Union

Union (1992-)
Union was formed in 1992 by members of the groups Deform, Action Direct and Katharsis, based around the city of Warzaw, Poland. A very fitting name for a union of three groups... Their main claim to fame must surely be their amazing coder Musashi, who undoubtedly was Poland's #1 coder. Also, Hali is the author of the music utility program MOD2SAMP. They are also the long standing arrangers of the Intel Outside parties in Poland. They also released the disk mag ZigZag. The Union 'brand' is still around in the form of a company formed by Docent (http://www.union.pl).

Members

 * POL:
 * Agentx (music, '94)
 * Amst (code, '94)
 * Berserker (rayrace, 12/'94)
 * Brent (gfx)
 * Dan (music, 12/'94)
 * Docent (code, 12/'92)
 * Dr.DF0 (12/'92)
 * Easy Rider (12/'92)
 * Hali (Karol Gozlinsko, code music, '94-'96)
 * Hires (gfx, 11/'94)
 * Irek P (swap, 12/'92)
 * Kefir (Marek Duda, code, 03/'95)
 * Kulfon (music, '94)
 * Mad Mack (gfx, 11/'94)
 * Magor (gfx, 03/'95-01/'96)
 * Mr.Root (Robert Korzeniewski, music, 12/'92)
 * Musashi (Gregorz Wroblewski, code, ex Deform, 12/'92-08/'95)
 * Ninja (Marek Lulkiewicz, 12/'92)
 * Pic (gfx, 08/'95)
 * PIl (Thomas, code, 08/'95)
 * PP (code, 08/'95)
 * Roberts (music, 08/'95)
 * Scorpic (music, 12/'94)
 * Scorpio (code gfx, 12/'92)
 * Sixtus (music, 08/'95)
 * Snoopy (Wojciech Panufnik, music, 05/'93-08/'95)
 * Tees (gfx, '94)
 * The Generat (gfx swap)
 * Zajc (code, 11/'94)


 * Redman (old handle Iceman) joined Mad Elks.

Group History

 * 1992: The group was formed, and two small intros were released.


 * 1993: After releasing a small and unsuccessful (9th place) intro at The Gathering '93 in April, the group got its act together and released the classic demo "Hallucinations and Dreams" [05/'93] at the Mountain Congress in May, for which they were awarded second place in the competition. As far as we've been able to see no more releases were made this year. Musician Snoopy joined Energy sometime between august and december. It is possible that he later returned... Late this year Animal (gfx, 12/'92-), Katani, Tom (code, 12/'92-), Python (gfx, 12/'92-), Pluto (12/'92-), Seq (12/'92-) and XTD (music, 12/'92-) all left to join the newly formed polish section of TRSI.


 * 1994: April saw the group arranging their first party, the Primavera '94 in Starachowice, Poland. Supposedly they released a demo at this party ("Ambrozja", 7th position), but we have been unable to find any record of it outside of the party results... The party arranging duties must have been a good experience, because only four months later, in August, they were coarrangers of the Intel Outside '94 in Warzaw with Mystic. Here they competed in the graphics competition, but not in the intro or demo. Polish graphician Lazur left for TPDL (the group built by former Union members Tom and Python together with Dreamer/TRSI) in September. Their next real release came with the intro "RGB" [11/'94] at Gelloween '94 in November, to a disappointing 6th position. They rounded the year off with another demo at The Party '94 in Denmark; "Beyond the Future" [12/'94] finished 9th in the competition.


 * 1995: Primavera '95 was arranged in March this time. I have no official info on who arranged it, but it was probably Union once again. They released the demo "Zoombi" [03/'95] at the competition, to a third position, and the intro "The Remains of the Pizza" [03/'95] which finished second. September saw the group coarranging Intel Outside II, once again in cooperation with Mystic. The demo competition at this party was a great triumph for the group, securing BOTH of the top spots in the competition with the demos "Tear Down The Wall" [09/'95] and "Braincell" [09/'95] respectively! They also triumphed in the intro competition, though it's still uncertain which of their two entries was the winner, since the results just quote groups... They also secured the top two positions in the video demo category with "Illuminate" and "Flash of Hope".


 * 1996: For the Intel Outside Party 3 in August, they were now sole arrangers. They also released the demo "Your Amiga Can Do This" [08/'96] for the competition, though it did not finish in the top three. Their video demo "Rave Extreme" won the video demo competition. Their video demo success continued at the Gravity '96 party in november, where they once again won with the video "VHS Number Three".


 * 1997: They were coarrangers of Intel Outside 4 in July.


 * 1998: Their first production for years came with the release of "IO Party 5 Invitation" [08/'98] at Quast '98, to a 7th position in the demno comp =)

Releases


Bitcity BBS (1992, ECS Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Prospex
 * gfx:
 * Cygnus
 * music:
 * "Stabilo Bozo" by Doze (ProTracker MOD format)


 * Info: This intro announced the birth of the group.

40k Intro (1992, 28.12, ECS 40k Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Scorpio, Docent
 * gfx:
 * Scorpio
 * music:
 * "Economy4" by XTD (ProTracker MOD format)


 * Info: 15th in The Party '92 40k intro competition.

40k Intro (1993, 07.04, ECS Intro)

 * Info: 9th in The Gathering '93 intro competition.

Hallucinations and Dreams (1993, 02.05, Trackmo, 2 disks)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Tom
 * gfx:
 * Animal, Python
 * music:
 * "Modforhad" by Snoopy, "Devastation" by XTD (ProTracker MOD format)


 * Info: 2nd in the Mountain Congress '93 demo competition. Named in a 'best Polish demos' list in R.A.W. #6.

Paradise PD Pack (1994, Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Hali
 * gfx:
 * Tees (logo)
 * music:
 * "Corrupt" by Kulfon (ProTracker MOD format)


 * Info: Some Lemon.-like rotating logo. [zeg]

ZigZag #8 (1994, Diskmag)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Docent
 * gfx:
 * Animal
 * music:
 * Mr.Root, Snoopy (Promizer 2 format)

Strip Tease (1994, 12.08, File)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Hali, Amst
 * gfx:
 * Lazur
 * music:
 * "Eddeban Ax" by Agentx & Hali (Protracker MOD format)


 * Info: Released for the Intel Outside '94 demo competition, unplaced.

RGB (1994, 13.11, 64k Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Musashi, Zajc
 * gfx:
 * Hires, Mad Mack (font)
 * music:
 * Snoopy (PP21 format)


 * Info: 6th in the Gelloween '94 64k intro competition.

Beyond the Future (1994, 28.12, AGA Demo)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Musashi
 * gfx:
 * Lazur (logo), Berserker (traced credits logos)
 * music:
 * Dan, Scorpic


 * Info: 9th in The Party '94 demo competition.

Zoombi (1995, 12.03, Demo)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Kefir
 * gfx:
 * Magor
 * music:
 * Snoopy/Scope (The Player 6.1A format)


 * Info: 3rd in the Primavera '95 demo competition.

The Remains of the Pizza (1995, 12.03, Intro)

 * Info: 2nd in the Primavera '95 intro competition.

Rotate Mania (1995, 30.08, ECS 64k Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * PP
 * gfx:
 * Pic
 * music:
 * Snoopy (The Player 6.1A format)


 * Info: Winner of the Intel Outside II 64k intro competition!

Some Faces (1995, 30.08, 64k Intro)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * PIl
 * gfx:
 * n/a
 * music:
 * Sixtus (The Player 6.1A format)


 * Info: Released for the Intel Outside II 64k intro competition.

Tear Down The Wall (1995, 30.08, AGA File)

 * Credits:
 * code/gfx:
 * Musashi
 * music:
 * Roberts


 * Info: Winner of the Intel Outside II demo competition!

Braincell (1995, 30.08, Demo)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Hali
 * gfx:
 * Pic
 * music:
 * Mr.Root


 * Info: 2nd in the Intel Outside II demo competition.