SYS:mods/01.dat SYS:mods/02.dat SYS:mods/03.dat SYS:mods/04.dat SYS:mods/05.dat SYS:mods/06.dat SYS:mods/07.dat SYS:mods/08.dat SYS:mods/09.dat SYS:mods/10.dat ARTSTATE RETURNS WITH FAT TRACKS VOL. 6, WHICH IS THE FIFTH RELEASE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL (WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS.....) IT IS SPRING, A TIME OF RENEWAL AND GROWTH. HERE IN WALES, THAT EQUATES TO LOTS OF RAIN! CREDITS GO TO MOTION FOR CODE AND GRAPHICS. MUSIC BY VARIOUS ARTISTS, WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON SCREEN ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED A TRACK WITH KEYS F1-F10. A BIG THANKS TO SYNESTHESIA/RIFT FOR PROVIDING TWO TRACKS FOR INCLUSION IN THIS VOLUME. THE TRACKS ARE FROM VARIOUS PARTIES SUCH AS GERP, MOUNTAIN BYTES, NOVA AND SYNTAX, WITH TRACK 10 BEING AN EXCLUSIVE TO THIS RELEASE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED THIS MONTH, BUT FOR SOMEONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY QUIT THE SCENE AT THE END OF 2023, I VERY MUCH APPEAR TO BE ACTIVE AGAIN! THE 3 MONTH BREAK CERTAINLY HELPED RECHARGE THE OLD BATTERIES, THAT'S FOR SURE. I BLAME FUZION OVER AT THE RETRO32 BBS FOR OFFERING TO MAKE IT AN ARTSTATE WORLD HEADQUATERS. HE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING OUT SOME MIGHTY FINE ASCII'S THAT NEEDED TO BE USED. THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER VOLUME OF FAT TRACKS COMING OUT SOON. I DON'T THINK I'LL USE AS NICE AN INTERFACE AS THIS, BUT SETTLE FOR THE REGULAR STYLE, AS SOME OF THE TRACKS ARE LARGE AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC AND STUFFING AS MUCH AS I CAN ONTO A DISK. THAT BEING SAID, THIS ISSUE IS A LITTLE LIGHT, AS THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FREE SPACE AVAILABLE ON DISK. OK, FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED, I WAS INTERVIEWED IN ISSUE 15 OF ZZAP! AMIGA MAGAZINE. IT WAS A 4 PAGE SPECIAL OF DEMOSCENE LEGENDS AND I CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEDGE. A HUGE THANKS TO JUDGE DROKK FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND ASKING PERTINENT QUESTIONS. WHILST ON THE TOPIC, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEND MY THANKS TO AMIGA BILL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THAT SAME FEATURE AND FOR HIS VERY KIND WORDS. OK, TIME FOR SOME GREETZ TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE RELEASES AND SCENE SPIRIT... ABYSS, ABYSS-CONNECTION, AGIMA, ALCATRAZ, AMIGA SCENE ALL-STARS, ANDROMEDA, ASLE, ATTENTIONWHORE, BATMAN GROUP, BINARY, COCOON, DARKAGE, DEFEKT, DEKADENCE, DESIRE, DISASTER AREA, DREAMWEB, ELKMOOSE, FANATIC2K, FINITY GAMES, FNUQUE, GHOSTOWN, HAUJOBB, HEWCO, INSANE, ISTARI, LOONIES, MANIACS OF NOISE, MELON DEZIGN, MOODS PLATEAU, NAH-KOLOR, NECTARINE, OFFENCE, PROXIMA, REBELS (CRITIKILL AND TEO), RESISTANCE, RIFT, SCOOPEX, SIBKREW, SOFTWARE FAILURE, SPACEBALLS, SPECTROX (THANKS FOR THE GREETZ IN YOUR LATEST SLICK INTRO!), SPREADPOINT (IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE AMIGA!), SWISS CRACKING ASSOCIATION, TALENT, THE ELECTRONIC KNIGHTS, THE TWITCH ELITE, TRSI, VOID, WANTED TEAM AND X-MEN! THAT'S ME DONE FOR ANOTHER ISSUE. ALL THAT REMAINS TO BE SAID, IS SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT FAT TRACKS! REGARDS, MOTION/ARTSTATE.