Format:

Impulse Tracker 2.14v3 IT 2.00

Size:

782874 bytes

BPM:

140

Speed:

4

Channels:

20

Song Length:

57

Samples:

30

Instruments:

27

Patterns:

37

Tracks:

3

Track length:

740

SHA1:

b1eecd09cc193932a423221c87b15c1079793e69

MD5:

ee2a8e59f4f5d26a86da9d0f8230fcee

              +----------+---------------------+----------+
              |--==**==--| by Liam the lemming |--==**==--|
              +----------+---------------------+----------+
              | AlieN -  - --+--+-++*++-+--+-- -  - EartH |
              +-----+--------+--------------+-------+-----+
              |-=*=-| Kosmic | Process Five | Twain |-=*=-|
              +-----+--------+--------------+-------+-----+


                          [ He's ba-a-a-ack... ]

Prologue
~~~~~~~~
Hmm. It's been a while, hasn't it? =) My placement didn't entirely keep me
away from  the  scene,  but enough to probably  lose my place.  Everyone's
probably forgotten about me by now. *sob*


The Tune
~~~~~~~~
I dunno what to call this piece except "spooky". It's a kinda weird fusion
of rock and electronic.

Hmm. Is there a genre such as "electro-rock"? =)

And when you  look at this tune,  I bet you find it impossible to  believe
that I wasn't even trying to keep it within:

 - 4 minutes
 - 32 channels
 - 1024k

I've surprised myself here. It's amazing what you can do when you just say
"screw it" and try to have some fun. :)


Catching Up
~~~~~~~~~~~
So what's happened since I last released a tune?

 - DemoNews ceased to be. *gasp*
 - Necr.s released a musicdisk. (About time, Andy. ;) )
 - not much else. Hmm.

Wow, my absence really made a dent, didn't it? :P


The Greets
~~~~~~~~~~
Greets  fly out  to  everyone  in  Kosmic,  Process  Five and  Twain,  and
particularly  special  greets  go  to  all  the  cool people I met  at The
Gathering, especially...

  - Snowman, Phoenix and Diablo. Seeing you guys again ruled - brought
    back all the cool memories of NAID96. I've said it before and I'll
    say it again; the scene needs a demoparty on the east coast of the
    USA. :)
  - Mind Bender. Here was I expecting to be more or less guided around
    by you,  when in fact it was like only your second demoparty ever,
    or something.  I guess we both kinda helped each other out for the
    first few days, huh Tom? =)
  - Slash of Union, and Dreamer of Sublogic,  for lending me their PCs
    for a  while to  sort out  the  finishing  touches  to  my  entry.
    Remember folks, it ain't a real party entry unless it was finished
    AT THE PARTY. ;)
  - The organisers.  An excellent job done by a team that gives a damn
    about how the party goes.  The schedule allowed for the inevitable
    network faults  (look,  YOU try building a network  for about 4000
    different machines! :) ),  rest periods  for the  competitors  and
    voters,  and the coolest party venue ever - the Olynpic Stadium in
    Hamar.  (I  guess  that's  as  close as  we'll ever  get to having
    tracking as an Olympic sport, huh? ;) )
  - Darkness,  Blade Runner  and all  the judges.  They were  ready to
    answer  questions,   they  slogged  away  at  the  jury  procedure
    (especially Snowman, hacking away at his Linux box trying to mount
    a networked NT partition - and by god, he did it =) ),  and when I
    enquired  about the player they would use for  .IT mods,  they not
    only  reassured me  they'd use  Impulse Tracker  itself,  but even
    suggested I send them the latest version along with my tune to put
    me at ease.
    YOU GUYS ALL ROCK. =)


The Strange Thoughtful Ponder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Does this tune sound kinda disturbing?

I only ask  cos I feel kinda  disturbed these days.  :I  I hear this  tune
played back and it  feels for all  the world like an auditory depiction of
my slow but unpreventable slide into insanity.


Epilogue
~~~~~~~~
Maybe this is where my music starts to get a little better...?
                                                                   Lemm

PS   Check out the cute little cover of a familiar ditty on pattern 32. ;)

• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Liam The Lemming
• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Liam The Lemming/alien earth.it
• https://files.scene.org/browse/music/groups/kosmic/1998
• https://files.scene.org/view/music/groups/kosmic/1998/k_alien.zip
• https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=156073

1. smooth string
2. eeriestring
3. electric piano
4. orchestral string
5. electron lead
6. boing bass
7. synth string
8. bass + sharp reverb env
9. electro percussive thingy
11. eeriestring + dropEnv
12. Bassdrum+Tambourine
13. Triangle
14. bass + gradual fade env
15. House Snare
16. Cymbal (auto fade env)
20. drumloop
21. Cute wobbly chippy lead
22. Cymbal (manual note fade)
23. Big snare
24. Distorted Guitar 1
25. Distorted Guitar 2
26. Weird-ass old synth lead
27. bass (for pacman bit ;) )