Union

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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

See Union/Reviews for personal reviews for these 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.