History
- Released
- March 1990
- Code
- Pompom
- Graphics
- Xaver
- Music
- Fate (Peter Slotta) -- "Frontpage #4 (intro)"
- Group
- The Ruling Company -- Netherlands, founded September 1988
The eighth numbered intro from The Ruling Company, a Dutch group founded in September 1988 that later merged with SCS to form the well-known SCS+TRC partnership. Pompom coded the intro, Xaver provided graphics, and Fate (Peter Slotta) composed "Frontpage #4 (intro)," preserved in the HVSC. The tune title references the disk magazine Frontpage -- suggesting Fate recycled or adapted music originally composed for that publication. Released in March 1990, this came during TRC's formative period as an independent Dutch cracking operation. The group maintained a website at scs-trc.net, reflecting their eventual merger with the Swedish group SCS. The Ruling Company's Dutch origins placed them in a scene that produced numerous influential groups and musicians. Peter Slotta's contributions as Fate span multiple productions from this era, making him one of the German SID composers whose work reached Dutch groups through the interconnected European trading networks.
Sources: CSDb
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