Encore64 is an upcoming new SID remix album that's already available for pre-order at the link below. The album is hallmarked by such noted SID composers and remixers as Danko, Peter Clarke, Glyn R Brown, Vincenzo, Romeo Knight, Tomsk, and also features the first published works from Fred Gray for over 2 decades. Check out the link for short previews, and ooh, look at that, they have merch available, too! Also, tune in to SLAY Radio on December 9 for a live on-air introduction of the album.
The FastLoaders have a new album in the works titled C64 Rocks, and they created a Kickstarter campaign for it. The album will contain remixes of over 30 classic SID tunes, and the physical album will be packaged as a triple (!) digipak. Click on the link below for all the glorious details.
Sadly, the Kickstarter campaign for the Epic Action album by Prismatic Realms, an independent video game developer based near Toronto, Canada has failed to reach its goal. ☹ Click the link below to read their announcement.
One year after a Tribute to Jochen Hippel the GRG gave their tribute to another retro legend. The album a Tribute to Jeroen Tel was released in the winter season 2012/2013. The three new members Sunspire, Xenox & Awesome-A joined the German Remix Group for this project.
A rare remix from an HVSC Crew member (Andreas and myself also tried remixing SID tunes). He chose one of my favorite LN tunes and did a respectable job of bringing it to a more modern sound environment. I like the choice of sax (?) for the lead, but unfortunately some of the slides seem to drift off-key at times. This cover would sound even better with a purely acoustic treatment.
I am going to be a bit harsh on this remix, mostly because it advertises itself as a trailer remix, which raises my expectations. From that perspective, the first minute or so of this remix - red smilie for sure, it's very well done. However, it never really seems to move on from there and gets stuck in an orchestral hits + piano cycle. Which does not sound very exciting to me after its novelty wears off.
Absolutely high marks for the unique approach to this SID tune, the sound palette you used here is totally trailer quality, but I think it would've been more successful if more thought was given to the overall arrangement.
Immortal C64 Episode 98 - Love a Bank Holiday.
Track Listing :
Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length
01 .. 0:00:35 - Jonas Hakansson - Soul Control - 3:07
02 .. 0:03:39 - Thomas Mogensen - Mother - 4:50
03 .. 0:08:23 - Jakub Szefer - 020 - 5:02
04 .. 0:13:30 - Klaus Grongaard - Action Guy - 2:08
05 .. 0:15:42 - Roger Duijckaerts - Double Falcon Demo - 4:58
06 .. 0:20:37 - Mark Colling - Crap it - 2:57
07 .. 0:23:39 - Grzegorz Struminski - Dont Lend Girl - 2:57
08 .. 0:26:37 - Ari-Pekka Paljakka - Tune 22 - 3:30
09 .. 0:30:01 - Alexander Wiklund - Goatlight Tune 2 - 1:40
10 .. 0:31:54 - Anders Elmen - Another Song - 4:16
11 .. 0:36:14 - Przemek Mroczkowski - Dual Mind - 3:10
12 .. 0:39:26 - Toni Nisula - Trible 99 - 2:34
13 .. 0:42:05 - G Musardo and Andreas Montecchio - Sliding Skill Tune 04 - 3:39
14 .. 0:45:36 - Tammo Hinrichs - Being Strange - 1:39
15 .. 0:47:16 - Andy Vaisey - Macrocosm - 3:58
16 .. 0:51:19 - Adam Hey - MD201607 - 1:39
17 .. 0:53:00 - Richard Bayliss - More Gray - 3:59
18 .. 0:57:01 - Glenn Rune Gallefoss - L-Forza Remix - 6:52
19 .. 1:03:57 - Lars Hoff - Jazzin - 3:36
20 .. 1:07:12 - Soren Lund - Commodore 64 - 2:14
21 .. 1:09:30 - Michael Pehl - For Sanforized 5 - 3:42
22 .. 1:13:11 - Jake Manley - Anag8mixxxx4acidtwo - 3:36
23 .. 1:16:51 - Paul Hannay - CityBomber - 4:25
24 .. 1:21:21 - Ole Marius Pettersen - The Emperors High - 3:04
25 .. 1:24:29 - G Musardo and Andreas Montecchio - Sliding Skill Tune 06 - 2:03
26 .. 1:26:36 - Soren Lund - The Revival - 1:56
27 .. 1:28:47 - Sean Connolly - The End of the World - 4:19
28 .. 1:33:03 - Jesper Varn - Far Out - 2:49
29 .. 1:35:57 - Mibri - Embukyaku - 3:12 - Bonus Track.
Thanks for listening :)
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Thanks to Mibri for letting me use his tune, check out the making of here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHvo_dIcIBY
Real SID episodes are made using an real C64 and a SD2IEC from http://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/
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Ahoy people! In need for some c64 goodness? Quote from <a href="https://transmission64.com/" target="_new">transmission64.com</a>:
With the blessing of the famous & fabulous X-organizers, we'll be back on December 4th, 2021.
While we cannot replace a full live x-party experience, we're sure hoping to provide more than a band-aid to help you spend the weekend with sceners and demos online.
Brought to you by Atlantis and Padua. We appreciate your interest and support, as cheesy as it may sound, we really do.
Featuring the following compos (for the Commodore 64)
* Demo Compo
* 4k Compo
* The new BASIC fader compo
* Music
* PETSCII
* Graphics
... and some surprises.
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more at <a href="https://transmission64.com/" target="_new">transmission64.com</a>
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Time is running short for the Arok remix compo - Entries are due in on Friday at noon!
You will need to register an account in the system to be able to upload your entries. Make sure you have fully registered your account prior to the deadline so you don't run into anything unexpected!
Head over to <a href="http://arok.intro.hu/2021/">http://arok.intro.hu/2021/</a> for more information on how to get yourself registered!
And don't forget - HAVE FUN! :)
Exploding Fist Bad September RMX
