TATICLINE 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 -- CDs in the Underground
Features:
audiophonik - music for the scene generation
Information and Order Form
Closing:
Credits
Message From the Editor
Wow, weve come a long way, havnt 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
wouldnt someone else?
Id like to go much further. Id like to make this a magazine that
everyone would like to turn to as a key resource in the scene. For that
reason, Im asking for anyone willing to write any scene based article
to please notify me. Run your ideas by me, Id 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, hell 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 isnt often that Im
asked to review a whole album. Fortunately, this isnt 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 Hes
out skiing somewhere in Europe anyhow.
This isnt 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 wont 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 isnt very easy to do, however, as I can very
easily bore you with my words. I also dont 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 youre at all curious
about the album, its 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, Im 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 hasnt escaped his chip-tune days.
Kudos to the chip-tune style. Looking for some other styles? Dont
worry, they exist on the album. For example, Third Millenium by
Lluvia is a cross between dance, trance and breakbeat actually, im
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 doesnt 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 youll 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. Theres a little bit of everything on here,
at least everything representative of the scene.
Now, if you truly want to know whats 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 cant review every single song on the album,
Im 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 dont 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 dont feel it needs to drag on quite so
long. Otherwise, its 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
Ill admit it, I have a biased towards orchestral compositions. The
instruments might not be entirely orchestral, but the structure is
complete. Thats not to say I dont 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. Thats a good thing. I would be telling an
untruth if I would tell you that I wasnt 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. Coplans and Setecs 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 persons, 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 Rage98
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, its winter and everyone in the scene seems to be hibernating,
so Ill 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 theres 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 dont know much about jazz, I dare to say its
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
theres 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 cant 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? Isnt
that just insanely cool beyond words? I remember when if you wanted
records at home youd 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 Reynaldos
lives should not have been lost in vain. And now theres this thing.
Its like the tablists wet dream - A CD-R for vinyl.
The DJ Gear industry is going through some interesting changes. Know
that Im not by any stretch of the imagination a DJ Im a sad little
whiteboy who has never touched a table. But Ive spent enough time in
clubs, and hanging around with DJ friends, that I feel my opinion is
worthwhile. More importantly, Ive recently been in the business of
selling equipment for such things. This was before my current stint
with the brothel, but I really dont feel comfortable talking about
that. I am, however, a synth person, so I will bitch about that end of
it.
Yes, Im 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. Lets 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, its a
lot of fun. Also Electribes are neat toys Im planning on buying one
because hey, it beats my current form of entertainment, which consists
of a SpeaknSpell 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 todays 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. Thats very
very damned sad. If you must use a piece of gear along with a turntable,
pull a Mental Floss, hook up a tracker. Thats 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 dont think I can top that one, so Im going to go to sleep. Good
night, and happy Scening!
--Virt
Call to Keyboards
CDs 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 Im trying to capitalize on Imphobias latest CD.
But, Ill be completely honest, it truly is one of the first scene
albums that Ive been exposed to. Is this a revolutionary idea? I
would say not. Im sure that Imphobia would likewise say the same.
However, they sure have brought out a certain quality that didnt exist
until now. Is this a new trend? I hope so.
The first scene disk that I got was Kosmics Archive CD 1992-1996.
No cover art, just a simple paper envelope with a CD. The CD certainly
looked professional, but this wasnt 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 thats why?
Apparently, track one is the data track. Theres nothing wrong with
that. But lets face it, theres a bit of quality lost there, especially
considering the fact that I want to listen to tracks 2-4. Dont 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 isnt 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 -- thats what everyone
else does? Youll 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 isnt about growing as an artist anymore. Were
grown up -- now the scene needs to grow up too. Whats next? This is
the answer -- quality music disks available to the public. So, if you
feel the scene is dying, guess again. Its 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, theyll 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? Ive never heard it before, she asked. She was very
dissapointed to find out that she cant buy any Necros albums in stores.
If I hadnt 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 its possible that the scene could become the next
music front?
Youre opinions here, please.
--Coplan
audiophonik - music for the scene generation
Information and Order Form
-- Editors 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 wont
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 -- well
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 12,5 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 2,5 EURO, 3 US
to the price. so that makes 600 Bfr 15 EURO, 16 US
Those living in the Americas should order from Fusecon www.fusecon.com.
If you are ordering more than five CDs 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 snailMAIL 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 CDs.
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 Kagis secure on-line ordering
server.
To order audiophonik using a credit card, simply surf to Imphobias kagi
order page at http://order.kagi.com/?XR4S 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.
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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:
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From where have you heard about audiophonik ? optional
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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 Imphobias secure
on-line ordering server at kagi http://order.kagi.com/?XR4S
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, dont 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
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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 -- CDs in the Underground
Features:
audiophonik - music for the scene generation
Information and Order Form
Closing:
Credits
Message From the Editor
Wow, weve come a long way, havnt 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
wouldnt someone else?
Id like to go much further. Id like to make this a magazine that
everyone would like to turn to as a key resource in the scene. For that
reason, Im asking for anyone willing to write any scene based article
to please notify me. Run your ideas by me, Id 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, hell 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 isnt often that Im
asked to review a whole album. Fortunately, this isnt 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 Hes
out skiing somewhere in Europe anyhow.
This isnt 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 wont 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 isnt very easy to do, however, as I can very
easily bore you with my words. I also dont 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 youre at all curious
about the album, its 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, Im 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 hasnt escaped his chip-tune days.
Kudos to the chip-tune style. Looking for some other styles? Dont
worry, they exist on the album. For example, Third Millenium by
Lluvia is a cross between dance, trance and breakbeat actually, im
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 doesnt 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 youll 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. Theres a little bit of everything on here,
at least everything representative of the scene.
Now, if you truly want to know whats 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 cant review every single song on the album,
Im 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 dont 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 dont feel it needs to drag on quite so
long. Otherwise, its 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
Ill admit it, I have a biased towards orchestral compositions. The
instruments might not be entirely orchestral, but the structure is
complete. Thats not to say I dont 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. Thats a good thing. I would be telling an
untruth if I would tell you that I wasnt 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. Coplans and Setecs 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 persons, 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 Rage98
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, its winter and everyone in the scene seems to be hibernating,
so Ill 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 theres 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 dont know much about jazz, I dare to say its
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
theres 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 cant 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? Isnt
that just insanely cool beyond words? I remember when if you wanted
records at home youd 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 Reynaldos
lives should not have been lost in vain. And now theres this thing.
Its like the tablists wet dream - A CD-R for vinyl.
The DJ Gear industry is going through some interesting changes. Know
that Im not by any stretch of the imagination a DJ Im a sad little
whiteboy who has never touched a table. But Ive spent enough time in
clubs, and hanging around with DJ friends, that I feel my opinion is
worthwhile. More importantly, Ive recently been in the business of
selling equipment for such things. This was before my current stint
with the brothel, but I really dont feel comfortable talking about
that. I am, however, a synth person, so I will bitch about that end of
it.
Yes, Im 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. Lets 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, its a
lot of fun. Also Electribes are neat toys Im planning on buying one
because hey, it beats my current form of entertainment, which consists
of a SpeaknSpell 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 todays 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. Thats very
very damned sad. If you must use a piece of gear along with a turntable,
pull a Mental Floss, hook up a tracker. Thats 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 dont think I can top that one, so Im going to go to sleep. Good
night, and happy Scening!
--Virt
Call to Keyboards
CDs 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 Im trying to capitalize on Imphobias latest CD.
But, Ill be completely honest, it truly is one of the first scene
albums that Ive been exposed to. Is this a revolutionary idea? I
would say not. Im sure that Imphobia would likewise say the same.
However, they sure have brought out a certain quality that didnt exist
until now. Is this a new trend? I hope so.
The first scene disk that I got was Kosmics Archive CD 1992-1996.
No cover art, just a simple paper envelope with a CD. The CD certainly
looked professional, but this wasnt 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 thats why?
Apparently, track one is the data track. Theres nothing wrong with
that. But lets face it, theres a bit of quality lost there, especially
considering the fact that I want to listen to tracks 2-4. Dont 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 isnt 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 -- thats what everyone
else does? Youll 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 isnt about growing as an artist anymore. Were
grown up -- now the scene needs to grow up too. Whats next? This is
the answer -- quality music disks available to the public. So, if you
feel the scene is dying, guess again. Its 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, theyll 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? Ive never heard it before, she asked. She was very
dissapointed to find out that she cant buy any Necros albums in stores.
If I hadnt 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 its possible that the scene could become the next
music front?
Youre opinions here, please.
--Coplan
audiophonik - music for the scene generation
Information and Order Form
-- Editors 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 wont
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 -- well
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 12,5 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 2,5 EURO, 3 US
to the price. so that makes 600 Bfr 15 EURO, 16 US
Those living in the Americas should order from Fusecon www.fusecon.com.
If you are ordering more than five CDs 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 snailMAIL 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 CDs.
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 Kagis secure on-line ordering
server.
To order audiophonik using a credit card, simply surf to Imphobias kagi
order page at http://order.kagi.com/?XR4S 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.
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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:
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From where have you heard about audiophonik ? optional
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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 Imphobias secure
on-line ordering server at kagi http://order.kagi.com/?XR4S
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, dont 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
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