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Radix goodness 5. April 2009

If there's someone who is my "most favourite artist", then it must be Radix. I love almost all tunes he ever made, it does not matter if it is a chiptune, chillout music, dance or ambient stuff. If you do not know Radix already, be sure to download those goodies, they are definitely worth listening.

• Yuki Satellites - This has been my favourite track for a loooong time now. I simply love it. The glitchy drums, the powerful sound, the cute voice (which is told to be his little sister )
• Tournesol (with Lluvia) - Same here. My second favourite tune!
• Plateau - For those of you who love ambient music.
• Transponder - This is kinda weird but cool at the same time!
• Fire Tree - Soothing...
• I Realize (XM Version) - If I could gather all the stars... *sigh* This track is really sweet.
• Seldom Seen - Very emotional and strong track. With awesome drums. One of my favourites among the favourites. And it inspired me to compose Timelord...
• Emelie - Emotional tracks are something Radix can do really well!
• Judo Grooves - A groovy dance track - Simple, but I like it.
• Colours (with Lluvia) - Again, one of those wonderful tracks with glitchy drums and great chords.
• asm 95 icecream girl - Mmmh, I love icecream, and this is chiptune is (very) short but sweet!
• Imaginary Friend - Chiptunes, you gotta love 'em.
• You & Me - Did someone say.... Chiptunes?
• Superglam - It is a bit short, but nevertheless one of the best dance tracks I know.
• Sunchild - Those strong and deep strings are great! Again, this tune should be much longer!

Wow, that is one long list! But yeah, those tunes are simply awesome. Have fun!

And see you at Breakpoint 2009!

Brokepoint 2009 1. Februar 2009

Breakpoint is in trouble, the main sponsors decided not to support the party anmore. So it's up to us to make the best out of the party. Please consider buying a "supporter ticket" or donate a small amount of money to let the best demoparty of the year be really the best demoparty ever.

Update: Scene.org have set up a donation box (read: you can donate money via paypal now).

Some funkiness for you 2. Januar 2009

Those funky, jazzy, whatever modules are sure worth a listen... (List is in no particular order)

• Poldi - Head On - You gotta love this guitar.
• Axel - Caterina - Awesome jazzy tune in only four channels!
• Carlos - Elojatek - One example out of dozens of Carlos' perfect funk tunes.
• Marwin - Afro Superfly - Quite some funk in this one!
• Anything by Reed, really... Like 118 in 64 and 194 or Kings of Evoke (both 64k funk!), A Synthetic Device (4k funk!!!) and Turquoise (well, this one's a bit bigger )
• Chrylian - Imagine is probably the best jazzy four channel .mod that I've ever come across until today!
• Walkman - Fastfunk - Funk and SID-style leads, is there anything better?
• Traven - Neptunian Funk - This one is a bit slower, but really nice.
• Funck-2.mod - Whoever made this, made some serious (Tech-?)Funk. Nice!
• Jaco - Paranoimia
• Stuff by Jazzcat.

Have fun(k), I think they're all worth listening.
Happy new year btw.

Nothing but Allister Brimble 17. Dezember 2008

Well, maybe not. But today, I finally received my two signed copies of Allister Brimble's Sounds Digital and Bang! Tick... Tick from m0d who got them for me without asking first when he met Allister at Sundown 2008. I can't say anything but "Thank you" right now, those CDs are just awesome. Be sure to listen to the free recordings at Exotica (linked above) if you don't have the CDs, because this is definitely music that's worth listening to.

Deep In The Forest 22. November 2008

In May, we had an one hour compo with the samples of "Deep In The Forest" at #mod_shrine. After the compo, I wanted to listen to the tune that was behind these samples. Found it at ModArchive, downloaded, listened. It was a great trance track. I also downloaded the 12" version as well as some other tunes by the creator, DJ Bourg. Good stuff!

Yesterday, I've come across a remix by another talented tracker guy called Zanoma. The four trance tunes he has on ModArchive always fascinated me. And his remix of "Deep In The Forest" is not worse. Okay, it sounds a bit more like bulk trance, but still, there are those great melodies and themes from the original tune which I like so much. Go and decide which one is better:

• DJ Bourg - Deep In The Forest (Original Mix)
• DJ Bourg - Deep In The Forest (12 Inch Mix)
• DJ Bourg - Deep In The Forest (Zanoma Remix)

Hope you like 'em!

Some older stuff 9. November 2008

Here are some demos that I really like:

• The S by Suspend - This demo looks really, really polished and clean if you consider that it's "just" from 2002.
• STS-05: Royal Temple Ball by Synesthetics - I've seen this demo at Breakpoint 2008 (scene.org awards 2007) on the bigscreen and it didn't cease to amaze me since then.
• Gamma by Outracks - Another gem from the scene.org awards 2007. Extremely cool and well-synced demo with a great D&B soundtrack. Deserved to win.
• Daydream by Hedelmae - I think this should win the scene.org award for best music in 2008.

Hope you like 'em too!

Blog online 9. November 2008

I've planned this project for quite some time now and realized everything today: A little blog to share scene thoughts, music, demos and other stuff with others. Hope you like it and find some gems among the links I post here.

Bring back the only Amiga art 29. Oktober 2008

I've rediscovered another gem in my playlist today: I let Mush - Spirit into the Mod Archive in May and totally forgot about it since then. Today I listened to it again and it didn't cease to fascinate me. It sounds so much like the old Amiga days, it sounds how Amiga tunes are supposed to sound, this is true oldskool feeling.

Face I Paint 19. Oktober 2008

Today, I've come across a tune in my playlist that I've probably listened to one or two times in the past and I realized how good it is for the first time: Face I Paint by Hunz. I've looped it all the day and I gotta say it's a marvellous track. Don't miss it.

From rags to riches 15. Oktober 2008

We all have to be involved somewhere in the scene. I'm involved in making music for demos and also in The Mod Archive. We all like to ascend - and that's what I've done there:

I have followed the development of TMA for quite some time and over time, I ascended: I've become a reviewer in 2006 or 2007 and also got the ability to assign modules to other artists' profiles ("crew helper"). Then I joined the screening crew to filter the incoming uploads in 2007. In February 2008, m0d offered me to moderate the forums as well. Now, in October, I've gained the status of a full crew member. I have to thank m0d and the whole crew a lot for this, it really means something to me.