February 22, 1997--Version 3.2 ------------------------------------------ THE GUIDE TO DEMO/MUSIC SCENE RELATED CDS: ------------------------------------------ This guide has grown quite a bit in the past year with a lot of interesting DATA and AUDIO CDs being released. I do my best to keep it updated but if you happen to know about a CD that has been or will be released please let me know so I can include it in the next updated (every month or so). For those who order I recommend trying to contact the producer / distributor for correct and up to date pricing information. Most prices are quoted in US dollars. Over the top, dmw@gate.net www.gate.net/~dmw/demo/democds.txt --------=> UPDATES <=------- It has been about four months since I last updated this guide so there is probably more updates than listed. Assembly 96 CD-ROM is out and amble@aol.com (Germany) is selling it to the world for around $20. BnoPlub V1 was released on 11/15/96 and demo oriented CD. Chris Hulsbeck now has his own official web page at www.stealth.net/~ch Amble@aol.com (Malte) has pricing updates for the PARTY CDs he sells: ASM94 and TP4 are eight dollars and the ASM95 CD is nine dollars. Shipping to the US is an extra Lincoln ($5). Christian (cdoerschnr@aol.com) has a few updates to his pricing: ASM94 ($10), ASM95 ($19), TP4 ($16), HSS ($15), Groovy Bytes ($13), Syntax Terror audio CD ($13), X-95 ($6), TRSI Recordz CD's ($16). Eric 'Sidewinder' Giesete's homepage changed to www.txdirect.net/~sidewind. He CD and some tapes of his music--the tapes are more recent. TRSI Recordz has a new release (Cyberlogik 3.0 I think it is called) and a small section of someone elses home page: www.sazuma.com. The official home page isn't far off I'm told. Purple Motion's CD is delayed indefinitely. He did the music for Remedy's Death Rally and has many other projects in the works. So, I removed him from the list. ---------=====> DATA CDS <=====--------- ============================================= ACE CD #1, #2, #3, #4 Contact: A.C.E (33) 45 88 75 48 Association ACE, 30, rue Michal 75013 - PARIS, FRANCE E-mail: cdace@ace.epita.fr, yvon@sept.fr WEB Page: www.mygale.org/03/ace German Distro: amable@aol.com Denmark Distro: rvc@vision.auc.dk Finland Distro: lemming@online.solutions.fi a950918@myy.helbp.fi Norway Distro: yitzhaq@login.eunet.no Sweden Distro: drain@kuai.se Netherland Distro:compile@overflow.idn.nl Released: 1994, 1995, 1996 --------------------------------------------- Currently there are three A.C.E. CDs (1000 of each pressed) available with a fourth in the works. These CDs are made by scene people for other scene people and not for personal profits--all the money made goes into paying for phone lines, BBS hardware upgrades, and for production of the next CD. This is not a commercially produced CD. Several CDs are given as prizes at some demo parties. None of these CDs are BBS ready and none of the prices include shipping. ACE CD#1: Contains most of the PC productions from the beginning of the scene to October 94 except ASM'94. There are 30 of these CDs left at $15. ACE CD#2: Contains PC releases from October 94 to June 95 including ASM'94. It also includes 2000+ modules. About 120 of these CDs remain at $15. ACE CD#3: Contains almost all the demos on PC released between 6/95 and 6/96. 367 demos, 338 intros, demo mags, music disks, 750+ modules, etc. Cover art by the mighty Zebig. This is a double CD (1.2 Gigabytes) and sells for $18. ACE CD#4: Biggest GFX collection worldwide. Collected and classified by ZEB/Orange. And almost all the demo releases from 6/96 - ?. Delayed till February. ============================ ACID CD Contact: radman@acid.org Released: To be determined ---------------------------- First the ACID T-shirt, then a web page, then the removal of ANSI from the ftp.cdrom.com "demos" archive and NOW a CD. Wow. Expect a large ANSI and art collection from this CD. No release date is known. ==================================== BLACK PHILES 1 & 2 Contact: synchron@algonet.se Web page: www.algonet.se/~synchron Released: 1996 ------------------------------------ Contain some demo-related material, programming information, and other assorted files and utilities that are useful to demo coders. ==================================== BNOPLUB V1 Contact: troop@pi.net Web Page: home.pi.net/~bluenose/cd Released: November 1996 ------------------------------------ A non-commercial scene CD produced in the Netherlands by the Amiga demogroup Chiparus. BnoPlub is a collection of the best demos between Wired'95 and Wired'96 plus about 1500 sources, dos utils, and more-basically a backup of the Blue Nose Productions BBS. All the CDs are currently destributed on TDK CD-R medium and sell for $25. Version two is expected to be a music CD-ROM. ============================================== CD-R of Demos, music, etc. Contact: marcus.lenngren@mailbox.swipnet.se Released: 1996 ---------------------------------------------- Markus has burned a CD with he best demos he could find. This is being sold to people in Sweden (and probably elsewhere) for 270 SEK ($40 US) plus postage. He also has a CD with the best C-64 tunes on it and demo music but I am not sure if this is in AUDIO form. Finally, Markus is working on a CD with demo source and P/H/A stuff so contact him if you have anything you would like to contribute. =========================================== DREAMS Contact: jeff.van.audenhove@infoboard.be darkness@genesis.be German Distro: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: Summer 1996 ------------------------------------------- Jeff, AKA Darkness of Imphobia, has pressed 1000 DREAMS CDs. This CD is a "best of" scene material through July 1996. Demos, intros, music, diskmags, scene reports (the Wired one by Subnormals is excellent), party results, and a ton of great graphics by some of the scenes (including Amiga) best artist. The CD sells for 400 Bfr--approximately $13 US--not including postage. It has full color art and may of the files can be run directly off the CD. A recommended collection for the true scener or anyone who wants to impress others with some of the best PC scene productions. ======================== ESCAPE and FREEDOM Contact: dmw@gate.net Released: 1994, 1995 ------------------------ These two CDs contain music (digital audio) from Snowman's "Music Contest" and demos/misc scene related items. Escape was produced in 1994 and followed up with Freedom in 1995. Both items are sold out. ============================== GROOVY BYTES Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ A German made CD full of some of the most famous music crews (Amiga?). EMS, Azure Sky, HBE, MoM, Sky Jump Team, and a few others are represented. Ansi packs, samples, sound tools, texts and lots of rave party flyers can also be found on the Groovy Bytes CD--produced by Brain Teaser/FCO. All this for $13 plus shipping. ============================ HORNET UNDERGROUND Contact: r3cgm@cdrom.com Christopher Mann Released: June 1996 ---------------------------- The "Hornet Underground" is a demo CD containing the contents of the /alpha tree from ftp.cdrom.com. It sells for $19.95 (much cheaper in quantity) but can be obtained freely if any of your productions are found within the /alpha tree. Walnut Creek is the publisher of the HU CD and may do regular updates but don't count on it--many of the proposed Hornet CDs projects (NAID, MC4, music) were canceled due to recent financial difficulties at WC. I recommend this CD to anyone who wants a nearly complete PC demo collection from its beginnings up to Mid 1996. If do buy this CD check out www.cdaccess.com and other Walnut Creek distributors and you be able to purchase it for less than retail. ==================================== HOT SCENESTUFF CD Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Address: St. Petersburger Str. 27 D-18107 Rostock, Germany Released: Early 1996 ------------------------------------ Contains demos, music, ansi, and general scene related material. ZYKLOP Software (out of Germany) does have an information package on the CD which gives a better overview than my short rant. The CD is available for $15 not including shipping. Christian Doerschner is working with Sound Solutions on a dual scene CD to be released after December of '96. He also distributes a number of other CDs listed here. ======================== HOT SOUND & VISION Contact: rob@span.com Released: 1993/1994 ------------------------ There have been two Hot Sound and Vision compilations thus far with a third planned since 1995. I've gotten no confirmation whether the third CD has been or will ever be released. The first two CDs contain demos, music, pictures, games (shareware / freeware), FLI files and other "multimedia" related items. HS&V 1 came out in 1993 with HS&V 2 following up in September of 1994. The back cover of HS&V 2 says "Don't waste money hunting around for multimedia with your modem! Buy this CD instead and experience the finest collection of graphics in the World, as assembled by champion Internet Surfer Rob Barth." Basically the Hot Sound and Vision CDs are the latest uploads to the Sound and Vision BBS. Originally priced around $20-$30. ======================================== KOSMIC CD Contact: kosmic@kosmic.com maelcum@kosmic.com Kosmic Archives CD-ROM Offer 553 Thoreau Terrace Union, New Jersey 07083-9044 Web page: www.kosmic.com Released: January 1997 ---------------------------------------- Kosmic is currently compiling the first Kosmic Archives CD-ROM. The CD will be manufactured and shipped on January 27, 1997. The regular price of this "fist edition" will be $11.95, but if you pre-order before the end of 1996 you get it for FIVE BUCKS postpaid (add a buck more for shipping outside the US). This CD will contain TONS of stuff, including: The complete Kosmic release archive of all songs released from 1991 through end of 1996! All Kosmic demos, EGG musicdisks, artist musicdisks and other KFMF and related productions! A large sample library taken from the Kosmic archives and including additional previously unavailable samples from Maelcum's personal library! All files both unzipped and zipped on the disc (as space permits). ================================== MAZ SAMPLE-CD Contact: maz@fh-zwickau.de Web page: www.fh-zwickau.de/~maz Released: 1996 ---------------------------------- Maz has a CD-R he filled with 1200 samples (100 megs)-95% of which are 16bit 44kHz. The samples are in FastTracker2 (XI) format as well as WAV. Costs 20DM ($14US) plus shipping. Most of these samples (65 megs worth) are available on Maz's web page for those who prefer downloading. ======================================================== MODS ANTHOLOGY German Distributor: stefano@tchest.e.eunet.de www.schatztruhe.de US distributor: thrash@ninemoons.com (Fred Fish) www.ninemoons.com Contact: gryzor@club-internet.fr Released: May 1996 -------------------------------------------------------- A massive 4 CDROM-Set, 18,000+ files (Protracker, S3M, XM, Amiga Synth...) Many, many, artist represented (with their OWN permission, info-files, pics and previously unreleased mods!) from the origins of the scene (Amiga days) on up to early 1996 featuring most of the best PC-Multichannel musicians. This CD is readable under all major platforms (MS-DOS, Win, Mac-os, UNIX, Amiga-DOS...) and sells for $45 plus $3.95 shipping for those in the US via the US distributor. This CD does lean more towards the Amiga than PC musician. ================================================== PARTY CDS--ASM94, TP94, ASM95, ASM96 Assembly ORG contact: moku@avalon.icon.fi pehu@assembly.org Main Distributor: amable@aol.com (ASM95) Main Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com (ASM94, TP4) US Distributor: jroth@owl.csusm.edu WEB SITE: www.assembly.org Released: 1995, 1996 -------------------------------------------------- Want all the productions from the biggest demo parties in the world-- ASSEMBLY in Finland and THE PARTY in Denmark? Then you might want to get one or all of these party CDs. They all contain demos, graphics, intros, and video clips from the parties. A well done menu interface makes it appealing even to people unfamiliar with demos and how to get them running. Very professionally done and priced according--$30-$40 initially. The ASM94 CD was created by Sound Solutions and is being sold by Christian for the "cheap price" of $10 plus shipping. You can also get the TP4, ($16) ASM'95 CD ($19), HSS CD ($15), and a few other CDs from Christian (cdoerschnr). The TP94 and ASM95 CD were created by ROMWARE who sold their remaining rights and stock to amable@aol.com. Amable is the German distributor of the ASM96 CD. Prices will vary depending on the distributor. ==================================== PROGRAMMERS HEAVEN Contact: synchron@algonet.se Web Page: www.algonet.se/~synchron Released: 1996 ------------------------------------ The Programmers Heaven CD-ROM is the ultimate collection of files and programs for the serious software and hardware developer. It contains over 8500 exciting files and more than 630 packed megabytes of: demos, graphics (3d, vector graphics, raytracing, etc), Sound (SB, Gravis, MIDI), utilities, law and copyrights, faq's, specifications, Delphi, Visual Basic, C, C++, Assembler, internet, hardware, computers, Amiga, Atari, network, AI and Neural Networks, Pascal, game sources, and more. ============================== SCENE'96 Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: To be determined ------------------------------ Will cover ALL releases of the Mekka'96 party and almost ALL 1996--and only 1996--releases. This CD will also be the official distro-cd of about fifty well known international pc groups like SHOCK!, Cubic Team, Absence, Keen Like Frogs, Neutron, n-Factor, Asteroidea, etc. Christan should be contacted for more information because this CD is still under development. ========================== THE SOUND SITE CDROM Contact: duane@pixi.com Released: 1993 -------------------------- Contains 253 megs of "MOD" and older related music files (669's, STM's, etc). Basically a lot of stuff that was on the ftpable SOUND SITE. Contains a pretty good collection of modules for the time. Cost around $10-$15 and may not be available. ============================= TRIBUTE VOLUME ONE Contact: rvc@vision.auc.dk Released: 1995 ----------------------------- Contains a pretty diverse collection of scene musicians (91) and a variety of categorized music. This is a jam packed and professionally done CD with all the music files compressed. Great for a BBS, good as an archive. The CD is cost about $18 without postage. ========================= THE ULTRASOUND EXPERIENCE Contact: Gravis Released: 1994 ------------------------- If you are lucky you will be able to find this mix-mode CD at a computer store in your neighborhood (try Babbages). It sells for around $5 and is marketed to compare the GUS with other sound cards through the major multimedia presentation on that data portion--which accesses the digital audio tracks on the CD. The CD also contains demos, music, and other misc items that could be found on the Gravis BBS back in 1994. ============================== X'95 CD Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ Christian created the HOT SCENESTUFF CD and is the international distributor for Sound Solutions. This CD sells for $6 plus $4 for worldwide shipping. It covers all releases at Holland's biggest demo event in 1995--X'95. Additionally the CD contains all of ACME's releases. <=====---------- AUDIO CDS ----------=====> =================================== THE BEST OF THE AMIGA SCENE Contact: org@canit.se TBOTAS c/o Elmqvist & Persson Idunvagen 31 136 42 Haninge Sweden Released: 1994 ----------------------------------- This entire CD was created using an Amiga--obviously it shows in the art/sound quality (i.e. not that good). I do recommend this CD to die hard scenesters because it does contain a wide selection of scores from great Amiga musicians (18 tracks at 74:09 minutes). Cost is $14 without postage but do check to see if this CD is still in print before ordering. ================================================ CYBERLOGIK, CYBERLOGIK 2.0, CYBERLOGIK 3.0, CNCD Contact: 101557.2475@compuserve.com TRSI RECORDZ Attn. Mr. Alex Brunnere Schanzstr. 15-17/3/46 A-1140 Vienna Austria-Europe Voice&Fax: +43-222-9846252 Web Page: www.sazuma.com German Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1995, 1996 ------------------------------------------------ TRSI...You know that long lasting cracking group? Well, they have a record division. Amazing huh? TRSI has 3 releases: CYBERLOGIK--A good sounding and looking technoish CD--a little on the hard side. CNCD--My favorite of the three because of its diversity and ambient/jazz sound. CYBERLOGIK 2.0--The next step for this hard techno series and a bit better. CYBERLOGIK 3.0--? The Cyberlogik series contains a variety of musicians (mostly from the Amiga scene) while the CNCD tunes all come from the guys in the group of the same name--you know the ones that created The Gatherings '96 INSIDE demo. All the CDs come in jewel cases with professional artwork and have been remixed in a "professional studio." Upcoming releases included Cyberlogik 3.1 (out now), a CD by Dr. Awesome (Bjorn Lynne), the follow up to CNCD's debut album, and Angel Dust by Archangel. The price is $15 a CD except for Cyberlogik 3.11 which has yet to be determined. ===================================== DUNE SPICE OPERA BY EXXOS Contact: esteban@club-internet.fr Web page: www.mygale.org/06/esteban Released: Unknown (1993?) ------------------------------------- Remember the game DUNE? It came out in 1992 and was a great game for the time. I am told that some of the tracks are the same tunes as the mods except played with a MIDI synthesizer. Esteban is working to get this CD repressed but it doesn't look good. Virgin Records, the original producer, holds the rights to the CD. ======================================== FIRST CONTACT: KAWAIIS FROM OUTER SPACE Contact: nebula@phoenix.net Web page: www.center-nebula.com Released: 1996 ---------------------------------------- Nebula, a new scene "label/group" recently released their first CD with songs from Stalker, DJ Tek, Mysterium, Timelord, Geomancer, and Harry. Sample clips(in MPEG audio format) from this CD can be found on Nebula's web page. Most of the music seemed to lean towards a demoish dance (not quite techno) beat while some tunes had a spacy Purple Motion feel. It is a good first start even though no song stands above any other on this $9 CD. For those interested this CD was mastered to DAT using a Sound Blaster AWE. =============================== FTZ "NOTHING IS TRUE" Contact: kosmic@kosmic.com maelcum@kosmic.org WEB page: www.kosmic.org Released: 1995 ------------------------------- Dan Nicholoson (aka Maelcum of Kosmic) started up a record label--AREA 51-- a year or two ago. FTZ is tecnho collaboration between Dan N. and Riku N. So if you are familiar with some of Dan's music and enjoy it then this CD will be a worthwhile addition to your music library. These CDs are currently being sold without their original B&W photocopied covers for $8 ppd US and $10 ppd elsewhere but only if you mention you heard about the CD from this Scene CD Guide. Dan currently has a few other musical products in the works including some releases on 3-inch CDs. =========================================== FUTURE SHOCK 2 Contact: sidewind@texas.net hansolo@europa.com Eric 'Sidewinder' Giesete, Sidewinder Productions 8611 Cape Valley San Antonio, TX 78227 Web page: www.txdirect.net/~sidewind Released: 1994? ------------------------------------------- Doing a little searching on Yahoo I managed to find Sidewinders web page. From his page I quote "If you like totally electronic techno made from digital sampling (direct from 2 Amiga computers tied into professional studio equipment) with everything from jazzy paino leads to screaming synths all on solid pounding techno beat you might like this 74 minute plastic." Cost $12 plus postage. Eric also has a couple $5 tapes (Insatia, and Analyzer) for sell. I understand Sidewinder was a pretty decent Amiga Techno musician a few years back. ================================================================ HOBBITS & SPACESHIPS (1992) [Also includes Fleshbrain/Crusaders] MONTAGE (1994) DREAMSTATE (1995) WITCHWOOD (1996) THE VOID (late 1996) PROJECT X2 SOUNDTRACK (1996) Web page: www.team17.com/~blynne Contact: bjorn@team17.com German Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com (Project X2) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bjorn Lynne, aka Dr. Awesome, has been churning out scene music since 1987. Many of his early MODS can still be found on the bigger internet music sites. Bjorn considers his music "melodic synth-rock with changing atmospheres." The most recent of Bjorn albums are "fully commercial" CDs and can be found in well stocked stores throughout Europe. More information, including pricing, can be gotten from Bjorn's WEB page. Latest news is Bjorn will be doing a CD under the "Dr. Awesome" alias for TRSI Recordz due out sometime in 1997 with two other commercial projects due out late 96 or early 97. ===================================== LOST EDEN Contact: esteban@club-internet.fr Web page: www.mygale.org/06/esteban Released: Fall 1996 ------------------------------------- The soundtrack is based on the game of the same name. Esteban has one MPEG audio clip on his page and tons of musical links. ============================ NECROS / FIVE MUSICIANS CD Contact: necros@fm.org Released: To be determined ---------------------------- Not much info on this CD as it is in the works and the release has been postponed until Spring '97. I do know that the CD will likely be a mix- mode or enhanced CD containing about 70megs of DATA and 10 tracks of audio. As it nears completion more information will be available. ==================================== PARALLEL DIMENSIONS Contact: nebula@phoenix.net Web Page: www.center-nebula.com Released: February 1997 ------------------------------------ This double CD is due to be released early next year and contain music from Mysterium Leviathan, Siren, Necros, Stalker, DJ Tek, and several others. It should prove to be an interesting release. The CD is being produced by Landslide and Nebula. ========================================== PHYSIOLOGY "STRANGE WORLD" Contact: LizardKing, Gustav Grefberg Duvhoksv. 25, 85651 Sundsvall Sweden Released: 1994 ------------------------------------------ Gustav's "Strange World" has a professional look, sound, and feel to it. The famous "Clastrophobia" song is on this CD and sounds much better than the original MOD. I can highly recommend this CD to those who enjoy LizardKings "dos pop" tunes. The CD is priced around $15 not including shipping however, do contact Gustav for exact pricing. Mr. LizardKing has also released a couple tapes which a few people have recommended. ================================================== SHADES (1991) APIDYA SOUNDTRACK (1992) TO BE ON TOP (1992) TURRICAN SOUNDTRACK (1993) RAINBOWS (1994) SOUNDFACTORY (1995) Contact: ch@sis.de Chris Hulsbeck Postfach 1321 63203 Langen Germany Web page: www.allgaeu.org/home/dreamy/huelsbeck/ www.stealth.net/~ch Phone: 05 651 9796 44 Fax: 05 651 9796 19 -------------------------------------------------- Chris Hulsbeck a once veteran C64 soundtracker can now be found writing professional game music. In fact, he wrote the music for Turrican, Jinks, Monkey Island, and R-Type just to name a few. The prices for these CDs range from $16.35 to $20.94 based on a German Mark to US Dollar conversion. This price excludes shipping. On the plus side this company may have an office here in the States but whose going to find out? ================================================================= SOUNDS DIGITAL Contact: 100544.224@CompuServe.com Web page: ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/allister_brimble Released: 1996? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Allister Brimble, who did music for Alien Breed, Project X, and many other Amiga titles, now has his masterpiece etched in glass. The cd was "created using the very latest in synthesizer technology." Included on the CD are remixes of classic Amiga tracks such as Project X, Assassin and many other new and original tunes. Cost is 10 UK Pounds (around $15) postage paid. ============================== SYNTAX TERROR Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ Brain Teaser, the guy who did the Groovy Bytes CD, produced this professional mastered CD. Leading German composers like Keith303/RR, Bomb20, Avalanche, Masterbeat and a few other non-computer composers can be heard on this CD. The music style is mainly rave / acid / hardtrance / ambient / breakbeat. The cost is a measly $13 (plus postage). =========================== UNDERGROUND RECORDS Contact: rvc@vision.auc.dk Released: Unknown --------------------------- Rene Christensen did the TRIBUTE VOLUME ONE CD mentioned above and is also starting up a label to produce MOD type CDs on a small scale. Very few of these CDs will be produced (<1000 and likely <500) so if you are interested you better stay in touch with Rene. Article 45068 of comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos: Path: ddsw1!news.mcs.net!newspump.sol.net!mindspring!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newstand.syr.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.gate.net!news.gate.net!not-for-mail From: dmw@gate.net (Out There!) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos Subject: Scene CD list--update 3.4 Date: 5 Mar 1997 19:53:32 -0500 Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 687 Message-ID: <5fl4ic$1t2g@dakota.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: clnt1.gate.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: ddsw1 comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos:45068 I fixed "amable's" e-mail address and a few other odds and ins the people mentioned. There are several CD's being released this month-- see below. -dan March 5, 1997--Version 3.4 ------------------------------------------ THE GUIDE TO DEMO/MUSIC SCENE RELATED CDS: ------------------------------------------ The list keeps growing and with every update there seems to be another mistake discovered. So, I continue to do my best to keep this list up to date but if you happen to know about a CD missing or mistake please let me know. For those who do order I recommend trying to contact the producer / distributor for correct and up to date pricing information. Most prices are quoted in US dollars and do not include postage. Over the top, dmw@gate.net www.gate.net/~dmw/demo/democds.txt --------=> UPDATES <=------- This update section includes the latest information along with what was included in the last few version of this document The SCENE'96 CD (2 CD's actually) is out. Contact zyklop96 or cdoerschnr @aol.com for the full information packed. Assembly 96 CD-ROM is out and amable@aol.com (Germany) is selling it to the world for around $20. Black Philes 3 should be out sometime in the middle of March97. BnoPlub V1 was released on 11/15/96 and demo oriented CD. Chris Hulsbeck now has his own official web page at www.stealth.net/~ch amable@aol.com (Malte) has pricing updates for the PARTY CDs he sells: ASM94 and TP4 are eight dollars and the ASM95 CD is nine dollars. Shipping to the US is an extra Lincoln ($5). Christian (cdoerschnr@aol.com) has a few updates to his pricing: ASM94 ($10), ASM95 ($19), TP4 ($16), HSS ($15), Groovy Bytes ($13), Syntax Terror audio CD ($13), X-95 ($6), TRSI Recordz CD's ($16). ACE CD#4--the biggest GFX collection--will be released this month (March). It sells for $17 US not including postage. Eric 'Sidewinder' Giesete's homepage changed to www.txdirect.net/~sidewind. He CD and some tapes of his music--the tapes are more recent. TRSI Recordz has a couple new releases--Cyberlogik 3.11 and Dr. Awesomes X2 soundtrack. Plus a new home page www.bowe.no/~ahaakens. They also have another album due to be released at The Gathering in Norway. ---------=====> DATA CDS <=====--------- ============================================= ACE CD #1, #2, #3, #4 Contact: A.C.E +33-(0)1 45 88 75 48 Association ACE, 30, rue Michal 75013 - PARIS, FRANCE E-mail: cdace@ace.epita.fr, yvon@sept.fr WEB Page: www.mygale.org/03/ace German Distro: amable@aol.com Denmark Distro: rvc@vision.auc.dk Finland Distro: lemming@online.solutions.fi a950918@myy.helbp.fi Norway Distro: yitzhaq@login.eunet.no Sweden Distro: drain@kuai.se Netherland Distro:compile@overflow.idn.nl Released: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 --------------------------------------------- Currently there are four A.C.E. CDs (1000 of each pressed) available. These CDs are made by scene people for other scene people and not for personal profits--all the money made goes into paying for phone lines, BBS hardware upgrades, and for production of the next CD. This is not a commercially produced CD. Several CDs are given as prizes at some demo parties. None of these CDs are BBS ready and none of the prices include shipping. ACE CD#1: Contains most of the PC productions from the beginning of the scene to October 94 except ASM'94. There are 30 of these CDs left at $15. ACE CD#2: Contains PC releases from October 94 to June 95 including ASM'94. It also includes 2000+ modules. About 120 of these CDs remain at $15. ACE CD#3: Contains almost all the demos on PC released between 6/95 and 6/96. 367 demos, 338 intros, demo mags, music disks, 750+ modules, etc. Cover art by the mighty Zebig. This is a double CD (1.2 Gigabytes) and sells for $17. ACE CD#4: Biggest GFX collection worldwide. Bitmaps are coming from C64, CPC, Atari, Amiga, and PC. Collected and classified by ZEB/Orange and Made/Bomb. Plus almost all the demo releases from 6/96 - 3/97. Like ACE #3 this is a double CD and sells for $17 (100FF). Available in March. ============================ ACID CD Contact: ? Web page: www.acid.org Released: To be determined ---------------------------- First the ACID T-shirt, then a web page, then the removal of ANSI from the ftp.cdrom.com "demos" archive and NOW a CD. Wow. Expect a large ANSI and art collection from this CD. No release date is known. ==================================== BLACK PHILES 1 & 2 Contact: synchron@algonet.se Web page: www.algonet.se/~synchron Released: 1996 ------------------------------------ Contain some demo-related material, programming information, and other assorted files and utilities that are useful to demo coders. Black Philes 3 should be ready for release near the end of March. It will contain similar, but newer, material that can be found in the previous releases. ==================================== BNOPLUB V1 Contact: troop@pi.net Web Page: home.pi.net/~bluenose/cd Released: November 1996 ------------------------------------ A non-commercial scene CD produced in the Netherlands by the Amiga demogroup Chiparus. BnoPlub is a collection of the best demos between Wired'95 and Wired'96 plus about 1500 sources, dos utils, and more-basically a backup of the Blue Nose Productions BBS. All the CDs are currently destributed on TDK CD-R medium and sell for $25. Version two is expected to be a music CD-ROM. ============================================== CD-R of Demos, music, etc. Contact: marcus.lenngren@mailbox.swipnet.se Released: 1996 ---------------------------------------------- Need a scene CD? Perhaps with some specialized material on it or old material none of the other CDs seem to have? Well, Marcus is making a few CDs you may be interested in. He has a "best of" demo CD, a CD with a lot of Delphi components on it, and is currently working on a CD with the best C-64 tunes (in MP3 format). All CD's are of the CD-R type and sell for $17. =========================================== DREAMS Contact: jeff.van.audenhove@infoboard.be darkness@genesis.be German Distro: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: Summer 1996 ------------------------------------------- Jeff, AKA Darkness of Imphobia, has pressed 1000 DREAMS CDs. This CD is a "best of" scene material through July 1996. Demos, intros, music, diskmags, scene reports (the Wired one by Subnormals is excellent), party results, and a ton of great graphics by some of the scenes (including Amiga) best artist. The CD sells for 400 Bfr--approximately $13 US--not including postage. It has full color art and may of the files can be run directly off the CD. A recommended collection for the true scener or anyone who wants to impress others with some of the best PC scene productions. ======================== ESCAPE and FREEDOM Contact: dmw@gate.net Released: 1994, 1995 ------------------------ These two CDs contain music (digital audio) from Snowman's "Music Contest" and demos/misc scene related items. Escape was produced in 1994 and followed up with Freedom in 1995. Both items are sold out. ============================== GROOVY BYTES Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ A German made CD full of some of the most famous music crews (Amiga?). EMS, Azure Sky, HBE, MoM, Sky Jump Team, and a few others are represented. Ansi packs, samples, sound tools, texts and lots of rave party flyers can also be found on the Groovy Bytes CD--produced by Brain Teaser/FCO. All this for $13 plus shipping. ============================ HORNET UNDERGROUND Contact: r3cgm@cdrom.com Christopher Mann Released: June 1996 ---------------------------- The "Hornet Underground" is a demo CD containing the contents of the /alpha tree from ftp.cdrom.com. It sells for $19.95 (much cheaper in quantity) but can be obtained freely if any of your productions are found within the /alpha tree. Walnut Creek is the publisher of the HU CD and may do regular updates but don't count on it--many of the proposed Hornet CDs projects (NAID, MC4, music) were canceled due to recent financial difficulties at WC. I recommend this CD to anyone who wants a nearly complete PC demo collection from its beginnings up to Mid 1996. If do buy this CD check out www.cdaccess.com and other Walnut Creek distributors and you be able to purchase it for less than retail. ==================================== HOT SCENESTUFF CD Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Address: St. Petersburger Str. 27 D-18107 Rostock, Germany Released: Early 1996 ------------------------------------ Contains demos, music, ansi, and general scene related material. ZYKLOP Software (out of Germany) does have an information package on the CD which gives a better overview than my short rant. The CD is available for $15 not including shipping. Christian Doerschner is working with Sound Solutions on a dual scene CD to be released after December of '96. He also distributes a number of other CDs listed here. ======================== HOT SOUND & VISION Contact: rob@span.com Released: 1993/1994 ------------------------ There have been two Hot Sound and Vision compilations thus far with a third planned since 1995. I've gotten no confirmation whether the third CD has been or will ever be released. The first two CDs contain demos, music, pictures, games (shareware / freeware), FLI files and other "multimedia" related items. HS&V 1 came out in 1993 with HS&V 2 following up in September of 1994. The back cover of HS&V 2 says "Don't waste money hunting around for multimedia with your modem! Buy this CD instead and experience the finest collection of graphics in the World, as assembled by champion Internet Surfer Rob Barth." Basically the Hot Sound and Vision CDs are the latest uploads to the Sound and Vision BBS. Originally priced around $20-$30. ======================================== KOSMIC CD Contact: kosmic@kosmic.com maelcum@kosmic.com Kosmic Archives CD-ROM Offer 553 Thoreau Terrace Union, New Jersey 07083-9044 Web page: www.kosmic.com Released: January 1997 ---------------------------------------- Kosmic is currently compiling the first Kosmic Archives CD-ROM. The CD will be manufactured and shipped on January 27, 1997. The regular price of this "fist edition" will be $11.95, but if you pre-order before the end of 1996 you get it for FIVE BUCKS postpaid (add a buck more for shipping outside the US). This CD will contain TONS of stuff, including: The complete Kosmic release archive of all songs released from 1991 through end of 1996! All Kosmic demos, EGG musicdisks, artist musicdisks and other KFMF and related productions! A large sample library taken from the Kosmic archives and including additional previously unavailable samples from Maelcum's personal library! All files both unzipped and zipped on the disc (as space permits). ================================== MAZ SAMPLE-CD Contact: maz@fh-zwickau.de Web page: www.fh-zwickau.de/~maz Released: 1996 ---------------------------------- Maz has a CD-R he filled with 1200 samples (100 megs)-95% of which are 16bit 44kHz. The samples are in FastTracker2 (XI) format as well as WAV. Costs 20DM ($14US) plus shipping. Most of these samples (65 megs worth) are available on Maz's web page for those who prefer downloading. ======================================================== MODS ANTHOLOGY German Distributor: stefano@tchest.e.eunet.de www.schatztruhe.de US distributor: thrash@ninemoons.com (Fred Fish) www.ninemoons.com Contact: gryzor@club-internet.fr Released: May 1996 -------------------------------------------------------- A massive 4 CDROM-Set, 18,000+ files (Protracker, S3M, XM, Amiga Synth...) Many, many, artist represented (with their OWN permission, info-files, pics and previously unreleased mods!) from the origins of the scene (Amiga days) on up to early 1996 featuring most of the best PC-Multichannel musicians. This CD is readable under all major platforms (MS-DOS, Win, Mac-os, UNIX, Amiga-DOS...) and sells for $45 plus $3.95 shipping for those in the US via the US distributor. This CD does lean more towards the Amiga than PC musician. ================================================== PARTY CDS--ASM94, TP94, ASM95, ASM96 Assembly ORG contact: moku@avalon.icon.fi pehu@assembly.org Main Distributor: amable@aol.com (ASM96, ASM95, TP4) Main Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com (ASM94) US Distributor: jroth@owl.csusm.edu WEB SITE: www.assembly.org Released: 1995, 1996 -------------------------------------------------- Want all the productions from the biggest demo parties in the world-- ASSEMBLY in Finland and THE PARTY in Denmark? Then you might want to get one or all of these party CDs. They all contain demos, graphics, intros, and video clips from the parties. A well done menu interface makes it appealing even to people unfamiliar with demos and how to get them running. Very professionally done and priced according--$30-$40 initially. The ASM94 CD was created by Sound Solutions and is being sold by Christian for the "cheap price" of $10 plus shipping. You can also get the TP4, ($16) ASM'95 CD ($19), HSS CD ($15), and a few other CDs from Christian (cdoerschnr). The TP94 and ASM95 CD were created by ROMWARE who sold their remaining rights and stock to amable@aol.com. Amable is the German distributor of the ASM96 CD ($25). Prices will vary depending on the distributor. ==================================== PROGRAMMERS HEAVEN Contact: synchron@algonet.se Web Page: www.algonet.se/~synchron Released: 1996 ------------------------------------ The Programmers Heaven CD-ROM is the ultimate collection of files and programs for the serious software and hardware developer. It contains over 8500 exciting files and more than 630 packed megabytes of: demos, graphics (3d, vector graphics, raytracing, etc), Sound (SB, Gravis, MIDI), utilities, law and copyrights, faq's, specifications, Delphi, Visual Basic, C, C++, Assembler, internet, hardware, computers, Amiga, Atari, network, AI and Neural Networks, Pascal, game sources, and more. ============================================== SCENE'96 Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com zyklop96@aol.com Norway Distributor: yitzhaq@sn.no Polish Distributor: rrkrasno@cyf-kr.edu.pl Austrian Distributor: reebok@mozicart.or.at US Distributor: sales@fht.com Released: March 1997 ---------------------------------------------- The Scene96 CD is OUT. This dual CD contains all the best demos, intros, mags, texts, music, grpahics, and tools released between The Party 5 ('95) and February '97. This CD has a production run of 500 and is selling for $25 not including postage. Zyklop--the producers of this and HSS--now accept credit cards along with the usual cash, check, and money transfers. Those interested should request an info package from Christian that describes the CD and its contents. ========================== THE SOUND SITE CDROM Contact: duane@pixi.com Released: 1993 -------------------------- Contains 253 megs of "MOD" and older related music files (669's, STM's, etc). Basically a lot of stuff that was on the ftpable SOUND SITE. Contains a pretty good collection of modules for the time. Cost around $10-$15 and may not be available. ============================= TRIBUTE VOLUME ONE Contact: rvc@vision.auc.dk Released: 1995 ----------------------------- Contains a pretty diverse collection of scene musicians (91) and a variety of categorized music. This is a jam packed and professionally done CD with all the music files compressed. Great for a BBS, good as an archive. The CD is cost about $18 without postage. ========================= THE ULTRASOUND EXPERIENCE Contact: Gravis Released: 1994 ------------------------- If you are lucky you will be able to find this mix-mode CD at a computer store in your neighborhood (try Babbages). It sells for around $5 and is marketed to compare the GUS with other sound cards through the major multimedia presentation on that data portion--which accesses the digital audio tracks on the CD. The CD also contains demos, music, and other misc items that could be found on the Gravis BBS back in 1994. ============================== X'95 CD Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ Christian created the HOT SCENESTUFF CD and is the international distributor for Sound Solutions. This CD sells for $6 plus $4 for worldwide shipping. It covers all releases at Holland's biggest demo event in 1995--X'95. Additionally the CD contains all of ACME's releases. <=====---------- AUDIO CDS ----------=====> =================================== THE BEST OF THE AMIGA SCENE Contact: org@canit.se TBOTAS c/o Elmqvist & Persson Idunvagen 31 136 42 Haninge Sweden Released: 1994 ----------------------------------- This entire CD was created using an Amiga--obviously it shows in the art/sound quality (i.e. not that good). I do recommend this CD to die hard scenesters because it does contain a wide selection of scores from great Amiga musicians (18 tracks at 74:09 minutes). Cost is $14 without postage but do check to see if this CD is still in print before ordering. ===================================================== CYBERLOGIK, CYBERLOGIK 2.0, CYBERLOGIK 3.11, CNCD, X2 Contact: 101557.2475@compuserve.com TRSI RECORDZ Attn. Mr. Alex Brunnere Schanzstr. 15-17/3/46 A-1140 Vienna Austria-Europe Voice&Fax: +43-1-9846252 Web Page: www.bowe.no/~ahaakens German Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1995, 1996, 1997 ----------------------------------------------------- Interesting musical productions brought to you by TRSI Recordz. Yes, the same group that did all those intros and demos. CYBERLOGIK--A good sounding and looking technoish CD--a little on the hard side. CNCD--A great ambient/jazz exploration. A mellowed out Prodigy? CYBERLOGIK 2.0--The next step for this hard techno series and a bit better. CYBERLOGIK 3.11--The series continues with this trance/ambient sounding album. X2--A Dr. Awesome (Bjorn Lynne) release. A bit faster and hard than his Lynne music. The Cyberlogik series contains a variety of musicians (mostly from the Amiga scene) while the CNCD tunes all come from the guys in the group of the same name--you know the ones that created The Gatherings '96 INSIDE demo. All the CDs come in jewel cases with professional artwork and have been remixed in a "professional studio." All these CDs are $15 not including postage. Upcoming releases included a CD by Nightshadow & Dr. Awesome (to be released at The Gathering), a CD with Archangel, Scorpix and Morfn Qlab, and finally a CD by Altered States (TRSI & Fairlight musicians). For more information contact Alex at the address listed above. ===================================== DUNE SPICE OPERA BY EXXOS Contact: esteban@club-internet.fr Web page: www.mygale.org/06/esteban Released: Unknown (1993?) ------------------------------------- Remember the game DUNE? It came out in 1992 and was a great game for the time. I am told that some of the tracks are the same tunes as the mods except played with a MIDI synthesizer. This CD (originally released under the Virgin Records label) doesn't look like it will make it back into production so if you really want a copy find someone (like Esteban) who will put it on tape for ya. ======================================== FIRST CONTACT: KAWAIIS FROM OUTER SPACE Contact: nebula@phoenix.net Web page: www.center-nebula.com Released: 1996 ---------------------------------------- Nebula, a new scene "label/group" recently released their first CD with songs from Stalker, DJ Tek, Mysterium, Timelord, Geomancer, and Harry. Sample clips(in MPEG audio format) from this CD can be found on Nebula's web page. Most of the music seemed to lean towards a demoish dance (not quite techno) beat while some tunes had a spacy Purple Motion feel. It is a good first start even though no song stands above any other on this $9 CD. For those interested this CD was mastered to DAT using a Sound Blaster AWE. =============================== FTZ "NOTHING IS TRUE" Contact: kosmic@kosmic.com maelcum@kosmic.org WEB page: www.kosmic.org Released: 1995 ------------------------------- Dan Nicholoson (aka Maelcum of Kosmic) started up a record label--AREA 51-- a year or two ago. FTZ is tecnho collaboration between Dan N. and Riku N. So if you are familiar with some of Dan's music and enjoy it then this CD will be a worthwhile addition to your music library. These CDs are currently being sold without their original B&W photocopied covers for $8 ppd US and $10 ppd elsewhere but only if you mention you heard about the CD from this Scene CD Guide. Dan currently has a few other musical products in the works including some releases on 3-inch CDs. =========================================== FUTURE SHOCK 2 Contact: sidewind@texas.net hansolo@europa.com Eric 'Sidewinder' Giesete, Sidewinder Productions 8611 Cape Valley San Antonio, TX 78227 Web page: www.txdirect.net/~sidewind Released: 1994? ------------------------------------------- Doing a little searching on Yahoo I managed to find Sidewinders web page. From his page I quote "If you like totally electronic techno made from digital sampling (direct from 2 Amiga computers tied into professional studio equipment) with everything from jazzy paino leads to screaming synths all on solid pounding techno beat you might like this 74 minute plastic." Cost $12 plus postage. Eric also has a couple $5 tapes (Insatia, and Analyzer) for sell. I understand Sidewinder was a pretty decent Amiga Techno musician a few years back. ================================================================ HOBBITS & SPACESHIPS (1992) [Also includes Fleshbrain/Crusaders] MONTAGE (1994) DREAMSTATE (1995) WITCHWOOD (1996) THE VOID (1997) PROJECT X2 SOUNDTRACK (1996) Web page: www2.team17.com/~blynne Contact: bjorn@team17.com German Distributor: cdoerschnr@aol.com (Project X2) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bjorn Lynne, aka Dr. Awesome, has been churning out scene music since 1987. Many of his early MODS can still be found on the bigger internet music sites. Bjorn considers his music "melodic synth-rock with changing atmospheres." The most recent of Bjorn albums are "fully commercial" CDs and can be found in well stocked stores throughout Europe. More information, including pricing, can be gotten from Bjorn's WEB page. Bjorn's latest albums are X2 (game soundtrack) released on the TRSI Records label, and The Void which was released on a major label. Bjorn Lynne (under the Dr. Awesome alias) will be doing a few songs for another TRSI CD to be released the Spring of 97. ===================================== LOST EDEN Contact: esteban@club-internet.fr Web page: www.mygale.org/06/esteban Released: Fall 1996 ------------------------------------- The soundtrack is based on the game of the same name. Esteban has a couple MPEG audio clip on his page and tons of musical links. ============================ NECROS / FIVE MUSICIANS CD Contact: necros@fm.org Released: To be determined ---------------------------- Not much info on this CD as it is in the works and the release has been postponed until Spring '97. I do know that the CD will likely be a mix- mode or enhanced CD containing about 70megs of DATA and 10 tracks of audio. As it nears completion more information will be available. ==================================== PARALLEL DIMENSIONS Contact: nebula@phoenix.net Web Page: www.center-nebula.com Released: TBD 1997 ------------------------------------ This double CD is due to be released early next year and contain music from Mysterium Leviathan, Siren, Necros, Stalker, DJ Tek, and several others. It should prove to be an interesting release. The CD is being produced by Landslide and Nebula. Currently the lack of funds are holding up this CDs production. ========================================== PHYSIOLOGY "STRANGE WORLD" Contact: LizardKing, Gustav Grefberg Duvhoksv. 25, 85651 Sundsvall Sweden Released: 1994 ------------------------------------------ Gustav's "Strange World" has a professional look, sound, and feel to it. The famous "Clastrophobia" song is on this CD and sounds much better than the original MOD. I can highly recommend this CD to those who enjoy LizardKings "dos pop" tunes. The CD is priced around $15 not including shipping however, do contact Gustav for exact pricing. Mr. LizardKing has also released a couple tapes which a few people have recommended. ================================================== SHADES (1991) APIDYA SOUNDTRACK (1992) TO BE ON TOP (1992) TURRICAN SOUNDTRACK (1993) RAINBOWS (1994) SOUNDFACTORY (1995) Contact: ch@sis.de Chris Hulsbeck Postfach 1321 63203 Langen Germany Web page: www.allgaeu.org/home/dreamy/huelsbeck/ www.stealth.net/~ch Phone: 05 651 9796 44 Fax: 05 651 9796 19 -------------------------------------------------- Chris Hulsbeck a once veteran C64 soundtracker can now be found writing professional game music. In fact, he wrote the music for Turrican, Jinks, Monkey Island, and R-Type just to name a few. The prices for these CDs range from $16.35 to $20.94 based on a German Mark to US Dollar conversion. This price excludes shipping. On the plus side this company may have an office here in the States but whose going to find out? ================================================================= SOUNDS DIGITAL Contact: 100544.224@CompuServe.com Web page: ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/allister_brimble Released: 1996? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Allister Brimble, who did music for Alien Breed, Project X, and many other Amiga titles, now has his masterpiece etched in glass. The cd was "created using the very latest in synthesizer technology." Included on the CD are remixes of classic Amiga tracks such as Project X, Assassin and many other new and original tunes. Cost is 10 UK Pounds (around $15) postage paid. ============================== SYNTAX TERROR Contact: cdoerschnr@aol.com Released: 1996 ------------------------------ Brain Teaser, the guy who did the Groovy Bytes CD, produced this professional mastered CD. Leading German composers like Keith303/RR, Bomb20, Avalanche, Masterbeat and a few other non-computer composers can be heard on this CD. The music style is mainly rave / acid / hardtrance / ambient / breakbeat. The cost is a measly $13 (plus postage). =========================== UNDERGROUND RECORDS Contact: rvc@vision.auc.dk Released: Unknown --------------------------- Rene Christensen did the TRIBUTE VOLUME ONE CD mentioned above and is also starting up a label to produce MOD type CDs on a small scale. Very few of these CDs will be produced (<1000 and likely <500) so if you are interested you better stay in touch with Rene.