The Black Lotus

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The Black Lotus

- TBL

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Epadrena

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The Black Lotus is a Swedish-based demo group, formed in 1989 when Atari coder Dickhead and his companion Rubberduck decided to build their own group on the Amiga. Originally an Amiga demo group, they have since branched out to most popular platforms. They were the first group to win The Gathering demo competition two years in a row.

The april 1995 demo Cybernetic reached 3rd position in The Gathering demo competition, and was the group's biggest success thus far. In june, the intro Mind The Carrot was the group's sole release at Icing 1995, reaching 9th in the competition. At Assembly 1995 in august came Misery - finishing 12th in the demo competition. The steady flow of releases would continue out the year, with the demos Que? (2nd at Remedy 1995) in october and Mindprobe (15th at The Party 1995) in december.

1996 started gently with the release of the demo Spectral at the small Swedish party Creutz in february. It was at The Gathering 1996 in april they broke through for real - through the release of the two 4k intros Gizmo and EQ-4k - 1st and 2nd in the competition - and the demo Tint - winner of the demo competition. They did not rest however, and already in may they released the intro Mind The Carrot 2 (1st) and the demo Glow (2nd) at the Icing 1996 party in Sweden. June brought the Remedy party, and once again TBL were triumphant in both intro and demo categories, with Tractorbeam and Darkside respectively. Their final release of the year was the demo Goa in august at Assembly, which finished 3rd in the competition. Apart from the jokey The Monkey Tribe in september, it would be until late march next year that they released anything.

The demo Captured Dreams made TBL the first ever group to win the demo competition twice at The Gathering. It would be their only demo on the Amiga this year.

Voted #5 most popular group in Fleur 3 (may 1999).

Members

Subgroups

Logic Design

BBS affiliations

Blackboard - HQ
Wasted Youth - HQ
Amberdawn - Distsite
Fear Factory - Distsite

Productions (80)

Eon Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2019
Rift Amiga AGA, Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2014
Only One Wish Windows - Demo	Fairlight and The Black Lotus	Jul 2008
Suicide Barbie Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2007
Starstruck Amiga AGA, Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 2006
Requiem Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2006
4 Edges Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2006
Ocean Machine Amiga AGA, Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 2005
Silkcut Amiga AGA, Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2004
Magia Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2003
Little Nell Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 2002
Møkkademo 2001 Amiga AGA - Demo	Epadrena	Nov 2001
GBG Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus and Up Rough	Oct 2001
TBC Trsac Invitemo Video	Iris and Loonies and TBC and The Black Lotus	Jul 2001
Perfect Circle Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 2001
Senseless Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 2000
iXalance port BeOS, Linux, Windows - Tool	Sahara Surfers and The Black Lotus	Feb 2000
Rain Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Dec 1999
Contour Windows - Demo	The Black Lotus	Jun 1999
Soil Video	The Black Lotus	Aug 1998
Assembly 98 Invitation Windows - Intro	The Black Lotus	Jul 1998
Flush! MS-Dos - Demo	Analogue and The Black Lotus	May 1998
Imitation [none] Amiga AGA - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Apr 1998
Forever Drooling MS-Dos - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Mar 1998
Octalyser v0.96r Atari ST/E - Tool	NewCore and Reward and The Black Lotus	1998
Stash BeOS, Linux, MS-Dos, Windows - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Dec 1997
Neural Wave Final MS-Dos - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Nov 1997
Outfast Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 1997
Jizz BeOS, Linux, MS-Dos, Windows - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Jul 1997
Panacea Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Jun 1997
TBL's 3D-converter for LightWave Amiga AGA, Amiga OCS/ECS, Amiga PPC/RTG - Tool	The Black Lotus	May 1997
Neural Wave MS-Dos - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Apr 1997
Captured Dreams Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
Astral Blur BeOS, Linux, MS-Dos, Windows - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
? Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Feb 1997
The Monkey Tribe Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Sep 1996
Goa Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
'69 MS-Dos - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
Tractorbeam Amiga AGA - Intro	The Black Lotus	Jun 1996
Darkside Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Jun 1996
Mind the Carrot 2 Amiga AGA - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	May 1996
Glow Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	May 1996
Tint Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
Gizmo 4Kb Intro Amiga AGA - 4K Intro	The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
EQ-4K Amiga AGA - 4K Intro	The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
Kirby 2 Amiga OCS/ECS - Intro	Lemon. and The Black Lotus	Mar 1996
Spectral Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Feb 1996
Mindprobe Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Sug MS-Dos - 64K Intro	The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Bill Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Mind the Coop Amiga AGA - Intro	Axis and The Black Lotus	Oct 1995
Que? Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Oct 1995
Mind The Riot Amiga AGA - Intro	The Black Lotus	Oct 1995
Misery Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 1995
Bit MS-Dos - 4K Intro	The Black Lotus	Aug 1995
Mind The Carrot Amiga AGA - Intro	The Black Lotus	Jun 1995
Sverige Toppen 14 Amiga AGA - Diskmag	The Black Lotus and Triad	Jun 1995
Sverige Toppen 13 Amiga AGA - Diskmag	The Black Lotus and Triad	May 1995
Sverigetoppen 12 Amiga AGA, Amiga OCS/ECS - Diskmag	The Black Lotus and Triad	May 1995
Cybernetic Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	Apr 1995
Relics Atari Falcon - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 1995
Sverige Toppen 11 Amiga AGA - Diskmag	The Black Lotus and Triad	Mar 1995
Visetres Atari Falcon - Tool	The Black Lotus	1995
Showtime 4 Intro Amiga AGA - Intro	The Black Lotus	1995
Twisted Minds Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	Dec 1994
Sverige Toppen 10 Amiga AGA - Diskmag	The Black Lotus and Triad	Dec 1994
Octalyser v0.5b Atari ST/E - Tool	Reward and The Black Lotus	Dec 1994
Phucker Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 1994
Octalyser v0.96b Atari ST/E - Tool	New Core and Reward and The Black Lotus	1994
Octalyser v0.94r Atari ST/E - Tool	New Core and Reward and The Black Lotus	1994
Octalyser v0.90a Atari ST/E - Tool	New Core and Reward and The Black Lotus	1994
Octalyser v0.81 Atari ST/E - Tool	New Core and Reward and The Black Lotus	1994
Fractal Toothbrush Amiga AGA - Demo	The Black Lotus	1994
Purgatory Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	Aug 1993
Amnesia Amiga OCS/ECS - Intro	The Black Lotus	Jul 1993
Total Brain Collapse Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	May 1993
Nugget Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	Mar 1993
Loom Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	1993
Cerberos Amiga OCS/ECS - Demo	The Black Lotus	1992
Join Us Atari ST/E - Intro	The Black Lotus	Aug 1991

Member productions (94)

violence Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus
dead orgasm Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus
Shipping Forecast Tracked Music	H0ffman / Logicoma ^ The Black Lotus	Jun 2023
Broken Souls Amiga OCS/ECS - Graphics	Danny / The Black Lotus	Apr 2023
1-Bit High And Rising ZX Spectrum - Music	H0ffman / Logicoma ^ The Black Lotus	Apr 2023
Eon Tracked Music	H0ffman / The Black Lotus	Apr 2019
Rift (Soundtrack) Streaming Music	Blaizer / The Black Lotus	Apr 2014
Nostalgi Commodore 64 - Music	Magnar / The Black Lotus	Feb 2010
Datastorm Commodore 64 - Graphics	Magnar / The Black Lotus	Feb 2010
Starstruck (soundtrack) Streaming Music	Blaizer / The Black Lotus	Aug 2006
Wasted Streaming Music	Blaizer / The Black Lotus	Apr 2006
Silkcut (soundtrack) Streaming Music	Blaizer / The Black Lotus	Apr 2004
2. bum 'n ass Windows - Demo	Jace / The Black Lotus	Feb 2002
Tropicana (Takeover edition) Graphics	Lowlife / The Black Lotus	Jun 2001
Son of Uluru Streaming Music	Crystal Score / The Black Lotus	Jun 2001
Mr and Mrs Galor Graphics	Louie / CNCD ^ The Black Lotus ^ The Planet Of Leather Moomins	Apr 2001
Talkshow Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Nov 2000
Dance For The Sun Streaming Music	Boor / The Black Lotus	Jun 2000
Constant Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Jun 2000
T-Demon Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Nov 1999
Nursu Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Jul 1999
Shun Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Jun 1999
Sequential Jesus Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Dec 1998
Suntrap Graphics	Fame / Floppy ^ Madwizards ^ Nah-Kolor ^ Pulse ^ The Black Lotus	Nov 1998
Between battles Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Aug 1998
Jizzing Clown MS-Dos - 1K Intro	Jace / The Black Lotus	May 1998
Billy da Clown Graphics	Jace / The Black Lotus	May 1998
T-holland Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Apr 1998
t-alien Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Dec 1997
Reflector Graphics	Facet / Lemon. ^ The Black Lotus	Dec 1997
over2 Music	Probe / The Black Lotus ^ Virtual Dreams	Dec 1997
Fruitmix Tracked Music	Facet / Lemon. ^ The Black Lotus	Dec 1997
Eternia Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Dec 1997
bluish Music	Probe / The Black Lotus ^ Virtual Dreams	Dec 1997
Noble Graphics	Nix / The Black Lotus	Nov 1997
Militanta Kannibaler Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Nov 1997
JACE13.COM MS-Dos - Intro	Jace / The Black Lotus	Nov 1997
Dance Of The Goblins 2: Celtic Tales Tracked Music	Crystal Score / The Black Lotus	Nov 1997
Surprise Contact Tracked Music	Lizardking / The Black Lotus	Sep 1997
Indiana Sinki Graphics	Facet / Lemon. ^ The Black Lotus	Aug 1997
At the Beach Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Aug 1997
Sereney Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Aug 1997
Smokeout Music	Probe / The Black Lotus	Jul 1997
Dance of the goblins Music	Crystal Score / The Black Lotus	Jul 1997
Birdie Graphics	Sauron / The Black Lotus	Jun 1997
Phatzo Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Jun 1997
Crimson Pool Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Apr 1997
Real Stats Music	Fndr / The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
Katka Graphics	Saffron / The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
family ties final Tracked Music	Fndr and Radix / The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
Angelic Particles Graphics	Danny and Louie / The Black Lotus	Mar 1997
Pride Graphics	Louie / The Black Lotus	Feb 1997
Bluestreamed Orbit Tracked Music	Azazel and Louie / The Black Lotus	Feb 1997
Tired Eyes Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	1997
!!!alchemist2 Tracked Music	Psycho / The Black Lotus	1997
Wired Graphics	Louie / The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
Love Affair Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
Firestorm - Blown Away (signed variation) Graphics	Danny / The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
Firestorm - Blown Away Graphics	Danny / The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
Bodtwijf Graphics	Lowlife / Hotline ^ The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
All Over Graphics	Louie / Keso ^ The Black Lotus	Dec 1996
Experimental jazz Tracked Music	Lizard / Spaceballs ^ The Black Lotus	Nov 1996
polarbjornattack Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Sep 1996
Wishes Graphics	Louie / The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
Old Skool Graphics	Rodney / The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
Full of Bloody Shit Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
Egypt Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
sun goes down Tracked Music	Stryper / The Black Lotus	Aug 1996
Zwaan Graphics	Facet / The Black Lotus	Jun 1996
Wah-Wah Mania Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	May 1996
Real Graphics	Tudor / The Black Lotus	May 1996
Fashion MS-Dos - Demo	Logic Design	Apr 1996
Paradise Graphics	Facet and Rubberduck / The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
Me'n My Little Sister Graphics	Louie / The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
Blitz Graphics	Rodney / The Black Lotus	Apr 1996
Khan-Be-Phonk Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Feb 1996
Superclear Tracked Music	SuperNao / The Black Lotus	1996
Xact Pleasure Tracked Music	Eddieboy / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
The Trip Tracked Music	Stryper / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Screem 4 Thirst Tracked Music	Psycho / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Complete Disaster Tracked Music	Psycho / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Climber Graphics	Rodney / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Pixspuke Graphics	Axm / The Black Lotus	Dec 1995
Fractured Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Nov 1995
Performance MS-Dos - Demo	Logic Design	Sep 1995
Nature's Scream Graphics	Fishbone / The Black Lotus	Aug 1995
Spring! MS-Dos - 100K Intro	Logic Design	Apr 1995
Relics by TBL Music	Sagittarius / The Black Lotus	Mar 1995
Definitive Era Tracked Music	Azazel / The Black Lotus	Feb 1995
Tendens of Love Tracked Music	Psycho / The Black Lotus	1995
? Music	Wolf / The Black Lotus	Aug 1994
Prologue MS-Dos - Demo	Logic Design	May 1994
Lunatic Asylum BBS Intro (1) MS-Dos - BBStro	Logic Design	Mar 1994
Demons Breath Tracked Music	Wolf / The Black Lotus	Aug 1993

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