The Gathering Ifthenelse 2000 Eacflac |top| File

The year 2000 was a turning point for the digital arts. At The Gathering (TG) in Hamar, Norway, one of the world's largest LAN parties and demoparties, the group known as IFT (later evolving into Ifthenelse ) made waves with their demos and intros. TG2000 saw the peak of the PC demoscene, where 64KB intros and real-time 3D pushed hardware to its limits.

By the year 2000, The Gathering had fully transcended their death-doom roots. if_then_else was recorded at Koeienverhuur Studio and Signalhell Recording Studio, with the band taking a more "band-oriented" approach compared to the sprawling, spacey textures of its predecessor. The title itself—a common logical construct in computer programming—reflected a modern, perhaps more analytical take on human emotions and the choices that define them. Track-by-Track Atmosphere the gathering ifthenelse 2000 eacflac