yes :>
Player : cubic 1.4
Approx Time : 4:30
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 3
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Nemesis
E-mail : nemesis@crl.com
Country : USA
Song Name : Drift
MC3 Name : E-98842 (3rd Place)
Post Processing : As long as song is not
muddled up
Player : ST3 (Though ST3 doesn't
always play > 9 tracks
correctly)
Approx Time : 4:29
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 4
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Leviathan (Andy Carlson)
E-mail : d2@mcs.com
Country : USA
Song Name : Wanderlust
MC3 Name : E-95642 (4th Place)
Post Processing : A tiny bit of reverb,
flange during drum breaks
if possible
Player : Cubic Player
Approx Time : 3:13
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 5
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Big Jim
E-mail : James_storer@hp-unitedkingdom-om1.om.hp.com
Country : United Kingdom
Song Name : Second Thoughts
MC3 Name : E-95264 (5th Place)
Post Processing : Yeah, whatever sounds
coolest in your opinion
Player : Cubic I guess.
Approx Time : 4:41
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 6
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Markell P. Moss
E-mail : mpmoss@freenet.calgary.ab.ca
Country : Canada
Song Name : Sendoff Flight
MC3 Name : E-45554 (6th Place)
Post Processing : Some (Don't go overboard on
Reverb)
Player : FastTracker 2
Approx Time : 3:45
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 7
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Shikando
E-mail : dax007@anon.penet.fi
Country : Finland
Song Name : Can't Fake Michelle
MC3 Name : E-98138 (7th Place)
Post Processing : Yes
Player : Non Specified So use Scream
Tracker or Cubic Player
Approx Time : 2:32
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 8
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Ryan Cramer
E-mail : rcramer1@osf1.gmu.edu
Country : USA
Song Name : Zimbaway (Probably incorrect)
MC3 Name : E-79942 (8th Place)
Post Processing : Go ahead and do stuff, but
nothing drastic
Player : Cubic Player or MikMod
Approx Time : 4:00
=---------------------------------------------
* TRACK 9
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Bar
E-mail : dusty@disi.unige.it
Country : Italy
Song Name : Traveling Onward ?
MC3 Name : E-69547 (9th Place)
Post Processing : ?
Player : Cubic Player
Approx Time : 3:43
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 10
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : FireLight
E-mail : hero@suburbia.apana.org.au
Country : Australia
Song Name : Forgotten Dreamtime
MC3 Name : E-74556 (10th Place)
Post Processing : NO
Player : FastTracker 2.04
Approx Time : 3:31
=---------------------------------------------
* TRACK 11
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Esper Division
E-mail : debriefr@dmr.ca
Country : Canada
Song Name : Universal Misison ?
MC3 Name : E-43864 (11th Place)
Post Processing : ?
Player : FastTracker 2.04
Approx Time : 4:29
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 12
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Future Assassin
E-mail : ar482@freenet.carleton.ca
Country : Canada
Song Name : Betrayal of Innocence
MC3 Name : E-09344 (12th Place)
Post Processing : Umm...you decide. :)
Player : IPlay and Cubic Player work
nicely.
Approx Time : 2:54
=---------------------------------------------
* TRACK 13
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Mayhem
E-mail : mayhem1@io.org
Country : ?
Song Name : Potato Chips ?
MC3 Name : O-95444 (1st Place--Rookie)
Post Processing : ?
Player : CP (Fade out ending)
Approx Time : 3:12
=---------------------------------------------
* TRACK 14
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Morph
E-mail : mdm@grfn.org
Country : ?
Song Name : Upwardly Mobile ?
MC3 Name : O-09144 (2nd Place--Rookie)
Post Processing : ?
Player : CP
Approx Time : 2:40
=---------------------------------------------
* TRACK 15
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Spyder
E-mail : kdostale@indiana.edu
Country : ?
Song Name : On the Rocks ?
MC3 Name : O-40052 (3rd Place--Rookie)
Post Processing : ?
Player : Fast Tracker 2.04
Approx Time : 2:54
=---------------------------------------------
TIME TO HERE : 52:21 (15 Songs from MC3)
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 16
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : The REW
E-mail : therew@ns.intermedia.nl
Country : The Netherlands
Song Name : Atlantic Blue
File Name : Atlantic.ptm
Post Processing : ?
Player : PM player
Approx Time : 2:32
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 17
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Cybelius
E-mail : hoplite@triplex.fipnet.fi
Country : Finland
Song Name : The Rainy Road
File Name : rainy.s3m
Post Processing : NO
Player : Lets use Scream Tracker
Approx Time : 3:08
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 18
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Zodiak (Erik Stridell)
E-mail : zodiak@kuai.se
Country : Sweden
Song Name : Respirator
File Name : respfix.xm (Fixed version
of song)
Post Processing : Yes
Player : FastTracker 2.04
Approx Time : 2:57
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 19
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Jason Brotherton (Vocals by
Kristen Brandeburg)
E-mail : brothert@cps.msu.edu
Country : USA
Song Name : All I Feel Is Hate
File Name : Track #1 of CD
Post Processing : NO
Player : CD Player via Optical Cable
Approx Time : 3:27
=---------------------------------------------
TRACK 20
=---------------------------------------------
Name/Handle : Krystall & Cynthia
E-mail : krystall@qbc.clic.net
Country : Canada
Song Name : Night of Dreams
MC3 Name : not entered
Post Processing : NO
Player : Tape Recorder
Approx Time : 4:40
=---------------------------------------------
TOTAL TIME : 69:05 (Gaps between songs not counted)
=---------------------------------------------
=------------------------------------------[General Ramblings]--[Ryan Cramer]-=
1. Force 10 Music Pack #6 - I was asked to do a review of this music disk
for this week. Unfortunately, I did not have the time, but I wanted to
point out that this was a very nice production and is worth checking
out. The music is pretty good, especially the songs by Zapper. The
interface is also very nice. While not a Progression or an Epidemic,
Force 10 has done a nice job with this production.
2. I got a message from Clement Poon (sorry if that's the wrong spelling)
this week, and he wanted me to review a new music disk that he and some
friends have done. It includes such musicians as: Markell Moss, Lloyd
Yoon, Donovan Seidle, Steve Leung, and Clement Poon. Apparently a bunch
of Canadians "eh?". Well, being a hoser, I was not able to find their
music disk which is titled calgary.zip or cmd or something like that. If
anybody finds this, let me know because I'd like to take a look. It
sounds like a good music disk that apparently has some NON-TECHNO music
in it. Imagine that! That would be a first, and that's something I'd
definitely like to hear.
3. Some loser created a pack of songs by KX-Mode/Epi and put in the
FILE_ID.DIZ - "Ryan Cramer's best hits!". Well, I haven't heard the
songs, but I can tell you that they are not mine. Thanks to Mystical of
Purple who spotted this music pack on some Dutch board or Danish or one
of those countries around there.
4. I'm still listening to Progression!
Ryan Cramer / Renaissance - rcramer1@osf1.gmu.edu
=-----------------------------------------------[Assembly 1995 Party Results]-=
_____Demos
1) (3646 points) Noon "Stars : Wonders of the world"
2) (1482 points) Juice "Psychic link"
3) (1204 points) RealTech "DX Project"
4) (1039 points) Capacala "Zweilight Zone"
5) (916 points) Epical "Rebel Mind"
6) (896 points) Miracle "Higher Desire"
7) (799 points) Orange "Television"
8) (587 points) Dubius "Optimal Torque"
9) (541 points) Kosmic "Little Green Men"
10) (372 points) Japotek "Figthing for something"
11) (224 points) Masque "Mystery"
12) (175 points) tArzAn tuotanto "Syllabization"
13) (153 points) Black Rain "Overflow"
14) (143 points) Deus ex Machina "Fever"
15) (33 points) Simplicity "Elegant"
_____64k Intros
1) (2750 points) Wild Light "Drift"
2) (1899 points) Coma "Stickman's World"
3) (1364 points) Complex "Bill G Force"
4) (1219 points) Jamm "Nation Zero"
5) (1112 points) Halcyon "Detour"
6) (1041 points) Valhalla "Believe"
7) (527 points) Mist "Alchymid"
8) (506 points) Halo "Reality Impact"
9) (471 points) Symptom "Camera"
10) (364 points) Abaddon "Pied"
11) (358 points) Epsilon "Dream"
12) (271 points) Hazard "Cocaholic"
13) (225 points) Anarchy "Tam"
14) (194 points) Woodpeckers from Mars "No Class"
15) (185 points) @ "Byte me"
_____4k Intros
1) (2100 points) Animate
2) (1729 points) Heaven
3) (1008 points) Crashtest
4) (948 points) Chrome
5) (836 points) Havoc
6) (801 points) Speed
7) (696 points) Compexity
8) (608 points) Dragon
9) (559 points) Bit
10) (430 points) Loop01
11) (366 points) Ahrum
12) (340 points) Only for few bytes
13) (337 points) Redrum
14) (326 points) Strictly 4kb
15) (324 points) Shine
_____4 Channel Music
1) (1420 points) Theseus/Anathema "Funkyeeh"
2) (1280 points) Cube/Dee "Illumination"
3) (1193 points) Lizardking/Razor 1911 "Crayfish Party"
4) (1080 points) Breeze/Capacala "Aroma of northwest"
5) (1056 points) Oxide/Sonik "Topless"
6) (921 points) Ukulele/Banal Projects "Jormuan Lava"
7) (824 points) Radix/Limited Edition "Rymdfunk"
8) (797 points) Dizzy/CNCD "Suuntaviivat"
9) (742 points) Brem/Bomb Squad "Get it"
10) (707 points) Groo/CNCD "Pop Huora"
11) (579 points) Andy/Banal Projects "Balthazar"
12) (462 points) Boheme/Bomb Squad "The Robot Kingdom"
13) (458 points) Sphinx/Fanatic "Holocaust"
14) (369 points) Yoga/United Artists "Chuynia"
15) (330 points) Dj. Roberto "Blowing House"
_____32 Channel Music
1) (2999 points) Skaven "Catch that Goblin"
2) (1017 points) Rage "Guild of sounds"
3) (988 points) Lizardking "World of unicorns"
4) (968 points) Stargazer "Garage"
5) (886 points) Prism "Can you feel it"
6) (811 points) Beathawk "Breaking the sky"
7) (724 points) Yolk "Temple of sun"
8) (699 points) Purple Motion "Astraying Voyages"
9) (648 points) Zake "Kaapu-Pete Matkustaa"
10) (528 points) Pauli R?m? "Music for the forest"
11) (504 points) Yzi "Spinning"
12) (380 points) Turtle "Power Boogie"
13) (228 points) RSE "So.if.fix.x."
14) (201 points) Pete "Sy-Stems"
15) (200 points) Edge "Farewell to Lyrics"
_____Graphics
1) (1769 points) Visualize/Jamm "Fiction"
2) (1457 points) Artifec/Complex "Mystery"
3) (1285 points) Jogi/Mellow Chips "Agony"
4) (1177 points) Visigoth/Pure Resistance "Valkyria"
5) (948 points) Kube/CNCD "Mustafa"
6) (880 points) Kal/Astroidea "Morphosis"
7) (802 points) Yoga/United Artists "An axe"
8) (702 points) IronMan "Phobic"
9) (664 points) Mazor/Paragon "Pain 2"
10) (639 points) Facet&Super Nao/Lemon. "Baby"
11) (616 points) Wolf/X-Trade "NO"
12) (428 points) Tyshdomolo/Abyss "Grandma"
13) (372 points) Zeb/Orange "Nut Fish"
14) (254 points) Neutesten/Zirkonium "Blend"
15) (201 points) Destop/CNCD "Wicked"
=----------------------------------------------[The Scene 1995 Party Results]-=
[Note: this text was taken from c.s.i.p.d. newsgroup]
Here are the final results for The Scene 1995 Singapore Demo Party held on
2nd July 1995 ...
_____Demos
1) Pureness by WaterLogic
2) Raven by Renegade
3) Shades of Gray by Mode XiX
4) Enchantment by MysTiCaL
5) Rush by Mode XiX
_____Music
1) Never by Zane
2) Misty Heart by ProLogic 303
3) Pureness by Martine Chen/WaterLogic and Zane
4) Body Language by Zane
5) Tech-No by Xylon/Mode XiX
6) Rising by Audiojack/Renegade
7) Cross junction - Epsilon/Renegade
8) Misery - Epsilon/Renegade
9) Extacy city - Kelvin Ng/Mode XiX
FxKidd / MysTiCaL
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