Author: 8GB

  • Paza Rahm – Lastlevilboss *New videoclip!

    New video of Paza Rahm’s new work!

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  • Chris Hülsbeck’s “Symphonic Shades” reprint

     

    symphonic_shades_artworkOne of my favourite composers of the C64 and Amiga eras, creator of marvelous soundtracks like the one for the game Giana Sisters, the amazing Turrican series soundtracks  and the guy who made the first computer sequencer we all call “tracker” (so you owe him a damn lot), has released his record “Symphonic Shades” some time ago, to a mass of hungry fans who got it on “sold out” status sooner than you can identify yet another boring Game Boy square wave. The tracks are rearranged by legend demoscener Mr. Purple Motion as well so this is something worth giving a listen. How would compositions made with chipmusic or chiptune techniques change when performed on “legacy” instruments? Is the composition really that good or does the gimmick of chipmusic give it its only appeal? You should find the answers to these questions checking out this CD (while you make them too about your music).

    So, now on reprint, here’s your chance to grab this record. Let’s read the blurb:

    With its transparent standard-tray the new edition is lower priced 17.95 instead of 22.00 Euro than the first edition. All other details incl. CD content and the extensive booklet with interview, photos and artwork are identical.

    The CD presents all songs of the concert performed in August 2008 in Cologne, which was a world-premiere: Minimalist homecomputer sounds turned into arrangements for 120 musicians of orchestra and choir – a complete symphonic concert dedicated to the works of one video game musician exclusively. The name of this person is Chris Huelsbeck, whos regarded as legend among enthusiasts for his music in game classics of the C64- and Amiga-homecomputer era such as “Giana Sisters” or “Turrican”. The songs were rearranged by demoscene legend Jonne Valtonen aka Purple Motion / Future Crew, director was Grammy-winning artist Arnold Roth.

    My friend The C-Men has a similar project with Jeroen Tel, the C64 Orchestra, where they have repurposed Jeroen and Rob Hubbard’s tunes using an orchestral arrangement. You should check that one out too

     

    Head over to MAZ SOUNDS to preview and purchase this CD. 

    via C64,sk.

  • C64 Jukebox online!

    I thought this was a very cool idea which I hope gets bigger! It’s like a last.fm scrobbler for SID music:

    There is a new community driven C64 Jukebox on Twitter
    Are you curious what other SID fans are listening to right now?
    Do you want to play those tunes with one single click?

    Follow the C64 Jukebox on Twitter:

    Play button clicks on http://web.archive.org/web/20140208082456/http://www.hardsid.com/ , ACID64 and the HardSID 4U Winamp plugin are all feeding this jukebox. It sends a .sid file link with each update, so you can play right from Twitter.

    Not for HardSID users only – anyone can use it even with emulation

    Initial idea: Wilfred Bos, https://www.acid64.com/
    Final concept/development: http://web.archive.org/web/20140208082456/http://www.hardsid.com/

    via C64 .sk.

    Check Peter’s post about ACID64, with more info regarding the player, clicking here!

  • Exotica update!

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    My favourite and one of the most complete archives of Amiga music, Exotica, has had a pretty significant update. According to my old friend BuZz:

     

    There have been major changes to the various music collection interfaces. The biggest feature addition is that for most of the tunes you can now Ogg Vorbis encoded audio recordings directly from the search interface.

    These are created on the fly in real-time, and as such are provided for convenience rather than accuracy, however you may well be surprised at how good they sound. To access the Ogg downloads browse or search for a tune, and a button will be displayed above the results that allows you to show the Ogg download links.

    Read more about the new Ogg download feature.

    Exotica is not just a file repository, most every file is coupled with a load of other data and also mirrors many collections of other platforms like the HVSC, converting it into an ambitioous database of old computer music.

    You can access the different sections of this huge collection clicking here.

    via Abime.net.

  • Breakpoint 2009 wrap-up Part Two

    I hope you enjoyed the demo wrap up because here is part two. I almost forgot about these, to be honest, so I am sorry!

    What we have here is a bunch of files in the categories of Music, Graphics and Games.

    All the oldschool platforms are bundled together on one music category, called “executable oldschool music”. Don’t ask me about the ‘executable’ part, some of these did not come in any sort of executable format. Pixel graphics are not a very popular thing nowadays on the demoscene, so this year we only got one category to cater for that: C64 graphics. Fortunately for the oldschoolers among us, they made an unofficial compo for ASCII and ANSI graphics so we have that too. Then we have 96KB game, which was multiplatform and had a very cool game for the C64.

    So, let’s hit it on with all the data!

    Click here to see all the data!