19 July 2007
Cool to read you man! Well to be honest, I was very surprised also to see
your Artsonic website! It's great that you're still keeping it up there
because it seems to be the only "real" source of information for the band at
this point, since the official site is long gone.
Regarding your question, well, "Fake" was the soundtrack to a movie... that
doesn't exist! As far as I can recall, it was Sylvain's idea to make the
visual layout like that of a movie poster, and to link all the songs between
each other on a lyrical level. Kind of a concept album if you like.
By the way, "Fake" is also my favorite album of the band (not because it's
the only one I played on, haha!)
Well it would be cool to stay in touch. If you have any more questions, I'll
be glad to answer them! After all I was in the band for almost three years,
and they're the first band I ever toured with. Kind of nice to have those
memories today!
Take care Stefan!
Grinding greetz,
Dirk Verbeuren
www.DirkVerbeuren.com
2 January 2005
First update of 2005. The site is near enough done. More links have been added to the hactivism page.
I promise the torrents will be done shortly. With the demise of SuprNova I'll have to find somewhere new to put them.
14 December 2004
Just completed the wallpapers page. Check it out, it can be found in the multimedia section. Next on the list is sorting out the torrents.
13 December 2004
Drum Roll Please...
You may have noticed the new site design. As well as cosmetics there has been a shift arond back stage.
The site at the moment doesnt seem to work properly with Gecko browsers due to the fact that the DIV layers are not positioning correctly. In the meanwhile I'd suggest using IE for this site - until I fix it, then switch back to Mozilla :P
10 October 2004
Well... TTSH is no more so I've have to go in a long search for a new webhost since LG is taking so long sorting out MSWeb. I seem to have found a good package in the form of Heart Internet. 2.5GB FOR FREE! With 1000 mailboxes included. Thats better than my Gmail account! Therefore, the movies will done down for a while as i contemplate whether I should have them avaliable for download or not. I think I'll do a request thing where if you want them email me. I'll sort something out later. All my previous sites that were located on TTSH are now hosted via artsonic.co.uk.
On the plus side the DNS has finally been finalised with the site and now the webspace is actually artsonic.co.uk webspace rather than belonging to someone else. I am so impressed that I may pay for a package one day. I could do with one MySQL database for the eXodus CS site since its all done with PHP-Nuke. I think a kind email wont go a miss. They are also located pretty close to my home (only 20 mins away) so I wonder if I can blag a job.
23 September 2004
Finally finished with the site! yay! I'm going to sort out the wallpapers page soon. It'll require getting all the images into different resoultions (most are in 1024x768). If you are using Mozilla Firefox (you really should be) you may notice that there are a few layout problems. I think I need some new javascript coding to take into account the Gecko browsers.
21 September 2004
Well... no news as such but I found an old working version of Artsonic UK. It can be found here. I also have found the other old version (the vaguely remembered grey and black layout) on my hard drive.
20 September 2004
Not much has been happening on the Artsonic front. I was bored so I updated every single page so they are all now XHTML 1.0 compliant. It was not easy and took two days solid work for it to work.
30 August 2004
My blog is now open and updated whenever I can be bothered it can be found
here: +++ARTSO.BLOG.
21 July 2004
Been busy with other things recently so Artsonic UK had kinda been neglected, but now its back! I've been busy with the scanner and there are now posters and magazine features sections. The contact form should now work properly as well [ie, wont bring up the default email editor]! Not much else is going on. I'm going to Tuscany for two weeks in a week and I'm going to try and find Recidivist.
01 July 2004
News from Syl:
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Hello dude!
I m getting married.
Theme of the wedding…hippies and rock .. angels and demons !!!
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This seems to be a bit out of the blue, but, it has been a while :-) I'm so pleased for him... Makes me think of the good stuff thats going on in the world compared to all the shit that happens daily. He attached this recent picture
I also got news that Syl is on the look out for a new band [yay!] but he's lacking motivation but hopefully he will start something new after the big day. I wonder what is happening about Stef's project....
26 June 2004
Well, its taken more than two months but the videos have now been finally uploaded again. Sorry for not updating for so long, I've just been busy (AS-exams). You may now notice a new addition to the MP3s and Movies page in the form of Ares and magnet links. Use these to get the files through the latest peer-2-peer technology. Please visit Zeropaid.com for more information about p2p.
23 April 2004
The MP3s are back up, but now I am only offering a few tracks and they are samples which are about 30 seconds, encoded at 128 kbps. The movies (compressed as .rar files) will be back up soon...
13 April 2004
My normal webspace provider was hacked to death last night and all content has been deleted. This means that there will be no MP3s or Movies for the time being.
04 April 2004
Welcome to the new site. Everything is now much easier to manage. All the multimedia will soon be available in a streaming format...
13 March 2004
After a month's worth of problems artsonic.co.uk is back!
The computer broke so now I'm based on a p4 2.5Ghz with all the memory I need! TTS has had numerous major problems - but everything is back on track! The "Something Witty" site has had another redesign - the last one of the campaign :-)
18 February 2004
I have just transferred the domain across to a new company (123-reg.co.uk). I'm having a few problems with the DNS settings so the artsonic.co.uk may be down and unusable for a few days.
The site can now be also accessed via http://artsonic.ttsh.co.uk.
I got an email from Syl recently saying that everything is well but he is sat at home bored. Stef is thinking about starting an even heavier project, which I'm sure will be kool, and Boris is currently off in argentina.
08 February 2004
I've now got picture of all my artso merchandise... (and other cool stuff)
artsotee.jpg [76 kb] |
artsoposter.jpg [72 kb] |
sep.jpg [108 kb] |
distortion.jpg [60 kb] |
07 December 2003
Finally got around to scanning in my signed album cover. Click on the image below to view the scan...
28 December 2003
I've now created an advert for the website. I used Jasc Animation Shop 3 and a template that Stef sent me 2 years ago...
27 November 2003
We've got a new host. All files are now stored at Trash
The System. Expect ALL the movies and MP3s to be up in the next few
days. A forum is coming soon, and will replace the guestbook! There
are many new features on the site.
26 November 2003
This is a recent concert flyer for artsonic...
Check out my new site for my Young Enterprise Company "Something Witty".
http://www.something-witty.co.uk
16 September 2003
I am sad to sat that Artsonic are no more. I have received an email from Syl confirming the matter.
QUOTE
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this gig might be the last one of artsonic's life... maybe a dvd will
come after but this is the end my friend...dont ask me
if i'm sad. this is 11 years of my life that i have to pack and store in my
youth memories...
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Syl also mentioned that Artsonic are going to release a 9 track EP. This will coincide with a DVD release of the free concert in Paris on 12 October. The flyer for the concert is here. This is what the proposed track listing will be
> Gone [version francais]
> Crime [version francais]
> Believe In God [version francais]
> Change [version francais]
> Crime [acoustic]
> The Trip [acoustic]
> Lahaina's Drive [acoustic]
13 September 2003
The artsonic.tk address has been removed as it has not been accessed enough
times in the last 90 days. A new mirror has been installed via bravenet.com.
Visit it at http://artsonic.bravehost.com.
The search really works now.
02 June 2003
Found a new old interview. link here.
23 May 2003
Just paid for artsonic.co.uk! Fantastic new intro! This took a lot of time to do. I'm pleased of the outcome!
18 April 2003
These are the new pictures just sent out from Artsonic HQ. The first three pictures are for the new t-shirts which can be ordered through the band. And the others are for tour posters.
artso-goth.jpg [25 kb] |
bush.jpg [38 kb] |
etoilegoth.jpg [22 kb] |
flyer-01.jpg [96 kb] |
flyer-02.jpg [76 kb] |
artsonic.jpg [76 kb] |
14 April 2003
Over the last few years I have been in contact with Syl and StEf. I have finally created a file documenting all the e-mails and their content. This is it: - emails.txt. It is too long to fit on this page. Just click on the link. I'm currently looking at the possibility of buying www.artso.net the former home of artsonic!
05 April 2003
The first major update has just gone out! Both movies are uploaded and are working. A special link for the advert for the new album HACTIVIST can be found here. The guestbook is now working and shows your responses properly. The Number of the beast MP3 is the only only uploaded as of yet, but more will be on their way. Look out for Syl's addition to the guestbook! The .tk 'redirection' service is not working. Other .tk sites are not working!