I keep coming back to this track. It's so good!

I remember talking to you for the first time in 2008 at Solskogen about your Evoke invite track. I absolutely loved it. This track is above and beyond; and I do not know if people really understand how much skill it takes to makes a soundtrack for a demo like this one. You got second place in the 64k - this is soundtrack of the year - no discussion. Love <3

Gargaj, this soundtrack stands for its own. Even without the wonderful visuals it gives me a shiver! Great ambient soundwork in so small space isnt easy to do.  I love the evolving drone sounds, the heartbeats and the development till the end. Maybe i´m biased because I´ve seen how this works together with the visuals ;)

It's easy to say this is a great "64k soundtrack". However, this a great track, period. It's not good because of the technical limitations, it's a great track by it self. It's amazing.

Still coming back to this ... Makes me want more!

Tracks made with my 64k synth (MVX)
All of these tracks can be represented as an Windows executable file not greater than 32 kilobytes, mostly to mask the fact about how crap they really sound.

64k tracks

The Sea The Sand

New Memory Unlocked

OUT RUNNER is a High-Energy, #cinematic , #dreamy  & #rock n' Roll based #synthwave  Music project created in 2023 with the idea of crafting a perfect soundtrack for a story that features Jigen, a bounty hunter who leads a second life as a wandering musician in a desolate #cyberpunk world.

Out Runner is the Self-Titled Album that mixes nostalgic and retro synthesizers with punchy drums, pulsating and heart pumping bass lines and distorted, powerful guitar riffs and melodic guitar solos.

No Way Back is the 5th track of the Album.

Out Runner

No Way Back

DANCE WITH THE DEAD - Out of Body (2023 Remastered)

Fake Bird

Lightning Road

Our (JosSs and me) contribution to the Tracked Music Compo at Deadline Party 2024.

We got 5th place with this one. 

4channels, made with Protracker.

Beats'N'Bits (with JosSs)

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

Soundtrack for the Still 64k "Invoke" (https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=50135)
Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/Gargaj__Boraros_ter_923.ogg
The title is a reference to a square in Budapest where I used to wait at 1-2AM for the night bus (number 923) to arrive quite often during the period I was writing the tune. The bus only came every hour so I would need to spend that period sitting in a bus stop. The square itself, as many others, is populated with homeless people, kebab stands, slightly irredentist drinking establishments and dirt, but what made it admirable for me is how "organic" it was - it felt it wasn't prone to trouble, everyone knew the way and routine, and it all evolved into a system.
The track is one of the first 64k tracks to use "glitch" i.e. granular editing. A huge chunk of influence belongs to edIT's amazing first album (http://soundcloud.com/edit/sets/crying-over-pros-for-no-reason). Also, if you think the melody reminds you of The Birthday Massacre, you are very correct.

Boráros tér 923.

Second place at the Breakpoint 2009 executable music compo.
Download at http://gargaj.umlaut.hu/music/gargaj-distantsweethorizon.zip


...what could I say...

Distant Sweet Horizon

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

This track is my contribution to the Hungarian Synthwave Allstars Vol.2 compilation album.
Please buy the whole album as all the income will go to charity: https://hungariansynthwaveallstars.bandcamp.com/album/hungarian-synthwave-allstars-vol-2

Hungarian Synthwave Allstars - Vol.2

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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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