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“To sum it all up”, says Jay at the end of his long Reader’s Write to New p2pnet advertiser. Not., “p2pnet.net is a great informative website.

“We as readers know what the site is. Who runs it and what is to be expected of it. If you enjoy reading the site, like it for what it says or stands up for then donate if you can. If you are unable to donate cash, then how about telling other people to come here and check out this site. Maybe they would donate. Or maybe they would tell other people … etc etc.”

The story discusses a new advertiser I’d hoped would bring in some readies to help keep p2pnet online. It turned out to be a(nother) disappointment and in the comment posts which followed, the subject of subscriptions came up, as did discussions of whether or not I should be paid for publishing p2pnet, and writing for it, at all.

As I say in the post, “I’ve been providing  p2pnet as a free service since 2002, but last December virtually all of my income disappeared at the same time. So I asked for help from p2pnet readers.”

Help can come on more than one form, and musician friends of mine (and/or p2pnet ) have donated music people can download for free. Or they can pay whatever they can afford. Their choice. Click the p2pnet music downloads bar on the right to hear what’s available.

But before you do that, check out these music donations from Steve Bazzocchi, including his remix of my …

Bush Baby – 4:36

Steve’s Bush Baby Mix 5:52 Steve Bazzocchi

Devious Lifeform – June (in the depths mix) 8:35 Steve Bazzocchi

In the depths vs Devious Lifeform – Lost in the Wind 4:30 Steve Bazzocchi

Mysty Morning 6:45 Steve Bazzocchi

Here what Stephan says about himself >>>

I think I started when I was around 16 but more than likely earlier.  Had an old Atari 800xl, which was a nightmare to work with, to do anything. But it had an awesome sound chip and made all sorts of insane 8bit sounds.  Took 2 years of classical guitar around that time, but it didn’t seem enough.  It did help fuel the passion for music.

Fast forward several years to the mid 90s. Was writing cheesy mod files using impulse tracker, taking part in a local activist group based out of the University of Winnipeg, known as RALLY.  Trying to find myself after a breakup of a relationship that shaped who I was to become, I was exposed to the underground electronic music scene of the time, and met my partner in crime/co-performer/all around good guy/and one of my closest friends Daniel Hood (DJ Phosphor/DJ Phaxis).  We went on to be a Live PA Act called Modulo-2 (live pa in our crowd is an artist/group of artists that perform ‘rave’ music live on synths, drum machines, computers, and even sometimes utilizing live instruments).

The music I was writing at that time was very aggressive (180bpm+) and noisy as hell with a bit of happy overtones to it.  It wasn’t till about 2000 I started finding my own sound and writing for myself and not for a type of music or style.  This led to the birth of Devious Lifeform and alter ego In The Depths.  Each persona has its own sound and style, and from time to time seep into each other’s tracks. Ranges from everything from minimal electronic and ambient soundscapes, to break beat, to house, to trance, to hardcore, to classic style acid techno.  About the only description of what it is really, is that the track represents what I was feeling at that point in time when I sat down to write it. Whatever emotion, thought, feeling or idea is running thru my head, which in my opinion is what all music should be.  Not something to make money with, but something to help other people gain a better perspective on the person who is writing it.

I have performed many times at quite a few of the local Winnipeg haunts that embraced electronic music and its culture, have thrown a couple of raves back in the day, even went as far as running the weekly electornica night at the legendary Wellington’s Nightclub in downtown Winnipeg.  Influences would have to be everything around me, from the way the sun shines thru my curtains of my studio, the dust bunnies inside my computer case, or just sitting here hitting a random pattern of keys on the keyboards.

Musical influences? There are far too many to mention, I hear elements of every song I have ever heard in my music, but that’s all that music is, isn’t it? A means to convey an idea, emotion and thought. OK well all music but commercial North American top 40, that I can do without.

For today, Steve’s music is available only from this page, but I’ll be adding it to the downloads section tomorrow.

So, Steve, thanks. I really appreciate your help.

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