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Highest quality recording of 'International karate', done on my favourite sidchip (6581 R3 0184). This chip has been selected from a batch of 50 to sound like the one in my old C=128 that went broken. As everyone remembers these tunes a bit differently, I cannot tell if this sounds right or if it is how Hubbard intended it to sound, but i think it comes pretty close. Actual feedback from Rob, on facebook Hubbard fanpage, is :'sounds damm close to my vague recollection of the naff iffy low pass filters' - Please download the .WAV file, soundcloud streaming does terrible things to chiptunes. Direct from MOS6581 recording with dedicated output circuitry, no mastering, no EQ, no editing (only fadeout). Thx to dustlayer.com for the C64 pic.

International Karate [Waveophile]

Artist: setae luuppari
Album: http://Remix.Kwed.Org
Composer: Mike Riedel


Spy vs Spy

C64 Remix by Johan Andersson (Jojje70). Original composed by Rob Hubbard. One of the most famous SID tunes in a reggae style. Hope u like it! 

Also available at RKO/Remix64 sites. 

Sanxion (reggae beach mix)

Preview of forthcoming Matt Gray remakes of his C64 soundtracks.

Reformation album promo video
https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/108374412415300946224/108374412415300946224

Pre Order

Matt Gray - Last Ninja 2 Central Park Loader Preview

The kind of track you'll like to play in a fast old car, driving an empty desert road towards green mountains...

Peace Road

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CONTENT: ‘A Winged Victory For The Sullen’ is the first installment of the new collaboration between Stars Of The Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O’Halloran. The duo agreed to leave the comfort zone of their home studios and develop the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos that had the ability to deliver extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including string quartet, French horn, and bassoon, but always juxtaposed is the sound of drifting guitar washed melodies. The recordings began with one late night session in the famed Grunewald Church in Berlin on a 1950s imperial Bösendorfer piano and strings were added in the historic East Berlin DDR radio studios along the River Spree. One last session on a handmade Fazioli piano in a private studio on the Northern cusp of Italy, before the final mixes took place in a 17th century villa near Ferrara with the assistance of Francesco Donadello. All songs were then processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape. Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle the compositions. The final result is seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. In ‘Requiem For The Static King Part One’ – created in memory of the untimely passing of Mark Linkous – they have taken the age-old idea of a string quartet and then shot it out of a cannon to reveal exquisite new levels of sonic bliss. Of the 13 minute track ‘Symphony Pathétique’, Wiltzie says ‘after almost 20 years of struggling to create interesting ambient drone music, I feel like I have finally figured out what I am doing’. Notable guest musicians include Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, as well as Erased Tapes label comrade Peter Broderick on violin. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is not a side project – it is the future of the late night record you have always dreamed of.

CONTEXT: On May 24th 2007, in Bologna, Italy, Adam was on tour and playing with the late Mark Linkous & his beloved Sparklehorse, on what would be their final European tour. That night Adam invited friend and colleague Francesco Donadello to see the concert, and Francesco's guest this evening was composer Dustin O'Halloran (Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ O.S.T.). Through a strange twist of backstage conversations surrounding passport cache conundrums, and love of Italian gastronomy, a curious friendship began that now has brought forth an offspring of truly curative compositions for the world to savour.

As announced by Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound the self-titled debut album of A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be released worldwide on September 9, 2011 via Erased Tapes Records (except for North America where it will be out on Kranky).

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears

Dave Matthews Band- Blackbird (The Beatles cover)

Preview version of the remake for The Street Loader soundtrack from System 3's classic C64 Last Ninja 2 game. Full version to be releasead on the forthcoming Matt Gray album Reformation.

Pre Order Reformation

Matt Gray - Last Ninja 2 - The Street Loader Preview

Preview version of the Matt Gray remake of Martin Galway's classic loader track for Rambo First Blood Part 2 on the C64. Part of the forthcoming album Reformation.

Matt Gray - Rambo First Blood Part 2 Loader Preview

Preview of the Remake for Matt Gray's Hunter's Moon Loader music, a C64 game released by Thalamus in 1987. From the forthcoming album Reformation.

Matt Gray - Hunter's Moon Loader Preview

Preview of the Pro BMX Remake. Pro BMX was a C64 game released by Codemasters and this new remake preview features two of the original tracks by Matt Gray.

Matt Gray - Pro BMX Preview

Preview of the Remake of Vendetta (C64 System 3) intro theme  from the forthcoming album Reformation.

Matt Gray - Vendetta Preview

The Overture

A contemporary recreation of the main theme, from the C64 classic "Fairlight: A Prelude", developed by Bo Jangeborg and Jack Wilkes at EDGE Games. The tune was originally composed by Mike Alsop.

This is a work in progress that I was eventually going to submit to the Remix64 site.

If you would like to hear more from Pawel, please visit his Music Portfolio at http://www.pawel-osmolski.com

Fairlight (C64 Remix)

was featured in Hugi #36 Demoscene Magazine

Romeo Knight - Song 7201

Yes, I'm still noodling around with the Crazy Comets theme! This version is (a tad?) improved... but it's quite close to the original - next time I think a more drastic re-mix is in order. ;o)

Crazy Comets UpMix by CoLD SToRAGE (almost finished)

This is a part-finished version of the Ocean Loader by the wonderful Martin Galway. It was intended to be a 'demo' track for eJay eQuality - the Pro Level sequencer from eJay that was in development for many months, but never saw the light of day due to Empire Interactive going into liquidation. So, here it is... my unfinished upmix -  not quite done and baked, but possibly worth a listen? Martin kindly agreed to allow me to upmix this and use it as a demo song, in (if I recall correctly) return for a pie and a pint(!) ;O)

Ocean Loader v2 - Upmix - by CoLD SToRAGE "Noodlings from 2008..."

Musician/Composer/Producer from the UK. C64 SID Composer and one of the founding members of both Xenomania and Motiv8. Composed the acclaimed soundtracks for The Last Ninja 2, Driller, Dominator, Hunter's Moon and Vendetta.

Check out my youtube channel for news on more remakes.

Matt Gray - Vendetta Preview

Matt Gray C64