Force Ten History ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ One day, I (Zap) called on a Local Multi-Line BBS and got to talk to a guy who wanted to start an ART magazine! (It was DD hehehe) And we started DISTORTED with me, Deeply Disturbed and Red-Leader. We released 2 E-Mags (I was making the Background Music! Of course!) So, after those 2, I released a Distorted Music Disk (DSDMZKDK.ZIP) and it was quite succesful! (Well in the [514] area!). Then, a guy wrote to me: His name was The Duellist! (Hehehe) he said that he liked my "Rush quotes" coz he was a fan too and he liked my music, and he told me that he was tracking too (He was using .669 by the time). So I leeched some of his songs and found that he was not so bad. When Distorted died later, I asked TD if he wanted to start a Computer Music Group, and he said: Yeah! Why not? And it stayed that way for a couple of months... (Yeah, we were doing nothing) So, one day, TD wrote me back and said: Hey! how about FORCE TEN? That would be a great name! (Force Ten is a song from RUSH for those who don't know) Then I tought: Yeah! That would be great!!! So I called Vizz and asked him if he wanted to join our little group! (He was still doing .MODs on his Amiga) So, a little later, we got together few songs, an interface, a player, and we released FORCE TEN PACK #1, boy! That was it. Force Ten was launched! A month later we released the Pack #2, with a new VGA interface, and better songs... It was on the Pack #3 that Force Ten really took off I think, I decided to code a full blown Interface with Integrated player... And designed new graphics for Force Ten. And it was a shock! New Full VGA Interface and Player!!! (Remember those cute littl' Light Bars???) After that MAIN release, we took it down a bit... TD was busier than ever before, and we got maybe a bit lazy... Me and Vizz (2 months later) talked to TD about the Pack #4! (We wanted to release it SOON!) So, TD said: Well, release without me!, I'll be back in #5! So, anyways, TD got some time and programmed the DRUMS on a RUSH cover called Subdivisions we released on Pack #4... At least he helped! So, it stayed that way for couple of months again, I was working on New songs and things were going great. I even released 2 stand-alone songs coz I had so much stuff! After that, me and TD decided to work on another RUSH cover, it's called "Leave That Thing Alone". I think we did a great job! We wanted to release it in Pack #5 but, it was too big, so we released it as another stand-alone song. Later, we were slowly planning our "NAID" Trip... So, two weeks before NAID, we released Force Ten Pack Number Five, and TD was back in action. This pack is, in my humble opinion, the best pack ever released by Force Ten, the songs are good and consitant. Experience It! The Zapper! - Force Ten When tough times demands tough talk. Force Ten Members ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ The Duellist The Duellist is 19 years old. He plays the drums and likes it a lot! He is the Force Ten co-founder (with The Zapper!) and he was previously in groups like GRiP and ACiD. His influences are Rush (Neil Peart), Iron Maiden, Uzeb, Primus, Genesis Buddy Rich. He tries to compose songs that are original and interesting to listen to and his only goal is to have fun while doing it. He likes to eat chicken and Satan is his best friend. :) Vizz It's quite simple, I started to like the good old Commodore 64. I learned to program in assembly language and started to fix demos. (Probably where I got this feeling for demos... and music!) I left the C-64 scene because of lame calling problem... Then came the Amiga... Cool! I started to make musics with it... But then, the PC! Wooaahh... When I heard about the Gravis Ultrasound, I decided to buy it and then I bought my PC (wierd!)... From then, you probably know how I progressed. The Zapper! The Zapper! is 21 years old. He plays Bass Guitar and Synthetisers on a band called "Casual Sounds". He's the co-founder of Force Ten and was previously in groups like GRiP and DISTORTED. His main influences are Rush, Genesis and Dream Theather. This guy is a lot into "Real" sounding S3Ms. He likes heavy riffs and complex forms. How To Contact Force Ten ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ The Zapper!'s Internet E-Mail address is zapper@autoroute.net. If you want to join him fast, he's often on IRC, channels #TRAX and #CODERS. Still you can try marc.girard@digital.magicnet.com. Vizz's Internet E-Mail address is francois.vezina@digital.magicnet.com or can be called VOICE at (514) 622-4174. The Duellist's Internet E-Mail address is ed681878@er.uqam.ca. Force Ten couldn't be what it is without those very valuable persons: Optic Shadow, the graphics magician, can be reached at: pichep@globale.net. Kodiak, the code magician, can be reached at: cad@unomaha.edu. Force Ten Future Projects ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ We finally released our Pack Number Six and there's many projects for Pack #7, a new interface, new songs and many other things. Kodiak is gonna work with us for sure, I don't know about Optic Shadow (Surely). We talked about a SVGA Interface with no Animation, there's many things to be decided yet. Maybe Oman will do some graphics for us too, but nothing's sure. Force Ten is collaborating to many special projects too: We're gonna release a GENESIS Tribute Music Disk with Necros Of Five Musicians. So, the future looks bright and execpt to see us more. Force Ten Side Projects ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ The Zapper! and The Duellist are part of a Demo Group called: The Apollo Project. The Zapper! did some soundtrack for a demo called: The Night Life. The whole demo was coded by Kodiak and it won the first place at Hasty's Demo Compo held on the Net. The Zapper! is a part of Surprise Productions too, no contributions yet. TAP WWW Page: http://sunny.hawcc.hawaii.edu/demos/tap.html. TAP FTP Site: dns2.top.net. Force Ten Individual Songs ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ It's About Time... - The Zapper! What's That Groove? - The Zapper! Leave That Thing Alone (Rush) - Force Ten Strange Beauty - The Duellist Force Ten NAID Tunes - Force Ten Oxygene Part 4 (Jarre) - The Zapper! Distance (ASM'95) - The Zapper! Happy As Fish - The Zapper! (Winner at AC'95) Rendez Vous Part 4 (Jarre) - The Zapper! Victory, War's Over - The Zapper! Follow You, Follow Me (Genesis) - The Zapper!, The Duellist and Necros/FM ============================================================================== Force Ten Pack Number One ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ Force Ten Pack Number One was released a day in June 1994, we had a bunch of songs ready for it and The Zapper! coded an interface in ANSI. It was similar to the "Distorted Music Disk" once release by The Zapper! all alone. (1 or 2 months before Force Ten was created) We used an external player because of some technical reasons: The main of is that Zap didn't know how to code such a thing! By this time, The Zapper! & The Duellist just got a hand on Scream Tracker Version 3.01 Beta and Vizz was still making .MODs on his AMIGA. ST3.01 was fairly new and we were experimenting the incredible power of that editor. This Pack Contains The Following Songs: Beyond The Night... - The Zapper! & The Duellist Druid II - Vizz God! Isn't It Beautiful? - The Duellist Inside Secrets - Vizz Le Neant - The Duellist Rebel Minded - Vizz The Stationary Ark - The Zapper! Temporal Disturbance - The Duellist Where's The Time? - The Zapper! Wicked - Vizz ============================================================================== Force Ten Pack Number Two ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ Force Ten Pack Number Two was special for Force Ten: it showed us the kind of "path" we needed to go. Many Force Ten Classics/Inovative Songs came from that pack, just think of Acoustical Blues and The Devil's Dance wild sounds or Trangression and The Final Bell special moods. The songs were improved, so was the interface: our first VGA interface was released in this pack too. Still we used an external player. By the time, The Zapper! was making 90% of his samples and gave them to the other Force Ten Members. Many good samples were created in this era! Samples that we still use! (Strings, Guitars, Leads, Drums) Vizz was still making .MODs on his AMIGA. After Force Ten released that pack, many projects were in the air for #3... This Pack Contains The Following Songs: Acoustical Blues - The Zapper! Artificial World - The Zapper! The Devil's Dance - The Zapper! The Final Bell - The Zapper! Ride The Rave - The Zapper! Lonely Kid - Vizz Reflexion - Vizz Space Cowbow - The Duellist Solar...
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