Soundtrack for the Conspiracy 64k intro "Clean Slate" (https://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/clean_slate/), eventual winner of both the 64k Intro Competition and the Party Favorite prize at the Revision 2021 online demoparty.

Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Three_Steps_Back.flac

This was initially really tough - throwing ideas around we really wanted to make something with a straight beat, mellow techno stuff (we were all inspired by https://soundcloud.com/jonhopkins at the time), but it just... wasn't coming together, and the visual concept changed over time, so on a whim I took all the instruments, swapped the beat out and boom, it clicked. Obviously https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman influenced cos I'm not letting him win a soundtrack award with a 64k tune again.

Three Steps Back

Soundtrack for the Function 2021 winner demo "cöncept": https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=89840 - originally a 12ch tracked XM.

So this was a tough one to work on; I really wanted something era-appropriate for a DOS demo, and just finding what the right tone was, what the right sound was, and then what the right chord progressions were was so hard that it was probably the only time that the visuals caught up to the unfinished music.

In the end though, I'm 99% happy with it and it was nice to wiggle the tracking muscles a bit.

!a(drill)

Winner of the Revision 2022 Executable Music competition; download original version at https://files.scene.org/view/parties/2022/revision22/executable-music/gargaj_-_now_you_dont.zip

This was a massive struggle due to, well, 2 years of pandemic fatigue and general lack of inspiration, energy, etc., and initially I threw this track out because I didn't think it worked - turns out it just needed a bit of force. Not 100% happy with the mix but I think it turned out pretty cool.

Big up to https://soundcloud.com/higher_than_dnb for creative support, https://soundcloud.com/gloom for some engineering oversight and https://soundcloud.com/evan-gamble-lewis for inspiration

...Now You Don't

Soundtrack for R>V>LV>R (https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91659)

I've been listening to a lot of https://soundcloud.com/skelermusic okay?

Not In It

Soundtrack for the Ümlaüt Design demo "Under": https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=95485

Been a while since I did music, really; I wanted to do something that was very techy and not very melodic - obviously I failed at both of those things.

Depth Charge

Started in 2006, then partly released in 2008 (https://www.scene.org/file.php?file=/parties/2008/solskogen08/music/newschool/012__gargaj_-_scapedifferent_%28solskogen_2008_compo_cut%29.ogg&fileinfo), then collecting dust because the mixdown is terrible anyway.

Scapedifferent

Soundtrack for the Conspiracy 64k intro "Empires"; download at https://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/empires/

Struggled with this one for a bit - new synth and general ennui, mostly, but in the end I guess it ended up sounding like Burial Based Lifeforms.

They Move

Soundtrack for the Conspiracy 64k "Offscreen Colonies" available at http://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/offscreen_colonies/

This was done in a very short time but it was all the more fun and challenge to work on this - the brief was "slightly retro, uplifting, slowish", so I tried to make it sound like a bit of an 80s sci-fi movie endscroller track. Despite some serious micromanagement to fit the future visuals, I'm very very happy with the end result.

Inspiration credits go to https://soundcloud.com/sinister-souls and of course https://soundcloud.com/hybridsoundsystem

Download available from
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Onwards_Fading_Future.mp3
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Onwards_Fading_Future.flac

Excerpts from the Conspiracy Micromanagement Council minutes:

[10:50:01] BoyC: az 54. mp-ben van 3 hang ami egymas utan emelkedik, abbol a harmadik az nem kene, akar ki is veheted sztem
[10:50:46] BoyC: a lead 12. hangja ha jol szamolom

[12:03:28] Zoom: sztem az a keccermondmindent is hozzaad a mintankban a meltosagteljesseghez
[12:03:49] Gargaj / Conspiracy: na ezt a mondatot most nem ertettem :)
[12:03:58] BoyC: ense

[12:20:59] Zoom: ez javulo tendencia ja de meg mindig tul dallamosnak erzem
[12:21:13] Gargaj / Conspiracy: szerintem megin nem a megfelelo szot hasznaltad :)
[12:21:19] Zoom: lehet :)

Onwards Fading Future

A little style experiment that ended up as a demo: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65605

Pretty sure I was the first to do this? I dunno. Still looking for a good genre name.

Download from http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj__Operation_Impact.ogg

Operation: Impact

Soundtrack for Chaos Theory (http://chaostheory.conspiracy.hu), a 64k intro by Conspiracy
Download MP3 at https://conspiracy.hu/files/music/Gargaj_-_Rude_Awakening_-_Chaos_Theory_soundtrack.mp3
Additional downloads at http://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/chaos_theory
Listen to the sequel at https://soundcloud.com/gargaj/unintended-consequence

Bassline tutorial available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEY04Ucc-k

So I just realized I never actually wrote an editorial here so here goes: This particular track was pretty much done as a reaction - we released our intro "Memento" in early 2006 and the reaction wasn't stellar. People hated the synth and the music, which was a bit heartbreaking because it was my first job working on a 64k soundtrack for Conspiracy - I was angry and hurt. At the same time, at the same party, I entered a ~1800 byte exemusic entry called "Demise" which was very much a proof of concept of doing these huge basslines in small sizes.

When we started working on Chaos Theory, I was very much driven by my recent introduction to https://soundcloud.com/blacksunempire/ - the influence was pretty tangible. At the same time I meshed influences from mainstyle hardcore I was getting into (https://soundcloud.com/djthaplayah/tha-playah-fuck-tha-fame by https://soundcloud.com/djthaplayah/ just came out at the time), and for some reason I felt a strong influence by Dream Theater at the time too, which I can't explain.

The response to this track was absolutely overwhelming, and to this day I'm not entirely sure what resonated with people or why, but I'm glad that it did.

"Nem ártott volna, ha egy _zenész_ csinálja." -nagz

Rude Awakening

Soundtrack for the Conspiracy 64k intro "Actuator"
Download a WAV-writer at https://conspiracy.hu/files/music/ak28r_wavwriter.zip

I guess I took the "make something like this" mission statement slightly too literally on this one: http://soundcloud.com/kraddy/steppin-razor

The Rewind

A track I made for "Variform remixed" - get the entire compilation at http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=20435
Mastered by LB. (http://soundcloud.com/el-bee)
I originally wanted to make a faster, drum-and-bass-y version, but that just didn't work out - at one point I accidentally dropped the tempo to half and I liked the groove enough to finish it that way.
There are a couple of weird samples in there which might need explanation: Variform, as it is known, is heavily influenced by Imatran Voima's track "In/Out", which I decided to sample back into the a Variform remix, just to back-reference the original.


Little Bitchard & Mel Funktion - Variform (Surface mix)

Winner of the Breakpoint 2010 newschool executable music competition - 17k executable including .WAV-writer
Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj-commencecollapse.zip
Hear the (slightly shortened) compo version "live" at https://relive.nu/reLove/#track-1-17-1Qo or at https://youtu.be/cgTaAN41ZVg?t=391

There's not much to say about this one, and at the same time there is.

Commence/Collapse

Soundtrack for the Ümlaüt Design 64k "Träsh"
Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj__Grimesphere.ogg

This track came about when one day I was wondering if we should make a 64k intro and what the concept would be. Eventually I remembered that back in 2003, TGD made a parody of our naming scheme, joking that our next intro would be called "Träsh". Since I thought it's a good name, I began to think about what kind of design would fit, and eventually narrowed it down to "grimy, dirty, sewer-style".
I'm not sure what the influence was the music for, I'm pretty sure the feel for the beat came from the Prodigy remix of "Release Yo Delf", and the glitchy editing was just something I always enjoyed (BT, Tipper, Infected Mushroom...). I believe this was in fact the first 64k intro ever to do that.

Grimesphere

Audio/soundscape for the Conspiracy 64k intro "Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me": http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=67106
Additional sound design by Zoom who at one point said "Just pull the LFOs all the way up" and it sounded cool.

We decided early on as to what we want the intro to sound like, and it allowed me to experiment a bit with techniques I wanted to try anyway - they ultimately were a bit of a failure, but they did prove certain aspects I was hoping them to prove. Due to the odd nature of the audio, engineering the final mix was an absolute pain, but I'm quite happy with the end result.

Obvious tip of the hat goes to the genius of https://soundcloud.com/lustmord but also to https://soundcloud.com/phobium and https://soundcloud.com/noisia who both served as a great inspiration for this.

Download at: http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Impending.flac

Impending

Soundtrack for the Conspiracy intro "Universal Sequence" (http://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/universal_sequence/), a sequel to 2006's Chaos Theory.

Download at:
http://conspiracy.hu/files/Gargaj_-_Unintended_Consequence_-_Universal_Sequence_soundtrack.mp3
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Unintended_Consequence.flac

This one was super scary to do, to do a continuation to one of the most popular tracks I've ever made, but over the years there were so many ideas where I felt we could improve on the original that in the end it turned into a great great thrillride. Keeping it a secret though... not so fun ;)

Huge huge huge thanks to https://soundcloud.com/blacksunempire, https://soundcloud.com/noisia, https://soundcloud.com/lowroller and https://soundcloud.com/mickgordon for the infinite inspiration they provided from their work - it's easy to do good work when that's what you see/hear all around you.

[2016.09.10. 5:01:01] BoyC: ja amugymeg
[2016.09.10. 5:01:07] BoyC: tudod miert birok fennmaradni
[2016.09.10. 5:01:11] BoyC: az a rohadt zene PORGET :D

[2016.09.08. 8:07:44] Zoom: faszom garg jo zenet irtal
[2016.09.08. 8:07:50] Zoom: egesz ejjel a dallam ment a fejemben

Unintended Consequence

Making breakbeat harder, making hardstyle smarter; winner of the Demobit 2017 music competition.

Essentially this is Commence/Collapse 2 - similar motivations, similar elemental force.

Download at:
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj_-_blackout_in_effect.flac http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj_-_blackout_in_effect.mp3

Blackout in Effect

My first ever music competition entry that made it through pre-selection. Whoo! Placed 6th out of 10 at FLaG2002.
I don't know where the melody comes from, it's from a MIDI file I found somewhere, and I have no idea who the original author is. Hope they don't mind.
Download at <a href="http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj__MK_MID.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj__MK_MID.mp3</a>



MK.MID

Soundtrack for the Conspiracy 64k intro "Vessel" - http://conspiracy.hu/release/64k/vessel/

I was so incredibly nervous about this; doing "emotionally charged" music on cue was something that I felt was way out of my comfort zone, and I wasn't sure if I was up to the task - I especially struggled with the first part, which I felt was the most important. In the end, I think that fear permeated the music itself, and I was able to draw on experiences I lived through or witnessed to deliver this, turning all of how and what I felt like into what ultimately became the song.
Influence-wise, I decided early on that I wanted to take the minimalism of Vector Lovers and somehow merge it with the soaring energy of post-rock (like 65daysofstatic), with the mid-section being heavily influenced by - oddly - Nine Inch Nails, The Lion King and Shadow Gallery. If none of this makes sense to you, I can assure you that it didn't make sense to me either until the track started taking shape, but I somehow instinctively knew where to look when I needed certain elements.
In the end, I think the music ultimately ended up carrying a lot of the intro on its back, and it might eventually become one of the favorite pieces of music I ever did.

Download at
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Through_My_Veins.mp3
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Through_My_Veins.flac

Through My Veins

Winner of the Revision 2012 executable music compo.

Music and arrangement by http://soundcloud.com/h0ffman / http://soundcloud.com/unstablelabel
Synth, additional music, sound design, mixdown and mastering by Gargaj

Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/h0ffman%2Bgargaj_-_double_trouble.zip
reLive version at http://goto.relive.nu/track-1-4s-gu

BRAP!

h0ffman & gargaj - double trouble

Soundtrack for the breakdown reel for "When Silence Dims The Stars Above" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0Y5zCGUQ4) ; a remix of https://soundcloud.com/gargaj/purge

When Zoom suggested the idea of doing a breakdown reel, I figured we could either use the original track (which wouldn't have fit), some other track (which is kinda lame), or I can take a crack at doing a remix, which is something I really enjoy doing; I figured since most breakdown reels tend to have music with this kind of downtempo contemplative vibe, I went with this direction and it turned into a lot of fun.

(Yes I considered calling it Animatrix edit, shut up.)

Downloads at:
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Purge_%28cinematic_triphop_edit%29.mp3
http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Purge_%28cinematic_triphop_edit%29.flac

"When Silence Dims The Stars Above" breakdown reel soundtrack

Purge (Cinematic Trip-hop edit)

64k track; http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=72755

Gimmik rules.

Fun fact: some of the glitchy sound design were originally rejected from https://soundcloud.com/gargaj/unintended-consequence

Soundtrack for "Reboot": http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=79182

This was one of those rare situations where I had a visual design for a demo well before I knew how I wanted it do sound like - I went through 2-3 different approaches (initial tries were somewhere around the Gridlock territory) before I settled on this.

Unresolution

Winner of the Revision 2019 executable music compo; download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj_-_case_in_point.zip and probably one of my favourite tracks I've done.
reLive at http://relive.nu/reLove/#track-1-EH-X8 or https://www.twitch.tv/videos/414283849?t=0h49m1s

Had the beat lying around for a few years now as this originally started as an intro soundtrack that never happened, and when we postponed our intro from Revision I decided to dust it off and re-imagine it; it kinda ended up as a tribute / throwback / "wish-there-was-more-of-this" to that era of breaks that no longer seems to exist anymore - big up https://soundcloud.com/hybridscores and https://soundcloud.com/adamfreeland as usual - and I'm really happy that I was able to do it.

Case In Point

Soundtrack for the 2019 Function demoparty invitation: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81109

This is a few years old actually, but hasn't really been utilized until now; it was essentially my attempt to take a stab at the "modern" progbreaks sound (basically https://soundcloud.com/retroid and his labels)

Everything Repeats

Soundtrack for the 360 video animation "In The Mind" by Veronika Harangozó: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PllxQGa9S9E

I've been approached for this through a mutual friend; the brief was to score an animation with electronic music that accompanies schizophrenia and hallucinations - after some discussion I decided to go to a more demoish beat-driven rather than a strictly cinematic approach.

Imprint

Soundtrack for the Ümlaüt Design demo "PILEDRIVER", winner of the Function 2019 demo compo: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=82882 - featuring MC Fantom (https://soundcloud.com/subculture-revolution) on the mic.

Yeah. If this is what you wanted, this is what you got.

Nominated for the Best Soundtrack award in the 2020 Meteoriks for some Godforsaken reason.

Special thanks to https://soundcloud.com/lowroller, https://soundcloud.com/sinister-souls and https://soundcloud.com/wastedmind for the inspiration,  and https://soundcloud.com/sonic-dissent for the kicks.

Download: http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Massive_Aggressive.flac

LYRICS:
Bassline Superior, Infrasonic Warrior
Transient Impulses Enhancing Your Delirium
This Sound Is Infernal But At No Point Inferior
Kick Snare And Amen Breaks Cutting Through The Barrier

New School Direction Right In The Midsection
Screen Space Reflection All Polished To Perfection
High Dynamic Range Causing A Panic Reaction
Prepare For Your Untimely Dissection
By The Piledriver

Massive Aggressive (feat. MC Fantom)

Dark cinematic breaks for the Revision 2020 (Online) executable music competition.
Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj_-_zero_sum_game.zip - re-experience at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/589941975?t=2h22m45s

Started pretty late on this one, had many false starts, couldn't decide on a few things, but then I ended up just rolling a bunch of false starts into one song and it worked. Not too happy with the ending though.

Massive big up to soundcloud.com/futurefunksquad and https://soundcloud.com/matt-bowdler-music for inspiration.

Zero Sum Game

Soundtrack for "escalation"
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=86934

Probably some of the best sound design I've done so far.

(Big up to Access To Arasaka.)

Download: http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_Tether.flac

Tether

Another one of those tracks that sat in the dark for a few years and then found its way into a demo somehow: https://demozoo.org/productions/284062/

Download: http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj_-_A_Thousand_Machines.flac

A Thousand Machines

Polyurethane audio breeder / semi-organic code regurgitation trooper.

I specialize in the genre of "not very good music". The account says "Pro" but that's a lie.

"Ő Gargaj, aki csak kedvtelésből készít zenéket, egyébként programozó." [colorStar]

"You know you would be considered to be a witch in the 18th century? Your taste in music is evil." [Irvin]

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