Remix Compo: less than 1 week left until deadline!
Mastertronic C64 Remixes
The Mastetronic Collectors Archive just posted a very nice article by Warren Pilkington (Waz) in which he picked 10 great, freely available RKO remixes of tunes that originally appeared in games published by Mastertronic. This is the first of several articles to come on the topic. Head over to their website to read part 1.
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Remix News, June 2025
The June edition of the Remix News is finally here, with a generous amount of Makke gooooood
added for your enjoyment! (Yes, I know it's October already. I'm working on catching up!
- LaLa)
BIT Live 2025 Artist Lineup
BIT Live is confirmed to have the following artists perform in November 2025:
- FastLoaders (duh!)
- Jeroen Tel
- Tony
Fluke73
Wirén - Karstein Djupdal
- Frida
- DJ jor-el from Syntax Error
- Glenn Rune Gallefoss (GRG)
- Ziona
And SLAY Radio will be the host throughout the weekend.
More info at backintime.no.
Platypus Reclayed
Platypus Reclayed is a follow-up to the original Platypus game published in 2002 and it is now available on several platforms. At this point you might ask, what does this have to do with Commodore remixes? Well, because the entire soundtrack of the game consists of nothing but C64 remixes, licensed mostly from the "Back In Time 2" (1999) album!
BIT Live 2025 Remix Compo
Together with the FastLoaders and SLAY Radio we're very happy announce the BIT Live 2025 Remix Compo! This year the theme of the compo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Amiga, but C64 remixes are also very welcome as long as they conform to the compo rules. As usual, the compo will be anonymous. Deadline for the entries is November 16, 2025. For details, check out the compo's page. Can't wait to hear what you come up with!
C64Audio Re-releases on Bandcamp
Chris Abbott has started to upload the entire back catalog of C64Audio.com to Bandcamp. Fifteen albums are already available there, no doubt with more to come. Follow C64Audio on Bandcamp to be notified when more albums are made available there: c64audio.bandcamp.com/music
In addition, FastLoaders have made their albums available on their own Bandcamp page, too, check it out at fastloaders.bandcamp.com.
Additional FastLoaders concerts
If you can't wait until late November to see the FastLoaders in concert at BIT Live, you'll have two additional opportunities in the coming months to rock with them.
First, the FastLoaders will be on stage at Setpatch 2.0 - The Official Pre-Party for Amiga40 on Friday, October 17th, 2025 in Mönchengladbach. See the party's Facebook page for more details and for tickets.
Second, they will also be performing live at the 2Funky Complex in Leicester, UK on Saturday, November 8, 2025. For more info and for tickets to that concert, head over to the event's Facebook page.
JSR Play 3
by Matt Gray
Silent Service II Title RemixArranged by CZ Tunes
Review by neglesaks
Arranged by BeeZerk
Review by LaLa
The Way of the Exploding Fist OST version
Arranged by Tollis
This is the second review I am posting about this remix. In the first one I wrote that I had a nagging suspicion that this remix was created with heavy AI assistance.
I also wrote that if I am proven wrong on this, I would be the first to happily admit that I am wrong.
Well, I was wrong.
Tollis contacted me privately about my first review, and after a few email exchanges he has given me enough assurances that that this remix was NOT created with heavy AI assistance
.
Which I was actually relieved to learn, because this is a very good remix! I don't know if anybody else is familiar with the Twelve Girls Band
, a Chinese ensemble that infused traditional Chinese tunes with a modern flair. The style of this remix totally reminds me of their tunes: it's energetic, it sounds big, and it is decorated with that unmistakable Far Eastern style.
In fact, I wish this remix featured at least some authentic Chinese or Japanese instruments, that would've been the cherry on top. Another gripe I have with this remix: there are just way too many instruments placed in the middle, making the final mix sort of washed out (which was actually one of the reasons I originally thought that many of its instruments were AI generated).
But technicalities aside, the end result is hugely enjoyable, and that's what's most important.
Review by LaLa
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