In This Document
Writing
Language is one of my primary fascinations in life. I came up with my first poem in Swedish at the age of five, albeit in oral form rather than written. While I am unsure whether my writing has improved since those early days, one definitive change is that English has become my language of choice for most writing.
Writing has been an important factor in my life from time to time, and has helped me through some hard times. My need to write poetry, however, has diminished lately, which may actually be a blessing.
During my most prolific time, I was a frequent participant in the ATPAS (NNTP, Google groups) newsgroup, which is now largely defunct. The people I got to know through ATPAS greatly influenced my writing and will continue to mean a lot to me in the future.
Some of my writings exist on Everything2, the user-created, user-edited online encyclopedia, creative writing forum, and daylogging facility. The list of my writeups at E2 also includes a number of factual writeups that I created. I continue to collaboratively write and edit nonfiction articles on Swedish Wikipedia and English Wikipedia.
Poems
- Poems by Alexander Nordström
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A selection of my poems in portable document format (PDF).
40 pages
Size: 150.9 KiB (0:43 at 28.8 Kbps; 0:22 at 56 Kbps; 0:05 at 256 Kbps)
Music
I started playing the piano at age ten and soon transitioned into electronic keyboards, synthesizers, and computers. Most of the music here was made mainly using tracker programs like Impulse Tracker and Fasttracker.
How to Play
These files are encoded in the open and patent-free Ogg Vorbis audio format, which creates smaller files with better sound quality than the non-free, patent-restricted MP3) format. The files can be played in most popular software audio players like XMMS for Linux, Whamb for Mac OS X, or Winamp for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows Media player is not capable of playing Ogg Vorbis by default, but third-party support is available from the Illiminable project. Hardware players such as some of those from Iriver and many others are also capable of playing the format.
Depending on how you view this page, you may need to right-click (or similar) on the song titles and choose to save the songs to disk. Make sure to note where you save them!
Downloads
- Bad Is Good
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Scratched-up, monotonous four-to-the floor with some nice
build-ups.
Length: 3:16
Size: 2.4 MiB (11:39 at 28.8 Kbps; 6:00 at 56 Kbps; 1:19 at 256 Kbps) - The End of the Millennium
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Rather ambient, melodic drum and bass with filtered
synthesizers.
Length: 3:29
Size: 2.2 MiB (10:41 at 28.8 Kbps; 5:30 at 56 Kbps; 1:12 at 256 Kbps) - Getting Closer
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Playful, syncopated house with a driven beat, jazzy piano, and
filtered vocals.
Length: 3:17
Size: 2.3 MiB (11:10 at 28.8 Kbps; 5:45 at 56 Kbps; 1:15 at 256 Kbps) - Intergalactic War on Drugs
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Goa trance about why drugs and nukes don't mix. The moral of the
song is that if we are not careful, astronauts may end up being
the last humans alive. The song contains a sample with a
reference to the spaceshuttle Columbia but predates its tragic
demise. As such I have not felt artistically compelled to alter
or remove the sample. I hope that I do not offend anybody by
making this decision.
Length: 5:17
Size: 2.4 MiB (11:39 at 28.8 Kbps; 6:00 at 56 Kbps; 1:19 at 256 Kbps) - Keep the Dream Alive
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Fast-paced trance with some soothing harmonies.
Length: 4:35
Size: 3.5 MiB (16:59 at 28.8 Kbps; 8:44 at 56 Kbps; 1:55 at 256 Kbps) - Less Is More
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Syncopated house with cut-up vocals and a heavy echo on the
minimalistic lead.
Length: 4:46
Size: 3.3 MiB (16:01 at 28.8 Kbps; 8:14 at 56 Kbps; 1:48 at 256 Kbps) - The Life of an NYPD Cop
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Melancholy ambient/drum and bass crossover.
Length: 4:28
Size: 2.9 MiB (14:05 at 28.8 Kbps; 7:14 at 56 Kbps; 1:35 at 256 Kbps) - Statos
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Atmospheric, simplistic, unapologetic trance.
Length: 4:42
Size: 3.4 MiB (16:30 at 28.8 Kbps; 8:29 at 56 Kbps; 1:51 at 256 Kbps) - The Trip
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Techno-pop making you think it's 1995 all over again.
Length: 4:23
Size: 3.2 MiB (15:32 at 28.8 Kbps; 7:59 at 56 Kbps; 1:45 at 256 Kbps)
Feel free to share these files freely, for example over P2P networks, and to use these files to create derivative works, so long as you credit me and do not make a profit from distributing them. See the copyright notice on the information page for license details. Transcoding to MP3 is not recommended; please be courteous and refrain from distributing transcoded or other maimed versions.
Webcam
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Further Information
You must be really curious! I like curious people, so feel free to e-mail me at alexander.nordstrom@gmail.com or see the contact page for other ways of reaching me.