CRYSTAL - SILENTS - ANARCHY     
                                    
           THE PARTY 1992           
                                    
        PART II, THE FINAL!         
                                    
                                    
Following  up  the success from last
year,  the  focus  of  the scene was
once again directed at Aars, DK.    
                                    
I'm  not going into details on how I
and  my  travelling  companions, GS,
Beez & Chagall / Frogs, Rattle / PMC
and  Travolta  / Spaceballs got down
to  Denmark.   All  I want to say is
that  we had a pleasant trip, though
we  had  to  wait  a  lot for boats,
trains and busses.                  
                                    
On  the  final day of the party, the
terminal  in the hallway showed 2162
registered  users;  788  Danes,  411
Swedes,  149 Norwegians and the rest
from other countries ): THE BIGGEST 
PARTY IN AMIGA HISTORY! - PAST, AND 
FUTURE (?).                         
All   the   elite   groups,   except
Phenomena,  were  represented with a
lot  of  their members at the party.
To write the list would fill up half
of the diskspace, so I'll leave that
out.                                
                                    
                                    
Jesper  Kyd.  Mikael Balle.  Static.
Nightlight.                         
                                    
After  a  45  minutes  delay,  these
mentioned  artists  performed a live
techno concert on Saturday night.   
                                    
It was worth the waiting.           
                                    
Some  fancy lasers cut through smoke
and created the right atmosphere for
the   show,   together  with  yellow
sirenes  and  disco  lights.  On the
big  screen  behind  the performers,
they  played some recorded and mixed
news  scenes  from  CNN.   They also
showed   some   really   astonishing
effects  made  on  the  Amiga in the
same   style   as  the  video  demo,
receiving  an immediate ovation from
the crowd.                          
                                    
The  show lasted for about one hour,
including  one  @bonus  part@ at the
end.   I think this concert is some 
of the best I've ever seen.  Now I'm
only  waiting  for the first CD from
Jesper Kyd & Co...                  
                                    
                                    
THE MUSIC COMPETITION               
                                    
                                    
Fortunately,   the   organizers  had
gotten  a better Hifi-equipment than
last  year,  so  there  weren't  any
problems with the sound.  Almost all
of  the  elite musicians contributed
to   the  music  competition.   255!
tunes  were  delivered  to the party
staff,   who     sorted   out  their
favorite  34  pieces of music.  Each
module  was played for approximately
2  1/2  minutes.  I personally think
the  quality  of the tunes was quite
good,  but  as  last year there were
little  originality  in  the  tunes.
There   were  none  which  were  far
better  than  the others, though the
tune  by  Moby  / DreamDealers had a
raw heavy guitar vocal.  My personal
favorites  except this one, were the
tunes by  Dr.   Micros / Noxious and
Doh / Delight.                      
                                    
                                    
RESULTS                             
                                    
                                    
It   turned   out   to   be  Moby  /
Dreamdealers   who   won  the  music
competition.   I'm  sorry  to  say I
missed  the  runner-ups,  except for
5th  place  who  went  to  Fabian  /
Desire for his module @NICOLE@.     
                                    
Other  tunes  you  should try to get
hold of:                            
                                    
- @KEFRENS@ by Maestro / Kefrens    
- @STOP THE PRESS@ by Jason /       
   Crusaders                        
- @ELIMINATION by Lizardking /      
   Alcatraz                         
- @TECHNOLOGICAL@ by Axel /         
   Brainstorm                       
- @JIMI HENDRIX@ by Hein /          
   Vision                           
- @THE WAR@ by AudioMonster / Melon 
   Dezign                           
- @REAL MOTIVATION@ by Mic Dair /   
   Complex                          
- @CROMA DIVISION@ by Mental Cube   
                                    
                                    
      THE INTRO COMPETITION         
                                    
                                    
The rules said that the intro had to
be less than 40k to take part in the
competition.   This didn't stop some
of   the  best  ones  to  make  some
brilliant  intros!   My favorite was
the  intro  done by Italian Scandal,
but   also   Melon   Dezign   (Code:
Bannasoft,  Gfx:  Seen, Music:  Mark
Knight),  Tizzy / Shining and Rebels
was very nice.                      
                                    
Other competitors were:             
                                    
-   Silents   (Gfx:    Hof,   Music:
911/Rebels), Reflex, Zeus / Shining,
Alcatraz,  Carillon, Compact (with a
tune  by  Dr.Fruid  / Frogs), D-Tect
and  two  Complex  intros  (Jugi and
Crash).                             
                                    
                                    
RESULTS                             
                                    
                                    
1. MELON  DEZIGN  won  the  intro   
   competition, not too             
   surprisingly.                    
2. TIZZY / SHINING.                 
3. SILENTS.                         
                                    
                                    
      THE GRAPHIC COMPETITION       
                                    
                                    
Next up was the graphic competition,
which  contained  some  really  nice
pictures,  though  MOST of them were
done   with  models  (Like  always..
Ed.)                                
                                    
My   personal   favorites:   RHAH  /
DreamDealers, PEACHY / TRSI, FAIRFAX
/ Andromeda, MORTEN / Spaceballs and
FACET  / Anarchy.   We  did also see
pictures  from  Mack / Melon Dezign,
Milkshake, Slash and Suny / Anarchy,
Archmage   /   Andromeda,  Marvel  /
Static   Bytes,   Scuba   and  Manta
/  X-Trade, Navy / Vanish to mention
a few.                              
                                    
Our    own   Chagall   and   another
Norwegian   graphician  got  a  very
unpleasant  surprise  when  watching
the   competition:   Their  pictures
weren't   shown!    They   had  both
delivered   their  pictures  to  the
organizers  before  the deadline and
it  was  a disaster that what they'd
been  working  on  for  more than 30
hours  wasn't  even shown!  When the
showing    of   the   pictures   was
finished, I ran back to our table to
get  the picture by Chagall from    
his  save  disk.  I then went to the
organizers and told them to show the
picture. Fortunately, they accepted,
and  showed  it  in the replay.  But
then  most  of  the  people had gone
back  to  their  seats  and  weren't
paing attention to what was going on
at the big screen.                  
                                    
I  think  it's  sad when things like
this  happens,  but  I guess this is
something one can never prevent 100%
                                    
                                    
RESULTS                             
                                    
                                    
1. PEACHY  /  TRSI  won  with  his  
   picture with a snake curled      
   around  a  naked  woman.   It had
   nice  color  shades,  but  it's a
   very unoriginal motive.          
2. FAIRFAX / ANDROMEDA              
3. ESSENCE                          
4. ANARCHY                          
5. RHAH / DREAMDEALERS              
                                    
                                    
THE DEMO COMPETITION                
                                    
                                    
When  the  first  12  demos  in  the
democompetition  was  shown,  I  was
sleeping   firmly  in  Hall  3,  the
sleeping  hall  -  I didn't hear the
alarm on my watch...                
                                    
Therefore, I didn't get to see the  
first demos, but from what I heard  
from my team members, they were not 
so good, except for the Spaceballs  
demo.                               
                                    
The total number of contributions to
the  demo  contest  was  higher than
last  year  (24), but in my opinion,
the average quality was a bit lower.
Too  much  vectors  were  shown, and
there were too less new and original
concepts (still @State of the       
Art@/SB is the exception).          
                                    
                                    
RESULTS                             
                                    
                                    
1. @STATE OF THE ART@ / SPACEBALLS  
   (Code: Lone Starr & Major        
   Asshole, Music: Travolta, Gfx:   
   TMB Designs).                    
2. 3D DEMO II / ANARCHY (Code:      
   Hannibal, Music: Mad Freak)      
3. TRSI (Code: Spider, Music: Romeo 
   Knight)                          
4. ALFA & OMEGA II / PMC (Code:     
   Cocy, Music: Peter, Gfx: Ramjet &
   Rattle)                          
5. SHINING                          
                                    
                                    
The  Spaceballs  demo  was  shown as
number   12   in   the  competition.
Before  this  demo,  there  had only
been  quite  poor demos - making the
@State  of  the Art@ come as a fresh
breath,  or  should  I  say  a fresh
storm,  and make a strong impression
on  the  viewers.   It  contained  a
totally  new  concept  and  style in
Amiga   demos,   featuring  smoothly
animated    dancing    women    over
different types of interference.    
                                    
After  the organizers had shown this
demo, they took a break (then I came
walking  groggy  from  the  sleeping
hall, realizing that I had overslept
with half an hour...) The Spaceballs
member utilized the break good, they
had  copied  their  demo  onto  +150
SB-labeled  disks  and  gave them to
most  of  the  groups  at the party.
This  was  a very smart tactic move,
because  then everybody could have a
look   at  the  demo  on  their  own
screens  and  it  was  best spreaded
among the demos in the competition. 
                                    
Flip page for a @Behind the scenes@ 
interview with Travolta/Spaceballs! 
                                    
                   Cesium / Frogs.