The first version of "Running" I did simply to learn how the structres of this song were made, and if I could reproduce them, so is basically the SAME as the original version with the limitations I had. I also got several samples from InSoc at Kurt's webpage and would like to try to play with them around. Both were entirely made with 8-bit samples using Fast Tracker 2.

In 1996 I was able to upgrade my PC to a Pentium 100mhz with 16mb of RAM which were still a bad computer, but was 100x better than what I had. So I was able to use more channels and even 16-bit samples with new version of FT2 with better sound quality. On that period I did really many many songs.

But I can't even edit waves because an uncompressed wave file is about 10mb per minute, so to work with a 5mins track we need at least 50mb of RAM. I save money for months to finaly buy 80mb of RAM and a 133mhz CPU upgrade to be able to work with full wave files, and to do some edits like I never had access before.

In 1998 I decided to do my own version of "Running" then using my old file as the base of the programming of the new one, and adding my personal touch to one of my all time favorite song ever. This version I put online to let the people listen and comment about it, which will help me evolve in my programming skills. On that time I already released several tracks online for free.

At late 1998 Kurt started the project Internet InSoc Tribute Album with songs made by many fans around the world and I would love to enter but I knew that I will not have a good sound quality in the end, but I did anyway after a strange idea to make a "Repetition" version even slower than the original one. 
Tryed to find a vocalist on the early days of internet here in Brazil and found Isa which did the vocals for me, aside a very poor mic from Creative Multimedia Kit borrowed from a friend, and still the tape process to record more channels to be able to mix my programming with her vocals, that's why her vocals are a little out of tune, never was her fault, but because the tape rotation interference, the play rotation wasn't exact the same as recording. :/

In 1999 the band Synthetic Conspiracy (AKA Michael Pacheco) contact me about my "Running '98" version with the interest to use my programming skills to cover "Running" this time to the Internet InSoc Tribute Album, since he already entered with a very bad version of "Think" earlier, and because that I became a little suspicious about how this could end into another crap version and waste of time.

But I agreed anyway and we talked few times about new ideas to mix my version with the live version from the season 1992/1993, which I liked a lot. We are in almost the end of the year, and I'm was really out of time because I'm was finishing my college. 

I made some ajusts and send back the file to Michael put the real keyboards replacing my bad samples, vocals and better production in a studio. Aside I'm wasn't satisfied with his vocals on "Think". 

Then I only listen the final version, with a very high quality and his vocals surprised me, doing a great job, and another big surprise was a very nice female vocals by Deva finishing in a great track. He dropped "Think" to enter "Running" instead in the project, which become the best track of all submissions.

Running (Information Society Cover)

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