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  ޳ (((     F   i   v   e        M   u   s   i   c   i   a   n   s    )))  
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  ޳                     1996     Infofile                        
  
  



                               [ The Idea ]  

 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.

                              [ The People ]  


[ alias ][ real name ][ e-mail ][ other affils]

 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
 Zodiak     (Erik)             stridell@arosnet.se        Cascada/Complex

 and our retired elite:

 Basehead   (Dan Grandpre)     bh@axs.net                 -none-

                           [ The Story so Far ]  

 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, and Zodiak joined in March,
 1996.

 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.

                              [ The Goods ]  

 We are currently looking for an FTP site we could use to release stuff.
 If you have a site that is fast, please feel free to contact fm@pot.hole.fi.
 
 Soon there will also be an FM.org where you will be able to find all our
 releases, information about past and upcoming events, etc.
  
 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'.

                            [ the Releases ]  

 [ file ][ size ][ date ][ info ]

 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
 FM-BLURR.ZIP  2009696      03-01-96  "Blur Religion - Floating Liquid God"
                                       - Musicdisk of musical exploration of
				       the seventh kind by Mellow-D / FM.
 FM-HAPNS.ZIP   316076      03-01-96  "Happiness - dub liquid remix"
                                       dub remix of a Front 242 song,
				       by Mellow-D / FM
 FM-NEGAT.ZIP   247052      10-01-96  "Negation" - a mellow melodic tune
                                      by Mellow-D / FM

                           [ making Contact ]  

 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


