2001

[22-Nov-2001] HYPERTERMINAL NO.3 IN DAILY STAR'S ESSENTIAL CLUBBING CHART
Hyperterminal's track 'Hemisphere' featured at number 3 in the Daily Star's Essential Clubbing Chart on Thursday 22nd November 2001.
'Hemisphere', featured on the Hyperterminal E.P. (out now from Rough Diamond) had previously been at number 4 and was ahead of Ian Van Dahl, Kosheen, Public Domain, New Order, Faithless, Hi-Gate, Roger Sanchez, Push and Angelic among others.
The chart, which is also published online at www.essential-clubbing.com is supposed to be an accurate reflection of what tracks club DJs are playing in the UK, compiled by DJs every week.
Hyperterminal's second vinyl release is due out early next year, and will feature Voyager and Stay With Me.

[29-Oct-2001] HYPERTERMINAL NO.1 ON VITAMINIC - OVERALL
On October 28, 2001 Hyperterminal's "Seeking You" became the first Frantik Music track to achieve the top spot overall on any music site.
Hyperterminal have been no.1 on the Vitaminic Electronica/Dance chart before, and Silverknight have achieved no.1 on the MP3.com hard house chart but until now no Frantik artist has ever had a track at the top spot over all styles of music.
That changed for two days on 28 and 29 October when Seeking You became the most downloaded track on the entire Vitaminic site across all genres, beating the Stereophonics and Depeche Mode among others. Not bad for a track that is now 2 years old!
Hyperterminal's debut release, Hyperterminal EP, is in shops now.

[15-Oct-2001] SILVERKNIGHT'S WEEK AT NO.1 ON MP3.COM HARD HOUSE CHART
Some of the biggest Frantik Music tunes online have hit the shops on DJ friendly 12" vinyl.
Earlier this year underground dance pioneers Cheeky Charas signed Hyperterminal's "Destination", "Distressed Rhombus", "Fanfare" and "Hemisphere" along with Silverknight's "Bring The Bass" and "The Stomper" for their new label Rough Diamond. The release was delayed due to some complications but the tunes are now available, all in extended mixable 12" versions never available online.
Silverknight's tunes are available on the first release from Rough Diamond Light Blue (the hard house sub-label) and Hyperterminal on the first release from Rough Diamond Pink (the trance sub-label). Follow up tunes have been signed for later this year. Find out more about the releases and how to buy from the vinyl page.
Both these releases are available direct from Cheeky Charas and also online via dance 12" specialists Juno Records.
Thanks to Lee from Cheeky Charas for making this all possible!

[27-Jun-2001] SILVERKNIGHT'S WEEK AT NO.1 ON MP3.COM HARD HOUSE CHART
Silverknight got Frantik Music it's first ever MP3.com top spot when "Tripzone" reached No.1 in the worldwide MP3.com hard house chart on June 18th, 2001.
The track stayed at the top spot until June 24th, giving Frantik Music some welcome publicity. At it's peak the track was no.16 overall in the Dance chart and no.62 overall on MP3.com out of over 500,000 tracks including artists such as Madonna and Tom Jones. During it's week at the top, the track had over 2000 plays.
On June 18th, Silverknight also had 8 other tunes in the MP3.com hard house top 40 - a record for any Frantik Music artist on any MP3.com genre chart. "Science Fiction" by Space Invaderz was also no.4 in the chart for most of the week.

[03-Jun-2001] FRANTIK VOLUME 9 NOW OUT
The ninth volume in the long running promotional album series from Frantik Music was launched on 15 June 2001. As usual, the album features a selection of the most popular Frantik tracks from the past 8 months.
The first volume was launched back in June 1997, then as the main outlet for Frantik artists' material. Although last year Frantik Music switched to online promotion and music distribution, the albums still provide people without access to the internet an opportunity to listen to our music.
Tracks featured on volume 9 include "Tranquillity Rising" from Excelsior and "Science Fiction" from Space Invaderz.

[19-May-2001] NEO DISCO TERRORISTS FEATURE FRANTIK TRACKS ON MIX CDS
American digital mixing team Neo Disco Terrorists have selected several Frantik tracks to include in their exclusive MP3.com mix CDs.
The innovative mixing group use computer mixing techniques instead of turntables to blend together the latest MP3 material from the MP3.com dance scene, and produce mix CDs in a variety of styles such as house, trance and techno featuring some of MP3.com's most successful producers including The Cynic Project and Karoly and Monica.
NDT first got in touch with Frantik's John Dalling to ask permission to use Dreamworld's 'Your Smile' in their latest happy hardcore album, and have since decided to include Silverknight in their new house album and Hyperterminal in their trance album.
You can preview and buy the mix CDs at http://www.mp3.com/neodisco - the website includes track listings for each CD and preview stream, so you can find out which artists you are listening to.

[07-May-2001] SILVERKNIGHT REACH NO.3 ON MP3.COM HARD HOUSE CHART
Silverknight provided Frantik with it's highest MP3.com chart position to date on May 6th 2001 when "Back To The Nu Skool" rocketed to no.3 in the Hard House chart.
Silverknight were featured by MP3.com on May 4th, gaining 440 plays in one day alone on the world's most popular MP3 site. This has led to several Silverknight tracks breaking the hard house top 40 chart, with "Back To The Nu Skool" highest at no.3 (probably due to it's inclusion in the May 7th MP3.com daily hard house playlist). "Techno Funk" featured at no.21 and "Plutonium" at 37.
The previous MP3.com high for a Frantik track was in December when "Just Can't Fall In Love" by Dreamworld peaked at no.5 on the Happy Hardcore chart. Frantik continue to do well on the Vitaminic UK charts with both Hyperterminal and Silverknight in the Electronica / Dance Top 10 between April 24 and May 7.

[07-May-2001] RICHIE WILLIAMS PRODUCES A TRACK AT FRANTIK
Time Flies Aberystwyth resident DJ Richie Williams began his DJ career at Frantik Music where he learned his trade mixing back to back hardcore with John Dalling (aka Prism) in 1997. Now he's back - this time cutting his recording debut with a track provisionally titled "Orange Peel".
"Orange Peel" is a prog house / trance crossover with a deep bassline, and was produced in just two hours with John Dalling at the helm as producer, helping with the technicalities of the track.

[07-Apr-2001] HYPERTERMINAL'S 'THE DREAM' NO.1 ON VITAMINIC
Hyperterminal's "The Dream" has achieved a No.1 position on the Vitaminic UK Dance / Electronica chart over a year after it was produced.
The track has proved one of Hyperterminal's more popular tunes, and last May was at No.2 when "Seeking You" hit the No.1 spot on the same chart. Now "The Dream" has achieved pole position, staying on the top spot in the chart for two days from Tuesday 3rd April 2001 to Wednesday 4th.

[31-Mar-2001] FRANTIK MIX CD SERIES LAUNCHED
As well as the popular promotional compilation album series (currently on volume 8 "The Earth Album"), Frantik launched a mix CD album series in March 2001. The idea is to provide a continuous mix of rare and unheard Frantik tracks, as well as exclusive mixes. The first CD, mixed by Prism, features 12 tracks from artists such as Hyperterminal, Dave Kent, Redmann and Silverknight.

[24-Feb 2001] HYPERTERMINAL FOUR TRACK E.P. RELEASE IN UK POSSIBLE
Hyperterminal are expected to be signing a deal for a three or four track E.P. to be released on a new underground UK label, Rough Diamond. The tracks have been pressed on white label, but due to technical difficulties, the actual release has been delayed. However, the release is expected sometime this spring or summer, and the tracks on the E.P. are expected to be Thirty One, Destination, Fanfare and Distressed Rhombus.
All these tracks can currently be downloaded for free at MP3.com.