Sonik Clique
Encyclopedia
Sonik Clique is a Finnish
demogroup
with members from Sweden, Denmark, UK and Greece. The group was founded under its original name Sonic in October 1990 by Stargazer and Tomy, and was active during the mid-1990s but still releases productions occasionally. The group members nowadays work mostly on advertising, games and IT.
music disk
collection Fish & Chips, which featured some well-known tracks, and the success in the Amiga intro competition at Assembly
in 1995 and 1996. With the exception of the first releases (1990–1992) almost all Sonik Clique productions featured a strong art direction with audio/visual synchronization similar to that of an MTV
music video
, combined with a degree of typographic
design elements commonly used in advertising. While most of the groups releases were for the Amiga
, the group also had an active PC
section, and in more recent years a transition to new media
platforms, like Java
and mobile/handheld.
Sonik Clique was also featured in the book Demoscene: the Art of Real-Time.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
demogroup
Demogroup
Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene....
with members from Sweden, Denmark, UK and Greece. The group was founded under its original name Sonic in October 1990 by Stargazer and Tomy, and was active during the mid-1990s but still releases productions occasionally. The group members nowadays work mostly on advertising, games and IT.
Releases
Sonik Clique is mostly remembered for their chipChiptune
A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously...
music disk
Music disk
Music disk, or musicdisk, is a term used by the demoscene to describe a collection of songs made on a computer. They are essentially the computer equivalent of an album. A music disk is typically packaged in the form of a program with a custom user interface, so the listener does not need other...
collection Fish & Chips, which featured some well-known tracks, and the success in the Amiga intro competition at Assembly
Assembly (demo party)
The Assembly demo party is a demoscene and gaming event in Finland. The main organizers of the event are Pekka Aakko and Jussi Laakkonen . The event takes place every year between late July and early August, and lasts three to four days...
in 1995 and 1996. With the exception of the first releases (1990–1992) almost all Sonik Clique productions featured a strong art direction with audio/visual synchronization similar to that of an MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, combined with a degree of typographic
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
design elements commonly used in advertising. While most of the groups releases were for the Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
, the group also had an active PC
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
section, and in more recent years a transition to new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
platforms, like Java
Java applet
A Java applet is an applet delivered to users in the form of Java bytecode. Java applets can run in a Web browser using a Java Virtual Machine , or in Sun's AppletViewer, a stand-alone tool for testing applets...
and mobile/handheld.
Sonik Clique was also featured in the book Demoscene: the Art of Real-Time.