chiptune cover of "walking in the air" from the movie "the snowman", please download for higher quality, soundcloud stream destroys and distorts all overtones. or - find original .sid tune on csdb.dk or a following release of HVSC.

Walking In The Air [8bit commodore 64]

"Dance Floor Maniac 2" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3VMVmL54B7SXJo1vXM0S1x

irq7 is a so called "chipsound-artist" who spend a lot of time using old computer-hardware like Gameboys, Commodore-computers and other gadgets to produce a new kind of music.
Cheesy melody's and bumping beats are building dance-tracks, which are not only interesting for fans of retro-sounds. 
The songs are somewhere between Electro, Breaks, Drum & Bass and oldschool chiptunes.

irq7 is playing live-shows with Gameboys regularly since 2006 at many locations (Vienna, New York, Frankfurt...). 

The first full length album was released in spring 2010 and called "Revenge of the Calm". It was produced one with one Gameboy only.
A few month later, the "It's not me EP" was released which contains cover-versions of his favourite songs coming from old computers like the Commodore-C64 and the Amiga.
In 2011 the "Girls & Gameboys EP" was released and well received.

Beside Gameboy-music, irq7 is focusing on tiny music-instruments and gadgets. All activities are under the umbrella-term "Noizebox", 
and can be found at http://irq7.blogspot.com. "Noizebox" is not just the name of the blog - in fact it is a battery-powered speaker 
build from various recycled electronic components. You can simple sit on the Noizebox and play with various electronic devices (e.g. Gameboy, Keyboards, Synth's etc.) 

Before the turnaround (fall of the wall), my parents brought a robotron KC85/3 computer home and I loved it. The sound could only be generated by 2 pulses waveforms, but despite all this, some of the original games had a freaky sound.

Meanwhile, I was playing with a friend with a Commodore 64. I always had a penchant for it and I was also interested in various chiptunes. Nevertheless, later I preferred to go to the roots - composing music with hardware. I handled a lot with the DMC tracker for the C64. I can not say if there was any documentation, but I remember that I found out how some parameters work with my old oscilloscope. I wrote some results for Richard Bayliss - Music Scene Tutorial. 

In 2006 I won the "Battle of the Bits - Winter Chip I" competition in the category SID - which earned me fifty 7" vinyls. At that time my interest in synthesizers of all kinds grew (but in general the focus for 8-Bit machines). 

Further hardware that I procured sequentially and still use today:
- Access Virus A and Virus b
- Korg ESX-1 ( JJ ECC83S tubes )
- Peavey Spectrum Analog Filter
- Waldorf 4-Pole - Ladder and Curtis
- Adafruit's x0xb0x ( modified marOS )
- E-MU Proteus 2000 + XL-Turbo + Roms
- MI Shruthi-1 SMR4-II, CEM3378, Polivoks
- Soulsby's Atmegatron + Odytron
- Behringer Crave ( purged PCB )
- Soundcraft Compact 10 and 4
- Cyclone Bassbot TT-303 v1
- Sixty four pixels CV.OCD
- Twisted Electrons AY3
- Ibanez Echo Shifter 2
- GFI Specular Tempus
- Barber Launch Pad
- Arturia Drumbrute
- Pioneer RMX 1000
- T-Rex Replicator
- T-Rex Replica
- Tapco Blend6
- DMG 01

- Midibox SEQ v4
- Midibox SID v2 ( 6581/8580 )
- Midibox DIY C64 Midi Controller
- Speech Chips: SPO256-AL2, Speakjet

.. and of course a real Commodore 64.

Thanks to Chris Oldaker for providing the "sendy" logo.

Music from the self-proclaimed Grand High Witch of breakbeat meddling.

I make post-punk post-goth post-rock post-breakcore progressive synth music with a focus on big energy, intricate flowing rhythms, plenty of Organized Chaos and fun! Dance, listen, block your ears, it's all good :)

I've been making music with computers, synths and samplers since the early 90's. As well as hoping for people to enjoy my albums and whatever else I create, I am looking for soundtrack work - especially chiptune styled stuff. I am also involved in 2D level design work and have a full campaign that ships with the indie platformer VVVVVV by Terry Cavanagh, sitting alongsides the likes of contributors such as Notch of Minecraft fame. I LOVE designing game levels and virtual worlds.

Gear reviewer and synthesis writer at Bedroom Producer's Blog

Otherwise known as: Sendy, Absurdist Lover, Experimental Accident and The Phrase Agency

See also my synth demos at http://soundcloud.com/sendysynthdemos

Walking In The Air [8bit commodore 64]

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