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PRESS PLAY ON TAPE at Roskilde Festival 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:40:00 +0000

On Sunday, June 29th at 9PM, PRESS PLAY ON TAPE will perform at the Roskilde Festival. This year the festival features quite a lot of retro computer sound inspired bands, thus also PRESS PLAY ON TAPE. The concert will be 45 minuttes and take place in the Junior Pavillion. ROC=K ON!

Submitted by beyond

Darling brothers awarded CBE in Queen's Birthday Honours

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:24:00 +0000

David and Richard Darling, who wrote many Commodore 64 games including the infamous Chiller, have been awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for their services to the computer games industry.

Check out the image on the BBC news story, with the very young Darlings showing off Chiller!

Submitted by Waz

New site and tickets now available for BIT Live 2008!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:38:00 +0000

C64.com and SceneSat Radio finally brings you the new and improved site for Back In Time Live Stockholm 2008 and with it also the possibility to buy tickets for the event.

Make sure to head over to the main site to ensure that you get ahold of a ticket or three. Why not bring the girlfriend/boyfriend and make it a late summer vacation and see the beauty of Stockholm while enjoying THE C64 retro event of the year!

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi to attend Symphonic Shades

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:01:00 +0000

On August 23, 2008, famous SEGA composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi will attend both "Symphonic Shades" concerts in Germany.

It also has been announced that Takenobu Mitsuyoshi will arrange music from "Apidya II" for the "Symphonic Shades" events. Thanks to SEGA Germany and Merregnon Studios, the Japanese composer was invited to come to Cologne, Germany to join both concerts performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra at 8 PM and 11 PM.

More info can be found at the official website, SymphonicShades.com.

Submitted by paralax

8-Bits At The Movies!

Tue, 27 May 2008 09:18:00 +0000

The 10th One Man And His Mic retro music podcast is NOW ONLINE and is devoted to 8-Bit movie tie-in games! It features lots of great themes from classic 80s movies performed on the Commodore 64, Spectrum 128 and Amstrad CPC computers. The show includes tracks by Martin Galway, David Whittaker, Jonathan Dunn, Matthew Cannon, Charles Deenen + more heroes from the world of 8-bit music.

This show also contains the first ever One Man & His Mic competition! All you have to do is listen to the montage of 40 C64 movie themes in the show and try to name as many of them as you can. The winner will receive a £40.00 gift voucher to spend in the Binary Zone Retro Store!

Submitted by kenz

Commodore bankrupcy rewound

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:31:41 +0000

From http://www.commodorecorp.com/:

April 29 2008, Baarn, Commodore International Corp.

(CIC) (OTC:CDRL) announced today that the court in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, has decided to rewind the bankruptcy of Commodore International BV, a subsidiary of Commodore International Corporation.

On April 15, 2008 the court declared bankruptcy of Commodore International BV based on procedural mistakes as earlier announced on April 21 2008. More details about this case were announced during the Special Shareholders Meeting held in Amsterdam on April 25, 2008.

As a result of today's court decision this case has been concluded successfully.

SceneSat Radio LIVE premiere, 2nd May 2008

Fri, 02 May 2008 09:04:00 +0000

SceneSat Radio is a new web radio station broadcasting live shows and a rotational playlist with a fine selection of music from the Commodore scene as well as from other scenes. It was founded by Hazel and Ziphoid.

SceneSat Radio will be broadcasting a LIVE show from the Birdie LAN Party in Sweden on Friday, 2nd May at 20:00 CEST, so don't miss it!
Read more about it at the forum.

Submitted by LMan

Yuzo Koshiro to attend Symphonic Shades

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Veteran video game music composer Yuzo Koshiro will attend both "Symphonic Shades" concerts in Germany.

Recently it has been announced that Yuzo Koshiro will arrange music for "Symphonic Shades": the classic "Jim Power in Mutant Planet". Thanks to 4Players and Merregnon Studios, the Japanese composer was invited to come to Cologne. He will join both concerts, performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra on August 23, 2008.

Submitted by paralax

THERMOSTATIC - New album 'Humanizer' out in May 2008!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:12:00 +0000

Swedish Bit-Pop heroes THERMOSTATIC have announced their new album HUMANIZER has now been mastered and will be released in May 2008! The band has once again used the SID-Station to give each track that distinctive SID-chip sound! A video clip featuring a preview of the album can now be seen on the THERMOSTATIC website and you can also hear THREE complete tracks from the new album in the latest One Man & His Mic retro game music podcast from Kenz!

Submitted by kenz

Commodore once more close to bankrupcy

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Apparently, several creditors have filed bankrupcy for the Dutch company that owns the brand.
Read more at: Channel Register

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