Addybook 9 Music Scene
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MUSICSCENE ISSUE 4, ADDYBOOK NUMBER 9
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yooohaaa!! this is MR.MOUSE handling and
torturing the keys of that old 'n rusty
c64! what have i got for you this issue?
a lot!!! a whole lot!! yeah, really!
let's give you an impression:
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music reviewed from:
CYBERDYNE/trinomic
YOUNG ORGASM/fluid
THE SYNDROM/tia
RAGMAN & LEECH/comic pirates
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how's that for a change eh?
before i start a message to YAZOO:
what is your problem son? we don't do
you any harm! why should you be arrogant
and rather see our mag dead? why don't
you mind YOUR business and let us mind
our business, ok! we like doing this!
well, here it goes:
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handle: CYBERDYNE
name : ralf e.
group : trinomic
age : ?
sex : male
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this dude send me some techno-ish wares
on a tape and a c64 tune. that tune is
added to addybook.
first let me talk about the tape he send
me.
it contained 8 songs done by him and i
believe done on amiga.
4 slowish songs: "silence", "fantasia",
"lightshadow" and "just for justice".
4 speedy techno/house songs:"spacerace"
"d.o.p.e.", "trance" and "bpm".
so what about them?
"lightshadow" and "just fo justice" are
in my opinion the best of the slowish
songs. why, you'll ask.
well, the melodies are nice to listen to
while they are accompanied by good bass-
lines and good drums.
it's of course impossible for me to show
you the music as it's on tape or amiga-ä
disk! but i shall continue.
the techno songs are great! as mr.ammo
said worth listening to! in my opinion
they are very well structured and
contain nice sounds. the moment i
write this i listen to "d.o.p.e.": it's
got a nice swing to it!
"trance" is a cool song , with some nice
digitised female pornographic speech
probably ripped right out of a top shelf
movie!
but the best one to dance on is
"spacerace".
good basslines, good beat, good effects
and well structured.
that is what you'll could get if you
contact cyberdyne or me!
some grades:
cyberdyne tape percent
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rythmetic feel : 80
melody : 70
dancability : 70
intellect : 70
NOW on with the C64 zax by him.
you cannot compare this too the music
mentioned above, so i will not either.
i can only say, that it is nicely done.
it has got an okay solo plus an okay
basspattern which doesn't change.
the variety in the song is being done
by the solo.
check it out!
it is good for intro's but perhaps for
a demo part too!
the review ends here.
cyberdyne c64 percent
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introability : 70
melody : 70 ((
rhythmetic feel : 60
longplay : 60
address of this fellow:
CYBERDYNE/TRINOMIC
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germany
comment: ask for his music!
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next review:
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handle : YOUNG ORGASM
name : pal hoymork
group : fluid
age : ?
sex : male
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this guy's from norway and uses the
future composer version 4.1.
because he uses that editor you will
recognize it inmediately: the sounds
are alike.
now let's talk about his music, the one
that is added to addybook.
it has got a nice intro, but when the
drums start, the beat is still not
there: the drums are to weak. after the
intro there is a nice basspattern and
there we have it: a beat! but now there
is a solo that could have been done
much better. the background is good, but
the solo is mediocre. the drums do not
change, it is one pattern.
there could have been more effects in
the zax i suppose. but it is a good zax
for playing in the background of a game.
nice intro zax as well.
so in all the solo can be improved, the
rhythmetic structure and the effects.
but i know it is possible.
some grades:
young orgasm percent
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introability : 60
rhythmetic feel : 50
melody : 40
longplay : 60
address of this dude:
YOUNG ORGASM/FLUID
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norway
comment: check the song out for yourself
and read this review again.
by the way young orgasm, i hope
the address is good enough,
because we don't have the
correct font to print it right!
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next review:
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handle : THE SYNDROM
name : beats the hell outta me
group : the imperium arts
age : ?
sex : male
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sooo, this is the third review this
month and we're still going great!
of niet, holland freaks!
dacht 't wel!
hhhmm, if you've read addybook regularly
you probably must have heard some tunes
done by the syndrom.
what does that mean? well, that means
that blaze-headquarters thinks he is
good. i shall prove them right or wrong.
the songs he sent me come from his first
collection. he made a second one, but i
didn't get it from him yet.
the song i ad to this issue is the one
i'm going to talk about.
i think that the syndrom knows what he
is doing. he produces quality solo's
plus lots of variety in his songs.
as you can hear for yourself, the song
is varied with a nice rhythmetic change.
what about the basssound-colour? well,
it is nice and it fits to the song, but
i heard in other songs not much variety
in basssounds. this might be due to the
fact that i've only got his first
collection and his second might be some-
thing completely different, but let's
say we talk about his first collection
here. i do admit that it isn't all that
bad(do you fuckin' know what IS bad?
that this stupid 128 fuckin'
powercrashed when i had just finished
this review and started the next one!!!
that IS and i repeat IS baaaddd!!!!
and you know what? IT WAS MY OWN FAULT!!
but hey, you probably don't care!)
but it does show that the basssounds are
alike. and not only the basssound, the
chordsounds too. i think that is the
main thing that is too bad about this
music. and what about the solo?
the solo is very melodic and you'll
remember it when you listen to it
regularly, just like jeroen tel, hubbard
and galway.
the rhythm is well done and there is a
nice change.
so blaze h.q. were right. he is good.
some grades:
the syndrom percent
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introability : 75
rhythmetic feel : 70
melody : 78
longplay : 70
address of this guy
THE SYNDROM/TIA
the imperium arts
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germany
comment: if you have any musicless
products this is one of the
people you could ask.
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next review:
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handle : RAGMAN & LEECH
name : right, i don't know
group : comic pirates
age : ?
sex : male
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these guys have been at the composing
for, as they claim, 2 months.
they think they are not bad. well,
i'll see about that. anyway, they're
nice chaps. let us talk about the song
added to this disky!
i think that the song is very
atmospheric and it is nice to listen to.
there is not a great solo nor overall
variety in the chords, but it's
atmosphere does it. perfect for a puzzle
game, a magchapter or long scrolltext.
they sent me a whole lotta zax to check
out and i noticed immediately that the
basslines are alike! they go:
c (2x), gis, ais. and only the rhythm
changes. yes, they sometimes put in an
extra g, but that's it!
so there is not much variety in chords,
not only in the song itself, but in the
whole collection of songs.
yes, nice techno mix, but nothing
really different.
so the atmosphere is their strong side
and the rest will improve in due time!
i'll quit this review and give them
some grades:
ragman & leech percent
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introability : 65
rhythmetic feel : 60
melody : 65
longplay : 75
address of these fellas
RAGMAN & LEECH/CP
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germany
comment: if they really have just begun
they are not bad at all.
(they say teamwork rules!)
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weelll, that's it for the reviews this
month. just had a conversation with
TRASH/SUNRISE, he had some problems he
couldn't fix. hope i can be of some
assistance. greetings, dear friend.
and greetings to all my contax.
right.
see ya all next month in the improved
addybook number 10!!!
send your music in!!!! send your music!!
addybook 10 is going to be a hit and it
is up to you musicians to make it so!
(well, at least OUR chapter!!!)
okay. leaving this shit thing(c128) to
mr.ammo. the chapter has only just begun
so read on!!!
send tapes/disks with your
music(underground!!!) in:
MR.MOUSE/XENTAX/BLAZE
michael zuurman
ludensweg 41
9675 am
winschoten
the netherlands
ps: when do i get some undergroundbands?
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hellow, MR.AMMO here, what do i have
this time for you well, i have...
- news 'n' rumours
- review: MR.BIG
- concert dates for:
* genesis
* prince
* diana ross
okay, let me start...
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NEWS 'N' RUMOURS
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- rock's latest celebritty couple KURT
COBAIM of nirvana and COURTNEY LOVE of
hale - are expecting their first child
in august. the couple gor married
secretly last february.
- is MORRISEY suffering from a bit of
envy? his first single of 1992 is
entitled "we hate it when our friends
become successful".
- not only the show must go on but it
looks as though it will!
following the tremendously successful
tribute to freddie mercurie concert.
the remaining members of QUEEN are to
reign again - only under a new name.
guitarist brian may, drummer roger
tailor and bassist john deacon said
they will continue working together.
- bearded blues behemothes ZZ TOP are
reportedly asking warner bros. for a
55 million dollar, five-album deal to
renew their contract with the label.
- after 16 years with sire records,
rock's resedent beach bums and
frenetic surfers of the fretboard the
RAMONES are to sign with radioactive
records owned, funnily enough, by
their manager.
- those germanic industrial pioneers
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN have released
an album of early tracks recorded
between 1980 and 1983 entitled,warmly,
strategie against architecture.
- an australian man who trampled his
mother to death when she complained he
was his BOB DYLAN records too loud,
was let out of the prison where he is
being held for one night so he could
see his idol in concert.
- SAM KINISON, the controversial
american comedian and buddy of BON
JOVI and BILLY IDOL, was killed in a
car crash in needles, california last
week.
his comedy lp's featured most notably
a version of the troggs' wild thing,
which was acompanied by a video
starring billy idol and jessica hahn.
- CARTER USM'S new lp, 1992 - the love
album is out now!
- OMAR'S new single, your loss, my gain
is released by talkin' loud. (out now)
- XENTRIX'S new single is the order of
chaos.
- NAUGHTY BY NATURE are re-releasing the
very rude us-chart hit opp.
- GTO, holland's top dance act, have a
new single, elevation, out now.
- THE B52'S have parted company with
founding member, singer-guitarist
CINDY WILSON, for reasons as yet un-
revealed.
remaining members KATE PEIRSON, FRED
SCHNEIDER and KEITH STRICKLAND, have
recorded an lp without her. it's
called good stuff and will be out in
june.
- SISTERS OF MERCY leader andrew
eldritch was held up by armed police
on the way back from a night-club in
rio de jaineiro in the end of last
month.
eldritch says the cops left him alone
after he shouted at them in ITALIAN.
or maybe he just did an impromptu of
rendition of number five hit temple of
love.
- lars ulrich of METALLICA was left less
than happy, when at a recent gig in
new york, the hydraulic lift carrying
his drum kit broke down and he had to
perform half the concert below the
stage.
- JOAN ARMATRADING released a new single
'wrapped around her' on may 11.
- TWO TRIBES new single is back to love.
- KYM SIMS puts out a new single,
a little bit more.
- L7'S new single is 'everglade'
- JANE SIBERRY, the canadian chanteuse,
has a new lp, 'summer in the yackon'
- THE SOUP DRAGON'S new lp is hotwired.
- BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE habe a compilation
video entitled bad i+ii released by
sony.
- PAULA ABDUL has married EMILIO ESTEVEZ
the actor son of martin sheen.
appropriatly, abdul's latest single is
called 'will you marry me?'
- THE KLF have started work on a new lp
with uk trash metal band EXTREME NOISE
TERROR. the album (working title: the
black room) is due out late in the
summer or early in the autumn.
- dutch duo TEN SHARP have revealed the
secret behind their name - it's becoz
they are so punctual. keyboard player
niels hermes says, "we're proud of our
time - keeping".
and they probably think hotel room tv-
sets are for watching too!
- it took FLOWERED UP just ten minutes
to write "weekender".
- EMF have celebrated worldwide sales
worth 20 million pounds and their
current hit "unexplained", by buying a
harley davidson motorbike each.
- U2 are reported to be planning open-
air shows in europe in summer 1993.
- rumours say that the KLF are going to
break up where supported by
comfirmation that the duo are on their
way to mexico "to research a non-music
project" and by a source close to the
band who said:
"bill's saying he wants to go to the
country and build stiles. i think
there may be women problems in klf,
too!"
- the " red hot and dance " aids benefit
lp due out in june will include three
new GEORGE MICHAEL tracks "do you
really want to know", "happy" and
"too fumky".
- WAS NOT WAS released a new single,
"listen like thieves", on may 11.
the band's first release since 1990
was originally composed and recorded
by INXS.
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is reported to be
planning a world tour this summer,
starting in europe.
- speed metal group MEGADETH have
revealed that the band has been under-
going group therapy for the past three
years.
- LIVING COLOUR recently announced the
departure of bass player
muzz skillings; the split was
described in a press release as a
"mutual parting of the ways due to
musical differences". in a phone-
conversation shortly after the
announcement, muzz didn't want to
elaborate on a situation, but added
that "everything's cool" and said he's
already recording material for a new
project. at press time LIVING COLOUR
was closing in on a replacement, but
management spokesman jim grant refused
to name any names. the new bassist
will join the band onstage at the
hollywood rock festival in brazil in
late january. stay tuned for more of
muzz.
- frederick's hollywood lingerie museum
is offering a 1.000 dollar reward, no
questions asked, for the return of
MADONNA'S bustier, worn on the singers
open your heart video, and stolen
during the recen la riots.
- don barnes, the original singe and
guitarist with 38 SPECIAL, has
rejoined the southern boogie band
after a five-year break.
- MAXI PRIEST will be touring europe in
june and july. we try to keep you
informed on this.
- FAITH NO MORE'S new lp, angel dust,
will be released on june 1.
- JULIA FORDAM released a new single, i
thought it was you on may 11.
- THE WOLFGANG PRESS released a double-
a-sided single on may 18, featuring
a girl like yo and angel.
- LONDON BEAT'S new single, yo bring the
sun is out on june 1.
- DEL AMITRI'S new lp, change everything
is due out on june 1.
- the STRAY CATS, one-time famous rocka-
billys released their first new single
in a long, long time on may 18. it's
called elvis on velvet and was
produced by dave edmunds.
- DEEE-LITE also ended a lengthy silence
on may 18, when they released a new
single called: thank you everyday. it
will be followed by an lp later this
year.
- DIANA ROSS has announced dates for a
summer european tour that will take
her to ireland, the uk, holland,
france, switzerland, germany, belgium,
austria, italy and greece.
ok, you guys these were all i could
collect this month. the credit goes
mainly to super-chanel and those silly
radio-stations like station 3 here in
holland. for the next month i try to
substract also some news from an
american radio-station. i'm not sure if
i can manage this 'cause i don't have a
schedule for this station and they
mostly broadcast live-sports like base-
ball and american football in the
evenings. so i can't promise you
anything to you.
ok, now load please the interview chap-
ter to read the rest of this chapter!!!!
