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update!!! January 20th 2006
it looks like 2 years since the last update.
but its only 1 year..... no, honestly.
happy new years!
from all at alascom :)
update!!! November 16th 2004
we have had a few problems this year trying to keep www.bio-d.net online ( as usual! )
and in keeping with our tradition of chaos we have managed to lose the domain name ( oops )
most of the site was situated on our www.alascom.co.uk domain ( this address )
so everything else is going to move across here
all the same content as before will be available as well as new and updated material in the near future
we are hoping you have arrived at this page having typed bio-d net into a search engine as you wont
get here by typing our old domain name into a browser anymore
we hope all this makes sense
so the new address for all bio-d.net related material is http://www.alascom.co.uk
over the next few weeks bio-d will re-appear at this address and eventually be branded accordingly
so keep us bookmarked and well be back soon
update!!! November 1st 2003
yes, that was a long gap in events, but as you might have noticed it's all changed a bit.
hopefully it'll all make a bit more sense now, it'd b nice if something did!
there's a new site design & mp3 downloads of a small number of tracks with more to follow
have fun & PLEEAASSsse sign the guestbook... thanx
update!!! November 1st 2002
there are currently 122 audio files on this server & we have a new guestbook... please sign it !!!
bio-d.net back online!!! October 2002
well, we said we loved this music & so we must as it's all been re-listened to, re-recorded, re-commpressed,
re-uploaded & hopefully re-played by yourselves at the moment. the guestbook is gone for good so once again,
sorry to all of you who signed it
we've given the site a little overhaul as well so you may find a few things missing, but they'll probably pop back
up somewhere else later.
well, less is more apparently. so we hope you enjoy the new version of the site, thinner, fitter, faster, sleeker,
less... IS more!! oh alright, we'll just pay the bill on time next year.bio-d.net vanishes!!! Augustl 2002
... at least the most important part of it has. the audio files we lovingly created & uploaded have all been completely erased
due to a late payment for server space. only 7 of the 75 RealPlayer files on the site still exist. the guestbook is gone & its log lost forever, sorry 2 all who signed it :( AND, the new artist voting form is no more, thank you all for not bothering to fill it out,
that'll save some time putting the site back together!
so... looks like we f***ed up.. but at least we're honest!
whatever happened to a months grace?
bio-d.net release 'mind nebula medicine' double CD April 2002
the first eclectic batch of mixes from the bio-d playlist finally arrive on the CD player as
'mind nebula medicine' 28 Tracks spread across 2 CDs featuring the best & most striking
compositions from our online contributors
"it took a long time to put this together for us as the wavs were never all physically in the same place,
but it was worth doing as there's no better way to hear these artists diversity than backtoback on a
compilation like this, i've discovered a lot of my favorite bands listening to label samplers, 20 bands for a fiver
or whatever and that's the spirit in which we would like people to access bio-d.net"Bio-d.net oversaw MC Squared, Jovian, Kris Sharpe and bio-d's own resident producers selected for the production of their innovative soundfiles on HOMECHOICE interactive TV. Five selected tracks used as the backing to the various selection menus for Homechoices's 'Premiere League' promotion.
Some of the tracks were used straight off, without any extra work required, others had the vocal extracted and were edited and looped.
"some of the material they wanted was a couple of years old, and I have done a lot more since then. So I was happy to sign the copyright over to them so they could have unlimited use of the track on the ITV service. Of course I still own the tracks so I can still use them for other things." Says Colin.
anyone interested in buying a limited copyright to material hosted on this site
can contact Ian Cooke : subject : submissions, commissions & enquiries : ian@alascom.co.uk
bio-d.net gigs Christmas 2001
Artists from the website came together this Christmas to play a collaborative gig at
the Cooperage - Plymouth. Jovian, McSquared, LV Hyne, DJ Beanz and Ian Cooke (Bio-d) performined with guest artists in a techno/dance extravaganza. "Last year we had a great gig there, a full house" says Ian "and we hope to do it again this year to celebrate partially the success of it's members."
Although I live in London, Plymouth is my hometown and I like to go back there every year to get together with friends and family, a lot of the people I met while gigging in Devon are now featured on the site. I'm very selective about the stuff I upload, I try to make sure that every track is a hook. That's why I was so pleased that the tracks chosen by HomeChoice were picked from the ones we had already chosen for the website".
bio-d buys A.L.A.S.C.O.M (Audio Library and Specially Commissioned Original Music) Autumn 2001
An influx of new material created the need to buy a larger space to store new material.
"without the funds to support the site, at first we were using bits of space all over the place. We were on borrowed time, people would notice our sound files on their servers and the next thing they were gone and links were broken, it was doing my head in" says Ian Cooke. "I had a chat room at one point and a Guest book which was written off the face of the earth when my ex-employer noticed it perched on his server… we had to do something about it, so Lawrence Hyne from Carbon 14 & i footed half the bill each and now we have all the streaming capability we need"
alascom 2006