Report from the concert AY-Riders
by Gasman
elfh> due to the delayed release of this number, the original
article already managed to appear in zxf06, we publish a
translation that made the chasm.
2:00 am, Sunday, February 29, 2004.
After non-stop music chip, which lasted all evening,
All kazalos some quiet. 250 clubbers differed on
home, shaken by an extraordinary concert. Nothing of the sort
none of them never seen before. Equipment packed and
immersed in the trunk of the car and now we're going home to
relax Wojtek'u - the main organizer of this seyshna. Later, he
asked question put us into a dead end: "I wonder how you were
it's currently in the beginning when I first heard the proposal
to concert AY Riders? "
Factor6, TDM and I were unanimous - we all thought it was
pretty silly idea.
But back in September, the International Vodka Party, when
This idea just occurred. It was then Yerzmyey and told everyone
gathered Rider'am that the owner of a Warsaw club
offered to arrange a live performance of our team. We all
surprised and began to figure out how this music can trekrernaya
fit into the format of live perfomensa. But since this strange
the idea was uttered out loud, we could, we did from her
refuse? After all, it was a real chance to represent the people
of his music and general promotion of the project. We have to
choose either take advantage of the proposal, either before the
end of life sigh representing, as it were all cool could be.
Over the next few months we have gradually started
provide a picture, about this adventure. First
revelation for us was the news that PZU, the largest
Polish insurance company, agreed to sponsor our
concert. This was followed by bad news, due to the fact that
Megus can not get a passport, as is still
voennobyazany. We even tried, on this occasion, to call
The Russian embassy, but this came to nothing lead. AND
Finally, when the target date was no longer in sight, promotion
in the media began with such a huge
intensity, which we could not even imagine before
present. About our project was told on two national
Polish radio stations, and it was not only reklamnoye
ad - on the Jazz Radio was released more than hour
channel dedicated to our music, but on Talk FM was
arrange interviews with Yerzmyey'em, during which he answered
to questions from the audience.
On Friday afternoon, I landed in Warsaw, armed with my
"True" Spectrum +2 having + D disc drive. The following arrived
Yerzmyey, a company which accounted for Karolina, Hellboj and
Atari maniac Pinokio. They brought with them the whole of Krakow
a lot of iron, including Timex 128K, Sprinter, PC to serve as
Sprinter'a external drive, as well as monitors for the entire
this. Later that evening, latecomers to the delay of the train,
we were joined the Czechs Factor 6 and TDM, had brought with
them their native Spectrum equipped with Zilog's CompactFlash
interface.
Night we spent at Wojtek'a on flat, of course robust design
drinking vodka, reading magazine clippings about the concert and
finally fixed demos and music. In the end, decided to
still get some sleep, because tomorrow was scheduled tense
day.
Galeria OFF club consisted of a small cozy bar (where
Pinokio quickly grabbed a corner and settled with his Atari,
all-day coding intro to demopati - hardcore
dude), adjacent to a large room which, judging by
posters pasted on walls, in the recent past was
theater room. At first, as soon as we arrived, the main
club house, presented itself to us in the form of empty space in
which was a couple of worn-out sofas arranged along
walls, but soon things changed - we unloaded our
equipment to the scene and placed it on a few small
tables, a giant projection screen was stretched and took
virtually the entire side wall.
The first part of the scenery became free Spectrum 48
Factor'a 6, which showed the constantly changing picture of
Busysoft'ovskoy Song In Lines. I honestly do not remember
whether to continue this during the whole performance, because
I was left with the distinct impression that we have donated
data lighting effects, because we did not have monitors for
the whole team. As always, there were predkontsertnye
zamorochki - shortage of monitors, missing the necessary
connectors. All this was decided at the last minute. Finally
there was the sound Spectrum self-test'a, reflected echoes from
the walls of the hall, only if we breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the club began zatusovyvatsya people
greeted by the sounds and visuals of epic atarevskoy demos
"Numen" from Taquart. When on the dance floor was left free
places, the lights were out and the show began.
Robot Adolv support our performance and it was
absolutely great find. And as you know, all brilliant
simple - man and his girlfriend dress up in costumes of robots
with soft shirring tube for hands and feet themselves Costumes
plastered with aluminum foil and decorated with shining lights,
put kommodorovskie chiptune and chopped for them on stage. All
this show really captures the audience and created a favorable
atmosphere of the evening. We are not a joke drove before
concert, the audience will just stand, stare blankly at
the scene, bewildered strange squeaks and creaks from our
computers - but it turned out that our fears were groundless,
since Soon people began to imitate the clockwork androids
dances as if dancing to the music chip thing perfectly natural
and nothing unusual in this.
We have not made up in advance a list of tracks that will
play, but only decided that we will put their songs on
queue - first Yerzmyey, then I, TDM and Factor6, then circle
should be repeated again. This gave us an opportunity to put
Tracks suitable for the current atmosphere in the evening and
made our speech is more pleasant and varied.
Since we would like to submit and track our
missing friends, Factor6 decided to play the selected theca
X-agon'a along with their own, and I took the
music Megus'a and C-Jeff'a, but since no Protracker
supports my disk interface, they had to play in
a special player, which I nakodiroval few days
earlier. Pause between tracks, we filled with
Yerzmyey'evskogo Sprinter'a which during the whole
speech was played a specially written by them on this
case ghostly ambient sound.
We started the show with Yerzmyey'skogo Koto Mix'a and
immediately realized that the whole process of downloading and
data tracks very zaparny. This zatavilo DJ'stvovat us with
redoubled energy. We desperately struggling with an ancient
iron capricious, and juggling cable line out of five computers
throughout the speech was absolute murder. To be around
sincere, it must be said that the guy sitting behind a
mixer arms were incarcerated under the dick and he was
constantly crap ... Yerz graduated and began to observe that
the sound of the first constantly peretykaya audio cables for
all others. Process transition from one track to another was a
nightmare and usually accompanied by incomprehensible for us
cries and gestures.
And of course, not without pads ... razdolbany
audio jack away at the first notes of my tech "Primality",
not understanding what was going on, I hit harder on the
keyboard and all general reset. On top of that when I adjusted
the connector, beeps and clicks on the keyboard sounded for the
whole room, although the idea of their should have been
drown. But I think over these discrepancies in and large nobody
zaparivalsya, as most people during such forced silence
communicated among themselves or with interest considered our
iron, knowing all inevitable problems of working with an old
twenty computers. In principle, it was only a couple of caps
... another occurred during my second attempt to play
"Primality", kogda some girl got on stage and began to argue
with Yerzmyey'em. We have tried to show her gestures, that the
climb to the scene is not necessary, but it climbed with such
enthusiasm that This nudged the table and my two naebnulsya
again :-/... to Fortunately track has almost ended and TDM was
ready to run his next track "Electric City".
Throughout the concert on the big screen continuously
projected various demos, which are specially selected
Yerzmyey - certainly no synchronization of video sequences
under our music was not, but all together it looked very
impressive. Personally I am very properlo when I look at people
in the audience during the show "Losing Victoria", which really
came into the delight of mei music and demos.
Our performance lasted approximately one and a half - two
hours and this time we have lost an electronic mix of soft
music before hardcore, constantly increasing the pace for the
most energetic visitors. Now of course hard to accurately
restore the entire Playlist songs that evening, but our joint
memories, he looks like this:
Yerzmyey: Koto Mix
Gasman: Summer Mood (Megus)
TDM: Neverending Story
Factor6: Blah Blah Gal
Yerzmyey:
[Gasman: Primality, reset]
TDM: FA Intro
Factor6: I Am Fine (X-agon)
Yerzmyey:
Gasman: Primality
TDM: Electric City
Factor6: Bits Main
Yerzmyey:
Gasman: Losing Victoria
TDM: Genetic Error / End
Factor6: Angeldust
Yerzmyey:
Gasman: Around Past (C-Jeff)
TDM: Super Grand Prix
Factor6: DJ Factor6
Yerzmyey: 30 Minut
TDM: Exception
Factor6: Co Ja Vim (X-agon)
Edinstveenoe what I sozheleyu, after this concert, this is
As we settled on the scene - we stood behind a wall of computers
and monitors, and thus were separated from the public (hmm, I
think that during the performance is more suitable for Pink
Floyd, rather than for us ;-)), is also disappointing that the
projector screen was on the side wall, so the public, by and
large, did not pay attention to what is being done on stage. As
a result, We almost did not feel the reaction of the hall on
our performance, but according to Wojtek'a vast majority were
otzyvyvov positive - there have been admiring gratitude
nostalgic "old" and full of crazy energy
statements first heard chiptune, because for them it was
Music from a completely different world.
But still one of the reviews we were able to hear directly.
Around midnight, when the organizers turned on the light and
gave understand that the concert was over, a burly man
approached not speak the Polish language group members and
nabychivshis wondered why we stopped playing ... at the moment
is looked as if he now would get a knife and make
We continue ;-). TDM timidly pointed to the side and Wojtek'a
from their friendly conversation quickly became clear that this
is simply a very enthusiastic fan of ...
As for future plans. Inspired by the success, we certainly
want to speak again, and although specific dates have not yet
appointed, have already appeared in the blueprint to make some
other Poland's place - it would be great to play at all
anywhere on the nature. And I hope when that day comes, Megus
and C-Jeff will stand on stage next to us. Already, people from
8 Bit Front conceived zabatsat awesome concert here in Warsaw -
they is calculated not on the hundreds of spectators, and
thousands and in the field powerful and impressive sound
(though talk about all the details yet too early). It is
planned to take command and computers more central role, while
the screens showing the video sequence will illuminate the
scene around us. And most importantly, we want that on the big
screen shows the working panel Soundtracker'a.
Why is this so important? And you try to show the screen
tracker to someone outside the scene and see how they
ustavyatsya up to run through the numbers and signs, and then
understand how mikromuzyka capture the imagination of the world
to hear:
"Wow, it looks like the Matrix!"
