Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Trax In Space - a rebirth

For many people who remember Trax In Space, it is remembered as a place where people who loved music and people who loved to make music had a place to call home. It had pieces that sites such as MySpace, iTunes and even Facebook mimic today. The site, which had its roots as early as 1993 was shutdown in 2001. But now it is coming back...

To its founders, Trax In Space is still very important. It was a place to escape to, to listen to great music, to find new music you never knew even existed and most importantly to make friends. I know that I owe many friendships to Trax In Space, and these friendships have stood the test of time.

But now it is time for a rebirth. While online music has made great strides since Trax In Space, it still has not fulfilled its promise. With time comes learning and change. Through the new Trax In Space, I hope to fulfill the promise that Trax In Space held - to bring music into people's lives, to help musicians become better musicians and to help people make lasting connections through music.

Help us spread the word. Help us make a site that you want. Sign up to be a beta tester at http://www.traxinspace.com.

31 comments:

Nocturno said...

We can accomplish many things through music. Friendship is one of them. Indeed, Trax In Space was much more than just a site, it was a worthy cause. And I'm glad it's back!

(Zoon)

Anonymous said...

One word: Wooo!

I'm definitely looking forward to sinking my teeth into the new Trax in Space. Here's hoping it will be at least a fraction as much fun as the previous incarnation.

Anonymous said...

c'mon Saurin! stop teasin' us! You've been dragging this for ages now... you know the TiS brandname is still huge! no more waiting :D - lets get back that little bit of internet heaven!
cheers

- slammin vinyl

Anonymous said...

I'm looking forwards to this. I know that many music-communities still thrive on the basis of what TIS1 did in the past. Modplug.com, CTGmusic.com and Modarchive.com, are the biggest communities that got their users from the TIS-community in the past. Even though many of the old users dont make music anymore, or are releasing their songs commercially, I still believe that this site is going to be as overwhelming as it once was.

Anonymous said...

Don't know if you ever got my e-mail a few weeks ago Saurin, but you can certainly count me in with the new TiS. I'm still doing music after all these years.

I was just checking out the Wiki page on Trax and it was kind of funny to see my name in there. Didn't think I'd ever find myself on Wiki ;)

Anonymous said...

I've been waiting for TiS to return for ages and now the long wait is finally coming to an end. The rebirth will be a new revolution for all trackers and musicians alike. A new community, a new beginning.

Anonymous said...

FETT!

Anonymous said...

I am very happy you're comming back!! I hope you can download .xm like you could on the "old" TIS. (maybe .mt2 now)Can't wait till you're finished :D

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Greets from a happy user in Holland.

Anonymous said...

Well, let's hope Trax In Space will be even better than it was before. I had a great time on TiS before (as Tricrokra), and maybe I can relive the old times again.

Anonymous said...

We were totally excited when we noticed TiS is coming back! The root, the first an best music site we ever released music on!

Anonymous said...

I'm the first one to comment! =}
Well, I for one am dying here, waiting for the new TiS. I keep checking every few days in the hopes that some day I'll be able to relive the 'glory days'. Even though modarchive has been getting better, and there's still United Trackers and other sites, I've never been able to find the sense of community and friendship online that I had at TiS. I used to spend literally hours every day on TiS downloading and reviewing music, and I can't wait until I can do that once more. Nothing has been able to fill that void in my life, where Trax In Space once held pride of place...

But soon (hopefully very soon), it will return, bigger and better than ever!
3 Cheers for Saurin!

Anonymous said...

Ahhhh yes those were the days and I can't wait to get them back.
Here's to the future of TiS ...... zang.

..and Hi Nukkels - been awhile indeed!

Anonymous said...

Wow, it's amazing to see all these comments from people I remember and respect from the old TiS site. I'm *really* looking forward to the new site. The lack of a community site like this to keep me inspired and to give me feedback has really made my music activity level decrease.

Here's hoping we can reestablish old friendships and build a musical community to stand the test of time.

Unknown said...

Greetz from Cape Town, SA. I miss the site and the awesome feedback I got from real people about my music.

Anonymous said...

Yea.. This is very nice indeed. Hope to see many of my old friends at the new TiS...

Anonymous said...

oh, tis is back, aweosome

Anonymous said...

i've waited for this ever since TIS shut down.. i knew it wouldnt stay gone forever.. i too hope to see mods for download.. when i used TIS before it was just as an enthusiastic listener - now i'm ready to post some work on there! :-)

Anonymous said...

PHATT!
TIS is the shit forever and always.. hope to see some of the old trackers around =)

Anonymous said...

it's a long time, indeed. Can't wait to upload crappy tunes and write nasty reviews again :P
Finally TiS will be back.

Anonymous said...

can't wait :-)

Anonymous said...

In waiting for it, just curious. TiS was here when I started tracking back in 99, i remember nights of leeching on it :)

Anonymous said...

it's time to get tis back! it've been a long time.

Anonymous said...

No support for MP3 releases please. If the scene's going to grow, TiS needs to introduce people to the tracker way of creating music.

Anonymous said...

Noone might believe this , but having traxinspace back again was 1 of my dreams lately.i`ve had remindfull moments with traxinspace .I hope it`s going to be Tracker based site again .not just a site with bunch of mp3s...

I LOVE YOU !!!!

Anonymous said...

I can hardly wait. TiS was the sh*t back in the days. Fingers crossed.

Anonymous said...

We've been waiting a long time for this! :)

Anonymous said...

TiS had such a huge impact on me back in the days, real glad you're bringing it back.

Anonymous said...

höchste zeit, dass es endlich losgeht! it was a great time and good experience. but now its time to resurrect ^^
its time to be a part of it - again!

Anonymous said...

Great news! When TiS went down it left a void on the net :)

I'm glad it's back...

Anonymous said...

Nice to see you back. will the old stuff return with the website too?

saurin said...

since its a new site, user's will have to upload all the files again - nothing from the old site is being used