| |
Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 840 |
How alive REALLY is the english c64 demoscene?
I'm suspicious you know, and it's been on my mind for a long time. Apparently there's only ONE (multi-platform) demoparty left in england and that is Sundown 2008, but my argument is that it's too far down on the south coast, almost near bloody Cornwall!
Seeing this makes me wonder... is the english c64 demoscene really dead? There is only a minority I know that are in the north area (some which aren't actually in the scene, but are at least c64 enthusiasts) and that isn't really enough to start another proper demoparty in a central location where anyone around the island can have more chance of attending. Life seems hard. Traveling to the core c64 countries isn't always possible for some either, me for one... how much I love to go to parties like X, Silesia and other c64 only parties, but with no car and little money, not a chance!
I know England wasn't a huge c64 demoscene-oriented country in the first place (dam speccys!), but having a c64-only party there could revive some of the unknown talents and maybe bring back some of the old ones. I'm certain there's bound to be many not communicating with us right now and thinking the same. |
|
| |
SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
I dont think the UK C64 scene tradition is or was ever really big. It was mainly individuals releasing demos on CompuNET, and a few crackers. I cant remember just 1 real UK demogroup... |
| |
Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
Well, there's Cosine and Ate Bit, and of course Ukscene Allstars. But it's true, there has never been much of a demo scene in England. |
| |
Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Dunno if FunkScientist Productions are still active.
And then there's Fatfrost and Motion but they don't live in the UK anymore afaik |
| |
Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 840 |
Thanks for your honest opinions.
Scout: MTR and Andy haven't released anything for 4 years so I pretty doubt they are active at the moment. Motion is now in New Zealand and Fatfrost did mention he was moving to somewhere like Spain... to be honest I don't blame either of them, our country is completely destroyed thanks to that arsehole Brown.
Anyway, I just hope you guys are okay with me and others submitting entries online for a long period of time, as I know some of you keep saying it's lame to email stuff at parties and not being there. It Sometimes feels like... "you either be there, or don't be part of it at all." I should of mentioned this before I came active to be honest, but I didn't really know about how the scene was coping with various problems. |
| |
Sander
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 493 |
I miss Bizzmo.. |
| |
Stan
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 187 |
....and I miss Deek. |
| |
assiduous
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2007
Posts: 343 |
...and I miss graphics collections from Mayhem. |
| |
Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1071 |
I miss Deek...
oops, stan beat me to it! |
| |
Matt
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 597 |
to me xentrix was the most welknow english demogroup
isn't rimtrix still around?
he lives up north, right? |
| |
Skate
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 494 |
...and I miss Diana. |
| |
Stan
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 187 |
Quote: I miss Deek...
oops, stan beat me to it!
Again - one is inclined to say. |
| |
Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
Had a chat with Deek and there is no way to convince him to make a comeback at all :/
For those who are interested ... http://www.myspace.com/thefiveaces is what he is doing these days.
|
| |
FATFrost
Account closed
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 211 |
Well, i don't know if i'm staying in UK or spain now, maybe i move to bardbados soon, but i will always make stuff for the scene. c64 scene is in my heart, c64 demo scene is the reason why i love computers and hardcore effects. I think there's lots of uk sceners who could produce cool stuff, but we're too busy boozing in uk to code... maybe if we adopted a swedish/dutch/danish/norwegian lifestyle, then we'd end up making some demos and games again.
COME ON!!!
burp! |
| |
Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 840 |
@Linus, thanks for asking him :) Deek was one of my favorite musicians back then, glad he's still in the music business in some other form.
@Fatfrost: heheh! ain't boozing a scener's typical routine anyway? :D
Seriously though, it's not as much to do with actually producing stuff, but more to do with where we're actually located. We need to meet sceners as easy as possible to keep the motivation going rather than just email/irc all the time. |
| |
FATFrost
Account closed
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 211 |
@crd, yes, we could do the c64 scener relay, where we send one scener to meet another scener for a night or weekend visit, then the scener who received the scener can travel to meet the next one...and so on, but not twr.....lol,
|
| |
Deev
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 206 |
I think there's more UK stuff going on than there was a few years ago. At one stage I think it was pretty much me and TMR...maybe a couple more Cosine members (plus good ol' Richard! :) ).
I've been busy with various non-c64 things lately, but still have new scene stuff on its way (I also have lots of gfx ideas, but I just need to finish off some existing commitments first!)
I intend to get more into things again sometime soon.
Like you say though, the UK scene was never that hot anyway, probably the high amount of tape only users back in the day didn't help. The large games industry was perhaps also a distraction for many people. |
| |
Bizzmo
Account closed
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 82 |
Quote: I miss Bizzmo..
I'm still here! And as soon as I get my "real-life" and "real-job" under control I'll be a little more active!
(Of course if you want to fast-track this, find someone to pay me to pixel!) |
| |
Bizzmo
Account closed
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 82 |
Quote: Had a chat with Deek and there is no way to convince him to make a comeback at all :/
For those who are interested ... http://www.myspace.com/thefiveaces is what he is doing these days.
I've tried as well. He's turned away from "electronic" music and become a bit of a purist (by his own admission). Shame - it's our loss. Go to see he's still doing music though! |
| |
Soren
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 547 |
/me is looking forward to having Bizzmo back!
And yes, would be neat if Deek would come back aswell ;-)
|
