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"There was a time when making electronic music meant making the future. The mainstream scenes that permeated the 60s and 70s saw themselves as vanguards which had managed to bring the sound of tomorrow forward, leading to a situtation where each would try to out-future the other whilst forsaking innovation. Kowalczyk[1], dismayed by the trajectory that the genre he helped developed was taking, famously declared 'if this is tomorrow, then tomorrow must be a boring wasteland.' One scene developing in the European underground agreed.
Centred around the insipient IKR boxes[2] of the 70s, the zifscene were a loose group of musicians and bands who wanted to bring back the transformative power of electronic music Kowalczyk spoke of in his halcyon days. Whereas the mainstream interpreted this transformation as constant progress towards an imagined future, the zifscene focused on a transformation of the mind, invoking new landscapes in the listener unable to be placed on any conventional scale of time.
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Network's Naskiĝo de nova tago, initially derided by the zifscene for being 'too bougie' for its willingness to play with the tropes of mainstream electropop, would become the genre's magnum opus. Network wanted to develop what they termed a 'multiaxial' album, forcing the listener not just to confront the 'real—unreal' axis at the core of zifscene but also one of 'techno-optimism—techno-skepticism.' Network used the tropes of electropop in surreal, unsettling, yet oddly danceable way to represent their belief that while technology can be liberatory it can - and does - fall too often into the wrong hands.
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Pathé sought to take advantage of a growing alternative music market and released Ndnt as a test run of sorts to see what kinds of people would be willing to, as then-CEO Pajot put it, buy 'weird music.' Sales were middling despite critical acclaim; only after World War II and the album's suprise success in the newly-opened USA would Ndnt be cemented as a cult classic. 'We rejected the future,' Hovagimyan said in an 1997 interview with Vox, 'only to become its prophets.'"
—Pierre Brisebois-Duchardt. Expanding the Plane of Imagination: The Rise and Fall of Zifscene, The Globe and Mail, 29 October 2009.
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[1] Polish-German composer similar to Stockhausen.
[2] abbreviation of internacia [poŝt]kestreto, equivalent to a BBS.
[3] band logo taken from an old Soviet synth called the Polivoks. Said synth doesn't exist in TTL, but a band taking its logo from musical equipment isn't all that unusual.
Centred around the insipient IKR boxes[2] of the 70s, the zifscene were a loose group of musicians and bands who wanted to bring back the transformative power of electronic music Kowalczyk spoke of in his halcyon days. Whereas the mainstream interpreted this transformation as constant progress towards an imagined future, the zifscene focused on a transformation of the mind, invoking new landscapes in the listener unable to be placed on any conventional scale of time.
[...]
Network's Naskiĝo de nova tago, initially derided by the zifscene for being 'too bougie' for its willingness to play with the tropes of mainstream electropop, would become the genre's magnum opus. Network wanted to develop what they termed a 'multiaxial' album, forcing the listener not just to confront the 'real—unreal' axis at the core of zifscene but also one of 'techno-optimism—techno-skepticism.' Network used the tropes of electropop in surreal, unsettling, yet oddly danceable way to represent their belief that while technology can be liberatory it can - and does - fall too often into the wrong hands.
[...]
Pathé sought to take advantage of a growing alternative music market and released Ndnt as a test run of sorts to see what kinds of people would be willing to, as then-CEO Pajot put it, buy 'weird music.' Sales were middling despite critical acclaim; only after World War II and the album's suprise success in the newly-opened USA would Ndnt be cemented as a cult classic. 'We rejected the future,' Hovagimyan said in an 1997 interview with Vox, 'only to become its prophets.'"
—Pierre Brisebois-Duchardt. Expanding the Plane of Imagination: The Rise and Fall of Zifscene, The Globe and Mail, 29 October 2009.
[1] Polish-German composer similar to Stockhausen.
[2] abbreviation of internacia [poŝt]kestreto, equivalent to a BBS.
[3] band logo taken from an old Soviet synth called the Polivoks. Said synth doesn't exist in TTL, but a band taking its logo from musical equipment isn't all that unusual.
Rosa Luxemburg
Banned
Just a quick note: Washington DC narrowly went to Nixon because of his support for Civil Rights legislation throughout his first term.
The German Civil War of 1919-1921
Preliminary infobox from a timeline I've been working on. I keep trying to write a short summary, but it inevitably ends up being far too long. So here's a (reasonably) short version: The mainstream German socialist movement remains revolutionary and radical, rather than reformist and electoral. In the US Woodrow Wilson does not run for reelection in 1916 due to his lingering personal depression and is succeeded by an even more stridently anti-war Democrat. Said Democrat stalls the American "Preparedness Movement" and delays a declaration of war on the Central Powers for several months longer than IOTL. The Entente faces the Spring Offensive of 1918 alone and although they turn the Germans back it is with heavier casualties and lower morale thanks to the knowledge that little if any American assistance is forthcoming. The Hundred Days Offensive does not take place as the Entente marshals its strength for a final attack in the Spring of 1919. Germany endures another half year of starvation and desperation, the Winter of 1918-1919 being a particular harsh experience. When the allied offensive comes in March 1919 it cracks both sides, but Germany breaks first leading to upheaval resulting in the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm in April. Soon two opposing sides within Germany, roughly divided in "Revolutionaries" and "Counter Revolutionaries", are in armed conflict. France is in turmoil and unable to fully enforce the terms of a harsh armistice signed with the nominal government of Germany.
The two sides within Germany battle throughout 1919 and into Summer 1920, both suffering heavy casualties and struggling for supremacy. Revolutionaries manage to secure most of Northern Germany while their opponents secure much of Bavaria, Southern Germany, and Silesia. After repulsing a Polish-Latvian offensive at the Battle of Dyneburg, Soviet Russia reaches East Prussia, linking up with isolated Revolutionary forces there. Polish forces in the ongoing Polish-Soviet War are outflanked and assaulted from multiple directions, ultimately being crushed at the Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 effectively ending their ability to form a conventional army. Revolutionary troops launch an offensive to secure a land-link to Bolshevik territory and together push counter-revolutionaries out of Silesia by late 1920. Now mainly confined to Bavaria, counterrevolutionary armies begin to fall to infighting and desertion. In a bloody winter offensive the German Reds and their Bolshevik allies overrun this last zone. With the surrender of Munich after a prolonged siege the war is declared over, although guerrilla resistance continues in numerous areas. Postwar elections are dominated by the newly formed Communist Party of Germany. With dominance over the military and security apparatus it remains in power for nearly a decade and half. Although closely aligned to the Soviets, the Germany Communists under the influence of leaders such as Rosa Luxemburg are much stronger believers in democracy and basic freedoms. This is proven in the mid 1930s when they cede power to a coalition of independent socialist parties.
Please keep in mind this is all simplified and will likely be revised heavily once I do more research and attempt to flesh out the course of the war itself.
The two sides within Germany battle throughout 1919 and into Summer 1920, both suffering heavy casualties and struggling for supremacy. Revolutionaries manage to secure most of Northern Germany while their opponents secure much of Bavaria, Southern Germany, and Silesia. After repulsing a Polish-Latvian offensive at the Battle of Dyneburg, Soviet Russia reaches East Prussia, linking up with isolated Revolutionary forces there. Polish forces in the ongoing Polish-Soviet War are outflanked and assaulted from multiple directions, ultimately being crushed at the Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 effectively ending their ability to form a conventional army. Revolutionary troops launch an offensive to secure a land-link to Bolshevik territory and together push counter-revolutionaries out of Silesia by late 1920. Now mainly confined to Bavaria, counterrevolutionary armies begin to fall to infighting and desertion. In a bloody winter offensive the German Reds and their Bolshevik allies overrun this last zone. With the surrender of Munich after a prolonged siege the war is declared over, although guerrilla resistance continues in numerous areas. Postwar elections are dominated by the newly formed Communist Party of Germany. With dominance over the military and security apparatus it remains in power for nearly a decade and half. Although closely aligned to the Soviets, the Germany Communists under the influence of leaders such as Rosa Luxemburg are much stronger believers in democracy and basic freedoms. This is proven in the mid 1930s when they cede power to a coalition of independent socialist parties.
Please keep in mind this is all simplified and will likely be revised heavily once I do more research and attempt to flesh out the course of the war itself.
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Why do people always think Nixon would have won a fourth term for the Republicans?
Rosa Luxemburg
Banned
I actually don't necessarily think he would. I do, however, think it's a possibility.
Is non Earth fantasy setting allowed here? (It's from Valkyria Chronicles, specifically my upcoming VC timeline)
Gentleman Biaggi
Banned
I actually think he would’ve gotten destroyed because without the post-JFK assassination bank holiday we could’ve fallen into a recession/depression. I also don’t think Nixon would’ve done that much for Civil Rights but that’s whatever
In case you're wondering - the name comes from the Hebrew word "אמנה" (Amanah), which stands for "Treaty" or "[Social] contract".
Speaking of these, o'er on the new thread for 'em, @Zyxorvx made one for me, can I post it here as well?
I second this plea! That game was an absolute blast, and I still find myself going back through the thread from time to time.@Ghazghkull plz come back and do KHA part 2 please
I mean, I could easily buy Congress Infinity and if @Ghazghkull was willing to collaborate with me I could easily get a KHA reboot going
I mean, I could easily buy Congress Infinity and if @Ghazghkull was willing to collaborate with me I could easily get a KHA reboot going
I'm not opposed to returning to re-run KHA. I just decided I needed a break after PI, and then decided I needed a longer one when I tried to start the Star Wars game.
I have been thinking about coming back to Shared Worlds recently and either re-starting KHA's, running a Congressional Elections version of PI or a British version of PI. Just not decided. But if you were very keen to do KHA, I'd be happy to pass on the game files. Then you wouldn't have to wait until I finally decided to come back.
@Ghazghkull plz come back and do KHA part 2 please
We could just continue the game ! Or an alternate continuity where we keeped the most interresting part aka the Ducal College
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