Balance

Balance (BLC, 1991-)

Balance was formed in Denmark by Wolfman, TNT, Split, Eddie and Spib in june of 1991. Some musicpacks were the first releases from the group. The next members to join were graphicians Connor and Idefix. Eventually yet another graphician joined, Trade (later handle Motion). The group still lacked a real coder though, and their search ended after they recruited Wreko from Divine. Their first real productions were the "Necessary Drugs" packs. Wreko helped recruit another musician, Mazzachre, and soon after also a second coder joined, called Scope. Spib then left because of lazyness, and coder IC3 joined. They got their first board ('SUFFOCATION') when Ramirez joined. Now it was time for their first trackmo, "Software Failure" [91]. Their next release was a bbs intro, and then IC3 got kicked again due to lameness. Their second trackmo, "Deepcore" [07/92], is released.

The turning point in BLC's career surely came with the release of the first issue of their diskmag "Magbox" [07/92]. This mag announced both new musician Chyle as well as Mazzachre's leaving for Focus Design. The group was still 100% danish.

Balance is a demo group based in Denmark. Originally, Balance released the diskmag 'MagBox'. However, when the fusion with the Norwegian group Frogs was decided, they brought with them THEIR diskmag 'Upstream'. Ofcourse there were some discussion as to what mag to continue publishing, and the result was a compromise; the mag retained the name Upstream, but used the old MagBox code and continued the numbering from MagBox. The previous editors of the two mags, Wolfman (magbox) and Cesium (upstream) were coeditors of the new mag.

Coca and Cola formed the ascii-group Lingo while they were still in Balance, so in effect they were doublemembers. Ranx started working at Funcom late 1993, but would remain an (inactive) Balancer. Graphician Chagall also got an offer from Funcom, but decided to go to England to study art instead, so his further scene career is uncertain. Balance were also coeditors of the danish chart "Dansktoppen" with Parasite from the beginning, but the chart was later taken over by Polka Brothers.

Members

Denmark

Ayotte (Thøger Wessel, music, ex Chrome, old handle Blue Fox, 12/92-95)

Chyle

Connor (Jakob Steffensen, gfx, 07/92-04/94)

Mad Smiley (code, 06/96)

Motion (Anders Lundholm, gfx raytrace music, 07/92-12/93)

R.W.O (Rene Wessel Olsen, gfx, ex Kefrens, new late '94-12/94)

Scope

Split (Niels Chr. Kvaavik, swap, 12/92-10/93)

Unique (gfx, 12/94)

Wolfman (William Henrik Olesen, org swap, 07/92-95)

Norway

Blaze Øystein Kristoffersen, swap, ex Frogs, 10/93)

Cantona (Einar Vestheim, swap, new 06/96)

Chagall (gfx, ex Frogs, 10-12/93)

Cola (ascii swap, old handle Dizzy, doublemember of Lingo, 10/93-94)

D'Fence (10/93)

Kefir (music, ex Legend)

Razorblade (Geir Vestheim, swap trade, ex Majic 12, 05/95)

Ranx (Dag Erlandsen, code, re-Stone Arts, ex Frogs, 10/93)

Terminal Silence (music ascii, 12/93)

Sweden

Atheist (music, ex Sunshine Productions, 08/95-06/96)

Confidence (Magnus Isaksson, code, ex Duplo, ex doublemember of Subspace, doublemember of Artwork, 08/95-12/96)

Deelite (Henrik Bertilsson, music, triplemember of Sunshine Productions and Razor 1911, 08/95)

Excel (Jani Oinonen, mainorg gfx swap edit, ex Sunshine Productions, 95-02/98)

Gorg (gfx, 05-12/96)

Grid (gfx, ex Sunshine Productions, 08/95-late '97)

Pantera (swap, ex Sunshine Productions)

Radix (Jacob Svanholm, music, triplemember of Limited Edition and Smoke)

Vicious (code, ex Sunshine Productions)

Xerxes (sysop)

Zero (code, ex Dual Crew Shining, new late '96)

Finland

Xendi (Mikko Alasaarela, gfx swap, ex Deadline, new 10/93)

Dionysos (code, ex Deadline)

Bad Karma (Jari Lahteinen, music, ex Deadline)

Nutcase (Sami Saarnio, music, ex Deadline)

Roland (O. Vara, BBS, ex Deadline)

Dean (?)

Lohi (?)

Dr.Fruid (?)

Xarium (?)

United Kingdom

Bassline (music, ex Defekt)

Hampster (gfx, ex Defekt)

Jozz (music, ex Defekt)

Kata (Jacob Restrup, code, 04-12/94)

Melone (trade, doublemember of 2000 AD, ex Defekt)

Overdose (swap, ex Delicious)

Quadrex (code, ex Defekt)

Scotch (gfx, ex Defekt)

Tango (org trade, ex Defekt)

Hungary

Rack (gfx, doublemember of Absolute!)

Italy

Hedgehog (code, ex Biosynthetic Design)

Israel

Cyber Bug (swap, ex Frogs, 10/93)

Holland

Infant (Rene van deer Steen, code, ex Subspace, new late '97)

France

Geist (gfx, ex Gods doublemember, late '96)

USA

Starcam (sysop 'WORLDS OF WONDER', ex Defekt)

Unknown

Magic (editor, doublemember of?/ex? Nah-Kolor)

Pixel

Smartass (Sweden? music, 05/96-12/96)

Group History

1992

Danish swapper and sysop Ramirez ('SUFFOCATION') joined Majic 12.

1993

The Finnish section was formed mid 93 by ex-members of Deadline (Dionysos, Bad Karma, Nutcase, Xendi) and Alcatraz. Finnish Lohi (ex Diffusion) left for the PC scene, and coder Xarium joined Parasite mid '93.

German coder Bailey (ex Frogs, 04-10/93) joined Lego. Bailey coded "Newstro" [04/93] before leaving.

Norwegian coder Coca (old handle Broth, 10-12/93) joined Cesium's new group Session.

1994

Norwegian swapper Messiah (Banana Dezign doublemember) joined Spaceballs late '94.

1995

Danish coder Scope (07/92-01/95) joined Passion. Scope worked on demos like "Deepcore" [07/92], "Lost World" [12/92] and "Syndrome" [12/94] as well as the MagBox/Upstream code.

Finnish musician Nutcase (code gfx music, ex Deadline, new 06/93-mid95) moved over to the pc section of Balance mid 95. Coder Fizban decided to leave the scene late 95.

Danish graphician and musician Cyboman joined Ambrosia late '95.

Nik joined Desire.

1997

Danish musician Subject (ex Chrome, old handle Chyle, 07/92-01/97) changed handle to Prophet and joined Scoopex 01/97. He was a doublemember of Passion for a while, from late 94, but later terminated this double membership.

Unsorted

Finnish sysop Roland left.

Finnish musician Dr.Fruid (ex Frogs) left the Amiga scene.

Norwegian musician Vegard! (ex-doublemember) left to be a member of Scoopex only, but after a while he left them too and joined Melon Dezign.

Danish musician Tricktrax (ex Chrome, 12/92) and hungarian graphician Nexus 6 (ex Frogs, 10/93) were kicked. Tricktrax is now in Puzzle.

Danish coder Wreko (Jesper, 07/92-12/93) left for the PC scene - more specifically Diffusion PC.

Norwegian organizer and previous 'Upstream' editor Cesium (ex Frogs) left the scene for a while. As a consequence, his board 'OMAHA THUNDER' (opened 03/94) was also closed (12/94). Some time later, he reentered the scene with his own group, called Session, and reopened the board there.

Finnish members James (old handle Bad Karma), Dionysos (both ex Deadline, new 06-10/93) and Dean left to join Decnite.

Danes Eddie (Frederik Esbensen, music swap, 12/91-07/92), Immortal, TNT (raytrace, 07/92) and Idefix (gfx, 07/92) all got kicked.

Growl (ex Chrome, 12/92) joined Orient.

Releases

See Balance/Reviews for personal reviews for these releases.

Software Failure (1991, ECS Trackmo)

Info

Holding down the firebutton when booting activates a secret part.

Deepcore (1992, 07.07, ECS Trackmo)

Credits

code

Scope, Wreko

gfx

Connor, Scope, Motion

music

Chyle

Magbox #1 (1992, 20.07, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Motion (title, background) Scope (background, font), Connor

music

"Iceman-Theme" by Chyle (Protracker MOD format)

editors

Wolfman, Eddie, Split

Magbox #2 (1992, 03.09, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor (title, fonts ++)

music

Chyle

editor

Wolfman (main), Split, Scope

Magbox #3 (1992, .11, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor, Motion

music

Sound Division

Lost World (1992, 28.12, ECS Trackmo)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor

music

"Dirty-Mary2-bf" by Blue Fox

Info

14th in The Party '92 demo competition.

MagBox issue #4 (1993, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

n/a

gfx

n/a

music

"Personal Problems" by Subject

MagBox issue #5 (ECS Filemag)

Info

This was the last issue released under the 'MagBox' name. The next issue was "Upstream #6".

Reality has no Meaning (1993, 07.04, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Wreko

gfx

Motion, Wreko

music

Subject

Info

4th in The Gathering '93 40k intro competition.

Newstro (1993, 07.04, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Bailey

gfx

Rattle/Pure Metal Coders

music

Dr. Fruid

Info

Released at The Gathering '93.

Sound Barrier (1993, .04, ECS Musicdisk, 2 disks)

Credits

code

Wreko

gfx

Chagall, Connor

music

Subject, Blue Fox

Info

Propaganda #4 brougt the news that Subject, Blue Fox, Connor, Unique, Kata and Wreko were working on SB2, which was to be one of the first AGA musicdisks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that project was never released...

Upstream issue #6 (1993, 30.07, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

n/a

music

"Upstream#6" by Subject/Balance (ProRunner 1.0 format)

editors

Wolfman, Cesium

Info

UPS6 was the first release after the merger of Upstream and MagBox; it adopted the Upstream name and the MagBox code and release number :) Released at Rendezvous '93 and at Assembly '93.

Meetro '93 (1993, 30.07, ECS File)

Credits

code

Cola

gfx

Chagall

music

Travolta/Spaceballs

Info

Released at Rendezvous '93 and Assembly '93.

Gale Intro (1993, 30.07, AGA Intro)

Credits

code

Wreko

gfx

Wreko

music

"Sulphuric Ash" by Nutcase

Info

Released at Galemands Gilde.

Zoom Parallax Demo (1993, 07.08, ECS Multifile)

Credits

code

Panoramix

gfx

Tetsuo, Spiri

music

n/a

Info

Released at Assembly '93.

Smalltalk (1993, 20.10, AGA 22k Intro)

Credits

code/gfx

Scope

music

"22k" by Subject

Info

Released at the Melon Dezign - The Birthday Party.

Upstream #7 (1993, 30.11, ECS Multifile Diskmag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor (main), Chagall (title), Scope (fonts, back)

music

"Foundations" by Subject

editors

Cesium, Wolfman

The Party 3 Intro (1993, 28.12, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Coca

gfx

Chagall, Coca, Cola

music

Terminal Silence

Cutting Edge (1993, 28.12, AGA 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Unique

music

Subject

Info

9th in The Party '93 40k intro competition.

H.A.S.H. (1993, 28.12, 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Wreko

gfx

Connor

music

Slide/Parasite

Info

13th in The Party '93 40k intro competition.

MrsKingTro (1994, Intro)

Credits

code

Mr.King

gfx

n/a

music

Subject

Info

This intro is FAKE. This was revealed in Upstream #10, neither Mr.King nor Subject had anything to do with it.

Upstream issue #8 (1994, 02.04, ECS Multifile Diskmag)

Intro

Credits

code

Kata

gfx

Connor

music

"Juggernaut Jam" by Subject

Magazine

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor (panel), Scope (fonts, background), Fairfax/Andromeda (intropic)

music

"Water Below" by Lizardking/Razor 1911

editors

Wolfman, Cesium, Mount/Polka Brothers

Info

Released at The Gathering '94.

Orgasmatron (1994, 02.04, AGA 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Coca

gfx

Buzz Fuzz, Kefir, Coca

music

Kefir

Info

12th in The Gathering '94 40k intro competition.

Upstream issue #9 (1994, Diskmag)

Intro

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Unique

music

"D0dstekkno" by Subject

Magazine

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Devilstar/Virtual Dreams, Connor, Scope

music

"Nightline's Colors" by Nutcase

Syndrome (1994, 28.12, AGA File)

Credits

code

Scope, Kata (additional)

gfx

R.W.O, Unique

music

"Culture Shock" by Subject

Info

14th in The Party '94 demo competition.

Plantarium (1994, 28.12, Wild)

Info

6th in The Party '94 wild demo competiton. Presented on an A4000.

South Sealand 95 Party Invitation Intro (1995, ECS)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor, RWO

music

Nutcase

Upstream issue #10 (1995, v.early, ECS/AGA File Diskmag)

Credits

code

Scope

gfx

Connor (panel), R.W.O (intropic), Scope (fonts, backgrounds)

music

"Off Piste.bf" by Blue Fox

Embryo (1995, 12.08, AGA HD Multifile)

Credits

code

Confidence

gfx

Grid

music

Atheist & Deelite

Info

8th in the Assembly '95 demo competition.

Freak (1996, 26.05, AGA 4MB File)

Credits

code

Confidence

gfx

Grid, Gorg

music

Smartass

Info

3rd in the Icing '96 demo competition.

Endolymfa (1996, 28.12, AGA File)

Credits

code

Confidence

gfx

Gorg

music

Smartass

Info

3rd in The Party 6 demo competition.

External Links

• The Balance Web Site

References

Balance is an Amiga demo group.

Music in the UnExoticA collection

The following demos in the UnExoticA collection were created by Balance.

Demo	Year	Party
Embryo	1995	Assembly '95