Just another chill space song. Part of an album I hope to finish one of these days. ;)

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9dH409I4ydo

Dreams of Lyra

Dreams Of Lyra

Latest song, somewhat long in the making due to insane hours at work. The Pandemic certainly is over because everyone is having events and stuff which means I'm staying at hotels for weeks on end, barely home to change clothes!  

Had a crazy idea of showing the project playing in realtime from Digital Performer on this one, but alas.. my 2013 mac doesn't really like capturing smooth video no matter what I adjust, enable/disable or reduce payload when playing so the video turned out jerky as hell and unusable. But I just don't have the energy nor the time to shoot multiple camera angles of playing parts so it's just a bunch of stock content footage.

Started using Nexus3 pads and bass, but then the rest of my MKS, TX and various KORGs joined in. :)

Without You

This is my "In Space" album, which came from an idea back in 2018. I had just made Alpha Polaris, a song I just intended for background music for The 8-Bit Guy and his videos. After releasing it, it became popular with a lot of fans, so I soon made another one, Alpha Centauri B. This song was used by The Brick Channel and then got a lot of plays from his videos.

I got the idea of making an album with only slow, spaced out songs and put them on vinyl and cassettes. Some four years later, I finally got my crap together and finalised enough songs to actually fill this album, so here you are. 11 songs in more or less the same vibe, however some turned out to be a little more upbeat than the first ones, but hopefully this is  a good thing. Vinyl and MC is coming later this year.

In Space

Mika's Run

Just one of those songs that came out of nowhere. I felt I hadn't made anything worthwhile in a long time and just started on the initial arpeggio groove, added some Yamaha TX816 bells and leads, and the rest just fell into place like pearls on a string.

I asked my friends Håvard and Terje if they wanted to add some proper guitars instead of the MIDI guitars I laid down initially, and this is the result.  Pull down the roof on your convertible and start cruisin'! ;)

VIDEO: 

Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by: Anders Enger Jensen
Rhythm guitars: Håvard Caspersen
Guitar solo: Terje Tylden.

Open Roads

Open Roads [feat. Håvard Caspersen & Terje Tylden]

Since SoundCloud is so much more strict than other platforms, the full version with vocals was removed and only the instrumental was allowed. Check out the Youtube video and BandCamp for the full experience.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/rjXtcMTwgVU
BandCamp: https://eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/kim-wilde-you-came-80s-power-pop-mix
After making that little shorts video with all the first chords played on 55 synthesizers, I finally had time and energy to tackle the full song and video. Here is Kim Wilde's You Came, beefed and dressed up in all sorts of pastels and wonderful glory the 80s could muster!

Kim (and her team) already did a bang up job with the original, so it was daunting to even start doing something with this song, but I hopefully added some extra flair and oompf while paying respect to the original craftmanship.

It's actually a significant use of reFX Nexus4 and their FM, 80s and 90s expansion packs, but also a lot of Yamaha TX816 (Full DX Glory!), Ensoniq, Roland, Korg and Alesis synths all the way.

You Came [80s Power Pop Mix]

Kim Wilde - You Came [80s Power Pop Mix] (Instrumental)

Happy go lucky song that started off as something completely different a long time ago. Can't remember what the idea was, but about nine iterations later, and several months waiting for some real brass parts that never showed up, I figured I'd finish it before the year was up.

Lot's of KORG M3R, M1Rex, Wavestation and Roland/Yamaha synths making up the intro as well as the go-to bass, keys and synth plucks I usually pick. Replaced much of the guitars with parts from Håvard Caspersen. Strummed steel string, muted electric and a searing guitar solo in the middle. I also got Tylden to do a solo at the end, as usual – because, why not? ;)

2024 has been pretty rough for most people, but I guess we survived since we're still here. Hoping 2025 doesn't bring us closer to the abyss... I'm looking at you America and Russia! :P

I guess it's nothing more to say than:
Happy New Year! Let's go!

Let's Go!

I found an old sketch I made several years ago, and thought this needed some further polishing. A very happy chord progression with a four on the floor stomping beat, that grew into a solid song. As usual I have some nice accoustic strumming guitars and a searing guitar solo from Håvard, but this time can proudly present some real brass from Bullseye Horns. Børge-Are did a quick arrangement of the original synth brass section and went to work with Mats and Kristoffer.

The Way You Make Me Feel (No Leads)

The Way You Make Me Feel

Extended remix of WING's Dopamine, made with Nexus 5.

WING - Dopamine [Anders Enger Jensen's Extended Neuro Remix]

About 11 years late to the party, I found this insanely beautiful rendition from Melissa Hollick. Originally a Chris Isaak song from his Forever Blue album. Melissa did a touching and tender, slow piano ballad which sucker punched everyone who played through this epic game in the Wolfenstein-saga. I never had a powerful enough PC back when the Wolfenstein New Order came out, and just earlier this year, had the opportunity to play the game. The ending got me too, and hard!

So, of course I just had to do my take on this song and sprinkle it with some magic 80s power ballad dust. I took the original recording from Melissa and separated the vocals from the backing track using lalal.ai. From there, I had to find a median tempo as the original is organically swaying quite a bit. I settled on 106 BPM and time-aligned her vocals to the grid, while trying to keep as much as the original feel and flow.

I also added a few bars here and there and shortened the intro. The structure of the song is a bit different from standard A-A-B-C-A... etc. so what's normally the chorus, became a second pre-chorus, with the Ooh section ending up as the real chorus. Furthermore I changed the chords up a bit, as the normal three/four chord progression became too tiresome for five and a half minute of slow power ballad.

Not too much going on in the backing section, a mixture of Yamaha TX816 (DX7) stereo Epianos, pads, and twinkle bells etc, as well as some Fingered Bass/Amped bass guitars layered with Nexus5 guitar patches and pads. Drums are a mix of Nexus5 80s drums and Zenhiser Retro 80s Drummer samples.

Håvard Caspersen laid down a series of Michael Thompson ambient guitars, strummed accoustic and some searing lead stuff in the background. Stellar work as usual!

I Believe Remix [Feat. Melissa Hollick and Håvard Caspersen] (Instrumental)

I Believe Remix [Feat. Melissa Hollick and Håvard Caspersen]

After a lengthy process of finding the right vibe, I finally found the vibe needed to beef up this gem of a song from Alex Ball. I started on it last year, but inspiration had left me and my daytime job took most of my time and energy.

I took Alex' original stems he sent me and worked around his Juno 106S arpeggio intro and set off from there. The vocals were grouped in two main and chorus mixes so I had little to go on, but chopped up here and there to make a longer intro with some effects. I also doubled them and fattened it all up so it pops a little bit more on the choruses. 

I kept a little of his original guitars, but added more synth and some samples I had lying around that fit the song (yes, I'm only faking it in the video... I can't play guitar to save my life, really! :P). The rest is pretty much some of my goto synths and drumkits to really get the groove kicking. Even added a modulation, which barely made it because Digital Performer and Izotope RX had some trouble pitch shifting the vocals well enough without artefacts and Alex sounding like a smurf!

Hopefully I made it slap some more. Enjoy rewinding your clocks to something inspired by 1988...ish!

Afterglow Remix [Feat. Alex Ball] Instrumental

Afterglow Remix

Afterglow Remix [Alex Ball]

Afterglow Remix [Feat. Alex Ball]

Relaxing music and slight ASMR of nature sounds recorded in nature around where I live here south of Oslo. From the forest outside my place and the shores by one of the many hikes by the seaside in Moss. (More places to come later).

Simple reFX Nexus 5 setup with assorted pads, soft pianos and other synth sounds bathed in lots of internal and Valhalla reverbs.

Hope some of you find this soothing and relaxing. ;)

ZEN Collection

Breezy Summer Forest (only music)

ZEN Collection - Breezy Summer Forest (Only Music)

Soothing Waves

ZEN Collection - Soothing Waves

Breezy Summer Forest

ZEN Collection - Breezy Summer Forest

Soothing Waves (only music)

ZEN Collection - Soothing Waves (Only Music)

This little synth gem from 1982, has always been on my mind and wanting a little beef up like the others I've done. Finally got around to do something with it. I gave it the same treatment as the others... separated the vocals using Lalal.ai and made the backing track by hand after tempo mapping the entire thing. Beefy 80s drums, with fat synth bass and brass patches and sprinkled with some interesting synth tidlybits here and there.

I never quite liked the original chord structure on the choruses, so I opted for something I always felt it should have, otherwise it's rather true to the original form and shape. I also tuned some of your vocals, Steve, hope you're not too cross with me. ;)

Enjoy!

Steve Winwood - Valerie Remix (Instrumental)

VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzJZx9G9oYY

A remix of the 8-Bit Guy's Keyboard channel theme. Added some new parts and made an «In your face-mix». 8-bit SID/Chiptune galore meets 2016.

https://eox.no/downloads/

Visit David's channels here:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/8-bitkeys
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTt3O4_IW5gnA0c58eXshg

8-Bit Keys Theme Remix

8-Bit Keys Remix

8-Bit Keys Theme - Remix

Finally finished an old song. Made with approx. 90% FM related synthsis.

Retro Grooves Vol. 3

FM Love

VIDEO 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jYRgVQ3XQ
VIDEO 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_x-lb8vps

I wanted to play with some of my FM synthesizers and plugins from reFX Nexus 2 (FM1 and FM2) and change the tempo down a little from what I usually compose in. Heavily influenced by pop songs from the 80s merged with a little this and that.

Retro Grooves Vol. 2

Falling In Love With You

Instrumental version (No leads): http://www.eox.no/projects/Morning_Dew_Instrumental.m4a

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj9syHGdZ-s

Latest song. Started originally out as a new intro jingle for The 8-Bit Guy, and grew into a full song.

Check out David's channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8uT9cgJorJPWu7ITLGo9Ww

Morning Dew

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ggTjkX-YVbc

Some time back in 1989 my dad came home from a work trip and had found this cassette in France with a collection of synth covers. There was one song in particular that went straight to my heart, and has stayed ever since as the goto song if I need cheering up. Paolo Pelandi's "Générique Top 50" which is a pretty different remake of the original. However, I had never heard that one, so this cover version has since then been my favourite synthwave/italodisco song. 

I've tried numerous times to cover it myself and even played it live on a borrowed Roland JW-50 and my Technics KN-1000 at my high school graduation party. It wasn't until now that I finally got around to crack the code of keeping the feel and flow of the original.

Hope you enjoy it too. :)

Original by: Paolo Pelandi (or P. Lion. "Dream" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VhchMxm4Vg)
Original cover: Eric Loton and Jean-Claude Gally. (Synthétiseurs Vol. 1)

Générique Top 50 Remix

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/uURtmHNvxJo
Instrumental:  www.eox.no/projects/OrionByNight_Instrumental.mp3

Happy upbeat track heavily inspired by Malmen's awesome tracks and Audalanche's "Chardonnay", fused with various LA-Fusion/Jazzrock (Mezzoforte, Spyro Gyra, Rippingtons etc) and of course the classic synthpop! Enjoy! :)

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/yby3pspz
Deezer: http://tinyurl.com/ydeojd8k
Google Play: http://tinyurl.com/yco78vtx
iTunes Music Store: http://tinyurl.com/y9kljucx
Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/ycsmcfwm
...and many more stores. Just search your favourite. :)

Orion By Night

The 8-Bit Guy has just released his brand new RTS game for the Commodore 64. This is one of the idea sketches for a future port to MS-DOS where the intention is to have Roland MT-32 and Adlib music. The new game can be a possibility if the C64 version is a success, so head over to the webshops to check it out:

US and international customers: www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/

European customers: eox.no/product/planet-x2-c64-box-set/

Planet X2 Theme 2 (Protoids Approaching)

Little hybrid track I made earlier for The 8-Bit Guy in 2017.

64 Dreams

Single from the upcoming sound track to a new retro point and click game, The Last Goddess:  https://www.thelastgoddess.net

Both versions available for purchase at Bandcamp: https://eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/carmens-theme-the-last-goddess-ost

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZMgflCu98&feature=youtu.be

The Last Goddess OST - Carmen's Theme

Carmen's Theme

A little something I whipped up, figured I'd try and make something a little more lo-key and chill. Slow, synthpad track with undulating arpeggios and trills.

You can now support me on Patreon if you like. Get early access and several exclusive releases, stem mixes and MIDIfiles of selected songs... and more. https://www.patreon.com/eoxstudios

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KZ8raMvOlMA

Alpha Polaris

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Fu6TVUtry0s

Back in 1997 I wrote this half-way thing called "Epic of the 90s" which I had intended for The Gathering (Norway's famous data party). However, I never got around to complete it, and just recently found the original files on my Roland XP-60. So there was only one thing to do: Rework it and make it into something suitable for 2018. 

The song is a little homage to all the great artists in the demo groups and crews who made these parties what they were and are today.

You can support me on Patreon to get early access to all my music, videos and more, as well as digital downloads, instrumentals, stem mixes etc: 
https://www.patreon.com/eoxstudios

The Gathering

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Azsk21MpbUk

I started this track back in 2015 when I found these amazing clips from Magnavox and MCA about the DiscoVision Laser Disc player. One with a totally random 70s guy and the other with Leonard Nimoy talking about how amazing this technology is. I opted for only using the unknown guy as the samples with Nimoy was of such poor quality and I could get in trouble with rights to use them. I hope these are a little less known and won't invoke any bad mojo from the big Content ID monster. ;)

The song sat on the shelf for so long, and I dreaded diving into it and reworking the most of the soundscape. But I finally got the energy to do it, and I hope you like the results. ;)

Photo credits: Technology Connections - Check out his wonderful retro tech channel on Youtube here (https://tinyurl.com/y8nvgkgl)

DiscoVision

Another low key and chill synth track.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DjOvitdvADE

Patreon supporters get early access, digital downloads, MIDIfiles, stem mixes and more: https://www.patreon.com/eoxstudios

Retro Grooves Vol. 4

Alpha Centauri B

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/R7BeqvbOvP0

Here's a little track I made from only Nintendo 64 Sound Fonts - in other words, just samples and sounds from the old classic N64 games. It's a challenge from one of my fans on Youtube, 
Allen Husch, who said: "I really want Anders to make a song with a primitive video game SoundFont. Super Mario 64 for example."

So here we are! I've been a sucker for many of the soundtracks on this platform, especially Wave Race 64, Mario Kart 64 and Pilotwings 64, so these are the main SF2 files I used, but I found that some of the others like Blast Corps, Diddy Kong Racing and a few other N64 extractions also were good, so this is a huge mix with a little from everywhere. But no other sounds or samples were used, only effects, EQ, compression and good old MIDI tracking in my DAW.

Think of this as a homage to the good old times and the eminent works by Kazumi Totaka, Koji Kondo and all the others (too many to mention with the fear of forgetting some). 

Thank you Nintendo for all the fun hours in front of the console in the 90s. :)

N64 Love

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZBOoL3tpXy0

This song started out as a little test of the Yamaha FS1R and Roland MKS-70 and 80, but quickly grew into a fullblown song. Initially I tried to keep it dark and more mysterious, but the funky brass parts of the MKS-80 and Ensoniq Fizmo took over. As did the sultry Prophet lead from the KORG Wavestation A/D and the rest just came crashing down from West Coast/LA-Fusion land... couldn't help it! ^_^

Wonderful You!

Electronic musician from Norway. I started playing piano/keyboards in the mid 80s. After a few years at the municipal music school, I quickly grew tired of the simple piano-only education and got to move on to classes with keyboards and synths. From the early beginning with Technics K-200 rhythm keyboard from 1983 via some Casios/Hohner keyboards, I evolved with the later Technics KN-1000 and KN-2000 before moving on to Roland XP-50. As the computer revolution made DAWs affordable, 1999 made sequencing using Cubase easy and the studio grew ever larger with more outboard gear. Today the studio has become a sizeable and functional MIDI/arranging studio with over 40 synths/modules and more centered around a MacPro with MOTU’s Digital Performer, and numerous more or less famous productions.

I have always had a musical approach towards sound engineering and composing, rooted mainly in vivid harmonic structures and saturated compositions. Inspiration has always been the likes of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Eric Serra to name a few giants in the electronic scene, but also a heart towards well produced pop music from the 70s and 80s as well as epic film scores from John Williams, Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer. The baby era of computer music from the late 80s and early 90s was also a heavy influence.

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