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20/08/2006
Defender of the Crown - Live and Orchestral
It doesn't give you that much time to get there, though!
Sunday 20 August 21h00
The Malmo Symphony Orchestra will perform
music from DEFENDER OF THE CROWN
by Jim Cuomo at a
special outdoor concert ...
This is the Swedish press release :
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Söndag 20 augusti 21.00
Malmö SymfoniOrkester och dirigenten Stephen Coleman bjuder under
Malmöfestivalen på en spektakulär konsert med stor symfonisk musik
från TV- och dataspelsvärlden. Orvar Säfström, som själv äger 2000
spel, är perfekt i sin roll som ledsagare in i den virtuella världen.
Musiken hämtas från såväl de stora populära spelen som de mindre
kända, är klart välgjorda och tilltalar alla generationer. "Joystick"
vänder sig till både de redan inbitna spelarna och till alla som
vill uppdatera sig och förstå vad dataspelsmusik egentligen
handlar om.
Vi framför musik från: Wizardry, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty,
Killzone, Everquest II, Super Mario Bros.,
DEFENDER OF THE CROWN, Final Fantasy VI,
Final Fantasy VII - samt från Wagners Ringen.
Malmö SymfoniOrkester
Stephen Coleman, dirigent
Orvar Säfström, presentatör
Malmö akademiska kör
Lunds Studentsångare
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from pigeon music
Sunday 20 August 21h00
The Malmo Symphony Orchestra will perform
music from DEFENDER OF THE CROWN
by Jim Cuomo at a
special outdoor concert ...
This is the Swedish press release :
---------------------------------
Söndag 20 augusti 21.00
Malmö SymfoniOrkester och dirigenten Stephen Coleman bjuder under
Malmöfestivalen på en spektakulär konsert med stor symfonisk musik
från TV- och dataspelsvärlden. Orvar Säfström, som själv äger 2000
spel, är perfekt i sin roll som ledsagare in i den virtuella världen.
Musiken hämtas från såväl de stora populära spelen som de mindre
kända, är klart välgjorda och tilltalar alla generationer. "Joystick"
vänder sig till både de redan inbitna spelarna och till alla som
vill uppdatera sig och förstå vad dataspelsmusik egentligen
handlar om.
Vi framför musik från: Wizardry, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty,
Killzone, Everquest II, Super Mario Bros.,
DEFENDER OF THE CROWN, Final Fantasy VI,
Final Fantasy VII - samt från Wagners Ringen.
Malmö SymfoniOrkester
Stephen Coleman, dirigent
Orvar Säfström, presentatör
Malmö akademiska kör
Lunds Studentsångare
--------------------------------
from pigeon music
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Recommend08/08/2006
C64 CDs on iTunes - finally!!
Wayhay! Finally, C64 Remix CDs have started to appear on iTunes!
08/08/2006
Amiga > PC = True
So, now it's been scientifically determined that the Amiga CAN beat the PC fair and square.
In the combined demo competition on The Assembly 2006 last weekend, the Amiga demo Starstruck by The Black Lotus crushed the competition and outdid all the others, which were mostly PC demos.
TBL only made 3rd place in the BreakPoint 2006 competition and became quite annoyed at that "bad" result and decided to show people what they're made of, and they surely did.
Some random comments about the demo from pouët.net:
"Wheeeeyaaa!! This one is amazing!! Überdemo!"
"holy bananas."
"Just as disappointed as I was over their Breakpoint'06 amiga demo, just as much in awe I am of this one ..."
"No words for the best amiga demo I have ever seen!"
"I don't know much about Amigas, but I presume this is rather awesome ;)"
"This demo rules....the soundtrack is AWESOME."
"holy makrel, that's one darn good demo! fuckings for humiliating the pc scene, louie
"
"have someone seen my jaws I dropped them somewhere"
"Nice one. The fact that an Amiga demo wins the demo compo in 2006 is kind of hilarious. Way to go guys! Keep the Amiga alive!"
The soundtrack to the demo by Olof 'Blaizer' Gustafsson will be played during the show 'On Air with Ziphoid' on SLAY Radio this coming thursday as well.
In the combined demo competition on The Assembly 2006 last weekend, the Amiga demo Starstruck by The Black Lotus crushed the competition and outdid all the others, which were mostly PC demos.
TBL only made 3rd place in the BreakPoint 2006 competition and became quite annoyed at that "bad" result and decided to show people what they're made of, and they surely did.
Some random comments about the demo from pouët.net:
"Wheeeeyaaa!! This one is amazing!! Überdemo!"
"holy bananas."
"Just as disappointed as I was over their Breakpoint'06 amiga demo, just as much in awe I am of this one ..."
"No words for the best amiga demo I have ever seen!"
"I don't know much about Amigas, but I presume this is rather awesome ;)"
"This demo rules....the soundtrack is AWESOME."
"holy makrel, that's one darn good demo! fuckings for humiliating the pc scene, louie
" "have someone seen my jaws I dropped them somewhere"
"Nice one. The fact that an Amiga demo wins the demo compo in 2006 is kind of hilarious. Way to go guys! Keep the Amiga alive!"
The soundtrack to the demo by Olof 'Blaizer' Gustafsson will be played during the show 'On Air with Ziphoid' on SLAY Radio this coming thursday as well.
Pouët.net08/08/2006
David Dunn - Interviewed
When an email from the pioneering David Dunn (composer of Flight Path 747, Fourth Protocol, Finders Keepers and many more) arrived in the R64 inbox, we wasted no time in interviewing him! What was his background? What was his role in Elite? all is revealed!
Interview with David Dunn03/08/2006
Visa Röster on Swedish national radio
Kenneth Mutka (Slaygon) from SLAY Radio and Pex Tufvesson from Visa Röster are guests in the upcoming program "Kulturriket" on Swedish national radio P4 this Sunday the 6th of August 14:00. The program will feature approximately 15 minutes of Commodore 64-related game music talk (in Swedish), together with some Rob Hubbard music, probably Delta, International Karate and a few more. So, tune in and listen, those of you that have the means to do!
(Submitted by Pex Tufvesson)
18/07/2006
WinUAE 1.3 Released
Version 1.3 of WinUAE, the Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator for Windows, has recently been released! Upgrades and new features include PC DD and HD floppy support (and "sound emulation", go figure!), improved audio filter and interpolation, Action Replay for A1200 support, and various bugfixes. WinUAE is definitely the best solid all-round Amiga emulator out there, it's definitely worth a look if you're missing your "girlfriend" 06/07/2006
Real Orchestra to perform famous c64 tunes
C64 Orchestra is a production of Micromusic Netherlands and ON (a Netherlands-based organisation supporting computer/dance/audio/visual culture). For this production, C64 Orchestra approached two of the most experienced C64-users from the 1980s, Rob Hubbard and Jeroen Tel. Some of their greater works have been rewritten to be played by a classic orchestra. The compositions that they are going to play:
Rob Hubbard's compositions:
Monty on the Run, One Man And His Droid, Commando, International Karate
Jeroen Tel's:
Cybernoid II, Hawkeye, Myth, Supremacy
The tour is going to be in the Netherlands in September, specific dates will be posted on their website in due time.
Thanks for your time, hope you're in the neighbourhood to check out the concert in September.
(News submitted by Bassie / RBi)
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Makke returns to the world of nerds, with a brand new bi-weekly show - The Noble Way! You can expect a larded show, where you can look forward to such things as the System Specific Half-Hour (30 minutes of music from this weeks dedicated platform), What’s Hot At OCRemix?, Platforms Compared (this week featuring Double Dragon) and much much more!Tune in, and tell your friends!
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13/06/2006
PPOT featured in Hitman: Blood Money
The latest episode of the well known Hitman game series contains an easter egg featuring Press Play on Tape on the front page of a newspaper. The headline reads: "PPOT ROCKS! The Commodore 64 revival band gets major breakthru in the U.S.". It also shows a picture of the band live in concert. PPOT keyboarder beyond veils himself in mystery regarding his having a finger in that pie... join the discussion!
07/06/2006
Amiga Music mp3s site launched
ChrisNZ.com has launched a release site for original amiga music in mp3 format. From the site: "Many people remember the amiga, so many homes in New Zealand in the late 1980’s had an a amiga. When I was about 9 we got an Amiga, good times… Hearing these tunes brings back the memories."
The tunes come as Lo-Fi clips and as 128Kbps Variable bitrate full downloads.