_//\\________________________________________________________________________ _\\__T_A_T_I_C___L_I_N_E_____________________________________ March, 2000 __\\_________________________________________________________________________ \\//__ Monthly Music E-Zine _________________________________ 90 Subscribers _____________________________________________________________________________ --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Table Of Contents ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- Opening: Message From the Editor Letters From Our Readers Columns: In Tune -- "audiophonik" -- A Complete CD Review Screen Lit Vertigo -- "Dis" by Mandula Crackhead Trackhead -- "Go, Go, Get Up, Coooome onnn!" -- Virt Rants About DJ Gear Call to Keyboards -- CD's in the Underground Features: audiophonik - music for the scene generation Information and Order Form Closing: Credits --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Message From the Editor ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- Wow, we've come a long way, havn't we? Almost a full 100 subscribers, and not too far from our two year anniversary. Lets break 100 before issue 24. Tell your friends, get everyone involved. You love us, so why wouldn't someone else? I'd like to go much further. I'd like to make this a magazine that everyone would like to turn to as a key resource in the scene. For that reason, I'm asking for anyone willing to write any scene based article to please notify me. Run your ideas by me, I'd be happy to listen. I have an assignment for all readers. Please write me back and tell me what columns you love the most. What is most helpful to you? What would you like to see? What could we do to make this e-zine better? We got a small but very interesting issue this month. It is kind of humorous for me to look at the issue, and see that most of the articles this month mention the audiophonik CD. I appologize for that, but it has influenced me quite a bit. Anyhow, I review the whole album from Imphobia for In Tune this month. I have also included their press release which will give you much more information about the album, as well as information on how to get your own copy. Virt is also back with his latest rants about the Home-Style DJ. Unfortunately, Dilvish has taken a brief vacation. Hopefully, he'll return in the future for another Zen. Until next month... --Coplan --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- In Tune "audiophonik" -- A Complete CD Review By: Coplan and Setec ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- -=- Introduction -=- Let me say this is not my typical review. It isn't often that I'm asked to review a whole album. Fortunately, this isn't the first time either, and I think I can make sense of it all. Darkness (Jeff) of Imphobia (aka Van Audenhove FJ), asked me to review this album, and I am glad that he thought of Static Line. Coordinated by Jeff and Dan Wright (Pallbearer/Toxic Zombies), the audiophonik album provides us with quite a nice sampling of scene music. Because of the nature of this review, I regret that Setec was not able to join us this month for In Tune (He's out skiing somewhere in Europe anyhow). This isn't your typical Scene Album. I was quite surprised when I got my copy of the CD. It is a professionally mastered CD complete with cover art and a full 16 page cover booklet. There are twelve songs by twelve different artists (all fairly well known I might add). I won't get into too much details about statistics -- A press release appears at the end of this issue that will give you more information. -=- The Disk -=- When I review albums, music disks and the like, I like to review the whole product. That isn't very easy to do, however, as I can very easily bore you with my words. I also don't like to make general statements. With that in mind, please realize that I can only go into so much detail with this subjective review. If you're at all curious about the album, it's worth it to drop a few extra bucks to get this album. If you want to hear some (brief) samples of the songs appearing on this disk, you can jump on over to http://www.imphobia.org to listen. Now, onto the good stuff -- 'cause this is what you care about. -=- The Music -=- Now, without getting into the technicalities of what kind of song each song is, I'm simply going to say that most of the songs on this album have serious electronic influences. The first track, 'Flow' by Moby is almost ambient in its presentation. 'Spectral Vision' by Rez is also a relatively ambient/trance tune. But those of you who have been around a while will definately notice that Rez hasn't escaped his chip-tune days. Kudos to the chip-tune style. Looking for some other styles? Don't worry, they exist on the album. For example, 'Third Millenium' by Lluvia is a cross between dance, trance and breakbeat (actually, i'm listening to it now, and I am trying hard not to dance). 'Space Deliria' seems to resemble an alternative rock song. I will confess that the only song on the album that doesn't strike me as truly electronic is 'Overture' by Jogeir (though some of the samples must be computer generated). So, for all you orchestral fanatics, I guess there might only be one song on the album that you'll like. But, for anyone else, this album has quite a bit to offer. I like to think of this album more of an unbiased view on the scene. There's a little bit of everything on here, at least everything representative of the scene. Now, if you truly want to know what's on the CD, I have clipped the following from the press release that appears at the end of this issue. Redundant, but I feel it applies. Track listing: 1. "flow" - Frederic "Moby" Motte (france) 9:36 2. "nr24" - Victor "Vic" Van Vlaardingen (holland) 5:41 3. "spectral vision" - Christophe "Rez" Resigne (france) 4:33 4. "the giving tree" - Alexander "Siren" Brandon (u.s.a.) 5:55 5. "overture" - Jogeir "Jogeir" Liljedahl (norway) 4:53 6. "little monkey" - Gustaf "Lizardking" Grefberg (sweden) 4:43 7. "gate 99 (last call)" - Erik "Zodiak" Stridell (sweden) 4:05 8. "pulse" - Andrew "Necros" Sega (u.s.a.) 5:17 9. "third millenium" - Anne "Lluvia" Haessig (france) 5:18 10. "ephemeral wanderer" - Kenny "CC Catch" Chou (u.s.a.) 5:19 11. "space deliria" - Bjorn "Dr. Awesome" Lynne (england) 7:26 12. "cocoon" - Adam "Scorpik" Skorupa (poland) 7:29 Total playing time : 70:24 mins -=- My Favorites -=- Okay, since I obviously can't review every single song on the album, I'm going to share with you my three favorites and write a little bit about each. Since this is almost a commercial album (the artists will recieve royalties), I don't feel guilty ranking the songs. This is a first in this column. Third Favorite: "Flow" - Fredric 'Moby' Motte This is the longest song on the album, by almost a full two minutes. The only reason I feel a need to point that out is because it is the only drawback to the song: I don't feel it needs to drag on quite so long. Otherwise, it's an original tune that has definately earned a ranking on my list. The song has a definate ambient feel, but it has an incredible use of some common (and some not-so-common) breakbeats. The strengths of this song lie mostly in the high pitched instruments. Many trackers use a lot of base -- which is fine, but many times it sounds unbalanced. Perhaps this is a result of the professional mixing, but the song is incredibly well balanced. Second Favorite: "Spectral Vision" - Christophe 'Rez' Resigne As I said earlier, this song has definate roots in the chip-tune era. Having entered the scene while the popularity of chip-tunes started to fade, I have always been drawn to the chip-tune songs. There is a definate characteristic about them. The punchy base lines, the sine leads and of course the mellow feel to the entire song. This is no exception. Now, how do you make the feel of chip tunes better? Simple, add real drums, and atmospheric instruments in the background. Chip-tune purists will disagree, but I feel this is an incredible mix between the chip-tunes of old and the modern requirements for quality samples. Most Favorite: "Overture" - Jogeir 'Jogeir' Liljedahl I'll admit it, I have a biased towards orchestral compositions. The instruments might not be entirely orchestral, but the structure is complete. That's not to say I don't have appreciation for the rest, but give me a flute and you can melt my outer shell. This is orchestral, this is rock, this is digital. I think many people will agree -- this is one of the best songs on the album. -=- Summery -=- I think that Imphobia could be taking the scene in a favorable direction with this album. That's a good thing. I would be telling an untruth if I would tell you that I wasn't happy to be asked to review this album. This album, in some way or another, has allowed me to believe that the scene is still a happening place. Thank you Darkness, Imphobia and everyone affiliated with this album. Album Information: Title: audiophonik (CD) Source: http://www.imphobia.org "In Tune" is a regular column dedicated to the review of original and singular works by fellow trackers. It is to be used as a tool to expand your listening and writing horizons, but should not be used as a general rating system. Coplan's and Setec's opinions are not the opinions of the Static Line Staff. If you have heard a song you would like to recommend (either your own, or another person's), We can be contacted through e-mail useing the addresses found in the closing notes. Please do not send files attached to e-mail without first contacting us. Thank you! --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Screen Lit Vertigo "Dis" by Mandula By: Seven ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- Found at www.scene.org 1st place at Scenest VS Rage'98 System requirements: 3.8 MB HD, Useless Soundsystem supported soundcard, Vesa2.0 Nothing mentioned about amount of memory, but I would guess 16, maybe 32 MB Test Machine: PII 350 64MB SB16, Win98 in dos-mode (BOOTGUI = 0) Win: Crashes due to page error Dos: Runs fine The demo: Well, it's winter and everyone in the scene seems to be hibernating, so I'll use the occasion to bring an older demo to your attention: Dis/Mandula. Dis is a pure effect-demo: no story, no theme, just effects. And to be honest, the effects rock. In a time where everybody tried to impress the audience with heavy 3D, Mandula put more original 2D effects in one demo then you saw in 5 other average demos. Check out that liquid metal effect, or those strange colored waving lines. And do you remember blobs, and the classic lens-effect? Now these are combined in a really weird-looking blob-lens-effect! The colorful recursive circle/flare fractals have been shown before in other demos, but not very often. Of course there's some special 3D too, for example the boring "flight between two infinite surfaces" is upgraded with a maze. In addition to voxel-scapes there are now voxel-balls and voxel-tunnels (done with raycasting? /me wonder...). At the end, there is a hilarious upscroll with the greetings: halfway the screen, the names are shuffled to form anagrams like "faculty -> fat Lucy" or "promise -> rip some" :) There is a nice title screen at the start, and some more pretty full-screen backgrounds that look like they could be hand-pixeled. But the emphasis is always on the effects on top of these. The music is a jazz-tune, and although I don't know much about jazz, I dare to say it's a good one. The problem is that it is the same style all through the demo, so synchronizing between parts is not really noticeable, and there's not much other syncing :( Overall: Dis is a very good and original demo, which is definitely worth checking out. The only things IMHO that prevented it from becoming a real killer-demo are the lack of transitions between the different parts, and the below-average syncing. But we can't have it all, can we? --Seven --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Crackhead Trackhead (Humor) "Go, Go, Get Up, Coooome onnn!" -- Virt Rants About DJ Gear By: Virt ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- So, you guys hear about the Vestax at-home vinyl cutter? Huh? Isn't that just insanely cool beyond words? I remember when if you wanted records at home you'd have to buy a $10,000 press, hire immigrant Mexicans to work the press and risk losing limbs in the process, and finally pray to several Aztec Gods such as (Polyxoactl, the god of vinyl) that your record lasted a while, because Miguel and Reynaldo's lives should not have been lost in vain. And now there's this thing. It's like the tablist's wet dream - A CD-R for vinyl. The DJ Gear industry is going through some interesting changes. Know that I'm not by any stretch of the imagination a DJ; I'm a sad little whiteboy who has never touched a table. But I've spent enough time in clubs, and hanging around with DJ friends, that I feel my opinion is worthwhile. More importantly, I've recently been in the business of selling equipment for such things. This was before my current stint with the brothel, but I really don't feel comfortable talking about that. I am, however, a "synth person," so I will bitch about that end of it. Yes, I'm focused on the synthesizer ingression. A lot of the big manufacturers are now interested in getting a piece of the DJ market by selling flashy, over-indulgent synth gear aimed at turntablists. My favorites are the Roland "Groove" gear. They have gone the way of athletic shoes. "Let's make a mediocre piece of equipment, slather it with day-glo paint, and have some big-name celebrity tell the world how necessary it is to his life!" This method of marketing has worked, sadly... While working at Guitar Center, I saw more Kitchen DJs with the big gold chains, the Gold Teef, and the name-brand "ghetto" clothing, asking for MC-505s, than I ever wished. Maybe they like it because it has "5-0" in it. Granted, some of these devices are neat. I played with a K.A.O.S.S Pad, and despite a very idiotic name, it's a lot of fun. Also Electribes are neat toys; I'm planning on buying one because hey, it beats my current form of entertainment, which consists of a Speak'n'Spell and a Fender Twin Reverb. They have samplers, they have beatmatchers, they have toothbrushes which will open the garage door and play a concert for you, all at once, at the right price for today's "working musician." They have devices that will match the speed of your voice to the speed of your breakbeats. How sad is that? They rely on their equipment. That's very very damned sad. If you must use a piece of gear along with a turntable, pull a Mental Floss, hook up a tracker. That's the way it should be done; Hardk0re control over your music. Another interesting trend is the "Home DJ." They market a whole line of keyboards aimed at the spinning enthusiast. Have ANY of you ever seen a Yamaha DJX??????????? I want to buy one, JUST TO SMASH IT TO PIECES. Nothing in the *universe* is more annoying than those pre-made loops / samples (GO! COME ON! HEH HEH HEH! STOP! UUUNHHH! GET UP! (cheesy techno loop)) And no matter when you go into a music store, there will always be either some little kid or some group of college guys gathered around that keyboard, tapping on it haphazardly, much to the dismay of EVERYONE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. I wish they would all be shot in the head. Last but not least, and to digress for a second..... *What the HELL is up with Autotune?* Those of you who have spoken with me on EFnet or Scenenet #trax know that this is my ultimate pet peeve - I can understand its justification when used moderately, just to sweeten vocals, but to crank the mofo up to full should be punishable by immediate death. When I first heard Cher doing this, I thought "Hey, neat effect." But then, once more and more pop figures began adopting it, I quickly tired of the artificial stepped quality it gave singing. The last straw was hearing the new song from Kid Rock.... I became visibly nauseous, pulled the car over, and cried for several minutes. What might have been a tolerable piece of music (Barely, I mean come on, this IS Kid Rock) was ruined totally. What next, are they just going to hook up TextAssist and have "Frank" sing the next chart-topper? ("What should we doooo with the drunk-en saiiilor") I don't think I can top that one, so I'm going to go to sleep. Good night, and happy Scening! --Virt --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- Call to Keyboards CD's in the Underground By: Coplan ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- With the very special review of the 'audiophonik' cd, I am reminded of a time when the Underground Demo Music Scene had no such resources. Several groups these days are offering their music compilations to the masses on CD. Sure, many may be plain old CD-Rs with less than professional mixing and CD cases. But, is that the issue here? I think not. One might think I'm trying to capitalize on Imphobia's latest CD. But, I'll be completely honest, it truly is one of the first scene albums that I've been exposed to. Is this a revolutionary idea? I would say not. I'm sure that Imphobia would likewise say the same. However, they sure have brought out a certain quality that didn't exist until now. Is this a new trend? I hope so. The first scene disk that I got was Kosmic's Archive CD (1992-1996). No cover art, just a simple paper envelope with a CD. The CD certainly looked professional, but this wasn't a music CD, it was a combined Music/Data CD. I remember reading the warning: "Do Not Play Track 1!" Curious me, I played it -- blew my stereo speakers -- so that's why? Apparently, track one is the data track. There's nothing wrong with that. But lets face it, there's a bit of quality lost there, especially considering the fact that I want to listen to tracks 2-4. Don't you dare forget about track one. Next, the Hornet MODS Volume 2. Again, this was an archive with audio tracks. But, they tried a different approach. First CD was data. The second CD was the audio. I have that one in my car as well, and I like the disk. But I must say it isn't nearly as professional as the CDs I see these days. Kosmic is putting out some very professional quality albums (forgive me, because I do not remember the recording company they work with). Now, I guess you could add Imphobia to the list. So now we have all-audio CDs with professionaly done Jewel Cases and cover art. It sounds just like any other compilation that one would get in a record store -- so what? WAKE UP PEOPLE -- that's what everyone else does? You'll notice that my views have changed quite a bit, just based on opinions returned to this article...but I think this is a very good trend. The scene isn't about growing as an artist anymore. We're grown up -- now the scene needs to grow up too. What's next? This is the answer -- quality music disks available to the public. So, if you feel the scene is dying, guess again. It's just a new way to create public music. If it is marketed and provided as any other music CD out there, people will buy it. If they like it, they'll give it another chance. Hell, just the other day, a friend of mine came to visit me after being out of the country for several years. I was listening to the Hornet MODs disk, and she asked me about "Martian Lovesong". "Who does this song? I've never heard it before," she asked. She was very dissapointed to find out that she can't buy any Necros albums in stores. If I hadn't explained it, for all she knew, it was some european techno group. I told her to wait a couple of years, and she could maybe buy some. Do you think it's possible that the 'scene' could become the next music front? You're opinions here, please. --Coplan --=--=-- --=--=------=--=------=--=---- audiophonik - music for the scene generation Information and Order Form ----=--=------=--=------=--=-- -=- Editor's Note -=- Because of the nature of this information file, I have not changed anything in the way this file appears. It is once space longer than I would typically allow formatting for this magazine, but I hope it won't affect most people. Everything that follows has been written by the staff at Imphobia specifically for this album. --Coplan -=- audiophonik - music for the scene generation - the ultimate demo scene audio cd - an imphobia & fusecon production in 1999 (infofile & ordering information for Europe, Africa and Middle East) __Introduction_______________ "audiophonik - music for the scene generation" is an audio cd compilation containing brand NEW, studio recorded, mellow-ambient to slightly upbeat compositions from some of the best, past and present, musicians from the PC and Amiga demo scene. When planning this CD, our aim was to give these scene musicians the opportunity to get their music produced on a professional media together with other great music from other great trackers and to make it available to everyone at a very fair prize. It has now been over a year since we started this project and this time we have crossed the void and are quite excited to announce that we have the final product ready for shipping. We feel we put together quite the audio CD with some of the most talented musicians the scene has to offer (see the track listing below). audiophonik is a professionnally done production (not a CD-R), containing 12 brand new high quality professionaly recorded tracks, totalizing a complete playing time of over 70 mins. The CD comes in a transparent case with a fat full color sixteen page booklet containing pictures, text and bios of each musicians. We are not going to attempt to bias your opinion on this project -- we'll let the music speak for itself. __Credits & Track listing_____ Project concept, arrangement and direction: Dan Wright (Pallbearer) and F.J. Van Audenhove (Darkness/Imphobia) Digital mastering and arrangement: Victor Van Vlaardingen (Vic/Acme/Level-D Recordz) CD booklet artwork and design: Pascal Loef (PL/Imphobia) CD label artwork: Xten Track listing: 1. "flow" - Frederic "Moby" Motte (france) 9:36 2. "nr24" - Victor "Vic" Van Vlaardingen (holland) 5:41 3. "spectral vision" - Christophe "Rez" Resigne (france) 4:33 4. "the giving tree" - Alexander "Siren" Brandon (u.s.a.) 5:55 5. "overture" - Jogeir "Jogeir" Liljedahl (norway) 4:53 6. "little monkey" - Gustaf "Lizardking" Grefberg (sweden) 4:43 7. "gate 99 (last call)" - Erik "Zodiak" Stridell (sweden) 4:05 8. "pulse" - Andrew "Necros" Sega (u.s.a.) 5:17 9. "third millenium" - Anne "Lluvia" Haessig (france) 5:18 10. "ephemeral wanderer" - Kenny "CC Catch" Chou (u.s.a.) 5:19 11. "space deliria" - Bjorn "Dr. Awesome" Lynne (england) 7:26 12. "cocoon" - Adam "Scorpik" Skorupa (poland) 7:29 Total playing time : 70:24 mins [mp3 extracts of the songs are available for download at www.imphobia.org] __The Price__________________ Bfr 500 (worth ñ12,5 EURO, 13 US$) This price is for one CD including jewel case and 16 page color booklet, is SHIPPING & HANDLING COSTS INCLUDED and is only valid for people ordering from Europe. If you live in Africa or the middle east, add Bfr 100 (ñ2,5 EURO, 3 US$) to the price. (so that makes 600 Bfr (ñ15 EURO, 16 US$) Those living in the Americas should order from Fusecon (www.fusecon.com). If you are ordering more than five CD's or are interested in distributing possibilities, contact me at darkness@ping.be for special discounts. __How to order_______________ There are several ways to order your copy of audiophonik : cash, credit card, international money order or checks. 1) ORDERING BY (snail)MAIL (CASH). Send in belgian francs (secure/hide well). This might be the easiest method of payment and the one that we encourage you to use when ordering a small quantity of CD's. We are also accepting payment in the following currencies at the following change rates. German Marks : change rate is: 1 DEM = 20 Bfr US Dollars : change rate is: 1 USD = 37 Bfr French Francs : change rate is: 1 FRF = 6 Bfr Dutch Guilders : change rate is: 1 NLG = 18 Bfr British Pounds : change rate is: 1 GBP = 57 Bfr Swiss Francs : change rate is: 1 CHF = 24 Bfr Norvegian Nok : change rate is: 1 NOK = 5 Bfr Swedish Krona : change rate is: 1 SEK = 4 Bfr Finnish Markka : change rate is: 1 FIM = 6 Bfr Danish Kroner : change rate is: 1 DKK = 5 Bfr Note that only banknotes are accepted (do _not_ send coins!). Contact us if you want to pay in a currency which is not on this list. 2) ORDERING BY CREDIT CARD. We do accept credit card orders but the prize is slightly higher (+2 US$) per CD. These orders are processed through Kagi's secure on-line ordering server. To order audiophonik using a credit card, simply surf to Imphobia's kagi order page at http://order.kagi.com/?XR4&S (or follow the link from the audiophonik page at ) and fill in the online form. 3) ORDERING BY INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER. To pay by international money order you have to make it throught your post office. Make your international money order payable to "F.J. Van Audenhove". International money order will only be accepted if you pay all expenses (check with your local post office before sending) 4) ORDERING BY CHECK [*THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE FOR BELGIAN PEOPLE*] Make checks payable to "F.J. Van Audenhove". This way of payment is only possible for people living in belgium. Do _NOT_ send any check from other country (even in belgian francs) as in order to cash those checks I would have to pay around 10 US$ as tax to the bank for international transfer. IF NOT ORDERING WITH A CREDIT CARD, SEND YOUR ORDERS TO THE ADRESS BELOW: Imphobia a.s.b.l. c/o Van Audenhove F.J. 118, Av. Du Roi Soldat B-1070 Bruxelles Belgium Note: you do not have to send anything if you are ordering by credit card. __Order form_________________ Please print this form and include it with your letter in order to make it easier to process your order. Try to be complete and neat when filling this out =) Note: For more facilities, this order form has also been included as a separate file under the name "order.txt". You do _not_ have to fill in this form if you are ordering by credit card. -------------------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------------- Date you are ordering ......................................... Handle/Group (optional) ....................................... E-Mail adress (optional) ...................................... Full Name ..................................................... Full Address .................................................. ............................................................... ............................................................... Quantity of CDs ............................................... CD Price (for Europeans: 500Bfr, else: 600 Bfr) ............... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL COST (Price x Quantity) (*): ............................ (*) If you are paying in another currency then Belgian Francs, then write down the conversion here. * Payment by: [ ] Cash [ ] International Money Order [ ] Check (from Belgium only!) From where have you heard about audiophonik ? (optional) ............................................................... -------------------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------------- __Dreams 2___________________ There are still some copies of Dreams 2 available, containing all the best scene productions from june 1996 to July 1998 (double CD). Check out the Dreams2 www site at http://nl.scene.org/dreams2 for more info. You can also order Dreams 2 using a credit card, through Imphobia's secure on-line ordering server at kagi (http://order.kagi.com/?XR4&S) __How to contact us?_______ Comments about this CD or ordering inquiries can be sent via the following ways: Send emails to darkness@ping.be if that adress would not work, email to darknessimphobia@hotmail.com Normal "snail" mail can be sent to: Imphobia a.s.b.l. c/o Van Audenhove F.J. 118, Av. Du Roi Soldat B-1070 Bruxelles Belgium __Last words_______________ If you still have any questions unanswered, don't hesitate to email for any reasons. To be open soon: "Imphobia scene CDs shop" at www.imphobia.org Enjoy the CD.. It has been made for you! --=--=-- ----=--=------=--=------=--=------=--=------=--=------=--=------=--=------ Editor: Coplan / D. Travis North / coplan.ic@rcn.com Assistant Editor: Subliminal / Matt Friedly / sub@plazma.net Web Manager: Dilvish / Eric Hamilton / dilvie@yahoo.com Columnists: Coplan / D. Travis North / coplan.ic@rcn.com Dilvish / Eric Hamilton / dilvie@yahoo.com Setec / Jesper Pederson / jesped@post.tele.dk Seven / Stefaan / Stefaan.VanNieuwenhuyze@rug.ac.be Virt / virt@bellsouth.net Staff Writers: Louis Gorenfeld / gorenfeld@vrone.net SiN / Ian Haskin / sin@netcom.ca Technical Support: Draggy / Nicolas St. Pierre / draggy@kosmic.org Jim / Jim Nicholson / jim@kosmic.org Static Line on the Web: http://www.ic.l7.net/statline ftp://flerp.scene.hu/scene/DiskMag/StaticLine To subscribe to the Static Line mailing list, send an e-mail message to "majordomo@kosmic.org" with "subscribe static_line " in the message text. You will then be asked to confirm your addition to the mailing list. Expect a new issue during the first weekend of each month. 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