Elwood (Finnish musician)
Encyclopedia
Elwood is a demoscene
musician and electronic tracker from Kankaanpää
, Finland. His alternative alias is known as Elwood79 which he used during his releases at the previous site of MP3.com
, possibly because the Elwood-profile was already occupied. He has produced the soundtrack to a small short-movie called Teräskolikkoarkku, translated Steel coin coffin (recorded at a market apparently in the city of Turku
). He is also known as Magellanic Milk, since September 2010.
compositions throughout the 1990s, written in Fast Tracker
2.
His mods are considered to be classics in the demoscene. Elwood has participated in several music competitions for Amiga
modules, and his newer tracks can be downloaded at this location. Older tracks (modules) can be fetched at different sites, but primarily at the Mod Archive
. Most of them have received top rates by reviewers there, calculating an artist average of at least 9 out of 10 points.
By the end of the 1990s he stopped releasing for the tracking scene and moved to MIDI software, producing a number of tracks similar to his old style, though having a more "mainstream
" flavor to them. Many of the MP3 tracks from the newer timeline were released at the previous site of MP3.com. Last tracks from that era that he has been known to released are Low Horizon and Waverider Remix 2003 from the mentioned year. Track release dates and years can primarily be found as sample titles in the actual module headers.
During late 2003 and early 2004 he organized the band LooM, which in spite of all the announcements hasn't yet released any completed material. Demo clips show that LooM music is very different from the style of Elwood's solo works - this time as a fusion with rock elements (possibly by Juuso Kemi), sometimes discouraging a few fans to continue supporting him. According to the previous contact info on the LooM project, Elwood now lives in the bigger Finnish city of Pori
, attending a school to prepare a possible education in media, while his cooperative partner Juuso Kemi (student buddy from his old high school) lives in Tampere
. Juuso Kemi is featured as one of the producers behind the short-movie Teräskolikkoarkku, where he also made an actor appearance. Their album Electricities is apparently still under its way, since the site was updated again in 2006, standing still for almost two years.
Elwood is known not to answer fan e-mail.
, MODPlug Central, United Trackers and several other ones which had been active in the 90s but are now offline, such as Trax In Space and homemusic.cc
His music is regularly remixed and brought up in the demoscene. Elwood has also been called "the king of tracking" at ModArchive (quote by XtremePain from a review of his track Sweet Dreams).
D Fast, another Finnish demoscene artist has released a direct sequel to one of Elwood's tracks called Unknown Phuture 2 to state his dedication to Elwood.
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
musician and electronic tracker from Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää
-People born in Kankaanpää:*Toni Vilander , racing driver*Elwood , demoscene musician*Cristal Snow, musician-External links:* – Official website...
, Finland. His alternative alias is known as Elwood79 which he used during his releases at the previous site of MP3.com
MP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
, possibly because the Elwood-profile was already occupied. He has produced the soundtrack to a small short-movie called Teräskolikkoarkku, translated Steel coin coffin (recorded at a market apparently in the city of Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
). He is also known as Magellanic Milk, since September 2010.
Music
Elwood released only 15 moduleModule file
Module files are a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in late 1980s...
compositions throughout the 1990s, written in Fast Tracker
Fast Tracker
FastTracker 2 is a tracker created by Fredrik "Mr. H" Huss and Magnus "Vogue" Högdahl, two members of the demogroup Triton which set about releasing their own tracker after breaking into the scene in 1992 and winning several demo competitions. The source code of FastTracker 2 is written in Pascal...
2.
His mods are considered to be classics in the demoscene. Elwood has participated in several music competitions for Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
modules, and his newer tracks can be downloaded at this location. Older tracks (modules) can be fetched at different sites, but primarily at the Mod Archive
Mod Archive
The Mod Archive is a web site dedicated to the indexing and archival of playable music module files. It allows anyone to upload modules in the MOD, IT, XM, AHX, MED, MTM, S3M, MO3, 669, HVL and STM file formats, and provides charts, reviews and ratings of music files based on a community...
. Most of them have received top rates by reviewers there, calculating an artist average of at least 9 out of 10 points.
By the end of the 1990s he stopped releasing for the tracking scene and moved to MIDI software, producing a number of tracks similar to his old style, though having a more "mainstream
Mainstream
Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....
" flavor to them. Many of the MP3 tracks from the newer timeline were released at the previous site of MP3.com. Last tracks from that era that he has been known to released are Low Horizon and Waverider Remix 2003 from the mentioned year. Track release dates and years can primarily be found as sample titles in the actual module headers.
During late 2003 and early 2004 he organized the band LooM, which in spite of all the announcements hasn't yet released any completed material. Demo clips show that LooM music is very different from the style of Elwood's solo works - this time as a fusion with rock elements (possibly by Juuso Kemi), sometimes discouraging a few fans to continue supporting him. According to the previous contact info on the LooM project, Elwood now lives in the bigger Finnish city of Pori
Pori
Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....
, attending a school to prepare a possible education in media, while his cooperative partner Juuso Kemi (student buddy from his old high school) lives in Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
. Juuso Kemi is featured as one of the producers behind the short-movie Teräskolikkoarkku, where he also made an actor appearance. Their album Electricities is apparently still under its way, since the site was updated again in 2006, standing still for almost two years.
Personal life
Elwood is not a public person and there is very little information on his personal life, the only sources being the bio section on his old homepage Elwood's World Of Music and scarce comments in MOD files themselves.
Bio from "Elwood's World of Music":
Here is a brief introduction to me and my past: I was born 11 August 1979. I grew and grew and got interested in making music by chance when my friend had bought Amiga 500 (wow!). I hadn't ever even thought that you could do music with computer! In addition to that, I heard Jan Hammer's song, Crockett's theme, for the first time in my life. I was totally awestruck and I got a tremendous inspiration: I wanted to make music too! I made my first mod when I was about 12 or so. Of course it sounded total crap, but to me it was a good start I had an ordinary Amiga 500 (!) running soundtracker (I can't remember the version). Then time went by and I got better and better. PC became a must because its soundcards and programs were able to play 16 channels simultaneously. Then came FT2, which became a milestone in my 'career'.
At the moment, I am concentrating mosly on midi stuff. I still use FT2 also. It's great for creating breakbeats and all kinds of other loops. I get a lot of inspirations from my environment, simple daily events, other musicians and very much from my wonderful girlfriend.
Elwood is known not to answer fan e-mail.
Recognition
Elwood's music has received high reviews throughout the demoscene websites, such as ModArchiveMod Archive
The Mod Archive is a web site dedicated to the indexing and archival of playable music module files. It allows anyone to upload modules in the MOD, IT, XM, AHX, MED, MTM, S3M, MO3, 669, HVL and STM file formats, and provides charts, reviews and ratings of music files based on a community...
, MODPlug Central, United Trackers and several other ones which had been active in the 90s but are now offline, such as Trax In Space and homemusic.cc
His music is regularly remixed and brought up in the demoscene. Elwood has also been called "the king of tracking" at ModArchive (quote by XtremePain from a review of his track Sweet Dreams).
D Fast, another Finnish demoscene artist has released a direct sequel to one of Elwood's tracks called Unknown Phuture 2 to state his dedication to Elwood.
XM Releases
- After Hours (hours.xm)
- Dead lock (DEADLOCK.XM)
- Experience (experience.xm)
- Fall from sky (fall.xm)
- Feats of valor (FEATSOFV.XM)
- Homecoming (elw-home2.xm)
- Inferiority complex (ICOMPLEX.XM)
- Into The Shadow (SHADOW.XM)
- Little man (littlema.xm)
- Neutral Zone (neutralz.xm)
- One Fine Day (1fineday.xm)
- Sick on Monday (elw-sick.xm)
- Shooting star (SHOOTING.XM)
- Sweet Dreams (sweetdre.xm)
- Unknown Phuture (unk.xm)
MP3 Releases
- Agony
- Beyond the Rainbow
- Far Away
- Feed Your Supermind
- I Can Seek
- Memorize
- Low Horizon
- On the Run
- Outcast
- Past & Present
- Stompin Little Scouts
- Sunshine
- Take me there
- The Only One Left
- Waverider
- Waverider Remix 2003
- Theme to Vertebra
LooM project demos
External links
- LooM Official Website
- Elwood at jaanuskase.com
- Elwood at The Mod ArchiveMod ArchiveThe Mod Archive is a web site dedicated to the indexing and archival of playable music module files. It allows anyone to upload modules in the MOD, IT, XM, AHX, MED, MTM, S3M, MO3, 669, HVL and STM file formats, and provides charts, reviews and ratings of music files based on a community...