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C64 Christmas Special - and 100% SID!

Have a fantastic holiday season - whatever you celebrate! 

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We've made it to Episode 10! 

The last episode made me realise just how much incredible music is released at demoparties but then not given the audience it deserves.  This inspired me to create another Summer Party show and may even determine the future direction of this podcast.

So open a beer, join the party and enjoy another extended episode.  Featuring tracks from AROK, Edison, The Lost Party, Nordlicht and Sommarhack plus artists Wayfinder, LiSI, Saga Musix, CONS, Harvey, mAZE, PG, Gasman, Boogeyman, Alpha, Zantac, K-Line, Znurre, Danko, TFX, Graphite 3.6 and NecroPolo.

This episode covers my favourite music entries at the Summer Nordic parties; Assembly and Datastorm.  Included are streaming and tracked entries plus a C64 SID tune.

There were so many great entries at both parties, the tracks included here are only a selection, balancing styles and compo categories all whilst needing to working within the context of this show.  If you like what you hear in this episode - please do check demozoo.org where all tracks - and much more - can be freely downloaded.

This episode features artists including Notorious, Ephmerix, HBR, Roz and Yzi, Florida Man, Jumankeissi, Buzzer, Jon Tardis, Chipremacy, Downgone, Rapture and Serpent, Mygg, Amiga Junglism, Vedder and Nightbeat.

Streaming and free download link for my track Poetic Destruction (2019 Remastered):  https://soundcloud.com/steve_netting/poetic-destruction-2019-remaster 

The Amstrad CPC 464 was my first computer so very special to me.  Here I present some of the best Amstrad CPC tunes from classic and new games, plus the CPC demoscene.  Featured composers include Tom Follin, Olivier Maver, Targhan, Dave Rogers, David Whittaker, Rob Hubbard, Tom and Jerry, McKlain and BSC.

Featuring the best remixes of Amiga game and demoscene tracks.

In this episode I recall some memories of the the Amiga demo scene in the 1990s, specifically related to my involvement with Slipstream and The Foul Critters.  All music featured in this episode is my own.

In this episode I focus on the often neglected PC Adlib soundcard,  specifically the 18 channel OPL3 chip.  This episode features tracks predominantly created in Adlib Tracker II by artists NAB622/Xaxxon, Nula, Roger Ojala, Loudness Sound System, Encore, Kvee, Cyberholix, Diode Millampere, Peter Szabo/Zlatavlas and Konakonaa.

A selection of the best soundtracks from the most memorable arcade machines.  This episode features the themes to X-Men, R Type Leo, Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, After Burner, Hang on and more.

With special guest, the Yamaha YM.  Comparing the soundtracks from games and demos that exist on both the C64 and Amiga.  Featuring R-Type, Turrican 2, Shadow of the Beast, Supremacy, Speedball and more.  Due to the limited number of games released across both 8 and 16 bit platforms, some of these tunes have been featured in previous episodes of Bitstream - but never in this format.

Covering my first impressions of the Commodore Amiga as a 14 year old; the single experience that sealed the fate of my poor Atari ST.  In this episode I cover the best game and demo soundtracks that were not only impressive back then, but sound as good today as they did some 25+ years ago.  Featuring tracks from Red Sector, Phenomena, Budbrain and more.