- Paniq
Paniq (or paniq, born Leonard Ritter, on
July 31 ,1980 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany), is a Germancomposer ,coder , graphic artist andwriter . He is a member of the German demo groupFarbrausch .As a
demoscene musician , Paniq has so far composed more than 150 pieces ofelectronic music . The music varies froma cappella over a variety of modernelectronic music styles, to wide-ranging crossovers spanning differentmusical genre s. Most of his compositions are freely available asdigital audio over theInternet .Paniq first began participating in the mod tracking scene in
1998 , initially joining up with aRussia n-based tracking group called Crystal Jungle Team. Shortly thereafter, he joined the establishednetlabel Tokyo Dawn Records , where he remained active for two years. In the year2000 , Paniq joined the highly-rated demogroup farbrausch.His current effort is the
Linux based modular tracker application, 'Aldrin', based largely on the design ofJeskola Buzz .Awards
Throughout Paniq's career in the
demoscene , he has received many awards from various festivals for his productions. These include, but are not limited to, the following:2008 * First place at the Breakpoint 2008 demoparty demo competition for his demo "masagin".
2006 * First place at the Evoke 2006 demoparty demo competition for his demo "Die Ewigkeit Schmerzt".
* Sixth place at the Breakpoint 2006 demoparty "streaming music" competition for his single "Occidental Nemesis".2005 * Fourth place at the tUM 2005 demoparty "streaming music" competition for his single "Der Weise". [http://2005.tum-party.org/past_tum05.php]
* First place at the Evoke 2005 demoparty "theme remix" competition for his single "Astronaughty".
* First place at the Breakpoint 2005 demoparty "streaming music" competition for his single "Elektronische Musik".
* Second place at the Optihack 2005 demoparty music competition for his single "Heavy Working Robot".2004 * First place at the tUM 2004 demoparty music competition for his single "23 is the new 42". [http://www.tum-party.org/past_tum04.php]
* First place at the Kindergarden 0xB demoparty "64K exe music" competition for his single "Maschinenzeit".
* First place at the Evoke 2004 demoparty music competition for his single "The Manual". [http://archive.evoke-net.de/2004/releases/mp3ogg/themanual.html]
* Third place at the Breakpoint 2004 demoparty "streaming music" competition for his single "Instruction Pointer". [http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/2004/results.php]2003 * Second place at the [ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/parties/2003/evoke03/results.txt Evoke 2003 demoparty OGG music competition] for his single "an den wahren menschen".
* Sixth place at the Breakpoint 2003 demoparty "streaming music" competition for his single "cubeworld".elected works
Demos
* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=11248 fr-036: zeitmaschine] (
2003 ) — received 1st place at the tUM 2003 demo competition. Music and graphics designed by Paniq. [http://staticline.scenespot.org/issues/sl-052.txt]
* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=15092 fr-038: theta] (2004 ) — received 2nd place at the tUM 2004 demo competition.Music albums
* [http://scene.org/dir.php?dir=%2Fmusic%2Fartists%2Fpaniq%2Fbetter_tomorrow-album/ Better Tomorrow] (
2001 )
* [http://www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=%2Fmusic%2Fartists%2Fpaniq%2Funsecurious-album/ Unsecurious] (2002 )
* [http://www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=%2Fmusic%2Fartists%2Fpaniq%2Fadvertising_for_metaphysics-album-2003/ Advertising for Metaphysics] (2003 )
* [http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=soulseek_artists&collectionid=paniq-mentalmilestones mentalmilestones] (2004 )
* [http://www.paniq.org/albums/neurons_fire_at_will Neurons: Fire At Will] (2005 )
* [http://www.paniq.org/albums/lost_known_good_configuration Lost Known Good Configuration] (2006 )
* [http://www.paniq.org/albums/story_of_ohm Story of Ohm] (2007 )Programs
* [http://trac.zeitherrschaft.org/aldrin/ Aldrin] , a modular sequencer/tracker application.
* [http://www.mjoo.org mjoo (µ)] , a music application.
* [http://buzzwiki.wipe-records.org/index.php/PyBuzz PyBuzz] , a Python host forJeskola Buzz .External links
* [http://www.paniq.org Official website]
* [http://www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=/music/artists/paniq/ Paniq at scene.org]
* [http://paniq.deviantart.com/ Paniq at]DeviantArt
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/searchengine.php?recherche=paniq&type=1 Paniq on] Nectarine radio
* [http://www.farb-rausch.de www.farb-rausch.de]
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