From SLAY Radio News
22/02/2021 00:40
Post-ROTY2020 Thank you!
<br>A big thank you to all the remixers, listeners and contributors who made the past year better with their presence and help for the scene in any way!
The ROTY 2020 Awards was hosted by <strong>ziona, Boz</strong> and <strong>Slaygon</strong> on <strong>20th February 2021</strong>.
2020 was the most active year since 2008 so we had a lot to talk about! See the graph about the activity over the years:
<img src="images/roty-stats-graph2020.png" alt="ROTY activity statistics" style="max-width: 500px; float: right; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 15px;" />
We did a recap of each month, covering C64 and Amiga remixes talking about the top 10 tracks, highlighting one from each RKO and Amigaremix.
In-between the recaps, the awards got presented.
<strong>THE WINNERS</strong>
- Best Newcomer: <strong>Ctrl-Z</strong>
- Best Veteran: <strong>Peter Clarke</strong>
- Best Amigaremix: <strong>Peter Clarke - Space Harrier</strong>
- Best C64 Remix: <strong>Peter Clarke - Space Harrier</strong>
- Lifetime Achievement Award: <strong>Vincenzo</strong>
- Remixer of the Year: <strong>Peter Clarke</strong>
The big winner, <strong>Peter Clarke</strong> felt delighted, surprised and humbled by the <strong>4 awards</strong> - the community voted for him by a sizable margin. The previous and the only other time in the history when a remixer won 4 awards was Makke in 2005. It was also the first time the same song won both the C64 and the Amiga remix categories. Well done, Peter!
The <strong>Lifetime Achievement Award</strong> went to <strong>Vincenzo</strong>, who is an exceptionally active and supportive Veteran remixer and demoscene musician, both on PC and C64 scene, who has been around for about 22 years, an organizer and sound-guy of a tremendous amount of parties, member of countless demogroups with over 100 releases, nearly 100 SIDs in HVSC and 21 listed remixes. The reason for the Arok Tribute Remix Competition last year was also mainly his idea. In his professional life, he is a sound designer of games like Witcher 3, and the recent Chicken Police, where his soundtrack also won an award.
<strong>See his full Remixer bio here:</strong> <a href="https://www.remix64.com/member/vincenzo/" target="_blank">https://www.remix64.com/member/vincenzo/</a>
<strong>His SIDs in HVSC:</strong> <a href="https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/V/Vincenzo/" target="_blank">https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/V/Vincenzo/</a>
<strong>And his demoscene history here:</strong> <a href="https://demozoo.org/sceners/1280/" target="_blank">https://demozoo.org/sceners/1280/</a>
<strong>ALBUM RELEASES</strong>
We also had a fantastic year in terms of <strong>album releases</strong>, enriching the scene with <strong>213 tracks</strong> on <strong>12</strong> professional albums, thanks to various artists including <strong>FastLoaders, Instant Remedy, Matt Gray, Mordi, Rob Hubbard & Marcel Donne</strong>. A special mention to <strong>Chris Abbott</strong> who was the busiest with 3 releases, including the marvelous <strong>8-Bit Symphony Pro</strong>, which transformed C64 music to a Hollywood-style professionally orchestrated and recorded production!
<img src="images/roty-album-releases-2020.jpg" alt="Album Releases in 2020" style="max-width: 700px;" />
<strong>See the whole list of albums here:</strong> <a href="https://www.remix64.com/albums/" target="_blank">https://www.remix64.com/albums/</a>
<strong>SUMMARY IN NUMBERS</strong>
<strong>The summary of voting stats for all categories:</strong>
* 854 votes
* 201 nominees
* 119 voting participants
<strong>Total number of remixes released in 2020:</strong>
* C64 Remixes on <a href="https://remix.kwed.org/" target="_blank">http://Remix.Kwed.Org/</a>: <strong>174</strong>
* Amigaremixes on <a href="https://amigaremix.com/" target="_blank">http://amigaremix.com/</a>: <strong>48</strong>
* Scene albums on <a href="https://www.remix64.com/" target="_blank">https://www.remix64.com/</a> - both C64 and Amigaremixes: <strong>213 over 12 albums</strong>
<strong>CREDITS</strong>
<strong>Boz, ziona and Slaygon would like to extend their deepest gratitude to all who participated and helped:</strong>
* <strong>Erwin Beekveld</strong> - Category jingles
* <strong>LMan</strong> - Live-updating results and keeping Remix64.com running, collecting your votes and thoughts on all the tracks
* <strong>Marcel Donné</strong> - Intro song
* <strong>Lea & Mordi</strong> - Album Releases section
* <strong><a href="https://www.scenesat.com/" target="_blank">SceneSat</a> & <a href="https://www.bozradio.com/" target="_blank">BozRadio</a></strong> for simulcasting the broadcast
And of course to all the <strong>remixers</strong> for their hard work over the year, and the <strong>voters</strong> who gave their appreciation for their work!
And last, but not least; All the <strong>listeners</strong> who tuned in and kept the discussion going!
Congratulations everyone! Well deserved, and thank you for all your contributions. You're all winners!
<strong>LINKS</strong>
<strong>To view all the results of 2020, please visit:</strong> <a href="https://www.remix64.com/roty/roty-2020.html" target="_blank">https://www.remix64.com/roty/roty-2020.html</a>
<strong>And to view the whole Award Show, click here:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJGmdZAcJA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJGmdZAcJA</a>
And, of course, you can listen to the <a href="//files.slayradio.org/download.php/Remix64com_-_Remixer_of_the_Year_Awards_2020_20210220.mp3">audio-only version</a> from our archive as well, but trust me - it's worth to watch too because of Slaygon's mindblowing visuals that he put a lot of effort into ;) (ziona)
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