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!: editorial :
hehe, i kind of forgot about 42 :D so this is a fast put-together
thing. Anyways, TakeOver is beeing held on holland and coma on canada
Remember to check stuff. : Oh yeah, i have attached 40 files from
scene.org came in too late 2 weeks ago. no files attached this
week because demo.cat was empty and scene.org is late!
ps
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!: demonews :
replay:
Goofy is tired of his goddamn nick/handle and changed to Roger,
which is, his realname, and its obviously cool.
Whisker shaved off his first pubic hair, so now hes clean.
Baloo bought a tuxedo and a blue tie.
Takeover was held this weekend. www.takeover.nl
Coma was held this weekend. www.microtec.net/unkelben/coma.html
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!: party on! :
starts !! ends !! location !! name !! contact !
Apr 16 - Apr 18, 1999 France Arf!Party http://arfparty.citeweb.net
May 07 - May 09, 1999 France Keyboard 99
May 13 - May 17, 1999 Sweden Icing99 http://www.icing.net
May 21 - May 23, 1999 Sweden Pool Position 99 www.pool-position.pp.se
May 29 - May 30, 1999 Poland Rush Hours99 amber.bti.pl/rh99
May 29 - ??? ??, 1999 France Servo 99 info@mars-eyes.org
Jun 04 - Jun 06, 1999 Holland Takeover 99 http://www.takeover.nl
Jun 05 - Jun 06, 1999 Canada Coma 99 http://www.microtec.net/unkelben/coma.html
! present time !
Jun 11 - Jun 13, 1999 Sweden Remedy 99 http://www.remedy.nu
Jun 24 - Jun 27, 1999 France JEM 99 http://jem.rtel.fr/
Jun 25 - Jun 27, 1999 Germany Underg. Conf. 3d http://uc3d.bingen.net
Jul 02 - Jul 04, 1999 Hungary Jumper 2000-1 http://jumper.scene-hu.com
Jul 02 - Jul 04, 1999 France VIP 99 http://popsyteam.rtel.fr/VIP/
Jul 03 - Jul 04, 1999 Russia Chaos Const. 999 http://cc999.da.ru
Jul 09 - Jul 11, 1999 Belgium Inscene 99 www.analogica.com/inscene
Jul 09 - Jul 10, 1999 UK Dejavu 99 http://www.dejavu.org.uk
Jul 09 - Jul 11, 1999 Swiss Buenzli8 http://swiss.scene.org/buenzli
Jul 19 - Jul 23, 1999 Norway Density 99 www.gathering.org/kandu/
Jul 21 - Jul 24, 1999 Denmark Summer Enc. 99 http://summer.encounter.dk
Jul 22 - Jul 24, 1999 Spain Euskal 7 http://www.euskalparty.org
Jul ?? - Jul ??, 1999 Hungary Rage-Scenest 99
Aug 06 - Aug 08, 1999 Finland Assembly 99 http://www.assembly.org
Aug 20 - Aug 22, 1999 Hungary AntIQ99 http://antiq.scene-hu.com
Aug 20 - Aug 22, 1999 Germany Evoke 99 http://kaoz.org/evoke/99/
Aug 21 - Aug 22, 1999 Czech Rep Fiasko 99 http://vyhen.site.cz/fiasko99/
Aug 21 - Aug 24, 1999 France Slach 2 www.mygale.org/myke666
Aug 27 - Aug 29, 1999 France LTP 3 ltp.planet-d.net
Sep 03 - Sep 05, 1999 France RTS Party 2000-1 http://RTS-PartY.imag.fr
Sep 05 - Sep 07, 1999 Sweden The Demoparty 99 http://www.demoparty.com
Sep 30 - Oct 03, 1999 Norway distance 99 http://www.neutralzone.org/distance/
Sep ?? - Sep ??, 1999 France Central party 99 http://www.chez.com/centralparty/
Oct 01 - Oct 03, 1999 Germany Dialogos 99 http://www.dialogos.cc
Nov 05 - Nov 07, 1999 Hungary Conference 3000
Nov ?? - Nov ??, 1999 Germany Cologne Conf. 99 www.academicus.de/cc98
??? ?? - ??? ??, 2000 Germany Radwar Party 2000 http://www.radwar.com
??? ?? - ??? ??, 2000 USA Bang! 2000 www.scene.org/bang!/
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!: weekly :
This week! I have been mostly eating... pizza
! interview !
Session Start: Fri May 28 22:41:55 1999
*** virago virago@level-d.xs4all.nl has joined demoj
ps hello
virago hi
ps so who are you? :
virago well, my nickname is Virago, realname is Martijn Meerts
try to pronounce that! :, 22 years old, and Im a
dutchman.. unfortunately :
ps what do you do on the scene?
virago Ive done just about everything except for music, but now I
try to specialise in graphics, webdesign/code and
group-organising..
ps what are your groups/projects?
virago Im in 2 groups, Nostalgia and Level-D Music.. I joined
nostalgia sometime after Bizarre 1998 party in holland as
graphician, no projects there at the moment. For Level-D
Music Im one of the founders and organisers. Projects
there include a music competition, so called mother earth
project, and were also setting up a recordcompany with
some of the Level-D guys..
ps nostalgia has been quite innactive for a while, whats going
on?
virago yes.. they are quite inactive.. they already had been
inactive for about 3 years when i joined them. But you
shouldnt forget that almost all nostalgia members are also
main organisers for the TakeOver parties in holland..
ps ok, what about level-d tell us more about it.. :
virago *ouch*.. well.. thats quite a story.. SlackJaw actually
got the initial idea of setting up a musicgroup which would
specialise in new age and ambient music.. I liked the idea
since i love this style of music.. and so we went looking
for some musicians.. unfortunately, hard to find.. But then
we met Workbench, who is really great at new age, and since
that day we started organising it..
ps when was it founded? who are in the memberlist now?
virago musicians joined.. did some releases.. did a homepage.. and
it seems that people like our music.. and so far, i think
were still the only group doing this releasing alternative
styles of music only that is when it was originally founded
is unclear, but we officially started in january 1998, when
we did our first release. The current memberlist is:
Slackjaw, Orion, Nogsf, Workbench, Bigbear, KeyG, Echo,
Falcon, Nexus, Sprinkle, Xerxes, Dalezy, and myself..
ps what is the mother earth project about?
virago mother earth project is something Orion and me started. Our
goal is to help good causes in this world a bit, doing
beneficial cds in the future, and currently just listing
links to websites of existing good causes.. We also have a
plan international fosterchild, which is the first action
we did under the mother earth project name..
ps about cds, when is the first level-d records CD out?
virago We dont know exactly when this cd will be out. There have
been some slight complications, and a serious lack of time.
Well be doing a demo cd very soon though, and shortly after
that, well fully concentrate on the first Level-D Records
CD.
ps well.. lets talk more about you now, you said previously you
hated beeing dutch.. why?
virago yes.. that might seem a bit strange, since ive already
lived in holland for 22 years. But its getting more and
more crowded here. Houses are packed together, and theres
no more places to really relax at. Im a person that loves
nature, and loves to go out into a forest and just walk
around all day, unfortunately, the air in holland is rather
bad, and there are almost no forests anymore...
ps well, you have told me you dont drink or smoke. my question
is... why?
virago i dont smoke because i dont like cigarettes.. :.. and i
dont drink any alcoholic drinks, because of personal
reasons id rather not talk about.. and i know that i cant
take alcohol..
ps what are the things that make you happy?
virago music, norway, Johanne, and Jenny.. :
ps what about the things that make you sad?
virago war, violence, holland, and not being in norway with
Johanne and Jenny .. :
ps haha : lets try another... what are the things that make you
mad?
virago mad?.. i dont get mad easily because i dont like
violence.. but the things i do get mad about are small
things in general.. what really pisses me off though, are
people who treat girls with no respect, see them as
objects.. i cant stand those..
ps how did you see the world around you when you were 16?
virago pretty much the same as now.. with the exception of my love
for norway..
ps when did you first discovered the scene?
virago a *VERY* long time ago.. i think about 12 years, i
discovered the C64 scene, although i didnt realize it back
then.. i was just interested in games.. and i had some
contact in 1 of the biggest game-groups on c64 at that time,
called Hotline.
ps what do you mean contact?
virago i knew a couple of the members of that group...
ps from school?
virago no, i met 1 of them at a local c64 gathering which was held
every month at a small hall really close to my home.. and
he introduced me to some people..
ps are you still in touch with that person?
virago yes.. not as close as back then, but im still in touch
with him
ps ok, changing subject, whats you favorite demo?
virago sunflower.. definately sunflower.. and 303 was kind of a
breakthru at the time it was released as well .
ps why do you think 303 is good?
virago i said it was a breakthru, probably because of the lyrics
in the music..
ps you make everything look so simple! :P
virago why make things hard on yourself, if theres a simple
approach aswell :
ps :P so what do you do on real life again?
virago in real life im a 2d/3d/webdesigner at the moment,
although im planning on making level-d records my full
time job in the not so far future..
ps does it pay well?
virago it pays well enough imo.. especially since i didnt finish
my education :.. accoring to dutch standards, im about
600 dollars per month OVERpaid..
ps humm... why didnt you finish education? still on it or decided
to drop?
virago well.. i started doing an education as car mechanic. I did
that for the full 4 years, and then failed my practical
part of it, so im only theoretically a car mechanic.
this education gave me a company managament degree
however.. After that, i did 1,5 years of a 3 year system
operator/coder education.. but it sucked, and when i got
offered this job, i just quit school..
ps back to scene, what is your favorite coder/musician/grafician?
virago favorite coders are unreal and statix, favorite musician
are a lot .. i really like falcon, scorpik, vic, probe,
workbench, nogsf, and LOTS more.. and my favorite
graphician would be Danny.. and Made, TMK, 3daddict
running in second place
ps well... im kind of out of questions! : anything you would
like to say? :
virago ehm.. yeah.. well.. be sure to check out a non-scene
although with scene-people working on it project called
Atyls, which should be made public sometime within the
next few weeks ..
ps ok, dump level-d url and your email! :
virago level-d urls are: music.level-d.com level-d music,
records.level-d.com level-d records, coming soon,
mep.level-d.com mother earth project, coming soon,
www.level-d.com main page..
and email is martijn@level-d.com or virago@level-d.com ..
ps ok, thank you for your time! :
virago youre welcome :
ps any final words? or can i kill the channel? :
virago the future is always incomplete, for if the future would
be complete, we would call it the past :
ps uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : where is that quote from?
virago heard it in a tv series today.. kinda liked it
dunno which series it was..
ps hehe :
virago never seen it before..
ps ok bye for now! :
virago byebye!
Session Close: Fri May 28 23:56:20 1999
! demo !
Helium by 3SS final version
Found at www.scene.org
2nd place at Icing99
System requirements:
Wow! Requirements are actually listed in the .nfo! Bigbig thanks!
Pentium, recommended: PII celeron 300 or higher
32MB RAM, 64MB recommended. 6.6 MB HD
Win9x, DirectSound, DirectX.
The demo:
This program cannot be run in DOS mode. Yes, that was a shock
for me :. But it seems to have been a requirement for the Icing99
compo. Although it needs win9x, its definitely not meant for
multitasking: if I keep a dos-box open for typing this txt, for
example, it goes out of sync and the music stutters, very annoying.
So close all other progs and use the start-menu.
Its difficult to describe this demo it doesnt follow a fixed
style. Its not a 3D-demo, as there is only 1 3D-object an OK
disco-ball with spotlights. There are no full-screen pictures, only
smaller ones that are shown over 2D-effects: A photo of a DJ, two
pixeled men, and a comic-like girl. And there are Chinese characters
and words all over the demo. The emphasis is on 2D-effects, some
overused ones like a plasma/wobbling texture, some more original,
but no really new ones. My favorite parts are the radial-blurred
strings of lights, and the transparent tunnel with a fractal in the
background. There are some spoken-word vocals too, which gives the
demo more strange feeling. Something about masters, traditions,
Buddha-fingers ... The transition between parts is mostly something
like blackness moving over the screen in a certain form, like a
spiral or a wave. Again, not new, but better than cuts or
fade-out/in. Ending the demo, there is a very slow hi-res upscroll.
The music:
There are two songs, one for the main part and one for the
endscroller. The first doesnt start immediately, so be patient
during the no voodoo2, no 3D, just 3SS-part. The main tune is very
relaxed, something electric, with echoing beeps, sometimes a bit
ambient, but with some faster parts with more percussion too. It
fits the demo perfectly, effects follow the transitions, but there
is no real synchronizing except the sub-titles of the vocals. The
endtune is more in an electric/pop style, its a bit repetitive, but
I like it.
Worth the download?
This is a rather strange demo. It is very balanced, in a way. No
bad parts, but no excellent ones either. However, if you keep in
mind that this is a two-man production, its already much more
impressive. Recommended for people who want to check out something
different.
Seven
! intro !
*strike once again*
! music !
Satia
Sklathill
downloaded from hornet ??
Great piano tune, if you like piano tunes, you should have this
one. The song has tempo, very nice ideas, and when starting to be
playing the same instrument, then comes the break. Only thing is
that some parts are repeated and making the song unnecessarily too
long.
The Bell / Picture of her
Xerxes / Level-d
downloaded from level-d.com
1999
Typical xerxes, good atmosphere made by strings, that keep running
the whole song. Then come drums to get into the right tempo, voice
by Alanis Morisette, and some blipish sound making tempo faster
again. Then xerxes starts to play more with the voice and blips come
again. Drums out, more variations, it starts to be a bit too long,
nothing exceptional. It could be much better, if xerxes would spend
more time on this one and give in it more instruments.
Second song - starts with drums, choirs coming up, that voice
sample Ive heard in some of his previous songs, the beats are too
strong. Maybe Im not in the right mood. But in my opinion its
better than the bell. Both songs dont leave typical xerxes
style, but song on the Stage9 musicdisk is much better. Also some of
his previous works at night55.com when itll be on? are better.
And if you want to check some other level-d releases, rather
try soundscapes by Big Bear.
vt
! quote !
ps fashion: what matters is that its that style of gfx and
sprites... : ok? :
fashdead ok
adokhugi fashdead: Worauf es ankommt, sind der Stil der Grafik
und der Sprites... : OK? :
adokhugi ps: ok
editor: adok: this one ill never forget! :
! question !
what was the best party you ever been to?
Scenario95 lahti finland. The small parties are always the best.
tyrant / five coders
hmm, the best demoparty ive been to was prolly, hmm,
compusphere nine. because of the really nice ppl, the atmosphere and,
well, ehrm, the alcohol. This one is not much before tp7, which is
the only major party ive been to. goddamn good beer in denmark.
roger/replay
Mekka/Symposium 99
Wayfinder/KFMF/Vacuum
Arf!Party99 Wired97
i know, that makes two parties, but well..
fred/calodox
the only party Ive ever been to.... Spring Break 99
-Serun
nebulous 98! ten ppl i think.
we american lamers have to take what we can get.
Vampyr/Infinity Spectrum http://negge.campus.vt.edu/is/
wired98 with such good hamburgers sold outside :
exocet/jff editor: good hamburgers? man, you french ppl are weird..
Too hard question for me.. Ill list my best parties by year.
1995 - Assembly 95
1996 - Demolition 96
1997 - The Gathering 97
1998 - Dreamhack 98
1999 - The Gathering 99 so far
melwyn :: acid rain
Best party: Wired 98.
Seven
Gravity98
Szum/Cryogen
- Gravity 3 98 - the best polish ever... till gravity4 i hope
Marcin Antas aka Garfield
hashembly
thor tlpotm spaceballs
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Amber diskmag.......................http://amber.bti.pl/dimag
Arf!Studios..........................http://ArfStudios.cjb.net
Astral..............................http://astral.scene-hu.com
Astroidea........................http://astroidea.scene-hu.com
AtomiK..............................http://www.extra.hu/atomik
Bomb...................................http://bomb.citeweb.net
BlaBla...............................http://blabla.citeweb.net
Blacktron Music Production...........http://www.d-zign.com/bmp
Blasphemy..............................http://www.blasphemy.dk
Byterapers.....................http://www.byterapers.scene.org
Carlos..............................http://www.nexus.hu/carlos
Calodox............................http://calodox.planet-d.net
Chrome..............................http://chrome.scene-hu.com
coders..................................http://coderz.cjb.net
Comic Pirates.........................http://scene-central.com
Dave.............................http://www.come.to/davecorner
DaVinci.................................http://davinci.ice.org
Digital Undergrounds.....................http://dug.iscool.net
Demo fanclub...........http://www.radix.net/brett/jer/fanclub
Demojournal....................http://demojournal.planet-d.net
Dreams2 CD.........................http://nl.scene.org/dreams2
Echo................................http://www.kki.net.pl/echo
Exceed...........................http://www.inf.bme.hu/exceed
Flan.............................http://www.error-404.com/flan
Fleur diskmag........................http://fleur.scene-hu.com
Freax...................http://freax.scene-hu.com/mainmenu.htm
Gardner................................http://www.gardner.z.pl
GfxZone.................................http://www.gfxzone.org
GODS...................................http://www.idf.net/gods
Grabule........................http://members.xoom.com/grabule
Green.....................................http://green.dyns.cx
Grif........................http://arrabonet.gyor.hu/rattgrif
Haujobb.....................................http://haujobb.org
Hellcore............................http://www.hellcore.art.pl
Heroin...................................http://www.heroin.net
HP..................................http://www.klte.hu/hamzap
Hugi diskmag................http://home.pages.de/hugidownload
Hugi size-compo...............http://home.pages.de/hugi-compo
Immortals..............................http://imrt.home.ml.org
Infuse...................................http://www.infuse.org
Jimsendu............................http://home.sol.no/ojakobs
Jupiter....................http://members.xoom.com/JupiterCode
Koma...............................http://www.hut.fi/vrantane
Label zero.........................http://labelzero.pganet.com
Leviathan....................http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/ajcarlso
Los........................http://www.angelfire.com/in/miku305
Milk.......................................http://milk.sgic.fi
MAZs Sound homepage.............http://www.th-zwickau.de/maz
Mandula.........................http://www.inf.bme.hu/mandula
Melcom.....................http://www.center-nebula.com/melcom
Melcom mirror......................http://www.melcom.cjb.net
Mephisto.............................http://www.chez.com/shiva
Mono211.................................http://www.mono211.com
Nico....................................http://geecs.org/nico
Noise................................http://www.noisemusic.org
Nogsf..............................http://www.saers.com/nogsf
Oranje Juice.........................http://ojuice.citeweb.net
Pain............................http://www.space.ch/scene/pain
PC-demos explained.....http://www.oldskool.org/demos/explained
Pixel...................................http://pixel.scene.org
Pixel mirror..........................http://fsk.home.ml.org
Pow.................................http://home.sol.no/tskara
Quad........................................http://www.quad.nl
Radical Rhythms.....http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/merrelli/rr
Rage........................................http://www.rage.nu
Replay.......................http://www.shine.scene.org/replay
Rhyme................................http://rhyme.scene-hu.com
Rod.................................http://www.inf.bme.hu/rod
Ruff Engine................http://members.xoom.com/ruffengine
Scenet.........................http://www.hackerland.de/scenet
Scorpik............................http://scorpik.planet-d.net
Skytech team............................http://Skytech.cjb.net
Spell.........................http://www.ThePentagon.com/Spell
Suspend......................http://www.optimus.wroc.pl/rappid
TakeOver................................http://www.takeover.nl
Tehdas...................................http://come.to/tehdas
Tesko..........................http://www.scentral.demon.co.uk
The Black Lotus.............................http://www.tbl.org
The Digital Artists Wired Nation.http://digitalartists.cjb.net
Theralite...........................http://theralite.avalon.hr
TheREW..............................http://home.wxs.nl/therew
The Lost Souls...............................http://www.tls.no
Textmode Demo Archive.................http://tmda.planet-d.net
Tokyo Dawn Records........................http://tdr.scene.org
Total Disaster...................http://www.totaldisaster.w.pl
TPOLM.....................................http://www.tpolm.com
Trajic Hungarian scene...............http://www.scene-hu.com
Trauma.................................http://sauna.net/trauma
Traven..............................http://traven.planet-d.net
Trebel...................................http://www.trebel.org
TS................................http://www2.hawaii.edu/myee
TUHB.......................................http://www.tuhb.org
U3da........................http://users.cybercity.dk/bcc5877
UltraBeat.........................http://www.innerverse.com/ub
Universe.......................http://www.ucl.ru/prog/universe
Vivid.........................http://www.klangstabil.com/vivid
Wain.............http://zevs.ifi.ntnu.no/frankwer/gfx/gfx.htm
Willbe...................................http://willbe.cjb.net
Zen of Tracking.........................http://surf.to/the-imm
Amber.......................................ftp://amber.bti.pl
Cyberbox.....................................ftp://cyberbox.de
DC-1.............new files listed..........ftp://demo.cat.hu
Pigforce.........closing down..........ftp://pigforce.ml.org
Scene.org........new files listed........ftp://ftp.scene.org
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editorial
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party on!
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quote -
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!: editorial :
hehe, i kind of forgot about 42 :D so this is a fast put-together
thing. Anyways, TakeOver is beeing held on holland and coma on canada
Remember to check stuff. : Oh yeah, i have attached 40 files from
scene.org came in too late 2 weeks ago. no files attached this
week because demo.cat was empty and scene.org is late!
ps
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!: demonews :
replay:
Goofy is tired of his goddamn nick/handle and changed to Roger,
which is, his realname, and its obviously cool.
Whisker shaved off his first pubic hair, so now hes clean.
Baloo bought a tuxedo and a blue tie.
Takeover was held this weekend. www.takeover.nl
Coma was held this weekend. www.microtec.net/unkelben/coma.html
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!: party on! :
starts !! ends !! location !! name !! contact !
Apr 16 - Apr 18, 1999 France Arf!Party http://arfparty.citeweb.net
May 07 - May 09, 1999 France Keyboard 99
May 13 - May 17, 1999 Sweden Icing99 http://www.icing.net
May 21 - May 23, 1999 Sweden Pool Position 99 www.pool-position.pp.se
May 29 - May 30, 1999 Poland Rush Hours99 amber.bti.pl/rh99
May 29 - ??? ??, 1999 France Servo 99 info@mars-eyes.org
Jun 04 - Jun 06, 1999 Holland Takeover 99 http://www.takeover.nl
Jun 05 - Jun 06, 1999 Canada Coma 99 http://www.microtec.net/unkelben/coma.html
! present time !
Jun 11 - Jun 13, 1999 Sweden Remedy 99 http://www.remedy.nu
Jun 24 - Jun 27, 1999 France JEM 99 http://jem.rtel.fr/
Jun 25 - Jun 27, 1999 Germany Underg. Conf. 3d http://uc3d.bingen.net
Jul 02 - Jul 04, 1999 Hungary Jumper 2000-1 http://jumper.scene-hu.com
Jul 02 - Jul 04, 1999 France VIP 99 http://popsyteam.rtel.fr/VIP/
Jul 03 - Jul 04, 1999 Russia Chaos Const. 999 http://cc999.da.ru
Jul 09 - Jul 11, 1999 Belgium Inscene 99 www.analogica.com/inscene
Jul 09 - Jul 10, 1999 UK Dejavu 99 http://www.dejavu.org.uk
Jul 09 - Jul 11, 1999 Swiss Buenzli8 http://swiss.scene.org/buenzli
Jul 19 - Jul 23, 1999 Norway Density 99 www.gathering.org/kandu/
Jul 21 - Jul 24, 1999 Denmark Summer Enc. 99 http://summer.encounter.dk
Jul 22 - Jul 24, 1999 Spain Euskal 7 http://www.euskalparty.org
Jul ?? - Jul ??, 1999 Hungary Rage-Scenest 99
Aug 06 - Aug 08, 1999 Finland Assembly 99 http://www.assembly.org
Aug 20 - Aug 22, 1999 Hungary AntIQ99 http://antiq.scene-hu.com
Aug 20 - Aug 22, 1999 Germany Evoke 99 http://kaoz.org/evoke/99/
Aug 21 - Aug 22, 1999 Czech Rep Fiasko 99 http://vyhen.site.cz/fiasko99/
Aug 21 - Aug 24, 1999 France Slach 2 www.mygale.org/myke666
Aug 27 - Aug 29, 1999 France LTP 3 ltp.planet-d.net
Sep 03 - Sep 05, 1999 France RTS Party 2000-1 http://RTS-PartY.imag.fr
Sep 05 - Sep 07, 1999 Sweden The Demoparty 99 http://www.demoparty.com
Sep 30 - Oct 03, 1999 Norway distance 99 http://www.neutralzone.org/distance/
Sep ?? - Sep ??, 1999 France Central party 99 http://www.chez.com/centralparty/
Oct 01 - Oct 03, 1999 Germany Dialogos 99 http://www.dialogos.cc
Nov 05 - Nov 07, 1999 Hungary Conference 3000
Nov ?? - Nov ??, 1999 Germany Cologne Conf. 99 www.academicus.de/cc98
??? ?? - ??? ??, 2000 Germany Radwar Party 2000 http://www.radwar.com
??? ?? - ??? ??, 2000 USA Bang! 2000 www.scene.org/bang!/
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This week! I have been mostly eating... pizza
! interview !
Session Start: Fri May 28 22:41:55 1999
*** virago virago@level-d.xs4all.nl has joined demoj
ps hello
virago hi
ps so who are you? :
virago well, my nickname is Virago, realname is Martijn Meerts
try to pronounce that! :, 22 years old, and Im a
dutchman.. unfortunately :
ps what do you do on the scene?
virago Ive done just about everything except for music, but now I
try to specialise in graphics, webdesign/code and
group-organising..
ps what are your groups/projects?
virago Im in 2 groups, Nostalgia and Level-D Music.. I joined
nostalgia sometime after Bizarre 1998 party in holland as
graphician, no projects there at the moment. For Level-D
Music Im one of the founders and organisers. Projects
there include a music competition, so called mother earth
project, and were also setting up a recordcompany with
some of the Level-D guys..
ps nostalgia has been quite innactive for a while, whats going
on?
virago yes.. they are quite inactive.. they already had been
inactive for about 3 years when i joined them. But you
shouldnt forget that almost all nostalgia members are also
main organisers for the TakeOver parties in holland..
ps ok, what about level-d tell us more about it.. :
virago *ouch*.. well.. thats quite a story.. SlackJaw actually
got the initial idea of setting up a musicgroup which would
specialise in new age and ambient music.. I liked the idea
since i love this style of music.. and so we went looking
for some musicians.. unfortunately, hard to find.. But then
we met Workbench, who is really great at new age, and since
that day we started organising it..
ps when was it founded? who are in the memberlist now?
virago musicians joined.. did some releases.. did a homepage.. and
it seems that people like our music.. and so far, i think
were still the only group doing this releasing alternative
styles of music only that is when it was originally founded
is unclear, but we officially started in january 1998, when
we did our first release. The current memberlist is:
Slackjaw, Orion, Nogsf, Workbench, Bigbear, KeyG, Echo,
Falcon, Nexus, Sprinkle, Xerxes, Dalezy, and myself..
ps what is the mother earth project about?
virago mother earth project is something Orion and me started. Our
goal is to help good causes in this world a bit, doing
beneficial cds in the future, and currently just listing
links to websites of existing good causes.. We also have a
plan international fosterchild, which is the first action
we did under the mother earth project name..
ps about cds, when is the first level-d records CD out?
virago We dont know exactly when this cd will be out. There have
been some slight complications, and a serious lack of time.
Well be doing a demo cd very soon though, and shortly after
that, well fully concentrate on the first Level-D Records
CD.
ps well.. lets talk more about you now, you said previously you
hated beeing dutch.. why?
virago yes.. that might seem a bit strange, since ive already
lived in holland for 22 years. But its getting more and
more crowded here. Houses are packed together, and theres
no more places to really relax at. Im a person that loves
nature, and loves to go out into a forest and just walk
around all day, unfortunately, the air in holland is rather
bad, and there are almost no forests anymore...
ps well, you have told me you dont drink or smoke. my question
is... why?
virago i dont smoke because i dont like cigarettes.. :.. and i
dont drink any alcoholic drinks, because of personal
reasons id rather not talk about.. and i know that i cant
take alcohol..
ps what are the things that make you happy?
virago music, norway, Johanne, and Jenny.. :
ps what about the things that make you sad?
virago war, violence, holland, and not being in norway with
Johanne and Jenny .. :
ps haha : lets try another... what are the things that make you
mad?
virago mad?.. i dont get mad easily because i dont like
violence.. but the things i do get mad about are small
things in general.. what really pisses me off though, are
people who treat girls with no respect, see them as
objects.. i cant stand those..
ps how did you see the world around you when you were 16?
virago pretty much the same as now.. with the exception of my love
for norway..
ps when did you first discovered the scene?
virago a *VERY* long time ago.. i think about 12 years, i
discovered the C64 scene, although i didnt realize it back
then.. i was just interested in games.. and i had some
contact in 1 of the biggest game-groups on c64 at that time,
called Hotline.
ps what do you mean contact?
virago i knew a couple of the members of that group...
ps from school?
virago no, i met 1 of them at a local c64 gathering which was held
every month at a small hall really close to my home.. and
he introduced me to some people..
ps are you still in touch with that person?
virago yes.. not as close as back then, but im still in touch
with him
ps ok, changing subject, whats you favorite demo?
virago sunflower.. definately sunflower.. and 303 was kind of a
breakthru at the time it was released as well .
ps why do you think 303 is good?
virago i said it was a breakthru, probably because of the lyrics
in the music..
ps you make everything look so simple! :P
virago why make things hard on yourself, if theres a simple
approach aswell :
ps :P so what do you do on real life again?
virago in real life im a 2d/3d/webdesigner at the moment,
although im planning on making level-d records my full
time job in the not so far future..
ps does it pay well?
virago it pays well enough imo.. especially since i didnt finish
my education :.. accoring to dutch standards, im about
600 dollars per month OVERpaid..
ps humm... why didnt you finish education? still on it or decided
to drop?
virago well.. i started doing an education as car mechanic. I did
that for the full 4 years, and then failed my practical
part of it, so im only theoretically a car mechanic.
this education gave me a company managament degree
however.. After that, i did 1,5 years of a 3 year system
operator/coder education.. but it sucked, and when i got
offered this job, i just quit school..
ps back to scene, what is your favorite coder/musician/grafician?
virago favorite coders are unreal and statix, favorite musician
are a lot .. i really like falcon, scorpik, vic, probe,
workbench, nogsf, and LOTS more.. and my favorite
graphician would be Danny.. and Made, TMK, 3daddict
running in second place
ps well... im kind of out of questions! : anything you would
like to say? :
virago ehm.. yeah.. well.. be sure to check out a non-scene
although with scene-people working on it project called
Atyls, which should be made public sometime within the
next few weeks ..
ps ok, dump level-d url and your email! :
virago level-d urls are: music.level-d.com level-d music,
records.level-d.com level-d records, coming soon,
mep.level-d.com mother earth project, coming soon,
www.level-d.com main page..
and email is martijn@level-d.com or virago@level-d.com ..
ps ok, thank you for your time! :
virago youre welcome :
ps any final words? or can i kill the channel? :
virago the future is always incomplete, for if the future would
be complete, we would call it the past :
ps uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : where is that quote from?
virago heard it in a tv series today.. kinda liked it
dunno which series it was..
ps hehe :
virago never seen it before..
ps ok bye for now! :
virago byebye!
Session Close: Fri May 28 23:56:20 1999
! demo !
Helium by 3SS final version
Found at www.scene.org
2nd place at Icing99
System requirements:
Wow! Requirements are actually listed in the .nfo! Bigbig thanks!
Pentium, recommended: PII celeron 300 or higher
32MB RAM, 64MB recommended. 6.6 MB HD
Win9x, DirectSound, DirectX.
The demo:
This program cannot be run in DOS mode. Yes, that was a shock
for me :. But it seems to have been a requirement for the Icing99
compo. Although it needs win9x, its definitely not meant for
multitasking: if I keep a dos-box open for typing this txt, for
example, it goes out of sync and the music stutters, very annoying.
So close all other progs and use the start-menu.
Its difficult to describe this demo it doesnt follow a fixed
style. Its not a 3D-demo, as there is only 1 3D-object an OK
disco-ball with spotlights. There are no full-screen pictures, only
smaller ones that are shown over 2D-effects: A photo of a DJ, two
pixeled men, and a comic-like girl. And there are Chinese characters
and words all over the demo. The emphasis is on 2D-effects, some
overused ones like a plasma/wobbling texture, some more original,
but no really new ones. My favorite parts are the radial-blurred
strings of lights, and the transparent tunnel with a fractal in the
background. There are some spoken-word vocals too, which gives the
demo more strange feeling. Something about masters, traditions,
Buddha-fingers ... The transition between parts is mostly something
like blackness moving over the screen in a certain form, like a
spiral or a wave. Again, not new, but better than cuts or
fade-out/in. Ending the demo, there is a very slow hi-res upscroll.
The music:
There are two songs, one for the main part and one for the
endscroller. The first doesnt start immediately, so be patient
during the no voodoo2, no 3D, just 3SS-part. The main tune is very
relaxed, something electric, with echoing beeps, sometimes a bit
ambient, but with some faster parts with more percussion too. It
fits the demo perfectly, effects follow the transitions, but there
is no real synchronizing except the sub-titles of the vocals. The
endtune is more in an electric/pop style, its a bit repetitive, but
I like it.
Worth the download?
This is a rather strange demo. It is very balanced, in a way. No
bad parts, but no excellent ones either. However, if you keep in
mind that this is a two-man production, its already much more
impressive. Recommended for people who want to check out something
different.
Seven
! intro !
*strike once again*
! music !
Satia
Sklathill
downloaded from hornet ??
Great piano tune, if you like piano tunes, you should have this
one. The song has tempo, very nice ideas, and when starting to be
playing the same instrument, then comes the break. Only thing is
that some parts are repeated and making the song unnecessarily too
long.
The Bell / Picture of her
Xerxes / Level-d
downloaded from level-d.com
1999
Typical xerxes, good atmosphere made by strings, that keep running
the whole song. Then come drums to get into the right tempo, voice
by Alanis Morisette, and some blipish sound making tempo faster
again. Then xerxes starts to play more with the voice and blips come
again. Drums out, more variations, it starts to be a bit too long,
nothing exceptional. It could be much better, if xerxes would spend
more time on this one and give in it more instruments.
Second song - starts with drums, choirs coming up, that voice
sample Ive heard in some of his previous songs, the beats are too
strong. Maybe Im not in the right mood. But in my opinion its
better than the bell. Both songs dont leave typical xerxes
style, but song on the Stage9 musicdisk is much better. Also some of
his previous works at night55.com when itll be on? are better.
And if you want to check some other level-d releases, rather
try soundscapes by Big Bear.
vt
! quote !
ps fashion: what matters is that its that style of gfx and
sprites... : ok? :
fashdead ok
adokhugi fashdead: Worauf es ankommt, sind der Stil der Grafik
und der Sprites... : OK? :
adokhugi ps: ok
editor: adok: this one ill never forget! :
! question !
what was the best party you ever been to?
Scenario95 lahti finland. The small parties are always the best.
tyrant / five coders
hmm, the best demoparty ive been to was prolly, hmm,
compusphere nine. because of the really nice ppl, the atmosphere and,
well, ehrm, the alcohol. This one is not much before tp7, which is
the only major party ive been to. goddamn good beer in denmark.
roger/replay
Mekka/Symposium 99
Wayfinder/KFMF/Vacuum
Arf!Party99 Wired97
i know, that makes two parties, but well..
fred/calodox
the only party Ive ever been to.... Spring Break 99
-Serun
nebulous 98! ten ppl i think.
we american lamers have to take what we can get.
Vampyr/Infinity Spectrum http://negge.campus.vt.edu/is/
wired98 with such good hamburgers sold outside :
exocet/jff editor: good hamburgers? man, you french ppl are weird..
Too hard question for me.. Ill list my best parties by year.
1995 - Assembly 95
1996 - Demolition 96
1997 - The Gathering 97
1998 - Dreamhack 98
1999 - The Gathering 99 so far
melwyn :: acid rain
Best party: Wired 98.
Seven
Gravity98
Szum/Cryogen
- Gravity 3 98 - the best polish ever... till gravity4 i hope
Marcin Antas aka Garfield
hashembly
thor tlpotm spaceballs
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