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Last Week - 390 . /-[Introduction]------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ _ _________________ /_\ \__ / (stoney askee) ____ ______ \____ ____/____________ ______ _/ \ _/ \ \ww_/ \ _/ ________/_/ _ \ __/ \/ \ \/ \/ \ / | \__ ___ ___ _______ _/ \\ \ \\ \\ | \\/ | \_ ___ __ __ ____ /___________\__\_______\________\____|______\____________\ \__\ Welcome to TraxWeekly Issue #33. This week, we feature a special section on the "Amiga Debate" concerning the importance and presence of non-PC music scene members and their creations. Due to administrative difficulties, Faces in the Crowd was unable to reach the press box this week. Also, sorry for this last minute release of TW, as I was waiting for articles that never came. Oh well, that's life. =) We've almost made it to the 400 subscriber mark! Everyone, please encourage your friends to subscribe! Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu /-[Contents]---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ________ _________________________________________________________________ / ____/_/ __/ \ __/ / _____/ \ __/ __/ ___/_ < \____\ \ \\ \ \\____ __/ __/_\ \ \\____ \_____ \__ \ \ \ \\ \ \ww\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \_ _\________\________\\___\____\ \_____\\_______\\___\____\ \_____\_______\ General Articles 1. Quelling the Controversy..........................Psibelius 2. 20 Minute Compo...................................AmusiC 3. Tracker Survey....................................Psibelius 4. Got Milk?.........................................KXmode Special Feature: The Amiga Debate 1. The Amiga Forever.................................Moby 2. 4Channel Lives On.................................Trixter 3. Music is Music....................................AmusiC 4. Music Commentary..................................Ch:ilm Group Columns 1. Epinicion Productions 2. eXtreme Terror Corps 3. Kosmic Free Music Foundation Closing Distribution Subscription/Contribution Information TraxWeekly Staff Sheet /-[General Articles]-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. Quelling the Controversy]--------------------------------[Psibelius]-- It seems that I've run into a few problems here at TraxWeekly, dealing with discussion of other groups to this current furor over the fate of non PC music articles. For the sake of our sanity and our peace, allow me to present to you these answers... The "Letters and Feedback" section of TraxWeekly is devoted to letters from the readers of this newsletter. From these comments I think back about previous issues, look at the current one, and examine ways I can make the future ones better. Unfortunately, I do get an occasional nasty letter, and nearly all those times, it's because the person complaining didn't care to read the articles too closely. Remember, before reaming me out for some "mistake" be sure you read the article CLOSELY and understand the context. Some jokes have been taken far too seriously, as has some "labels" I and other writers have used to define a set group of peoples. I'm not a college-degree social critic, and I'm not a superhuman. I make mistakes, just like everyone else. Just get used to the fact that no one is perfect, no matter how hard we try. All of you worrying about the future of Amiga discussions here in TraxWeekly: Quit the worrying. As TraxWeekly is a newsletter devoted to the MUSIC SCENE, it's purpose is to serve ALL the people in it. We are not here to eliminate from public view standards that some people don't like or approve of. I refuse to censor or prevent the publication of any article on the grounds of person, platform, or opinion. The so called "Amiga Debate" is a feature this week, mainly because it is a subject that people ARE having a RATIONAL debate about, but don't expect it to extend into the next month. I am still looking for a regular columnist that will discuss and support the Amiga tracking commmunity. Contact me at the address below if interested. TraxWeekly is not a place to insult other individuals, or to flame other groups. Two articles so far have been mailed to me that have nothing to do with the "music" aspect of the scene, but instead focus on trying to bring down other groups or people by pathetically trying to blame them for some mistake or error. And instead of approaching the manner in a rational and mature way, these articles are more closely related to childish tantrums than constructive criticism. I refuse to publish this kind of garbage. Take your arguments and vile comments to private email. TraxWeekly is not going to waste its space on personal conflicts. Please remember that while you may not always agree with everything you see here in TW, not everyone always agrees with what you yourself may have to say. Remember that we are all unique in our ideas, actions, and opinions. Everyone, has the right to have his or her viewpoint shared with others, AS LONG AS THEIR INTENTIONS ARE NOT EXPRESSED WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HARMING OTHERS. Please read the previous statement carefully. While some of the recent content of this newsletter may have offended some people, their original intentions were not to "solely harm others." I remember a quote I read somewhere (I have forgotten the person this was quoted from): "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." A valid statement? Perhaps. But there is a world of difference between comments that inspire opposition and debate, and comments that stir up conflict and hatred. Best wishes to all of you. Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. 20 Minute Compo]------------------------------------------------------ ______ _____ TM __ __ __ __ __ __ \ / \ / / / / / / / / / / /\/\ / / / / _\/ /_ / | \ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / X . \ / <_/ / <_/ -- / / / / / / <_/ / / \ ____X___ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / \/MeEnUhTz\/ \ / / / / \ \/ / / / / \/ AmC I Bought A Car For My Wife... Great Trade And A Rinky Dinky Doo To You My Friend -------------------------------------- Another Friday, Another Compo.. We Are Getting Closer To the Phat Numbah #10 ... Quoting from the last Chipcompo (#8 to be precise), People seemed to appreciate the new voting system, although very few people (compared to the previous competitions) voted. So.. We'll be having this voting system from now on. On each Voting Pack, You'll be finding a Voteform. Please Use that voteform, and don't alter it besides the X marks, because all votes go through a voting programm. Also, Don't forget to include your name on the given field (right above the contestant names). Sometimes, We -The 20mc Staff- Include our tunes in the voting pack. You can comment on these tunes, by personal E-mail, But NOT vote for them, Even if you think that they worth a vote! Maybe in future we'll include a special voting place for these tunes (which will not alter the final results of course). Please Try Not To Use BINHEX compression Methods.. What seems a lot easier, is just to send the form in ascii text. It is also prefered to MIME, since it helps me export the voteforms faster. Oh There's More Of It --------------------- 20mc #8 had some interesting tunes in it. The New voting system allows someone to be given at MOST a 9. So, from a 0 to 9 basis We'll be having an all time hall of fame Chart. Each month, (approximately 5 competitions) We'll be ranking the Winners of each compo, according to their points. These, monthly winners, Will be in the 10th competition, all time chart. At the end of each season, we'll be having the chart of the most popular ChipTune makers. The Usage Of 2 own samples, has been dropped for good. So has the Voters Rollcall. This was done to force the makers to vote. But since, with the new system everyone is allowed to vote for himself, there is no need to do that. Finally, every Comment, Idea, or whatever you might want to talk about, should be mailed to amusic@hol.gr (soon to another address Residencial Duties ------------------ As most of you already know, And thanx to Snowman For That, you can find the files of the 20mc on ftp.cdrom.com, under the directory : /demos/incoming/music/20mc/ Each competition's Chiptuneandvoteform file is named after: 20mc_xxx.zip Where xxx is the number of the competition. Channel Properties ------------------ Lately, the people that gather to #chipcompo are so many that we need to moderate the channel in order to say vital information. We hope that You understand, and we are sorry for any inconvenience. Because people tend to spread their work during the competition we decided to use another channel for spreading people's work. The channel name is #chipspread, and has been made to avoid flooding the competition channel. Occasionaly, the channel #20mc is beeing used in order to let someone gain Operator status at #chipcompo. The Competition though, NEVER takes place at #20mc. Voting System ------------- Yes People, We Changed It. This time You wont be forced to Place someone in the given position, but Grade them instead from 0 to 9. Then all the gradings will be summed and divided by the number of voters. This is better in action than it is heard. For example, a voteform would look like this: Contestant Song Grade Name Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baygle Bay-zoop.s3m - - - - - - - - - - Dawg Dwg-poop.xm - - - - - - - - - - Werd Wrd-loop.mod - - - - - - - - - - Phear Phr-doop.s3m - - - - - - - - - - ... and so on ... A filled up voteform would look like this: Contestant Song Grade Name Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baygle Bay-zoop.s3m - - - - - X - - - - Dawg Dwg-poop.xm - - - - - - - - X - Werd Wrd-loop.mod - - - - - - - - - X Phear Phr-doop.s3m - - X - - - - - - - ... and so on ... In future there will be an automated script to count the votes, so please dont alter the voting form in any other way than adding the X's to the right place and please, always use the given voteform. The Word Of The Mass -------------------- These Are Words Said By People On #trax When Asked: What Do You Think Of The 20 MeEnUhTz Chipcompo ? : It rawks : It's better than Assembly '95 : the 20MC RULES if you want my opinion : 20mc rocks my nads Quote Of The Month: : ...err Be aware for the 20mc staff asking this question. Place And Time Of Competition ----------------------------- The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo, Is Held Every Saturday On Channel #ChIpCoMpO (The Official 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Channel) at 00:00AM (CET). This, For Our American Friends, Should Be In EST (Eastern Standard Time) Arround 19:00 Of Friday. Try To Adapt Your Schedule, Because It Is Impossible To Change Day And Time. Some people complained about the time, because of other duties (music bands, private lessons etc.). I'm sorry fellas, but most people find this time appropriate. Whats The Catch? ---------------- The Catch? Oh Yeah... The F&F... Fun N' Fame! What Could You Ever Want More Than That? Soundcards? CD's? Eh.. Wait Till The Next MC then =) +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ____ \ \ ____ ____ __ __ ______ ____ / / // __// __//\/ // / \_ _// __/ / \// __//\_ \/ / // X__ / / /\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \___/\__/ \/__/ \/ \___/ As Of 28/10/95 +-------------------\/-----------------------------------------------+ .--------------------------------. | Pos | Author | Points | |--------------------------------| Contestants : 23 | [1] | Mystical | 8.3076 | Submissions : 22 | {2} | Zeus | 7.1538 | Disqualified: 03 | (3) | Calvin | 6.6153 | Active Chips: 19 | (4) | Lepra | 6.5714 | People Voted: 14 | (5) | Sikamikaniko | 6.3751 | | (6) | Charlatan | 6.1428 | | (7) | Grave Digger | 5.8571 | | (7) | Phoenix | 5.8571 | | (8) | Smeghead | 5.5000 | | (9) | LuvK | 5.2857 | | (10) | Fred | 4.7857 | | (11) | Nova | 4.3076 | | (12) | Sunday | 4.2142 | | (13) | Feather | 4.0714 | | (14) | Iha | 3.6428 | | (15) | Zinc | 3.2857 | | (16) | Axl | 2.8570 | | (17) | Tuskus | 2.6428 | | (18) | Pfister | 2.5000 | :_____ _________________ ________: Y Y o . O o No Voter List From Now On... Congratulations To Mystical/Purple For His First Place. He Seems To Be One Of The Favourite Composers Arround. He sure is thought for high places In the Monthly Ranking Also, Zeus and Calvin, seem to be very strong on the compo. Congratulations to them too, for acquiring the Silver and Bronze Medal. +-----------------------^-----------------^--------------------------+ ____ \ \ __ __ ____ ____ / / //\/ // / / __// __/ / \// / // X__/ __//\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \/__/\__/ \___/ +------------------------\/------------------------------------------+ Now, Lets Review The 10 Basic Rules One More Time... (01) Contestants Should Be Present At #ChIpCoMpO Channel On The Competition Time, And Declare Competitors. No Competitors Are Accepted Before The Competition Time, And After Competition Has Started. (02) Each Competitor, Should Compete With Only One Tune, Which Should Comply With All Of The Following Rules : a) Maximum File Size (Uncompressed) Should Be 20 Kilobytes b) Maximum Number Of Channels Allowed Is 4 (four) c) The Competitor MUST Use The Samples Of The Sample Pack For The Tune. d) The Tune Must Be DCC'ed Or Mailed Before The Given Deadline e) The Tune Must Be Uncompressed A Tune Not Compatible With The Above Rules, Will Be Instantly Disqualified. (03) The Duration Of The Competition Is 20 Minutes Plus 10 More For Connecting and Transfering The Tune. (04) The Filename Of The Tune Should Be Comprised Of 3 Parts. A Three Letter Abreviation Of The Competitors Nickname (Or Name), a dash And A Four Letter Abreviation Of The Song's Name (.Extension). ex. If I Made A ChipTune Called Tomahawk, The File Name would Look Like This: amu-tmhk.mod (05) Allowed Formats Are: MOD (Pro/Fasttracker) Format XM (Fasttracker ][ ) Format S3M (ScreamTracker 3) Format (06) All The Tunes Should Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). (07) Contestants Are Not Allowed To Leave #ChIpCoMpO Before The Signal That Initiates The "Bout". Contestants That Leave Before The Signal, Are Instantly Disquilified. (08) Voting Takes Place Right After The End Of The Competition, And Lasts Till Wednesday 00:00AM CET (When No More Voting Forms Will Be Accepted). (09) Competitors Can Vote And They CAN Also Vote For Themselves. (10) Voteforms Should Also Be Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format) or standard Ascii Text. ______ __ ____ \ __/_ __ __/\ / / ________/ / / / / / \/ \/ / / / / / / __/ _ < / / / / / / / / / / X_/ / / / / // / \__/\__/\__/\__/ \/_/\__/\__/\/ \/ YOU'LL NEED IT! Mailing List ------------ The Subscribers To Our List Have Reached 43. To Subscribe To The Mailing List And Have All The Latest News In Your Mailbox, e-mail to amusic@hol.gr and as subject use the word: "subscribe", and as body write the nickname you are known by. To unsubscribe Use the same procedure, but instead of "subscribe" use "UNSubscribe". Peace Of Cake.. Sponsors -------- Official 20 MeEnUhTz Chip Compo Sponsors Are: - Trax Weekly And Chris Campbell (PopCorn) For Hosting This Column. - Hornet And Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) For Hosting The Compo On ftp.cdrom.com. - Thomas Axelsson (Axl) For Writing The Chip.Irc Script For The Competition. - Kxmode For his WWW support On His Trax Page at, http://www.io.com/~kxmode/trax.html Credits ------- Credits Fly Out To All Those People That Have Supported This Brilliant And Pretty Dificult To Acomplish, Idea. DarkHeart And DeathBringer For Giving Me The Idea Of This Competition. Everyone That Respects Him/Herself And Reads Trax Weekly. Every One That Competed And Voted For The 20mc. Calvin For His Neat Idea of spreading the samples as a mod, Axl For His Neat chip.irc Script, and finally Dream Theater For No Particular reason. Looking For... -------------- We Need A Bot For The #ChIpCoMpO Channel To Maintain It Open And Clean From Invasions. Bot Providers, Will Also Be Considered As Sponsors And Will Be Credited As Well In Our Announcment And Rule Files. We Need An Ascii Artist To Update Our Ascii Logos, And Maybe establish Permanent cooperation with 20mc as a staff member. Every Promotion And Advertising is Welcome. Contact ------- To Contact AmusiC (Sotiris Varotsis) e-mail at: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr or amusic@hol.gr Or You Can Occasionaly Find Me On IRC Channels: #trax, #daskmig, #amigascne, #ChIpCoMpO, #coders, #theend To Contact Floss (George Nowik) e-mail at: norg@cyberspace.com Or You Can Occasionaly Find Him On IRC Channels: #trax, #chipcompo Ending Notes ------------ The 20mc #9 Is Predicted To Be A LARGE one... Be There, Or Be NightMare! We Survived Criticism, We Survived Laughters, And We Made It To The Phat Number 8. 10 Is Not That Far Away. Lets Hope For The Best Turnout. Keep The Flame Burning. Thank You. -AmusiC/Bass Productions -Floss/Baygle Dawg Productions amusic@prometheus.hol.gr norg@cyberspace.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. Tracker Survey]-----------------------------------------[Psibelius]--- Jason Diamond (diamond@deltanet.com) is still looking for comments and suggestions for his new tracker! Please, if you have an idea or some kind of preference in a tracker, please contact him! If you haven't hear yet, Diamond is working on a brand new module tracker that will include all the elements that will make it popular among MUSICIANS. Don't miss your chance to play a role in developing what could be a new standard! Email: Jason Diamond (diamond@deltanet.com) Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[4. "Got Milk?"]------------------------------------------------[KXmode]-- Somebody left a glass of milk next to the keyboard. Reactions: OPTIMIST: The glass is half full. PESSIMIST: The glass is half empty. FUTURIST: The milk's in the worng half of the glass. PASCAL PROGRAMMER: Well, what type of milk is it? C PROGRAMMER: No thanks; I drink straight from the jug. ASM PROGRAMMER: No thanks; I drink straight from the cow. BASIC PROGRAMMER: No thanks; I'm still breast feeding. FUZZY LOGIC GUYS: I may or may not have drunk some part of that milk. PENTIUM USERS: I drank Glass #.49999999... but don't hold me to that. WINDOWS USERS: Where's my straw? MAC USERS: Where's my pump? UNIX USERS: Nahh... too easy. SHAREWARE GAME AUTHOR: That glass is free; the next one you have to pay for. CIA: What makes you think that's milk? COPY PROTECTION CRAZIES: Somebody drank half my milk and didn't pay for it! BILL GATES: Not enough market share to be Microsoft Milk 95. APPLE COMPUTERS: You guys really oughta be drinking Perrier. NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA: Hey, we wanted OJ! Hope you like... I laugh myself stupid for almost a minute straight! :) kxmode (epi/a-men) [NOTE: I know this isn't music related but I just couldn't resist. =) -psi] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[The Amiga Debate]-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. The Amiga Forever]--------------------------------------------[Moby]-- From fmotte@mindscape.comFri Oct 27 17:08:53 1995 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 11:23:47 PDT From: fmotte@mindscape.com To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu Subject: Argh, this hurts ! I would like to react to Maelcum opinion about Amiga MODs. It's right that most of old Amiga modules from 1987-1990 are a bit difficult to listen to nowadays. But the Amiga music scene is by far not quite dead, and not quite uninteresting ! There are still a lot of active 4 channels mods composers, and believe me, their work kicks ass. We can do a lot more than _you_ can think with 4 channels. Listen to any of Dizzy's 4ch tune... It's ten time more advanced, both technically and musically, than any of your 16 channels techno-trance-hardcore mod. The number of channels available with a PC trackers has led to a generation of lazy mod composers. Instead of using a trick, let's use another track ! Don't misunderstand me. There are of course talented musicians on your PC music scene ("your", because you so much want to split the tracker scene), but don't deny there are still some on our Amiga scene too. We have the chance to have in our scene people like Heatbeat, Dizzy, Bruno, Nuke (aka Spaceman), Peter Salomonsen, Audiomonster... And I don't think your PC scene has so many talented people... And now, if TraxWeekly should become a PC Music scene only newsletter, with articles from PC Musicians saying how great are their tunes compared to those unsignificant 4 channels shits, then I think I'd better unsubscribe right now. A pity, because I've always enjoyed reading it until this article. Thanks for reading, Moby/noOon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. 4Channel Lives On]-----------------------------------------[Trixter]-- From trixter@mcs.comThu Oct 26 23:10:12 1995 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 22:16:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Trixter / Hornet To: moddan@ritz.mordor.com Cc: Gene Wie Subject: Our correspondence This is a general reply; no need to get all upset over it. > by Amiga musicians would be nowheres on it. the Wright brothers were > pioneers too, but their airplane sucks compared to modern ones, and I But this is my point exactly: Their music does *not* suck compared to modern PC music. In fact, many of the "masters" (Nuke/Anarchy comes to mind) made better 4-channel music than many PC musicians today. And please keep in mind that my point has nothing to do with old or new songs, or Amiga vs. PC--it's a technical point I'm trying to make. For instance, Dan, when was the last time *you* made a 4-channel MOD (*without* sampling snatches of sound from some album, like Orb.)? Not in a while? Exactly--because you haven't had the need to. That was a bit muddled, admittedly, but to sum up: More channels does not necessarily mean better music. Less channels, however, *does* mean that you need more technical skill to make something sound better. The current trend in "bare-metal" tracking is the 20-minute compo--how fast you can build a tune with chip samples. I think that another such compo (which is still honored at traditional compos, like Assembly and The Party) is the 4-channel compo. It requires more skill. > generally feel the same way about module music. Revolutionary for > it's time? Perhaps. But certainly not on the same level as today's You're forgetting that some of "today's best PC music" is still 4-channel MODs. > best PC music. To say that it IS implies that module music has not > advanced in any or every way since then, and that's just not true. That's not true at all; saying that old MODs are good does not imply that today's MODs are bad! Just my $0.02's worth... -- Jim Leonard (Trixter / Hornet) Email: trixter@mcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. Music is Music]---------------------------------------------[AmusiC]-- From amusic@prometheus.hol.grFri Oct 27 17:12:40 1995 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 23:30:27 +0200 (GMT+0200) From: Amusic Of Bass Productions To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu Subject: Trax Weekly and Stuff... I'd like to comment on the points of view of Maelcum about wether there should be an Amiga section in Trax Weekly. The technology has advanced greately, and new trackers have been unleashed to the public. 32 channels, panning, envelopes... awesome sample quality... yes... Fasttracker compared to Amiga's old Protracker looks like an F-16 compared to an old Spitfire. But wait a minute... You drive the F-16... You Use its features to impress the public... have you ever tried to impress the public with a spitfire??? I mean, what is really important, is the musician, and not the programm or the computer... Its MUSIC for god's sake!! I am an Amiga user, and i've been tracking on 4 channels 8 bit since the dawn of my mod making career. I've always respected Amiga and PC musicians. I know, Us, the amiga musicians tend to be a minority, and maybe it would be too much of a hassle to deal with, or even mention. No... #trax and TraxWeekly were designed to be facilities for the Tracker! not just the PC musician. Up to now, the PC music scene is being covered on Trax Weekly pages, and I believe that an Amiga section would be essential... we might be a minority as amiga users, but we still are musicians... and we need to be respected, as we respect the PC musicians.. Thank you AmusiC/Bass/20mc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[4. Music Commentary]--------------------------------------------[Ch:lm]-- From outlandm@netland.nlFri Oct 27 17:14:57 1995 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:08:22 +0100 From: Joost Baaij To: Gene Wie Subject: incoming letter [NOT the column!] Hi there! Ch:ilm here ... I wanted to reply to Psibelius's letter ... because he claimed some things which i though could use some opposition. :) First of all he made clear that he didn't want any Amiga stuff in #traxweekly. Well, i am _not_ into Amiga myself but why not let Amiga dudes write in? The best we can do is learn from them and cool stuff like that ... I agree that the .MOD format is totally outdated, by the way ... Second of all, the tracker debate. He didn't make any statement there so i can't fight it .. :) Use what you like is the credo, we all agree that FastTracker ][ is more professional, but ST3.21 is more user-friendly. Third. The "best group" statement. Five Musiscians?? _no_ way! Why? Because their music sucks! Yep, that's my narrow-minded-personal-opinion! So don't get all upset now, please. I just don't agree with Psibelius on this point. I would say Radical Rhythms is a *damn* fine group. It's German and they only make techno/house music. They created the DMF format. I know they are very commercial these days, but in my opinion that Cosmic dude really makes cewl music. There are others, offcourse. Personnaly i always download every file from: Cosmic, Silent Mode (no-good remix!), and last but CERTAINLY not least NEXUS of Pure Resistance. This Nexus guy makes the perfect music, trance-alike, in the style of the Harthouse label. As you can see i am somewhat more Europe-minded, mainly because i live there (alledgedly) but also because nowadays (in my opinion) the best house and dance music comes from Europe, and that's exactely what i like. =) Anyway .. hope i didn't offend too much people, it wasn't my intention, i yust felt the sudden need to reply to Psibelius's letter .. ;-) Greetz, Ch:ilm/XTC^dBD outlandm@netland.nl --------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Group Columns]---------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[?. Epinicion Productions]----------------------------------------------- ___ _______ _____________ ______ ______ _______ ______ _______ ___________ | // \\ \\_____) \\_____) \\_____) \\ \\ | : / o \ o \ \ \ \ \ \ o \ \: // _____// / \ : / \ _____/ \ / : \. \\_______/ _//______\\_|__//______\\_____//______\\_____//____| /: : \\____\\ ______________________________ oT /___//| |________________________// e p i n i c i o n \\________________| -New songs this week by Aradia, Bert, Czar, Frankenstein, and Nova can be found on our FTP site, listed below. Look for epi-drum, epi-elec, epi-made, epi-pain, epi-pref, epi-tech (all zipfiles). -Epinicion has released it's sixth music disk, "BLT," featuring 42 songs by countless numbers of excellent musicians. You can find "BLT" on our ftp site, listed below. -Preparations for the Epinicion annual Holiday Music Disk are under way. Members and guests alike, please submit your holiday tunes to Psibelius at gwie@owl.csusm.edu (mime or uue), or via IRC-dcc. -ALL of Epinicion's 1995 releases can be found through ftp at: kosmic.wit.com /kosmic/epinicion. -The Web Page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION once again, but will be back up in late November at http://www.csusm.edu/public/guests/gwie/epi.html. The task of getting all 110+ member's email addresses into links is extremely time consuming. =) Psibelius (Gene Wie) Epinicion Founder gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. eXtreme Terror Corps]------------------------------------------------- -= X . T . C is dead =- [but all members are alive & kicking!] [we just need a new name that's all] Hi there! CHANGES! ======== Well, as you can see, we want to change our name, but don't know a good name yet. Give us a week or two, three to think of a cool new name please. more things have changed: My BBS, SL1210, has become WHQ. Datura, our former WHQ, is now DHQ [Dutch HQ] EOH has been kicked off the distro-list. Yours truly is now leader of the group. All members of ex-XTC are still toegther in this nameless group we have; we're all waiting for that a kick-ass name to pop up inside one of our heads [suggestions welcome]. SPiRiTUAL MiNDWORKS MUSiCDiSK ============================= If you can, download the file SMX-INF4.ZIP from any SDC bbs or USRNet ftp site (ftp.uniserve.com/pub/gamesnet). ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.21/demos/incoming/music/disks/smx-inf4.zip This file contains the latest info on the disk. 10 composers are contributing, in random order: [Composa ][Style ][Gr00p ] [Thunderbass][Hardcore/gabba][Dementia ] [Phonc(ie) ][Rave/breakbeat][ex-X.T.C ] [PRaNCe ][Techno ][Trance-o-Mania^dBd] [Dionysus ][HardRave ][Cosmetic Defects ] [KGB ][Hardcore ][underground gabber] [Beasty Bass][Breakbeat/acid][NATURE/\BEAT! ] [PSC ][Hardcore ][Trance-o-Mania ] [Deep Bass ][HardRave ][trance-o-Mania ] [Ch:ilm ][dumb :) ][ex-X.T.C^dBd ] [Virago ][GFX ][cows pcb division ] [JiNX! ][player (EXE) ][SL1210 ] All songs are in S3M format. Style is house/techno/dance so this ain't yer Five Musiscians/FC/lame demo/rock-style MusicDisk! :-) Curious? The disk will be released on November 02 (we sincerely hope we can release it on that date! :) Read #traxweekly and stay informed. REVIEWS ======= As promised, here are some reviews of Dutch songs released the last couple of days: - Future is Now by Mad Max of Dementia. This is the kind of music y'all US quys aren't used to. Subscribers in Europe(Germany!) will know what i mean when i say: Rave. It's a great song in the happy, positive style of Dune. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/s3m/futures.zip - Night & Day by Mad Max of Dementia Happy hardcore. What is happy hardcore? Happy hardcore is high-pitched voices (like, REALLY high), loud snaredrum, steady beat, cymbals on row #00. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/s3m/niteday.zip - Pump It! by PRaNCe of Decibel-Duo What can i say, this one is club/techno. It's got a nice cool beat to it, and friendly underground samples. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.21/demos/incoming/music/songs/s3m/pumpit.zip [Now don't say you're unable to listen to Dutch muzique! :-] THAT'S iT! ========== Yep! That's all folks! C y'all next week! bye! Ch:ilm/ex-X.T.C^Decibel-Duo [=] SPiRiTUAL MiNDWORKS WORLD HQ & PR [=] outlandm@netland.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. Kosmic Free Music Foundation]----------------------------------------- . . .:.........:.. ... . + _:_______ : . + . . \ /__:__ . . . + . .:::. . \ / / . ... ... ````` ...... / _/ ___/_____________.__...:::::::.:::::::. ::::: .:::::'''' + / \ \ _ \ ___.::::::: :::: :::::: .::::: :::::: / /\ \__\_\ \____ \ `::::: :::; :::::'.::::::.::::::. ..:. . /_____/ \_____________________\..::::; ``` :::::::::::::;:::::::::::::; : : \ \___.._ ......:;:::: __ _ ``:::::::``` ```:::::::`` : : \___..__.. .::::::::::: __._ . . . (WW) . . .:............ .. . ``````` .+ . . : : + ... .... ...... a constellation of stars! Well, lots of cool things happened last week, not as much this week. Around 120 Kosmic listener surveys have been recieved, keep them coming! You can fill it out at http://kosmic.wit.com/~kosmic/survey.html. I have finally finished my album! Well, I guess that's news. The label is "XProject", the title is "Whiplash", the medium is cassette, the contents are 13 kick-arse tunes of 60 minutes total length, the order form is included in the latest Kosmic release, the time to order is now (makes a great XMas gift! :). New Kosmic music releases this week: 106 One Big Oven ............. Maelcum ....... 12 .MTM - 3m:59s - 162 10/30/95 (K_OVEN.ZIP) - FTZ-style techno from Maelcum's unreleased vault. 107 Chrome Insanity .......... Maelcum ........ 8 .MTM - 2m:35s - 152 10/31/95 (K_CINS.ZIP) - The usual Maelcum techno-track. 108 Self Esteem .............. Maelcum ....... 12 .MTM - 3m:52s - 140 11/2/95 (K_ESTEEM.ZIP) - Deep ambient with an AT-style noise rhythm. And now, before I head off to sleep, tonight's top ten list. TOP TEN REASONS WHY TRACKING IS BETTER THAN SEX 10. You can track with anything available. 9. Your song is still good the night after you track it. 8. You can track whenever you want. 7. You can freely offer your tracks in public without getting in trouble. 6. Tracking with a minor does not result in criminal prosecution. 5. Sour patch kids do not enhance sexual abilities. 4. You can track on a table, with several people watching, and noone will really be offended. 3. You cannot contract a life-threatening disease from tracking. 3. A tracker does not change its mind, or get a headache. 2. You're always the first to track a song. 1. 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