“Mars Wind are 2 hard techno kids from the streets, and the lovely Marta who sings from her cold heart into the fast night. Rip it up to this!”

Mars Wind is a project that in_tense and I created in the haze of an extended drinking binge… yay, vodka! We decided to deliberately limit ourselves to the SID chip for all of our melodic and percussive needs (or at least an emulation of one, courtesy of QuadraSID VSTi by reFX), abandoning the traditional approach of using more advanced synthesisers which would have us wasting far too much time browsing endless presets. Working within these constraints actually created a great sense of freedom and forced us to be more creative. Our intention was to create short, fun tracks with a high replayability factor.

Song lyrics after the break…

*** Lift off! ***

Prepare for lift off!
All systems are go!
Mars Wind rock the beat!
Keep with the boom!

Keep with the boom!

Prepare for lift off!
All systems are go!
Mars Wind rock the beat!
Keep with the boom!

*** ASCII Gangster ***

Two Six
Seven One
Nine A

Two F
E D
C D

ASCII gangster
ASCII gangster
Seven bits of heaven
ASCII gangster
Bits of heaven
ASCII gangster

(Repeat)

*** Hello ***

Hello… Who is this?
Hello, are you still there?
Hello, are you still there?

(Repeat)

I just want to talk to you.
I just want to talk to you.

Hello, are you still there?

(Repeat)

*** Marching towards the light ***

Marching towards the light
Marching towards the light
Marching towards the light
Marching towards the light
I love today
Marching towards the light

Go
I know
I meant to stay, stay, stay

Go
I know
I meant to stay, stay, stay

Go
Marching towards the light
I love today
Marching towards the light
I love today

*** Hit the streets ***

Hit the streets
Hit the streets
Hit the streets… Tonight!

Simply divine
Simply divine
Who, me?

Simply divine
Simply divine
Who, me?

Hit the streets… Tonight!
Move… Hit the streets
Who, me?

Hit the streets…. Tonight!
Move… Hit the streets

Hit the streets

*** Transam ***

Get in my transam
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby
Yeah!

(Repeat)

Ooh yeah!
Ooh yeah!

Let’s go to KFC
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby
Yeah!

Give me my headband
Love me tonight
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby
Love me tonight!

Ooh yeah!
Ooh yeah!

Give me my headband
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby

Let’s go to KFC
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby
Yeah!

Let’s go to KFC
Let’s roll!
It takes two tonight
Touch me baby
Yeah!

*** Sex (yeah) ***

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… One two three

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… One two three, more for me

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… One two three, more for me

On your bed
On your floor
Have a Coke
Out the door!

On your bed
On your floor
Have a Coke
Out the door!

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… One two three, more for me

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… One two three, more for me

On your bed
On your floor
Have a Coke
Out the door!

On your bed
On your floor
Have a Coke
Out the door!

Sex… Good for me, yeah
Sex… Good for me, yeah