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· ∙ [ The Idea ] ∙ ·

FM is a group of musicians dedicated to the task of providing the scene quality
musical productions. We try to be more than just your everyday music group, by
working on many of our productions in cooperation with each other. Since our
creation in early February 1995, we have been working hard to explore both our
artistic talents, and to break new ground in the area of digitally tracked
music.

· ∙ [ The People ] ∙ ·

·[ alias ]···[ real name ]·······[ e-mail ]················[ other affils]···

Mellow-D   (Jaakko Manninen)  jak@pot.hole.fi            S!P/Kosmic/Hardcode
Necros     (Andrew Sega)      necros@axs.net             Legend Design/iCE
Basehead   (Dan Grandpre)     bh@axs.net                 Kosmic/iCE
Big Jim    (Jim Storer)       j.e.storer@bradford.ac.uk  Valhalla
Stalker    (Ariel Gross)      stalker@primenet.com       OTM

· ∙ [ The Story so Far ] ∙ ·

FM was formed in February 1995 by me (Necros) and Mellow-D after chatting on
the phone one day and realizing that starting a good scene music group would
be both fun and productive for the both of us. I called up Basehead and he
seemed to be quite pleased with the idea and offered his services. And thus
with a solitary 'woop' FM was begun. Originally we wanted to call the group
'o' per Mellow-D's request, but soon we invited Big Jim to join and he
suggested 'FM' as a name. Luckily by this time we had acquired the perfect
number of musicians, and the name stuck.

I quickly released "Realization II" under the FM label, and things began to
move along nicely. After a few more releases by members, Jak called and said
he had invited Purple Motion to join. At that time I became aware of just how
fortuitous it was that both 'four' and 'five' started with the letter 'F'. So
thus we became Five Musicians.

Things now were looking great, and Jak released a musicdisk compilation of
older tunes he had written called 'Kaktoos'. Weeks passed and the FM e-mail
address was activated at fm@pot.hole.fi (Jak's computer). Unfortunately, we
realized that Purple Motion was proving to be both unreachable and
unproductive, so we politely dismissed him from the group.

Thus we were once again Four Musicians. After languishing in this deplorable
state for a few more weeks, we came upon a brilliant young musician from OTM
named Stalker. Listening to his stuff, we realized that we had to snatch up
this fine young fellow before he fell prey to the sinister lurkings of
some european demo group. He accepted our invitation, and there was once again
happiness and joy in the land of the music scene. This bring us to the current
day, when FM has finally been recognized as a force to be reckoned with. Our
greetings to all other music groups across the world; we invite you to join us
in bringing melodic bliss to people worldwide.

· ∙ [ The Goods ] ∙ ·

All the new releases are first uploaded to ftp.mpoli.fi.  After the uploads
are reviewed and are moved to the correct places, you can find FM-stuff in
the directory /starport/music/fm.  There should always be an index file in
the directory, explaining the contents.

New uploads can also be found on ftp.cdrom.com, in the /demos/music/incoming
directory.

Tunes by Necros and Basehead are mirrored also at:

(ftp) dragon.axs.net :  /pub/demos/songs/necros
/pub/demos/songs/basehead

We have distribution sites, but their numbers are too many to list here.
Usually most quality boards will carry our releases. Simply check their
list of affils to see if they are an 'FM Distribution Site'.

∙ · [ the Releases ] · ∙

REALIZE2.ZIP   291959      03-23-95  "Realization II" by Necros
First FM release ever!
MLD-TDAY.ZIP   154407      03-27-95  "Tuesday", a release by Mellow-D

FM-WRECK.ZIP   670851      04-18-95  "Wrecked Fluff" by Mellow-D
NAID 1995 Multichannel Entry
FM-CFUNK.ZIP   584675      04-23-95  "Can't Fake the Funk" by Basehead
3rd Place, NAID 1995 Multichannel Compo
FM-GUINN.ZIP   373894      05-04-95  "Guinness", our first co-op tune,
by Mellow-D and Basehead
FM-TOOS1.ZIP  1366064      05-11-95  "Kaktoos", a 4-channel musicdisk of
stuff Mellow-D wrote while an exchange
FM-TOOS2.ZIP   850084                 student in the United States.

FM-SKYS.ZIP    221531      05-26-95  "Foreign Skys", a guitar duet by Big Jim

FM-SOLA.ZIP    250108      07-19-95  "Solace" by Stalker, winner of the
SoCal 1995 Music Competition.
FM-PROG.ZIP   1992886      07-22-95  "Progression", a new musicdisk by
Necros, containing all new material.
FM-ATLA.ZIP    262472      08-16-95  "Atlantis" by Stalker.

FM-RIFF.ZIP    356853      08-27-95  "Search for the Lost Riff" - joint tune
by Necros and Basehead
FM-SCRAP.ZIP   433313      09-15-95  "Skyscraper I Love You" - remix of
an Underworld song, by Necros

· ∙ [ making Contact ] ∙ ·

Our whole group may be reached at fm@pot.hole.fi, or at the individual
addresses listed above. We'd rather you not snail mail us unless you are
sending us money. :> We hang out on IRC a lot, so feel free to /msg us
if you have something to say.

[end]

Sincerely,
The Five Musicians
fm@pot.hole.fi