Hi! My name is Rutger and my favorite retro computer is the Commodore Amiga. I used to play a ton of games on it in my early youth. To this day I'm still fascinated by the music created on this machine. From the sci-fi prog of Chris Huelsbeck to the funk of Martin Iveson. From the house music of Barry Leitch to the melodies of David Whittaker. I tried to make some music inspired by the Amiga and its composers. For this I used Amiga Soundtracker sample packs and some software on my Macbook. Enjoy!(?)
Forgot to make Euphoria Melancholia downloadable. Fixed now.
Also added a little "bio" text to the tracks...
The Commodore Amiga is a personal computer from the mid 80s with sort of an an 8-bit sound architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500). With my music inspired by this computer I return to the sound I have loved ever since my childhood.
To compose I used Ableton Live and its simple sampler (Simpler), in which I loaded the Amiga Sountracker Sample Packs (archive.org/details/AmigaSoundt…kerSamplePacksst-xx). A couple of sounds come from Plogue's brilliant Chipsounds (http://www.plogue.com/products/chipsounds). I tried to minimize modern production techniques like reverbs, EQs etc., as those apparently only damage the Amiga vibes. Sometimes I wish I would have used a tracker, because they can control pitch bends and arpeggios so easily, but I love piano rolls too much.
Hi, hope it's not a problem to put a single here. I work very slowly so there are no albums showing (soon).
My House Is A Cocoon is a funny funky 8-bit (inspired) pop song, with my friend Nil on vocals. It has sort of a reggae vibe to it because of its swing and offbeat synth stabs. The bass and drum samples come from the Amiga Soundtracker (ST-XX) sample packs (http://archive.org/details/AmigaSoundtr … 192HzTuned) and most of the lead/solo synths are Plogue Chipsounds.
My current challenge is to combine chiptune with pop music, so I hope you like, and comments are of course welcome.
Only made on older (game)computers. But some popular 90s house hits seem to be tracker music.... Just has to have some kind of lo-fi digital feel. Don't want to DJ exactly like the most of the DJs at the party, want to represent more tracker/chip/lo-fi/demoscene vibes in a rave context. Understand haha?
Could you post a few of your favorites in Soundcloud/Youtube format? Thanks
People. I'm throwing together a lo-fi mix for a classic acid/rave party. I'm looking for 90s based stuff like classic house/acid/techno/jungle/gabber... Who can drop some of his/her favorites here please? Melodic (demo scene) influences are more than welcome, but no modern electro-house/dubstep or whatever please.
I'll post some of the stuff I've already added to the mix here later, I'm on a very laggy connection in a train right now.
here is part 2 of the infamous gigademo TEF style.. enjoy the next 10 minutes of early (before most of y'al were born baby) style eletrkic house and acid, all mixin within a single 880k floppy per the date. Amiga makes it possible time ina bottle
All the great stuff I heard on the Amiga in my childhood is still inspiring to me.