demoscene

The demoscene (usually shortened as “scene”) is an artistic movement where different artists (programmers, graphicians and musicians) work alone or in groups to create digital art. This section contains the works I made in the demoscene from 1998 to 2005, under the handle Yero. I have produced works in the main areas of the demoscene:

  • Code: for Sector Omega, a Spanish demo group;
  • Graphics: for 2D GFX competitions in demo parties and also for Sector Omega;
  • Music: first composed for national tracker scene contests (under Sound Factory, a Spanish tracker group), then for warez (BAFH, European warez group), and for demos (for Concept, a Spanish demogroup).

I also participated in a couple of Musicdisks, which are compilations of several tunes with a specially-designed interface (code and graphics). I also participated in different projects related to the demoscene, such as modulez.org, a relatively big amateur music portal (1200+ artists), where I was the director, programmer and designer from 2000 to 2012. I was also co-developer of the Spanish report system, together with Wizard, an online photo manager for parties.

Demos (aka realtime motion graphics)

A demo is a real time calculated multimedia presentation, which often includes 2D art, 3D animation, visual effects and a musical soundtrack, everything coded, designed and composed by the members of a demogroup.

I entered the demoscene in year 2000 as a musician for some European groups and later for the Spanish group Concept. In 2003 I founded Sector Omega, in which I left music aside and acted as a coder and 2D/3D designer, together with the direction of the productions. The well-known JosSs joined the group as a musician.

In this section I include the four demos we developed from 2003 until 2005. In order to see the demos you can either download the executable (for windows) or watch the video when possible. And remember, everything is calculated in real time.

The message

A space story, a tribute to Dr Carl Sagan. Uses 3D animations, nice soundtrack, several improvements in the 2D fx, and a solid plot. A lot of work was put in this demo, specially on the coding engine.

Authors: Yero (code, 2D), d0up (2D,3D), JosSs (Music)
Party: 3rd at BCNParty’101
Download: Download | Pouët

Nagatabi

This time with an evolved demosystem ready to make something new. We thought about making some japanese alike demo, with fast effects and techno music. Finally, another ambient soundtrack, but with some electronic parts, synched with better effects and lots of graphics.

Authors: Yero (code, 2D,3D), JosSs (Music)
Party: 2rd at BCNParty’100
Download: Download | Pouët

Decadentia

Co-op with Stravaganza demogroup. As our demosystem was not much improved since Mirages, we asked Ithaqua/SGZ to be the coder of our graphics and soundtrack. And this is the result. Quite simple 3D architecture, with some cool effects, and a lovely soundtrack.

Authors: Ithaqua (code), Yero (2D), JosSs (Music)
Party: 1st at Ifparty’04
Download: Download | Pouët

Mirages

First demo by Sector Omega. Coded in a couple of months, in a real hurry, with a very simple demosystem. It talks about dreams, the mirages of life, which are supposed to be reached someday.

Authors: Yero (code, 2D), JosSs (Music)
Party: 2nd at BCNParty’11
Download: Download | Pouët

Musicdisks

Modulez addiction #1: future

Code: Jcl
Gfx: Jull & SPiTe
Org: Yero & JosSs
Music: Yero, JosSs, herotyc, sml & smash!, Jcl, Wonder, Wizard, Sergeeo and Finnr
Style: Ambient

Download: Download | Pouët

Modulez addiction #2: glamour

Code: Jcl
Gfx: Yero
Org: Yero & JosSs
Music: JosSs, Reed, Sergeeo, Wonder, Finnr, Herotyc, Wizard, Sole and Yero
Style: Jazz / Funk

Download: Download | Pouët

Graphics

These are some of my paintings during my scene-age (most for demoparty competitions). Click on each thumbnail to see the full pictures.


Valentine Day’s present – Feb 2006

Imagination – Nov 2005

Garden of dreams – Nov 2004

War – Mar 2003

Mermaid – Nov 2003

Abydoss – Jan 2003

Japan – Aug 2002

Don’t cry – Aug 2002

Merry Xmas’02 – Dec 2002

Horror 3 – Feb 2002

Horror 2 – Deb 2002

Horror 1 – Feb 2002

Beauty – Jan 2002

Modulez – Dec 2001

The light – Nov 2001

Magic stone – Oct 2001

Music

This section contains the music I composed mainly with Impulse Tracker. I started composing in 1996 and stopped around 2003, when I founded Sector Omega and spent most of the time democoding. I grouped the modules in four files, in which I include the music from different periods. In order to listen them you’ll need a module player since they are mostly in .IT format, not in mp3. So try with xmplay for Windows, or Schism Tracker (an Impulse Tracker clone) for Win/Linux/MacOs, etc..

Last tunes (2001-2004) 6.3MB
TitleStyleSizeDate
Valencia Nights (mp3)House521KBmar-04
Xmastro #1 (mp3)chiptune116KBdec-02
Groovy (mp3)Funk387KBnov-02
El futuro (mp3)Trance3100KBnov-02
Golden (mp3)Funk808KBjul-02
Euskal Invtro (mp3)Electronica/chiptune33KBjul-02
Moons of Iremar (mp3)Ambient541KBfeb-02
Blue (mp3)Jazz405KBoct-01
Simply Superior (mp3)Jazz/Funk540KBmay-01
Christmas Peace (mp3)easy listening361KBdec-01
Chiptunes (2001-2005) 320KB
TitleStyleSizeDate
Red star (mp3)Chiptune32643Bnov-05
JosSs goes dancing (mp3)Chiptune10200Bmar-04
Sticky (mp3)Chiptune4092Bnov-02
Hmmm (coop with JosSs) (mp3)Chiptune10240Bjul-02
Perkele! (mp3)Chiptune3968Bsep-01
SillyTune (mp3)Chiptune9541Baug-01
Looking for Darkness (mp3)Chiptune21911Baug-01
Into The Hell 2 (mp3)Chiptune15370Baug-01
Bubbles (mp3)Chiptune3937Bjul-01
Flowers from Ireland (mp3)Chiptune52541Bmay-01
Midnight Calmness (mp3)Chiptune6559Bmay-01
Pimientos Progresivos (mp3)Chiptune84848Bapr-01
Core Dumped 2 (mp3)Chiptune37046Bapr-01
Time Chase (mp3)Chiptune10098Bmar-01
Magic Leads (mp3)Chiptune14538Bmar-01
Hyvaa Paivaa (mp3)Chiptune26756Bjan-01
Yellow Star (mp3)Chiptune13258Bjan-01
Boo! (mp3)Chiptune54440Bjan-01
The Power of Goodbye (mp3)Chiptune29057Bjan-01
Falling Star (mp3)Chiptune5808Bjan-01
Dark Illusion (mp3)Chiptune4834Bjan-01
Hot Chocolate (mp3)Chiptune4674Bjan-01
Into The Hell (mp3)Chiptune61652Bjan-01
Past tunes (1999-2001) 28.7MB
TitleStyleSizeDate
Angst von monstern (mp3)Demo1MBmar-02
Flood of Art (mp3)Melodic Pop309kBapr-01
Crystal Dreams (mp3)DoskPop/Trance717kBapr-01
Illusion (mp3)Demostyle/Techno871kBmar-01
Third Millennium Extended (mp3)DoskPop/Trance1533kBmar-01
RBD 2 rmx (mp3)Dream/Trance731kBfeb-01
Victim of Love rmx (mp3)Dream/Trance2495kBfeb-01
Mental Strings 2 (mp3)Melodic Trance1468kBdec-00
Core Dumped (mp3)Eurotrance/OHC133kBnov-00
Trip To Solaris (mp3)Eurotrance1200kBnov-00
Freedom (with Area51) (mp3)Dance1451kBoct-00
Resurreccion rmx (mp3)Dream960kBsep-00
Third Millennium (mp3)Demostyle1370kBsep-00
Stars 2 (mp3)Dance1063kBsep-00
Espiral (mp3)Dance995kBjul-00
Space Dreams (mp3)Dance/OHC115kBjul-00
Epsyllon Quest (mp3)Dance/OHC651kBjul-00
Those Eyes (mp3)Dream/Progressive1787kBjul-00
The Rage (mp3)Dance/30sec549kBjun-00
Glamour (mp3)Latin House905kBmay-00
Dreams of Andromeda (mp3)Trance998kBmay-00
Voices from Past (mp3)Fantasy/Clasica953kBapr-00
Move your Soul 2 (mp3)Chiptune/Pop37KBapr-00
Those Dreams (mp3)Pop/Ambient188kBapr-00
Move your Soul (mp3)Dance148kBmar-00
Happy Colony rmx (mp3)Dance/Dream576kBmar-00
Mental Strings (mp3)Melodic Trance524kBmar-00
The Future (mp3)Techno/Ambient747kBfeb-00
Chariots of Fire rmx (mp3)New Age/Trance864kBfeb-00
Sounds of Mars (with Dj Ches) (mp3)Dance509kBjan-00
Hard Illusions 2 (mp3)Ambient/Trance1100kBdec-99
Sunny Day (mp3)Chiptune/Dance21kBnov-99
The Night (mp3)Dream640kBoct-99
Authentic Madness 2 (mp3)Dance805kBsep-99
Dancemania (mp3)Dance738kBsep-99
Stars (mp3)Dance/Game546kBsep-99
True 2 (mp3)Pop610KBsep-99
First tunes (1998-1999) 10MB
TitleStyleSizeDate
Fly to the Moon (mp3)Dance1086kBaug-99
Hysteria (mp3)Techno682kBjul-99
A Sea of Wishes (mp3)Dance/Dream1139kBjul-99
Hard Illusions (mp3)Trance1113kBapr-99
Exhaustive Control (mp3)Mix849KBjan-99
Dreaming Mirages (mp3)Dream697kBdec-98
A World of Fantasy (mp3)Dance649KBdec-98
Bereshit (mp3)Dance/Trance730KBnov-98
Disco Tonight rmx (mp3)Dance154KBoct-98
Peace Land (mp3)Ambient509KBsep-98
My little computer (mp3)Dance256kBaug-98
Acid Waves (mp3)Progressive House783kBjul-98
Feel the Music (mp3)Dance1054kBjul-98
Lost Dreams (mp3)Dance/Dream385kBjul-98
Apocallypse (mp3)Trance361kBjun-98
Leaving the Earth (mp3)Techno/Dream292kBapr-98
Perfect Sound (mp3)Dance275kBmar-98
Heaven Hymn (mp3)Ambient289kBfeb-98