Darth "Snake" Nefelim

[Axxy]

The latest updates for Snake/Darth Nefelim.

I've had these a number of years, but over at MA he uses Darth Nefelim rather than Snake in his profile, and doesn't really mention his alias at all there...

Also, as quoted from his profile over at MA....

Please, note the following: I don't want people to think I'm a ripper or a thief. The tunes marked "composed by George V. Fisichev" were composed in our co-operation. George have composed the theme and some musical elements of the tune and I've just tracked'em and arranged the tune. Some tunes was completely made by George. Used under his exclusive permission.
 

Just thought you may be interested, I think about 7 of his tunes is a co-op with George Fisichev.

[Asle]

All right, I've put back his name as "main handle".
He's a completely new author to me, so I'm not used to his common nick

Regarding the co-compositions, I took great care reading all the NFO that came with each and every song. Each time George Fisichev is mentioned, it is as composer, and each time, Darth Nefelim is the "tracker".
So, unless the above is wrong, and Mr. Fisichev did indeed open a tracker, then , by all means, I'll complete the credits. Otherwise, it'll stay as it is. I mean, we just can't store "original authors/composers", or I'll end up adding Mozart and Chopin somewhere down the line . What is done, in this case, is to paste the NFO as comment for the musics, which I did. Although, it's not available to public just yet .

Anyway, thanks for you great feedback !
Sylvain

[Dr. Nefelim]

Well... First of all it was a real pleasured surprise to find myself in this respective database.

I can provide you with additional information, if needed.

Thx.

[Asle]

Hello, and welcome

 Well, first of all, we (read AMP) store 25 FastTracker 2 musics from you. Is there more out there ?
 Also, we debated regarding the "main" nick to use when referring to yourself. Is "Darth Nefelim" all right ?
 Finally, I assumed that George Fisichev was a professional composer (i.e. not a scener). Am I right in my assumption ?

 I guess the list of questions could go on, but that will do for a start.

 Maybe it's the right opportunity to thank you for the nice musics you've provided us (the average scene music listener)

Cheers
Sylvain

[Dr. Nefelim]

Is there more out there ?

"One Ordinal Day" & "One Ordinal Day-fixed" and "Sealer" & "Sealer v1.00b" are same, the difference is just in some fixed bugs. Yes, there're more tracks - I'll contribute'em a bit later.

Also, we debated regarding the "main" nick to use when referring to yourself. Is "Darth Nefelim" all right ?

Darth Nefelim is a virtual person, where "Darth" correspondes as Name and "Nefelim" as Last name. So the nick is "Snake", but this all is nothing but a handle - "Darth 'Snake' Nefelim". "Darth Nefelim" is correct.

Finally, I assumed that George Fisichev was a professional composer (i.e. not a scener). Am I right in my assumption ?

Nope. He was not, because Darth's real name is George Fisichev. Or Georgiy Fisichev (in russian). That's a long story of virtual persons and I don't think it is interesting here. I'm not a professional music composer - average above amateur.

Handle: Darth Nefelim
Real Name: Georgiy (George) Fisichev
Ex. Handles: Darth 'Snake' Nefelim, Dr. Nefelim
Was a member of: The Mod Debauch Crew ("n/a" is correct, because I was alone in this group. Except Darth. )

[Axxy]

Welcome to AMP

That makes more sense now.  Some of your modules looked like they were credited to 2 people, but now as you are both the same person it all becomes much clearer.  And I look forward to any new modules that you decide to release in the near future. 

[Asle]

Thank you very much for the clarification. I was indeed assuming wrongly
I've updated the profile description.

I, also, look forward to additional (tracked) musics from you, should you choose to release some more
Sylvain

[Dr. Nefelim]

So here is the *nearly* full list of my tracks, including demo & incomplete tunes. There're tons of incomplete tunes and I hope they will be complete somewhere in forseen future.

Releases:

2000 - Darth Nefelim - Aggressic.xm
2000 - Darth Nefelim & George Fisichev - Ave Millenia.xm
2000 - Darth Nefelim & George Fisichev - Appetizing Rabbit (JJ2 variation).xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Death Tune 1.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Death Tune 2.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Death Tune 3.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Duck! Fantasy 2000.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Fade to Black.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Level Noble End.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Nali Dawn.xm
2000 - George Fisichev - Setup Shield Music.mod
2000 - George Fisichev - To Live For....xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim - Anno Domini.xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim - Firefalls.xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim - Get Ready... Now!.xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim - GLIE Logo Movie.xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim & George Fisichev - Road Short Song.xm
2001 - Darth Nefelim & George Fisichev - Under This Sky.xm
2001 - George Fisichev - Completion Tune.xm
2001 - George Fisichev - Starway.xm
2001 - George Fisichev - Tears of Heaven.xm
2001 - George Fisichev - Trailer.xm
2001 - George Fisichev - Windows Introduction.xm
2001 - George Fisichev & Darth Nefelim - Iren.xm
2001 - George Fisichev & Darth Nefelim - Night Vision.xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - Own Goal.xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - Phantomix.xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - Refueled.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - In Her Dreams....xm
2002 - George Fisichev - Oksana.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Ari - Main Theme.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Game Lose Tune.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Main Menu Tune.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - World Map Tune.xm
2004 - Darth Nefelim - Ruthelis.xm
2004 - Darth Nefelim - Valley of Silence.xm
2004 - George Fisichev - TKA - Title Screen Tune.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - Elude for the End.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - MMTAC'05 - Byte Lullaby.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - MMTAC'05 - Gateway Architecture.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - One Ordinal Day.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - Sealer.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - Snow Rain.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - Star Fall.xm
2005 - Darth Nefelim - Upside-down Heavens.xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim - Cold Cry Lonely.xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim - Every Love.xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim - Vily the Hacker.xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim & George Fisichev - It's just to begin.xm
2006 - George Fisichev - Interlude 5.mp3
2007 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Snooky Racer (Air3 level).xm
2007 - Darth Nefelim - TMA - Can't Keep Waiting (Loading Screen).mp3
2008 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Underwater Stranger (Water1 level).xm
2008 - Darth Nefelim - TMA - Dull Melancholy (Staff Roll).mp3
2008 - Darth Nefelim - TMA - Suffer My Rage (Opening Cinematic).mp3
2008 - Darth Nefelim - TMA - Take a Blood Break (Intermission).mp3
2009 - Darth Nefelim - TMA - Mess Me, Padre (Title Theme).mp3
2010 - Darth Nefelim - Vals de copos de nieve.xm

Most 2000-2001th tunes are really ugly. And totally inspired by Alex Brandon's & Michel van den Bos's "Unreal".
MPEG-encoded tunes are converted XMs due to commercial samples.
TKA refers to "The Klechoo's Adventures" and TMA refers to "The Mess Arena". Both titles are fiction game titles - classic platformer (TKA, similar to DKC) and violent team shooter (TMA).

Demo Versions:

2001 - George Fisichev - TKA - Cactus Ride (Demo 3).xm
2001 - George Fisichev - TKA - Deep Streams (Demo 2).xm
2001 - George Fisichev & Darth Nefelim - TKA - Stolen Dream (Demo 1).xm
2002 - George Fisichev - Mechanic (OV demo).xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Melody Test 01.xm

Incomplete Tunes (Special AMP bonus):

2002 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - (work0038).xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Deadbones Dance.xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Glades of Duskness.xm
2002 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Waterfall Level (work0021).xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Game Over.xm
2002 - George Fisichev - TKA - Soft Magma (work000c).xm
2003 - George Fisichev - Gameout X - The Ice Song.xm
2004 - Darth Nefelim - Tears of Our Graves.xm
2005 - George Fisichev - Collapse (dead01).xm
2005 - George Fisichev - Lovers Fall.xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - (work0046).xm
2006 - Darth Nefelim - TKA - Something Aquatic (work004a-1).xm
2006 - George Fisichev - Derelic Citadel (dead04-3).xm
2006 - George Fisichev - TKA - (work0049).xm
2007 - Darth Nefelim - Lords of Soddom (puzzle01).xm
2007 - Darth Nefelim - Sanctuary Groove (puzzle03).xm

Whole pack can be downloaded here (app. 65 MB in ZIP-file).

p.s. And a picture, yes...

[Asle]

woaw, most excellent. Thanks a lot for this package, which I have now retrieved.
I'll handle this ASAP (most probably tomorrow).

Obviously, the "cooperations" between you and yourself will be lost (meaning only one author will be referenced). Also, the MP3 won't be added here. I understand the copyright issue (although, I figure this applies as well to the MP3), but we don't store MP3 here.

I've also set as non-downloadable the two near dupes you've listed. We keep them listed as they were spread, and could be sent to us again.

Last, a question, if I may. In several musics, there's this "text" tag at the end of the music (like XM.Sealer v1.00b). It's _not_ part of the official XM format at all. Can you please tell me how this happened ? I mean, I've seen this tag several times already and wondered about "fixing" them or not (i.e. getting rid of the extra data which throws off the size calculation).

Thanks again. I'll let you know when it's all sorted out.

Cheers
Sylvain

[Dr. Nefelim]

Last, a question, if I may. In several musics, there's this "text" tag at the end of the music (like XM.Sealer v1.00b). It's _not_ part of the official XM format at all. Can you please tell me how this happened ? I mean, I've seen this tag several times already and wondered about "fixing" them or not (i.e. getting rid of the extra data which throws off the size calculation).

Well, I'm not sure, but song information was probably left by MODplug Tracker or XMplay software.

[deus-ex]

XMPlay is a sole player application as the name suggests and does not write anything to a module.

[Axxy]

Last, a question, if I may. In several musics, there's this "text" tag at the end of the music

Can't remember who or what modules but, I recently came across several mods where the tracker left the message at the bottom, almost like a text file, even the author mentioned reading the text.  Thought they were .it or .s3m modules and have never seen it used in any other module that I can remember.

[Asle]

right, so, maybe I could patch modinfo to display it. I've encountered this quite a few times and maybe it's worth it.
the tag itself is 'text' followed by its size (4 bytes integer) and the text.

As for the topic itself (i.e. uploading new material), it's still in the pipe. Although, not likely today, unfortunately. Came up with too much to do in the end .

[Dr. Nefelim]

XMPlay is a sole player application as the name suggests and does not write anything to a module.

Right click - Track Info - mark Override - Enter info - click Apply. Surely it won't work with a module file, but suites to mpegs and similar files.

p.s. I sent my interview at crown[att]dascene[dot]net. Got it?

[Asle]

Crown's off the map.
No, please, send this to me (asle)