[ Slengpung ] Where sofas end - Underground Conference 10
One of the few real-life demoparty events this summer, the outdoor demoparty Underground Conference 10 happened a week ago and TMA provided some nice photos. More to come! Some first pictures from Deadline 2019, Under Construction and rsync 2020 by T$ have also been added. Enjoy![ Demoscene Research ] WiderScreen 2–3/2020 Out
A special issue of WiderScreen, edited by Julia Erdogan, Gleb and me, has just been published with the topic “Home Computer Cultures and Society Before the Internet Age”. We’ll add the individual articles to the bibliography a bit later, but already at this point I can reveal that there’s plenty to read for demoscene enthusiasts […][ Demoscene Research ] Tracker and PETSCII papers added
Just added my own Finnish journal article Trackerit: paradigman synty, kukoistus ja myöhemmät vaiheet (2019), which deals with the history and creators of tracker software, and the text art related paper titled PETSCII – A Character Set and a Creative Platform (Reunanen, Heikkinen & Carlsson 2019).[ Demoscene Research ] Finnish Unesco application approved!
The Finnish application to get the demoscene recognized by the national Unesco chapter as intangible cultural heritage was accepted just this week. Congratz to everybody involved! The scene is the first branch of digital culture to appear on the list, and the Finnish application was also the first of the national applications to be approved. […][ got papers? ] 32 Years of Computer Parties
Today, we present you with artefacts from 32 years of copy- and demoparties – from 1987 to 2019! Quite an astonishing time span, longer than the life span of some current demoscene members. The scans stem from the collections of Acidchild & Bugjam, AD aka Rough, Dipswitch, Goat, Ile, Mike, Moqui, Sir Garbagetruck, Swiss Cracking […][ got papers? ] Rough Archive Pt. 2
We start the New Year with a bang. The archive of C64 scener Rough had been sitting here for almost three years – until last month our heroic student assistant scanned over 400 pages in one go. With this update, we present you 269 letters by 127 individuals from 16 countries. They stem from the […][ Demoscene Research ] UNESCO German & Finnish applications
As you’ve probably noticed, there is an ongoing attempt to get the demoscene recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. Both Gleb and me have been participating in the national applications that need to be submitted first. See here for a news item on the German application, and here to see the Finnish one that […][ got papers? ] Zippy’s Letters: The Cynix P.O. Box
Famous Scottish Atari ST cracker Zippy a.k.a Absu, member of the groups Cynix and The Medway Boys, who was very recently interviewed on Codetapper.com, provided us with photographs from his letter archive. This time, we bring you a very special portion of these documents: The inbox, so to say, of the Cynix P.O. box in […][ got papers? ] SCA Disk Design Compo 1987
Swiss Cracking Association, the legendary Zurich-based C64 group, whose archive we have covered in numerous updates, always loved to come up with something new – be it a spectacular game hack, the first Amiga virus, or a disk designing competition. In their “SCA Competition!” demo from March 1987, they made the following announcement: SEND US […][ got papers? ] More C64 Disk Covers from Goat
We haven’t featured C64 disk covers for a while, so here are some from the collection of Goat/Laxity, which was scanned already four years ago. This big batch features 50 disk covers from the early- to mid-1990s (with one early exception from 1986), including some really extraordinary ones. I won’t make a list here, but […][ Demoscene Research ] June Updates
Finally added two missing papers: Hodges 2018 and Desidério & Rossi 2008. Two interesting books came out recently, and we’re working on getting them read and added as well. The first one is Media Piracy in the Cultural Economy by Gavin Mueller and the other Gaming the Iron Curtain by Jaroslav Svelch.[ Conspiracy ] Full Steam Ahead
Now that there's a second generation of VR headsets, we decided to put Offscreen Colonies VR on Steam - still for free! Enjoy![ Conspiracy ] Ferris Makes Conspiracy Make Demos
Our friend Ferris has a pretty popular Twitch/YouTube economy where he regularly shows off his work process, and recently he asked us to join him and show off our toolchain - and we gladly obliged! You can check out the video here if you wanna see how we do intros, and you can also support him on Patreon if you think his stuff was worth your time![ Conspiracy ] Every beginning has an end.
Since we regularly forget to update the news section here it's probably worth mentioning that we released the third and final episode for our cataclysm-trilogy at Revision 2018 (and won the competition): enjoy When Silence Dims The Stars Above![ Conspiracy ] Inside the matrix
Always eager to look into new technology, we've decided to take Offscreen Colonies, and create a version that you can experience in virtual reality; we're happy to announce that it is now available from the Oculus Store for free, not only making it available for a whole new audience, but also making it probably the first demoscene product to receive a PEGI rating![ Noerror - Scene music news ] Scene.org's music group directory
The motherload and source of most of the scene's music releases[ Noerror - Scene music news ] Goodbye
Hello,
Noerror was born about ten years ago, as we (Moonove+Knos) lamented the lack of a single location where netlabel releases would be announced.
At the time, we would keep in touch with the latest releases via mail, IRC and daily browsing of the websites from the various module groups, as netlabels were known at the time.
So we turned a news site called error-404 (run by Moonove) and an unreleased music release database called stream (started by Knos) into what became noerror.
Our goal was to fight the dispersion, clustering of free music news over the net. The netlabel scene was at the time still very small and much related to our dear demo/tracking scene.
Years passing by, netlabels have much evolved: Musicians and their netlabels now come from whole different backgrounds and do not share the same values, approaches, technology, sound or goals anymore.
This amazing success of netlabels, their diversity, their productivity has however slowly, we think, undermined the idea of a single news feed.
What hasn't changed, and what will not change is the need for curation and critique. Throughout our history ― with few exceptions due to our own nepotist tendencies ― we limited our scope to netlabels.
The reason was primordial: each label brings the tastes of its founders, or at the very least ought to. (We are sometimes having our doubts about it) Run well, they are easier to identify with, and their quality and nature help listeners find their favorite music, and trust developing, discover their next favorite.
Our common passion for music did not however extend far enough to spend the majority of our time reviewing releases.
We have witnessed the birth of a movement which escaped our hands, and we are very proud of having taken a part in it.
It is however time for us to say goodbye, and turn to other shores.
Noerror may come back at a latter time, with a different goal and scope. The future is fortunately always a surprise.
In the mean time, we would like to ask you to submit the best netlabel news and reviews sites, which we will add to this post.
Thanks for your support,
Moonove & Knos
[ Noerror - Scene music news ] [RAR037] 10.17 - As I Was Looking Beyond, I Woke Up
10.17 makes his debut on Random Access Recordings. 10.17 is a young producer from Greece and has a load of talent and potential. It is always inspiring to hear music that has a modern futuristic edge, but stays true to its roots. This digital 7 track album is undoubtedly going to raise some eyebrows and shake some asses with its perfect blend of raw Detroit techno and funky minimalistic sounds. Hot out the oven and fresh on your plates; this young jack of the trade serves up this 7 course meal right and it is delicious. There is allot more to come on RaR by this guy. Go download this one for free on our netlabel page. I hope you are hungry, because he certainly is. Long Live Jack!!![ Noerror - Scene music news ] RB078 - derrick hart - fall asleep to this
Derrick Hart is an American musician. You might know him from his "Songs From A Cross (The Sea)" EP on 12rec, a release in which Derrick shows great musical talent and a really fantastic sense for song-writing and melodies. With his "fall asleep to this" EP he goes a more experimental and meditative way. The five tracks are mainly based on vocals, even though there are no actual lyrics. "kontakt" and "when someone loves you no more" are performed only with his voice, captured with a contact-mic, processed and converted. "when someone loves you no more" begins things with a profound wailing on behalf of anyone who has ever suffered before blooming into some incomprehensible sonic victory. "emporia", "colors that surround you" and "kontakt" are beautiful melodic miniatures and "wilderness of the city" ends it all with strings and a relentless, hypnotic groove. But always is Derrick's voice as the key element in each song, tying everything together. To follow Derrick's advice: The EP serves as a meditation tool to listen to before sleeping. So plug your earphones in and fall asleep.[ Noerror - Scene music news ] Ellaim - 'Air'/'Fire'/'Earth'/'Water' [HAZE 102/103/104/105]
Project ELLAIM was created in 2009 year on the basis of project [N.K.72]. In the collaboration of musician and doctor was given birth to music capable to act on the man�s subconsciousness. This arises for the using account in the music of binaural rhythms. This four album are devoted to the topic of four natural elements � water, air, earth and fire. Music passed verification on the group of probationers and were received positive results. This music accords beneficial effect on the nervous system of man. Compilation will be released in 2010 year company �The government of Sound�. From company is received settlement on the additional output of this music in networked organising �HAZE label�. Music: Sasha Strelnikoff. The calculation of binaural rhythms: Doctor Viktor Pavlov. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Style: Amnient, Binaural.[ Noerror - Scene music news ] 1798+002: rngmnn - skogsr���¥et
back from the drone chamber with a new release in stock: rngmnn - skogsrået. enjoy this drone ridden dark ambient release which is sprinkled with quite a bit of swedish fairy dust.[ Noerror - Scene music news ] [BP053] Pharmakustik - Implantrobotik
Release notes: IMPLANTROBOTIK announces the newest perspectives of Pharmakustik implant-navigation by the use of robotic audiosystems, stereotactic technology and automation equipment. Pre-drilling rhythmic forces and fracture mechanics are combined with granulomateous voice-dissections within the field of uncompromising telemanipulation. The current techniques of the Pharmakustik sound-research are characterized by intermodulating, morphing particles and their mutual interaction in the stereophonic panorama. Automated inspection of otoneurosurgical, motorcortical fragments for the atraumatic listener. Pharmaconstructive audiofluxus 2010. DOWNLOAD.