faq: the much needed Flamenco Peko frequently asked questions with answers

- What is Flamenco Peko?
- Apart from being a web site Flamenco Peko is the musical creations of Ole Morten Sørensen and friends. A band of sorts, probably closer to project.

- How did you come up with the name Flamenco Peko?
- We did some concerts with the band named Stanley The Parrot which didn't feel right after some time so we needed a new one. At first I thought about Hey Flamenco Peko, but that sounded a bit like Yo La Tengo?! I also considered Flamenco Peko 500.

- What does Flamenco Peko mean?
- Flamenco is a dance / musical genera. Peko is a name.

- What sort of music do you play?
- Lo-fi, polar, ambient, break-beat, chill, club, rock, electronica, punk, doom, gloom.

- What are your lyrics about?
- We like to go on about the woods, the universe, life, society, youth, music and love.

- Who's in the band?
- Ole Morten Sørensen, Hans Petter Bakken, Marie Eriksen and contributing artists.

- Can I link to you?
- Yes, please. See link up.

- Will you link to me?
- If we dig what we find on the url you send us we'll put it in the link section.

- What languages do you code the site in?
- largely html, css, JavaScript, Flash and ActionScript.

- What is Beta el division?
- Morten had a studio set up in his parents' bond, where we recorded quite a few tunes, and that's what we called it.

- How did you come up with the name Beta el division?
- Morten had that name.

- What is Fuzz Pop?
- My tiny record label / copyright holding company. "flame-ep" is released on Fuzz Pop with the cat. #: FP-001.

- How did you come up with the name Fuzz Pop?
- It's obviously stolen from Sub Pop, even the logo. I wrote fuzz pop on a concert poster for a band called Blister that I drummed for, and then later decided to use it as my label.

- What is that icon?
- A lower-case 'f' in the font Bullets4 [Japanese]. The Flamenco Peko icon.

- Can you do a remix for me?
- I'm at your remix service. Send me your kits to or get in touch and we'll find a way.

- Can I remix Flamenco Peko?
- Yes! That's what the remix-kit is for. More kits online soon. Feel free to request tracks too.

- Are you famous?
- No, see stats.

- How does the webcam work?
- I have a cheap Logitech camera, connected via usb to my desktop computer. A small app. called WinCam, written by Dirk, sends the picture the bzzt, the server hosting flamencopeko.net. It works by generating .jpg files that are displayed through a Java class embeded into the html in a layer on top of flash. A flash button is provided to turn the camera on and off. The webcam works in MIE, and also in Netscape if you're lucky.

- What software powers Flamenco Peko?
- Check the software page. To get an idea of what software was used on a particular song, look it up.

- How does the in-line player work and how do I use it?
- The in-line player was developed and implemented late 2002, to enable listeners to experience our music directly within the browser, eliminating the need of external applications. Not to worry, the download and .m3u stream options are kept intact as well. Play, pause, stop, skip and volume buttons function like you would expect them to in any player. What track is currently playing is displayed in a text field, so is the current possition. The graphical eq bars are fake, but have randomness to fool you. A default play-list with featured tracks are loaded by default when you first enter the site. The playlist is scrollable and clickable. You can clear the playlist and load tracks from various pages, such as recordings, remixes and co-lab, to have your own play-list play on repeat. It is based mainly on a component called JXLRadio, as well as some smaller components, such as Archid's Microphone Graph. The sound level graph displays the volume level as a visual curve, getting it's input from your computer. To use the sound level graph, open your windows sound mixer, choose your mic. input to use your local microphone, or wave to have it display the tracks you are playing from the site. To use the sound level graph you must allow us to access your local microphone when promted. Features, yet to be added are: balance, remaining time, id3 displays, vol / pan displays, ability to play back local .mp3's, fast forward / rewind and more. The top.fla including the player is available as open source.

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