After long long time, seven years of my creativity attenuation, I bring you a brand new track. New beginnings were the opportunity to try something new and float into a new style, sound-design and connect it with my 8bit alter-ego. Enjoy!

Tech:
- Cubase Pro 11
- Komplete Kontrol S49 MK2
- VSTi: Spire, Retrologue 2, Padshop 2, HALion Sonic SE 3, NI The Gentleman

Macro

C'est La Vie

Cover of my synthwave track "Macro" to 8bit soundchip.
5th place in Oldschool music compo at Revision 2023.
Composed in SAA1099Tracker v2.0.6.
Played on Tesla PMD 85, an 8bit computer produced in 80s in the former Czechoslovakia with connected MIF 85 sound interface containing Philips SAA 1099 soundchip on-board.

Macro (SAA 1099 version)

Originally, the song was accompanied by an edited monologue from the debate that introduces The Last of Us HBO series with voice of John Hannah. But to keep the copyright strikes calm, I've prepared this clean and much shorter version specifically for the Revision demoparty. Unfortunately, this entry was not included in Streaming compo due to preselection of Revision demoparty organizers.

Underscored (Revision edition)

Liquid unhappy with voice of John Hannah from debate that introduces The Last of Us HBO series and it moved me a lot.

Tech:
- Cubase Pro 12
- Komplete Kontrol S49 MK2
- VSTi: Spire, Groove Agent SE, NI Una Corda, NI Session Strings 2

Underscored

Putting the feelings of a divided society and climate crisis denial into the music.

Tech:
- Cubase Pro 12
- Komplete Kontrol S49 MK2
- VSTi: Spire, Groove Agent SE, NI Butch Vig, NI Una Corda, NI Session Strings 2, NI Electric Sunburst

Tearing Apart

In memory of all the victims, and all who suffered and sacrificed during Chernobyl disaster.

Tech:
- Cubase Pro 13
- Komplete Kontrol S49 MK2
- VSTi: Spire, Groove Agent SE, TGuitar, NI Butch Vig, NI Una Corda, NI Session Strings 2, NI Electric Sunburst

Not Great Not Terrible

Cover of 4-channel Amiga module originally by dizzy/cncd (Juha Kujanpää) to 3 channels of AY-3-8910.

Banana Split

Cover of title song "It's Alive" from PC demo "2019" by Brainstorm demo-group, originally by Hansee/Brainstorm.
Tech: 2 x AY-3-8910 (TurboSound) ABC Stereo.

2019 [It's Alive]

Cover of just 2-channel S3M module, originally by Purple Motion (Jonne Valtonen) and remixed into fully-loaded 3 channels of AY-3-8910 in ACB Stereo.

Zak-zaka-zak-zak

Soundtrack of the game called "Game about Squares" for ZX-Spectrum.
Tech: AY-3-8910, ACB Stereo

Squares

SIGMA 98

Soundtrack of the game called "Coloristic" for ZX-Spectrum.
Tech: AY-3-8910, ACB Stereo

Quodlibet

Martin Bórik is an indie electronic music composer and producer based in Slovakia, with focus on electronic and chiptune music since 1998, with influences of 70s art rock and 80s electronic music:
* Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Yanni, J.M.Jarre
* The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Sting
* The Midnight, FM-84, Timecop1983
* Purple Motion, Chris Huelsbeck
* AY: Aki (F6), n1k-o, Pator, Seajeff, X-Agon, Fuxoft

Martin Bórik

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