awesome piece of music, the old and your new interpretation :-D

My favourite demo music! Can you recommend nice musics with demos like this one? Well done this year!

One of the best covers ever. I really love this one.

I'd call this a remake, but it's honestly a cover of my own track. The original, flawed in all its good intentions, never quite sat with me. The jazzz simply wasn't strong enough. It needed more of a jam feel, more of a climax, and definitely more horns.

Original XM:
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=152067

I'll Call You Back

This remake took a couple of tries to get right. The original XM competed in the multichannel compo at The Party 1995. It ended up in 16:th place which I felt pretty good about, given that the mix was absolute mooseshit.

Plenty of things ended up on the shop floor for this one. The original drums were all room and no slap. The guitar sample I stole from Zodiak (Hej, Erik!) had to be axed, as did the obscure wah wah guitar sample I forgot the source of. Most significantly, though, that pretty psyched sax solo had to go, as it was nicked from some The Roots live bootleg, so I decided to hand the reins over to the keyboards for this one. When in doubt, always bet on a hardsync solo.

The part at 3:11 is actually a decent enough ending, but I really didn't feel like wrapping it up. Three-minute songs honestly feel too short these days, so I threw in a return of the main motif with this meandering kinda "just play what you want, this is the fadeout anyway" part that was just fantastic to make. Always loved a good jam.

Mooserun

Way back in the stone age of digital composing, it was possible for one person to store a musical project in a tiny 500 KB file, send to to a different person halfway across the area code (because good lord dialing long distance was for madmen) and every note, sample and delicious pitch bend would be right there. Kinda neat when you think about it.

This track started its life at the desk of Radix / Mosaik / The One Of Several Names, whose creations have always blown my socks off with their restrained glee and wonder. The man builds miracles just because he can, and doesn't show off -- in stark contrast to myself, whose first instinct on this collab was to add horns, MORE DRUMS and a timbale solo. Of course he was right in humbly suggesting we dial that shit down a notch, and so the track was released unto the world.

With permission from Radix, then, here it is in its restored glory. And the timbale solo is back.

Original XM, released January 1997: https://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/tito/fishing.zip

Gone Fishing

XM remake from 1997.

I never really cared for this track. The sounds, sampled off a Roland JV-35, were clean and reasonably punchy but also quite flat and annoying. The lead sound was grating, the solo atrocious, and the melody had a childish, irritating quality that has this track firmly on my shitlist. All the more reason to give it a second chance!

First up was deciding what to do about the lead instrument. After some experimentation I found a tweak to my standard "two slightly detuned saws" that brought a bit more motion to it, something needed for all those sustained notes. I also dug into the organ arrangement, trying to pepper some inspiration into the very monotonous chord progressions.

As always with these remakes, it's humbling for me to hear my musical ideas come out with more clarity and purpose, and as per the rule, this is now one of my favorites. I hope it'll be yours too.

Original XM:
https://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/tito/champagn.zip

Champagne

Retro Grooves Vol. 5

Don't Lose Your Head

Ubiktune: http://goo.gl/dllHRw
Digital download: http://goo.gl/RwzD5K
Physical CD (via @Telefuture) : http://goo.gl/6gQUKg

Monomer is the musical alias of Gavin Allen. Born in Massachusetts, he still lives in the Boston area, working in game development by day and cranking out wicked bizarre jams by night. His musical journey began in the 3rd grade orchestra, taking pit stops in a handful of rock and jazz bands as well as the Berklee College of Music before winding up in the wonderful world of chipmusic.

Monomer about Labyrinth:

"Labyrinth is everything I love about synthwave and chipmusic: chunky staccato bass lines, soaring melodies, oceans of spacious reverb and heavy, pumping drums. It was written between daydreams of androids, brain-hacking, and digital kingdoms fraught with the monsters in the machine. It was the most fun I've ever had working on music, and I hope that shows in each and every track.

Written gradually over the course of a year and a half, Labyrinth turned out to be the biggest musical challenge I've faced so far. It incorporates a wide array of instruments, from synths like Plogue’s Chipsounds VST and u-he’s Diva, to live guitar on a Fender Telecaster. My main goal after Quite Operational was to create an album where each song had a unique character, not only in the composition but also in the arrangement, production and mixing. This led to a lot of new territory for me, which was both exciting and terrifying, but I’m extremely happy with the end result and can’t wait to share it.

This album wouldn't have been possible without help from some fantastic friends. A special thank you goes out to Bill Mueller, Trevor McEwen, Mark Barry, Tim Gardiner, and Katie Trotta. In addition, a huge thanks goes to Steve Jenkins at Telefuture and C-jeff at Ubiktune for their encouragement and advice with this release, and to Rufus Blacklock for his awesome artwork and incredible enthusiasm. Cheers!"

Written, arranged and produced by Gavin Allen
Mastering by Bill Mueller
Artwork/Design by Rufus Blacklock

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Monomer - Chrome Castles

Music for MegaSphere Alpha trailer, a sci-fi themed action platformer game developed by Anton Kudin.

MegaSphere website: http://megasphere-game.com
Watch MegaSphere Alpha Trailer: http://youtu.be/PWmfhI9jx8I

Early access on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/386340
Humble bundle store: https://humblebundle.com/store/p/megasphere_storefront
Demo and Alpha builds at Itch.io store: http://antonkudin.itch.io/megasphere

MEGASPHERE HOMEPAGE

MegaSphere: Alpha

Cafe Zone

STARCADE

This is the end tune for the Datastorm 2017 winning demo "Neon" by Triad.  Original "Tristesse" by Thomas Mogensen (DRAX).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFUYrTE_sY

"Neon" C64 demo at Youtube:   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZazU4H2OZFg&t=45s

C64 release:  
http://csdb.dk/release/?id=153521

Tristesse Again

This is my contribution to Chiptunes = WIN Volume 6
You can check out the whole compilation here:

https://chiptuneswin.bandcamp.com/album/chiptunes-win-volume-6

It's awesome!

Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 6

Skyward

Saga did his magic again.
Won the Deadline 2018 Tracked music competition.

Image taken from Wikipedia under Creative Commons License.

Bacter & Saga Musix - Stargazers

Commodore 64 musician from Finland, ever since 1989. 


C64-history:
http://csdb.dk/scener/?id=530

Tristesse Again

Antti Hannula aka Flex

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