A sweet little dream-trance track, using a random sample just ripped from British television. Written sometime in the later half of the year 2000, using Buzz Alpha. It was written for a summer romance…
One of the last tracks I did in FastTracker II, just before switching to Buzz. Smooth and boppy, definitely worth a listen if you’re into a bit of old-skool chill.
Whoa, a real weird track. Written in presence of Tom Parker, a really nice guy I met in Ecuador that year. He brought his Tea Party CD with him, so we ripped a riff from “Babylon” and used it.
If you’re real smart, there’s a clue about the year I wrote it in in the title..;-)
Anyway, it is a hard guitar riff and some smooth tracker-style trance – for some reason, I think it sounds pretty cool!
A psychedelic, trancy, Goa-styled hard track…as always, single, gray gameboy running at full volume! Definitely a must-listen for people who enjoy hard minimalist stuff.
This track premiered at the final party of a Demo-convention at MuQua Vienna in the Wirr. People definitely seemed to enjoy it…drunk audiences are the best!
A track that was a long time in the making…this one started back in Trondheim, 2005. A funny, funky, upbeat song.
Hi again!
Seems I never got around to post those Galapagos pictures…maybe some day 😉 If I feel like it…
But since we’re already on the topic of Ecuador: Last week I discovered a few CDs containing old songs of mine…really old, from the year 2000 and before that. I ripped them, and stored them. Then I went looking for more…we found an old cassette at David’s place which apparently I sent him from Ecuador. Side A is pretty broken, side B works nice. I also ripped them and cleaned them up a bit…not too much though. Also, when going through my own cassettes I found three tracks of mine…two of these I already published a few minutes ago, under Music\Music Releases\Rescued Tracks, so give them a listen.
Since the Gameboy producing never stops, and I have all these old songs now, and Markus Schrodt and I are also working on new stuff, there might be quite a bit of updating in the next few weeks, so be sure to check back!
Meanwhile, I hope you can enjoy some nostalgia!
Another old, FastTracker II-made track, this time featuring a sample taken from a demo I really liked at the time. Heavily influenced by The Prodigy, this breakbeatish song is probably one of the heaviest tracks I ever wrote using FastTracker. Probably written around the year 2000 – still under the name “Nessusproject”.
As with the last release, if the left and right channels flicker at points, that’s not your equipment…that’s my old stereo which was used to record the cassette I took this from.
A nice, old, FastTracker II-Made track featuring two classmates of mine – with vocals and electric guitar. Found on an old, unlabeled cassette in my drawer. Probably written around the year 2000 – still under the name “Nessusproject”.
If the left and right channels flicker at points, that’s not your equipment…that’s my old stereo, from which I grabbed the tape eight years ago.
Alright…so the days in Ecuador have been hard on me internet-wise, since all hotels so far, except this one, charged a lot for internet access, and I did not want to have everybody waiting for me when at an internet cafe…
So here are the records of the last week, that is, the last days in Peru and the days in Ecuador up to here, Guayaquil.
The next day after I stayed in bed, we went to Pisac, to see even more Inca ruins. But nothing that beat the Machu Picchu, so I won’t go into much detail here.
But we went to a llama resort first…
My sister feeding one of the beasts (not working at the moment)
A loooong-haired alpaca (not working at the moment)
Indigenous women weaving (not working at the moment)
The walk up to the Pisac ruins were kind of hard, especially since I was not feeling too well…but the view was nice enough to compensate!
The city of Pisaq itself was also nice, the market was busy, and lots of bakerys were around.
Cuys roasting over an open fire at a bakery
We went to drink some corn chicha…which I did not try due to my illness, but I got a clear shot of their cuy stable..
Next day, next station: Cusco airport…off to Lima, from there to Quito, ECUADOR!!!
No photos there, just one night, to get the car the next day, and to start the trip.
We were off to Latacunga then, where we saw a few interesting things, including the virgen saltada, but the church itself was locked, so no photos. We got ripped off at the market, though.
Next stop: Ambato. Nice main square, very modern cathedral. Not as nice and green as I had remembered it, though.
In Ambato we also had the car’s antenna changed, which cost us about 4 hours total….crap!
Goodbye Ambato, hello Baños!!! On the way to one of my favourite places, we saw the volcano Tungurahua smoking, and lots of volcanic rock was around.
I just love Baños…it has gotten even more touristy, with quads all over the place and lots of chifa. The main church is not as cheesy though, they used to have a neon-crucifix…now it is just a “virgen de neon”.
Virgin Mary illuminated by neon lights
Also the church’s towers are illuminated in a cheesy blue, but my pics are not good enough to post, so I’ll get some from my parents once we’re back.
So, that meant: Quito-Latacunga-Ambato-Baños. Next day. Trip to the jungle.
Great waterfalls on the way out of Baños to Puyo
Tunnels on the way…yes, that is how the road looked inside the tunnel. No idea how Christian, the guide, drove the car.
We visited a botanic garden of a Shuar family. They showed us some of the plants which we were to see to our “real” jungle trip afterwards.
My sister holding a leaf with poisonous caterpillars
The Shuar are a very proud jungle tribe, with strict rules and the polygamy that can go with that 😉
Then we went to a jungle refuge, but they did not have food. So we drove to another one. No food there either. So off to the jungle itself we went, in gumboots and with beautiful butterflies around.
Myself, looking stupid, swimming in the waterfall’s pool in my boxer shorts
Any idea why we were wearing gumboots?
Great butterflies were always around
One time a big helicopter-like insect flew over our heads. Scaaaary!
Predatory bird hovering over the jungle
That evening we played poker and schnapsen. Fun stuff!
The next day meant goodbye to Baños, and after a brief visit to the doctor and some 100 pills later, we were in Riobamba.
We went to visit the house I lived in back in 1998/99, but it seemed abandoned at first.
After a brief visit to the shop at the floor level though, where we met aunt Pilar and miss Tapia, we found out that the sticky tape was to protect the inside of the house in case of volcano alarm, and that it had saved them a lot of trouble when the military ammo-depot had blown up a few years back, breaking all the windows in town.
We went to visit monica at the hardware store.
In the evening, we heard about the earthquake in Peru. Terrible, terrible event. We were lucky to have missed it by a few days. All the best to the whole of Peru to recover from that disaster!
Next day: trip to Chimborazo
A glimpse of the point farthest away from the earth’s center
Wild vicuñas, a national project
At this point a strange guy charged us $10 per person for entering the national park. Could have been a fake, though…who knows.
The first refuge at 4800m altitude We got some Maggi champignon cream soup to warm up.
A view of better weather on the way down
The different layers of earth and volcanic stone they uncovered while constructing the road
In the evening, we went for dinner with Monica, her friend, aunt Pilar and uncle Antonio. It was nice to see them all again after such a long time and have a chat, and the restaurant was very nice.
Yesterday, off to Alausi we were.
Probably the most stoic dog I’ve ever seen
In Alausi, we got some train tickets. Had to wait for the train to “la nariz del diablo” for 3 hours though, so we went around the city.
Finally on the train, we had a great view.
As always, it derailed They got the train back on the tracks using stones, though. Cheap fix to keep the tourists interested and excited, I guess.
Just so you know, that’s a pretty big river…so it’s a looooong way down
So on we went, from Alausi to Cuenca. Fantastic Scenery, great light and shadow because we were between layers of clouds.
In Cuenca, we stayed the night, had dinner at “El Maiz” which was…little. And I had a Godfather cocktail, causing me to sleep like a log.
Next day: Cuenca tour.
Girl in front of a fake house, weaving a Panama hat at the factory Panama hats are actually from Cuenca. The name is a misconception. Really! Go look it up!
We all got ourselves a hat there.
Cuenca’s always unfinished cathedral
This was once the house of a filthy-rich woman She traded chinine resources…she donated stuff like a fricking university to the city.
A view of Cuenca from a lookout point
And off we were again, to Guayaquil this time. Again, over a mountain, between layers of clouds.
A flock of scavenger birds near the coast
Finally, oxygen!!! No more than 100m above sea level.
First impressions of Guayaquil
Kids feeding a waran in a park in Guayaquil Yes, a park. In town. With a church and everything. Not a zoo..
Warans hanging from the tree…in that same park
A burger ad Try to identify all the ingredients!
So, that’s it.
Tomorrow, we’re off to Galapagos! Hope to have lots of new stuff to post when we’re back!
See you soon!
Alright, so off we were yesterday early morning to Machu Picchu…we decided to save some time by driving to the second station instead of getting on the train at the first station…and then off to the big miracle…
Finally there….the obligatory landscape shot If you tilt the picture counterclockwise, you can see the face of an Inka formed by the mountain
Family in front of the classical landscape
A bridge built by the Incas, removable in case of intruder alert
View of the “most beautiful” building in Machu Picchu
On the way back I almost slept…but then they started to play cheap Euro-trance and have a fashion show…add to that the !oiled! tracks which caused the train to jump a few times, and all hope of sleep is gone.
Today I was kind of sick. Took some pills and stayed in bed. Took a walk in the afternoon and tried Bembos…that was kind of nice.
The cathedral of Cusco No pictures can be taken on the inside, but it is a huge, decadent, silvery catherdral.
