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- Episode 054
On the final day of the 8-Bit Symphony Pro kickstarter, at 83% funded with little under 5 hours left on the clock, I posted a message on twitter saying:
“If the 8-Bit Symphony Pro kickstarter funds, I solemnly vow to create at least two episodes of the #C64 Take-away before 2019 comes to an end. Think of it as crowdfunding the podcasts with all the proceeds going to professional symphonic recordings.”
And it did fund, so here we are. Episode 54. Whether or not you are one of the people who helped fund this because of my tweet – Thank you for being a part of this awesome community!
Stream this episode:
Download this episode: MP3 (50 minutes – 72 Mb)Music played:
- Buzzer – Complications (Moar Cowbell Mix)
- N-Joy – Led Storm (Wah-Too-Short edit)
- Jeroen Tel – RoboCop 3
- Moonove – Delta
- LMan – Dervish D Dual-SID (from Project Sidologie vol. 5: Remixes)
- Chris Abbott and Kenneth “Slaygon” Mutka – Imagine Ocean (from 8-Bit Symphony Part 1)
- Rob Hubbard – Spellbound (from the upcoming 8-Bit Symphony Pro)
- CavemanUK – Commando Dance
- N-Joy – Zimxusaf I (feat. Mimmo Sanborn)
- Johan Andersson – Wizball High Score (feat. Rosa Hajo)
Stuff mentioned:
- Podcast album artwork by Steve Green of Definite.design
- 8-Bit Symphony concert – Unofficial Bootleg compilation
- The Guardian: “Game changer: the Commodore 64 concert”
- The 8-Bit Symphony on BBC’s “The One Show”
- 8-Bit Symphony (Digital download now, CDs coming later)
- 8-Bit Symphony Pro preorder – professional symphonic recordings of the full 8BS set as a double album
- Commoflage: English Edition
Thank you for listening. May your love of C64 chip tunes and remixes be with you. Always.
Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or on Twitter
The post Episode 054 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.51 min - Episode 053
First episode in what feels like forever (according to Wolfram|Alpha it’s been 4 years, 5 months and 3 days). In return for your patience this episode clocks in at a little over an hour, so expect the usual C64-related music goodness, hand-picked for your listening pleasure. Apologies in advance for any mispronunciations I made on the show. And if I don’t sound as cheerful as usual, it’s because I was really focused on the recording process.
Thanks to everyone who kept the faith and stayed tuned over the years.
As mentioned on this episode, the podcast is back on iTunes after being removed for undisclosed reasons. So in order to help new people discover these great tunes, I’d really appreciate it if you rate and review the show on iTunes.
Stream this episode:
Download this episode: MP3 (65 minutes – 94 Mb)Music played:
- Uncle & The Bacon – Druid 2 – Enlightenment (From the Symphony 64: Big Band Bacon album)
- Martin Dodd – 180 (The Happy Hour Mix)
- Rob Hubbard – Pygmies Revenge (Project Hubbard stretch goal)
- Chris Abbott – Forbidden Forest & Beyond (Work-in-progress, from the upcoming Symphony 64)
- Matt Gray – Last Ninja 2 Central Park Loading Theme (From the Reformation kickstarter)
- Druu – Sanxion (Take it down low)
- Johan Andersson – Space Harrier (arcade main theme)
- Jeroen Tel – Auf Wiedersehen Monty & Commando
- Mano – Battle Ships (Russian Ed)
- Necropolo – Zak (McKrackenica edition)
- Ben Daglish – Kettle (tune 1)
- Johan Andersson – Crazy Comets (cops and robbers mix)
- Chabee – Traz (Ditch Edition)
Stuff mentioned:
- HVSC update 68
- Jeroen Tel – “Tel me more”
- Marcel Donné – “Project SIDologie”
- Matt Gray’s “Reformation”
- Matt Gray’s “Reformation 2”
- FastLoaders – Ninja Musicology
- Symphony 64
- Uncle & The Bacon – “Big Band Bacon”
- Project Hubbard
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings available on the SOASC site.
Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com (please note that comments are automatically disabled after 6 months to prevent spam), by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. Also, at the risk of re-repeating myself, please leave a rating and a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 053 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.1 hr 6 min - Episode 052
A full year later than originally planned, the podcast that refuses to go away no matter how many curveballs life throws at it returns. To compensate for the lack of recent outings, this one is a whopper containing a total of 15 tunes, all handpicked for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Download this episode: MP3 (64 minutes – 79 Mb)Music played:
- Chris Hülsbeck – Spherical (tune 1)
- Anders Hesselbom – Roland’s Ratrace (track 2)
- Markus ‘LMan’ Klein feat. Boz – Formula 1 Simulator (From the ‘Remix64 V3 – Syntax Era‘ album)
- bizarro – Gauntlet III
- Jeroen Tel – Nothing Wrong
- Mordi – Alibi (Sooner or Later)
- Jens Blidon – Gravrace (tune 2)
- Awesome-A – Battle Valley: Dark Rises (From the ‘German Remix Group – A Tribute to Jeroen Tel‘ album)
- OJ Oscillation – Uridium
- Nicklas Schmidt – Stormlord (Cinematic RMX)
- Mano – Atmosphere (I want to be a pirate Remix)
- Mordi – Tristesse
- Trace – Way of the Exploding Fist
- Mano – Last ninja 3 (The Good the Bad and the Ninja)
- Markus Schneider – Golden Axe (Christmas Edition)
Stuff mentioned:
- HVSC V59 update
- Rob Hubbard plays the Commando theme on a Steinway
- German Remix Group – A Tribute to Jeroen Tel
- Video for Awesome-A’s “Battle Valley Dark Rises”
- “Immortal C64” chiptune podcast (RSS feed – iTunes)
- Linus ‘lft’ Åkesson – Poems for Bugs
- Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site.
Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com (please note that comments are automatically disabled after 6 months to prevent spam), by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 052 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.1 hr 5 min - Episode 051: Has it been 30 years already?
Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1982, and available to the public in August of 1982 – it’s everyone’s favourite computer: The C64. To coincide with the “C64 Month” campaign (Twitter + Facebook), here’s my contribution in the form of a new episode of the C64 Take-away. As usual the mix consists of a set of great chiptunes and remixes, blended in with a recap of what’s been happening in the world of C64-related music. Enjoy!
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Download this episode: MP3 (47:37 minutes – 88 Mb)Music played:
- Johannes Bjerregaard – Shape
- Steve Rowlands – Fuzzy Wuzzy
- LMan – Shape
- Steve Rowlands – Creatures 2 (tune #16)
- Press Play On Tape – Nonterraqueous (from the “HOME COMPUTER” CD)
- Jammer – Mr. Marvellous
- Trace – Way of the Exploding Fist (tune 3)
- Hermitsoft – Platoon acoustica (subtune 4)
- Amok – Maniac Mansion Theme (feat. Mitch van Hayden)
- daXX – Commando Dubstep Rmx
- DJ Skitz + Mordi – Trick Bag
Stuff mentioned:
- C64 remix podcast “Commoflage” podcast (RSS feed)
- 1541 Ultimate II
- HVSC update 57
- The Great Giana Sisters sheet music
- DGA12 DJ Noize C64 set
- The SIDrip Alliance Budapest concert
- Remixer of the Year 2011 – including this for yours truly.
- “HOME COMPUTER” – new album from Press Play On Tape
- Instant Remedy + Nexus 6581 digital reprints in FLAC format.
- Most awesome C64 mod EVER: Jeri Ellsworth turns breadbin into bass keytar (also, article on The Make Blog)
- Jack Tramiel passes away at age 83
- Jeff Minters “Gridrunner” arrives on iOS
- ‘The Newsfield Years’ documentary
- Help the crowdfunding of “From Bedrooms to Billions” – a documentary feature film telling the story of the UK Video Games Industry from 1979 to 1996.
- BBC News: The C64 turns 30 – what does today’s kids make of it?
- Linus ‘Chipophone’ Åkesson’s “Bitbuf”
- Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
- Also, if you’re on Xbox Live and feel up for some online multiplayer action, look up “Don Kwed“.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 051: Has it been 30 years already? first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.48 min - Episode 050: Redefining ‘infrequent’ since 2005
Ho-ho-ho! Christmas comes a few days early this year. After passing my project manager exam on December 13th, I cleared the mountain of books and papers off my desk and started preparing this episode. In honour of this being the 50th show(!) here’s almost an hours worth of sonic delight – five remixes and five chiptunes, carefully selected for your enjoyment. And while the show doesn’t have a Christmas theme as such, the closing tune should be able to melt even the coldest of hearts and let the Commodore love flow freely. As usual mixed in with a brief recap of what’s been happening in the world of C64-related music. Enjoy!
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Download this episode: MP3 (57:05 minutes – 102 Mb)Music played:
- moonove – Ace 2 – Main Theme (from Atari SID Remixes vol 2)
- Encore – Run (Theme from Canabalt)
- Rob Hubbard – Thing on a Spring
- N-JOY – Warhawk (Halcón de la guerra mix)
- Rob Hubbard – Thrust
- Rayza – Oldschool (Wax To Binary Mix)
- Jens-Christian Huus – Su-Sweet
- Wobbler – Mountie Mick’s Deathride (Basstrail remix)
- Jeroen Tel – Cybernoid II
- Markus Schneider – Golden Axe (Christmas Edition)
Stuff mentioned:
- C64 Take-away MySpace account closing at the end of 2011
- Eve plays tune from The Last Ninja on a (badly tuned) piano
- 18 classic SID tunes remastered and released on 2xLP (CD+download coming later)
- C64 remix podcast “Commoflage” podcast (RSS feed)
- Prince of Persia gets unofficial C64 port
- Canabalt unofficial port
- C64anabalt – official port
- Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
- Also, if you’re on Xbox Live and feel up for some online multiplayer action, look up “Don Kwed“.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 050: Redefining ‘infrequent’ since 2005 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.58 min - Episode 049: Everybody set the 8-bit spirit free
Greetings programmes! After another massive delay caused by too much going on at work, causing me to relax (among other things) in front of the Xbox rather than sit down in front of the microphone every month or two, here’s the first episode of 2011(!). Hopefully making up for the radio silence with nine carefully selected tunes – including not one, but two classic remixes. As usual mixed in with a brief recap of what’s been happening in the world of C64-related music.
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Download this episode: MP3 (45:27 minutes – 65.2 Mb)Music played:
- Rob Rubbard – The Last V8
- David Filskov – Firelord
- Ziphoid: Back in the saddle
- Chris Abbott & Rob Hubbard – Comets 97 (From the 1998 CD “Back In Time“)
- Necropolo – Zak (McKrackenica edition)
- Necropolo – BC Bill (Dreadnought)
- Peter Clarke – Monty on the Run (Monty Gets Orchestrated 2011)
- LMan & Sunflower – Follow me (Progressive Sample III)
- DJ Skitz – MegaSweet
Stuff mentioned:
- Markus Behlau (aka “Soundsosound”) – “8 2 88: 8-bit computer game tunes performed on 88 piano keys”
- The new “Commodore 64”
- Julian “Zzap!64” Rignall is on Twitter
- C64 remixing in 2010 infographic
- More chipophone renditions from Linus Åkesson
- Videos from Linus’ gig at the LCP 2011 party
- The original “Back in Time” CD
- Remix64.com
- Remix64’s guide to digital audio mastering
- The “HybridSID” portable C64 chiptune jukebox
- Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
- If you’re on Xbox Live and feel up for some online multiplayer action, look up “Don Kwed“.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 049: Everybody set the 8-bit spirit free first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.46 min - Episode 048: And then there was one
In return for your patience with my completely erratic publishing schedule here is a little something for your Christmas stocking. Sadly, the (huge) delay is partly caused by the podcast going back to its single-host roots, as Makke has had to cancel his co-host gig. That being said, here’s eight carefully selected tunes that should put a smile on your face – including one that’s become a regular fixture at this time of year. And a brief recap of what’s been happening in the world of C64-related music. Enjoy!
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Download this episode: MP3 (46:52 minutes – 68 Mb)Music played:
- Roman Majewski (Compod) – Mendacious
- Laoudis – Law Of The West (Trigger Happy Version)
- Linus Åkesson – Spellbound (Live on the Chipophone)
- Moog – Rainbow Shuffle
- Soundsosound – Forbidden Forest (Piano)
- Vincenzo – Billig Oel
- N-Joy – Eliminator (Sexy & Saxy Smooth Party remix)
- André Müller (Crefelder) – Boing Doing (Airplay Mix)
- Markus Schneider – Golden Axe (Christmas Edition)
Stuff mentioned:
- Remix.Kwed.Org turned 10 years old on November 23rd 2009
- PRESS PLAY ON TAPE‘s 10-year anniversary gig
- Mind.In.A.Box’ “R.E.T.R.O” album (Remix64.com review, Listen on Spotify)
- The Chipophone
- Video: Linus Åkesson performs ‘Spellbound’ live on the Chipophone
- The Chiptunes podcast
- One Man & His Mic Season 2
- Music Assembler re-released
- Cubase64 demonstrates real-time digital audio processing – on a stock C64
- Video: Cubase64 running on a C64
- “Get Lamp” – brilliant text adventure documentary by Jason Scott
- Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at https://c64takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes.
The post Episode 048: And then there was one first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.47 min - Episode 047: Just in time for Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, Makke and Jan skip an obvious opportunity to pour themselves a generous helping of glühwein. Instead they get all serious (well, not really), and cook up a delicious Commodore 64 styled music burger for you: Two Christmas tunes make up the bun, a solitary SID chiptune provides the dressing, and between it a solid slab of meat mixed from shredded guitars, beatup drums, and pounded pianos. Also, to spice things up there’s C64-related “news”, feedback, and the usual banter on the side. And the “Classic Remix” segment takes us all the way back to 2001.
Stream this episode:
Download this episode: MP3 (56:54 minutes – 52 Mb)Music played:
- 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer – Jingle Bells (From the It’s a chiptune holiday album)
- Alexander Rotzsch (Fanta) – Finetuning
- NecroPolo – RoboCop ingame (RobbSpotter mix)
- Mutherpluckin’ B – Deflektor (Deflektions of My Life) (also check out his NES remixes)
- Vincenzo – InCompleeto
- Classic remix: Jeroen Breebart – Special Agent 2001
- Martin Dodd – The Running Man (ICS Prime Time Remix)
- Markus Schneider – Golden Axe (Christmas Edition)
Stuff mentioned:
- Remix.Kwed.Org turned 9 years old on November 23rd 2009
- SOASC= got a new search engine and massive bandwidth upgrade.
- Commoradio plays chiptunes from the SOASC= and SOAMC.
- The Poke 20 album contains 21(!) remixes of Monty On The Run. And no mention of Rob Hubbard in the liner notes. And it violates its own Creative Commons license as well. Boo! Hiss!
- Interview with the composer of “Future Shock” and other C64 and NES tracks, Neil Baldwin (aka Demon)
- Necropolo’s “rakBIT” album released as a £4.50 digital download. You need to buy it! Now!
- Armin Gessert passed away on November 8th 2009 (in German)
- Giana Sisters is coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch (in German)
- The C64 Take-away has been nominated for a European #Podcast Award. Help us rock the vote!
- The Chameleon 64 cartridge contains a metric tonne of goodies: 1541 Emulator, REU, RetroReplay, VGA output, PS/2 mouse port, and more. Expected to ship in 2010, pre-order now for 219 EUR.
- The C64 App is back on the iTunes App Store.
- The free SID Player app should be on every iPhone/iPod Touch.
- Got a jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch? Install more games on the C64 app with @DNA64’s gamepack.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at https://c64takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway.
The post Episode 047: Just in time for Christmas first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.57 min - Episode 046
Just when you thought the C64 Take-away was back on a regular schedule, Makke and Jan go and mess it up again – this time blaming it on being extremely busy at work. To make things better, the lads provide you with the longest show so far, clocking in at just over an hours worth of C64 SIDs, remixes, and a couple of off-topic memories – including one about juggling floppies on the Amiga. Also, the “Classic Remix” is back by popular demand.
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Download this episode: MP3 (62 minutes – 57 Mb)Music played:
- Søren “Jeff” Lund – Crossbow
- LMan & Sunflower – Enigma Force
- Reyn Ouwehand – Flimbo’s Quest (Live at the Church)
- Hank – Yet Another Giana Sisters
- Rune-Bertil’s – Pandora’s Ficka (Ark Pandora)
- Wobbler – Max Headroom (research programme 9512 remix)
- Slaygon and Reyn – Troll (Felix Culpa)
- Monotron – Only You feat. Eliza Zoot (Downstairs @ Monty’s Mix) (From the Remix64 V3: Syntax Era album)
Stuff mentioned:
- Zero Punctuations review of Tales of Monkey Island
- The MSSIAH cart turns your C64 into a MIDI unit
- SIDPlay 4.1.3 for Mac released.
- Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore owns a SIDStation
- iPhone C64 emulator came and went
- Get your SID groove on courtesy of The Daily SID
- Homebrew remake of Warhawk for NDS includes C64 remixes by Press Play On Tape and Spacefractal.
- The top 10 tunes for each of the past 9 years of C64 remixing, packed into a handy torrent.
- Optigan organ + Reyn Ouwehand = brilliant live rendition of Flimbo’s Quest
- Droidsound plays SIDs on Android-powered phones
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at https://c64takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway.
The post Episode 046 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.1 hr 2 min - Episode 045
Holy rapid release schedule, Batman! Another C64 Take-away already? Makke and Jan are back to entertain you with even more carefully selected C64 SIDs and remixes – including an 8-bit tribute to the man who came up with the moonwalk, and a trip back to the early days of remixing. Also, we talk about the BBC tuning into the chiptune/remix scene, and Apple not wanting people to run emulated 6510 assembly code on the iPhone.
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Download this episode: MP3 (51:25 minutes – 47 Mb)Music played:
- Charles Deenen – Smooth Criminal (From the "Smooth Criminal" demo by Ash+Dave, recorded from a 6581R4 SID)
- Sonic Wanderer – Druid II: Enlightenment (Turbo Edit)
- Branko Balsic – Airscape Ride
- André Müller (Crefelder) – Bomb Jack (Summer Radio Edit)
- Sonic Wanderer – Great Giana Sisters (Pedal To The Metal Distortion Remix)
- Hazel – Summer (Barbeque at Dafunks Beachhouse)
- The Dead Guys – Arkanoid (Dubanoid mix)
- Mixer – Alka
Stuff mentioned:
- Listener reviews of the SIDPlayer for iPhone/iPod Touch.
- Forthcoming firmware update for the 1541 Ultimate cartridge will include a SID player.
- Remix.Kwed.Org staff take the summer off. No new uploads accepted until August 24th 2009.
- The BBC’s "Digital Planet" featured a segment on chiptunes on their May 26th episode. No mention of the C64 SID/Remix scene, though.
- The BBC’s "Pods and Blogs " programme is also keeping up with C64 music news by following us on Twitter.
- C64 emulator rejected from the iTunes App store.
- SOASC= goes ‘Gold’ + Stone Oakvally retires. No MP3s of C64 recordings after HVSC 49.
Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at https://c64takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway.
The post Episode 045 first appeared on The C64 Take-away podcast.52 min
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