“Tracked, cheezy, retro-futuristic synth pop influenced by italo disco” is one possible definition of doskpop, but it’s hard to say what exactly defines the genre. The name was invented by Lizardking, who also crowned himself the “King of Doskpop”. However, he was far from first composing this style of music. It’s arguably as old as Amiga music itself, and has it’s roots in other electronic music, like italo disco as mentioned.
This episode gives you a small representation of some of my favorite doskpop (and similar styles). Enjoy!
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Playlist:
1. Virgill – Interference.modd
2. Alf – Astroflux.mod
3. Misty & Daeron – Iridium.mod
4. Lizardking – Transatlantic.mod
5. Night Beat – Sinescape.mod
6. The Hardliner – Retro Attivo.mod
7. Jester – Stardust Memories.mod
8. Lizardking – Art of Chrome.xm
9. Mantronix & Tip – Voyage-Overload.mod
All tunes in this week’s episode can be downloaded in original .MOD or .XM format at www.modland.com.
works from the front page 4 me. i think its the relativistic html thats goofing it up from the post/page view.
rad jams! w00000t
This is real chiptune.
Doskpop is like the C + C Music Factory of chiptune! In an incredibly good way. Awesome episode!
This should be half assed fixed.. for now!
You made me found a new great genre, thank you! Your song Lizard Monarchy is kinda in this style right?
Claudio: Yes, “Lizard Monarchy” was an attempt by Linde and I to make doskpop :)
It would be really nice if you could post a directlink to all songs in the playlist, so u know that it’s the right song you’re downloading :)
yay I loved this so hard
an attempt to make the most anal comment of this decade: it is not “xxxxx.mod” it is “mod.xxxxx”. beat that, commenters!
lol goto80
Claudio: Hmm, yes. That would be nice, but it’s more work for me. I’ll do that in the future ;)
Awesome! I’ve always wanted to find more tunes like this aside from the dozen I’ve already listened to do death.. thanks, random!
What happened to this, when’s the next episode coming up?
Claudio: Next episode will come this Friday, in two days! Sorry about the delay, I kind of took summer vacation (and was busy with a lot of other things like demoparties and international chipmusic festivals). Thank you for showing interest :)