This weekend was [The Gathering](https://www.demoparty.net/the-gathering-2011/), a massive gathering of nerds and gamers in Norway. What started out as a humble [demoscene](https://demoscene.org) party has blossomed into a 5 day gathering of some of the best gamers and scene groups around.



The following is the offering by the ever excellent CNCD &amp; Fairlight. I p[osted a particle-tastic video by them last year](/posts/assembly-2010-cncd-fairlight-demo/) so if you like this sort of thing I **strongly** recommend that you check that out too.

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**Edit:** Oh if you like the music on this video you should check out the artist album, its bloody fantastic! [https://stereowildlife.co.uk/](https://https://stereowildlife.co.uk/)

It was the massive annual Assembly gathering last week. Traditionally its a place for the [demo scene](https://scene.org) to gather and present their demos and to hack out new ones.



For those not in the know the demo scene or "scene" is where a team of people come together and compete to make a music video. Except that they arent videos in the traditional sense as its all generated using code and runs in realtime. This means that you have to be super efficient with your code. Some of the competitions are "64k" or even "4k" competitions which means that the whole demo must fit in 64kb or 4kb! The music is also produced by the groups and often excellent.

I have been checking out some of the demos produced by the teams this year and they are simply stunning. Every year they get better and better.

This one from CNCD and Fairlight particularly caught my eye as it has massive numbers of particles and a stunning soundtrack kinda reminiscent of glitchy Radiohead. Therefore I thought it essential I share it here.

Enjoy:

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Oh while im at it check out this one from last year:

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If you are interested in more demos from assembly you can get them all here: [https://scene.org/newfiles.php?dayint=7&amp;dir=/parties/2010/assembly10/](https://scene.org/newfiles.php?dayint=7&dir=/parties/2010/assembly10/)

Oh I have also posted about the demoscene before here: [/posts/andromeda-software-development-lifeforce-2007/](/posts/andromeda-software-development-lifeforce-2007/)