2002

[18-Nov-2002] DAVE PEARCE PLAYS 'ASCENSION'
Top UK DJ Dave Pearce has played Hyperterminal's 'Ascension' on his Radio 1 show.
The Hyperterminal track is currently on promo, and will be released by the Rough Diamond label from Cheeky Charas. It has featured in the Essential Clubbing chart top five during November, and became the first Hyperterminal track to be played by Radio 1 on Dance Anthems, Sunday 10th November 2002. Dave Pearce played the track again during his trance selection on 17th November.

[03-Oct-2002] REDMANN CD AVAILABLE ONLINE
Redmann has become the first Frantik artist to sell a CD on the Vitaminic website.
His debut album Parallels is available both offline from us, or to buy online at Vitaminic.co.uk - and the tracks on both versions are identical. The album includes some of his best tracks - 'So Sublime', 'Turn The Corner' and 'Zero Gravity' are all featured - as well as memorable remixes such as Dave Kent's version of 'So Sublime'.
Andrew's also been busy preparing his first post-album track, 'Embrace' which signals a change of direction. It's a melodic chilled out track which is now available to download free online. 'Embrace' is not available on Parallels, but is available on the latest Frantik compilation Not Frantik : The Chilled CD, which also features the new Excelsior track 'Fire and Ice' and the summer success 'Night Beach' from PP.

[30-Jun-2002] CHILL OUT WITH FRANTIK THIS SUMMER
Chill out this summer with some of the very latest material from Frantik artists!
It seems that chillout is the latest flavour in the ongoing search for something new in the dance scene, and Frantik have once again joined in the fun with both new tracks and laid back remixes of old favourites.
One of the surprise online successes this year so far has been Night Beach - a chillout track from Psychadelik Pedestrian (PP) written for the new album Purple due out this summer. Night Beach went online in June and by June 29 it had reached number 1 on the Vitaminic UK Downtempo / Chillout chart, the first time Frantik have achieved pole position in this particular chart.
Crossing the old and the new are two new chillout remixes - Chilled Nitrogen is a chillout remix of Liquid Nitrogen 2002 by Psychadelik Pedestrian, again lifted from the Purple album, and there's a new chillout mix of Excelsior's 2001 trance cut Tranquillity Rising. Both are available to download at www.vitaminic.co.uk.

[30-May-2002] TWO NEW SILVERKNIGHT VINYL RELEASES
Two more Silverknight 12" vinyl releases are out now from Cheeky Charas.
Rough Diamond Light Blue 2 features Feel The Pressure / Techno Funk from Silverknight, with top notch remixes from Marc O.D., Roland the Bastard and Little Satan as well as Dean Chester.
Solid Choonz features two mixes of Heaven. For more information on both releases contact Cheeky Charas. Also out now is the Phish Funk remix of Project Ex's Buggin' Me on WannaB.

[22-May-2002] PP MINI ALBUM 'PURPLE' COMPLETED
The PP mini-album / demo CD 'Purple' is out now and is to be made available online shortly.
The album is 34 minutes long and includes 8 tracks, featuring brand new tracks such as One Five Eight alongside recent online choons such as Look to the Light.
The mini album is the first in a line of several to be produced in the coming months from Frantik artists, and by the end of the year we're hoping to get an online shop up on the site for you to get them direct. Forthcoming mini albums are expected from Redmann and Space Invaderz later this year.

[14-Mar-2002] HYPERTERMINAL AND SILVERKNIGHT SIGN TO CHEEKY CHARAS
Hyperterminal and Silverknight have signed a three year contract with Cheeky Charas for more releases on their UK 'Rough Diamond' labels. The exclusive contract means new Hyperterminal and Silverknight material will no longer be available free online, but it will mean new tunes will have greater publicity.
Hyperterminal's first UK vinyl release was on Rough Diamond Pink in 2001. Silverknight's first vinyl release was on Rough Diamond Light Blue in 2001. Cheeky Charas run several labels covering a wide spectrum of both the underground and more commercial UK dance scene.

[23-Feb-2002] 'SO SUBLIME' IS LISTENER'S FAVOURITE OF 2001
Five years of writing tunes at Frantik finally paid off for Redmann (Andrew Amery) in 2001 as 'So Sublime' has become the listener's favourite track of the year.
Joining 'Seeking You' (1999) , 'Stranger In Paradise' (2000) and 'Voyage To Pluto' (1997), 'So Sublime' is the sixth listener's top choon since the chart started in 1996. Voting was closer than ever before in 2001 with 'So Sublime' and sixth placed 'Tranquillity Rising' seperated by just a few points. You can view the 2001 listener's chart here.
Just missing out on top 10 placings were 'Neurotic 2001' (Hyperterminal & Redmann) at 11, the Phish Funk remix of 'Buggin Me' (Project Ex) at 12, 'Sandstone' (Hyperterminal) at 13 and 'Move Harder' (Redmann) at 14.

[26-Jan-2002] FRANTIK JOINS JAVAMUSIC AND SOUNDCLICK
Frantik Music have extended their online presence to Javamusic and Soundclick during January 2002.
Previously, we've concentrated very much on MP3.com (partly due to their payback for playback scheme) and more recently Vitaminic. However, we've decided on a much wider publicity policy for 2002, putting music by all Frantik artists on as many sites as possible. During December 2001 and early January 2002, a great deal more music was placed on Vitaminic, and during January the focus has switched to Javamusic, which now hosts a great deal of our artists' 2001 material. Soundclick is our next target.
The plan is to be able to link to all these locations from this site, so users have a variety of sites to download from - and also to get visitors here from other places.

[23-Jan-2002] EXCELSIOR'S 'DIPSOMANIA' SURPRISE VITAMINIC SUCCESS
Excelsior's original mix of 'Dipsomania' proved a surprise hit following it's release on Vitaminic and Javamusic in January 2002.
The track, which has never been online before, reached the top spot on the Vitaminic Happy Hardcore chart on 23 January, netting Excelsior his first Vitaminic chart place.
'Dipsomania' was written in 1997, but the original piano-orientated mix was overshadowed by the vocal Prism remix (Pink Album), and never made it onto any Frantik albums. It was remastered in December 2001 and placed on Vitaminic on 8th January.
Excelsior's 'Tranquillity Rising' also featured in the Vitaminic Trance chart on 23 January, with the Hyperterminal remix at no. 5 and the original mix at no. 6. Other January Vitaminic chart successes have included 'By The Water' (Space Invaderz v PP) and 'Friction' (Silverknight). 'Liquid Nitrogen 2002' (PP) has been featured in the breakbeat section and 'Losing Control' (Dreamworld) in the happy hardcore section making January 2002 one of Frantik's most successful months on Vitaminic.