ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÞþÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄþÝ Þ³ ³Ý Þ³ ÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÜ ³Ý Þ³ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³Ý Þ³ ³Ý Þ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³Ý Þ³ ((( F i v e M u s i c i a n s ))) ³Ý Þ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³Ý Þ³ 1ú9ú9ú6 Iúnúfúoúfúiúlúe ³Ý ÞþÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄþÝ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ú ù [ The Idea ] ù ú FM is a one-year old group of musicians dedicated to the task of providing the scene quality musical productions. We try to be more than just your everyday music group, by working on many of our productions in cooperation with each other. Since our creation in early February 1995, we have been working hard to explore both our artistic talents, and to break new ground in the area of digitally tracked music. ú ù [ The People ] ù ú ú[ alias ]úúú[ real name ]úúúúúúú[ e-mail ]úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú[ other affils]úúú Necros (Andrew) necros@axs.net Legend Design/iCE Mellow-D (Jaakko) jak@hole.fi S!P/Hardcode Big Jim (Jim) j.e.storer@bradford.ac.uk Valhalla Vic (Victor) v932546@si.hhs.nl aCME and our retired elite: Basehead (Dan Grandpre) bh@axs.net -none- ú ù [ The Story so Far ] ù ú FM was formed in February 1995 by Necros and Mellow-D after chatting on the phone one day and realizing that starting a good scene music group would be both fun and productive for the both of us. I called up Basehead and he seemed to be quite pleased with the idea and offered his services. And thus with a solitary 'woop' FM was begun. Originally we wanted to call the group 'o' per Mellow-D's request, but soon we invited Big Jim to join and he suggested 'FM' as a name. Luckily by this time we had acquired the perfect number of musicians, and the name stuck. I quickly released "Realization II" under the FM label, and things began to move along nicely. After a few more releases by members, Mellow-D called and said he had invited Purple Motion to join. At that time I became aware of just how fortuitous it was that both 'four' and 'five' started with the letter 'F'. So thus we became Five Musicians. Things now were looking great, and Mellow-D released a musicdisk compilation of older tunes he had written called 'Kaktoos'. Weeks passed and the FM e-mail address was activated at fm@pot.hole.fi (Mellow-D's computer). Unfortunately, we realized that Purple Motion was proving to be both unreachable and unproductive, so we politely dismissed him from the group. Thus we were once again Four Musicians. After languishing in this deplorable state for a few more weeks, we came upon a brilliant young musician from OTM named Stalker. Listening to his stuff, we realized that we had to snatch up this fine young fellow before he fell prey to the sinister lurkings of some european demo group. He accepted our invitation, and there was once again happiness and joy in the land of the music scene. Then in the midst of the very poor The Party 1995, we acquired yet another brilliant shooting star. Having made the Hit Song of TP5, Spaceman, Vic joined FM in a glorious setting of 3000 computer nerds. Stalker left us to pursue other musical lines somewhat after, so we are back down to four active members once again. This bring us to the current day, when FM has finally been recognized as a force to be reckoned with. Our greetings to all other music groups across the world; we invite you to join us in bringing melodic bliss to people worldwide. ú ù [ The Goods ] ù ú We are currently looking for an FTP site we could use to release stuff. New uploads can also be found on ftp.cdrom.com, in the /demos/music/incoming directory. Tunes by Necros, Mellow-D and Basehead are mirrored also at: (ftp) axs.net : /pub/demos/songs/necros /pub/demos/songs/mellow-d /pub/demos/songs/basehead (this site is currently under reconstruction due to a HD crash) We have distribution sites, but their numbers are too many to list here. Usually most quality boards will carry our releases. Simply check their list of affils to see if they are an 'FM Distribution Site'. ù ú [ the Releases ] ú ù úú[ file ]úúúú[ size ]úúúúú[ date ]úúúúúúúúúú[ info ]úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú REALIZE2.ZIP 291959 03-23-95 "Realization II" by Necros First FM release ever! MLD-TDAY.ZIP 154407 03-27-95 "Tuesday", a release by Mellow-D FM-WRECK.ZIP 670851 04-18-95 "Wrecked Fluff" by Mellow-D NAID 1995 Multichannel Entry FM-CFUNK.ZIP 584675 04-23-95 "Can't Fake the Funk" by Basehead 3rd Place, NAID 1995 Multichannel Compo FM-GUINN.ZIP 373894 05-04-95 "Guinness", our first co-op tune, by Mellow-D and Basehead FM-TOOS1.ZIP 1366064 05-11-95 "Kaktoos", a 4-channel musicdisk of stuff Mellow-D wrote while an exchange FM-TOOS2.ZIP 850084 student in the United States. FM-SKYS.ZIP 221531 05-26-95 "Foreign Skys", a guitar duet by Big Jim FM-SOLA.ZIP 250108 07-19-95 "Solace" by Stalker, winner of the SoCal 1995 Music Competition. FM-PROG.ZIP 1992886 07-22-95 "Progression", a new musicdisk by Necros, containing all new material. FM-ATLA.ZIP 262472 08-16-95 "Atlantis" by Stalker. FM-RIFF.ZIP 356853 08-27-95 "Search for the Lost Riff" - joint tune by Necros and Basehead FM-SCRAP.ZIP 433313 09-15-95 "Skyscraper I Love You" - remix of an Underworld song, by Necros FM-MIND.ZIP 599077 11-22-95 "Mind Channel" and "Nystagmus" by Stalker FM-CUBIC.ZIP 174598 12-04-95 "Cubic Inch" - Solo venture by Mellow-D FM-BASEM.ZIP 1428331 12-31-95 "The Basement Material - Volume 1" a musicdisk of OLDIES by basehead FM-ODDIT.ZIP 1701680 12-31-95 "Oddities/Are We There Yet?" - musicdisk by Basehead -- previously unfinished, unreleased, and STRANGE material. FM-SNOOP.ZIP 292523 01-30-96 "Raping the dog" - Weird bliss by Mellow-D FM-ENERG.ZIP 271253 03-01-96 "Energia" by Necros / FM ú ù [ making Contact ] ù ú Our whole group may be reached at fm@pot.hole.fi, or at the individual addresses listed above. We'd rather you not snail mail us unless you are sending us money. :> We hang out on IRC a lot, so feel free to /msg us if you have something to say. [end] Sincerely, The Five Musicians fm@pot.hole.fi