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Remix64 Remixer Of The Year 2011 awarded

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000

The Remixer Of The Year awards were presented for the 10th time in 2011, at the ROTY Awards show hosted by SceneSat staff and guests at the crowded SceneSat headquarters. The first part of the show presented a rundown of the year 2011, recaping scene happenings and playing top rated tracks of each month. The actual award show started at roughly 22:35.

The first award "Best Newcomer 2011" was awarded to SID legend Peter Clarke by Mordi, who had won the award in 2008.

Hazel won "Best Veteran 2011", which was personally handed over by Makke, who was 2006s best veteran.

Daxx and Gibs won "Best Amiga Remix" for their collaboration on "Lotus 3".

The price for "Best c64 Remix" was awarded to "Warhawk (Halcón de la guerra mix)" by scene veteran N-JOY. The award was presented by Andreas Wallström of c64.com. It should be noted that Kate Z. would have actually won this category with her Tusker remix, if the votes for both versions (vocal / non vocal) had been combined.

Two "Lifetime Achievement" awards were awarded to Jan Lund Thomsen and Slaygon for their relentless service to the scene.

The prime price, "Remixer Of The Year", was won by Rune-Bertil's and presented by none other than o2, who was Remix64's very first Remixer Of The Year, ten years ago in 2001.

Huge congratulations to all winners and everyone who made it onto the lists!

The guestlist at Ziphoid's once more crowded apartment was: Floaf, Mordi, Ceci, Andreas Wallström, o2, Arvid, Malmen, fnordpojk, Makke, Dafunk, Tron, a0d, BST, Gulrak, Herbaculum, Hazel, Uncle Tom, Sir Garbagetruck and Ziphoid.

Don't forget to vote for Remixer Of The Year 2012, which has begun today!

ROTY Awards 2011 are almost upon us!

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Yes, on January 28th, the Remix64.com Remixer of the Year Awards 2011 will be aired. The show will be hosted by SceneSat Radio and simulcast on SLAY Radio and Radio 6581 and to most certainty also on BitJam and Nectarine Demoscene Radio.

It will feature a bunch of well-known remixers and scene profiles to give you an evening of fun and great music and there will also be a live videofeed to give you a peek into what's going on behind the microphones.

Oh, and for your convenience, we've extended the voting deadline with yet another week, making the deadline to the 15th of January.

Make sure to go vote!

The C64 Take-away releases its 50th episode

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:25:00 +0000

On the 21st december, Jan Lund Thomsen has published his 50th episode of the C64 Take-away podcast.

From the website:

"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!"

New SID compilation: on double vinyl!

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:12:00 +0000

Did you ever think you'd see a proper double Vinyl release of some of the best SIDs? Lovingly recorded by experts without emulation, mastered to perfection and with a cool retro cover? Well, today's your lucky day!

Elephant Records have produced an officially lovely compilation featuring such beautiful things as FULL-LENGTH PARALLAX, and FULL-LENGTH TRAP! You never thought you'd see the day, huh? All SIDs were recorded by the legendary Jason "Kenz" Mackenzie for full loveliness.

For those without vinyl players, there will also be a digital release on iTunes.

C64Audio.com will have a limited number of these,but please don't hesitate to buy your copy from the official source rather than waiting for us. You know what we're like... :-P

Remix64 Track detail pages now with audio player

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:01:00 +0000

You may now listen to any remix directly on a track detail page. Try it out, chose any remix from the charts, and click play on the embedded audio player.

Enjoy discovering hidden gems and forgotten classics.

Sid 80's to perform at REPLAY after party - 5th november in blackpool!

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:12:00 +0000

SID 80s will be performing at the Official Replay Expo Charity After-Show Party on Saturday evening, November 5th. Jon Hare and Ben Daglish make their return and this year they will be joined by fellow musicians Jeremy Longley and Andreas Wallström.

In addition to musical entertainment from SID 80s and Nintendisco, an amazing collection of prizes for the pub quiz and after-show raffle are currently being amassed, including a Collectors Edition of Fable III signed by Sir Ben Kingsley himself; a number of other games for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC; T-Shirts by Insert Clothing; tickets for the Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Tower and Dungeon ... plus many more great items!

Tickets are available to purchase on the day at the Expo or can be bought online here

Submitted by Subzero

The C64 Take-away podcast episode 49

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:20:00 +0000

Jan Lund Thomsen has released a new Take-away episode "Everybody set the 8-bit spirit free".

Don't miss it!

Support Rafael Dyll's music project "soniQ factory"

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:19:00 +0000

Having his musical roots in the C64 remix scene, nowadays he's creating wonderful original game soundtracks, for example "Rainbow Moon" on the PS3. You can give him a boost by checking out his facebook page and becoming a fan!

Updated digital audio mastering tutorial

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:16:00 +0000

The Remix64 mixing and mastering tutorial has been updated with new content, better explainations, figures and audio samples. Check it out!

BitJam podcast #136 - the "Immortal" edition

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:58:00 +0000

Amiga game music fans may want to check out BitJam podcast #136 - this edition was produced in close collaboration with the creators of the acclaimed "Immortal" CD series. The idea behind the "Immortal" project is to release great soundtracks from games released for the Commodore Amiga on CD - newly arranged and recorded in the studio, with the original artists involved whenever possible. Composers like Chris Hülsbeck, Allister Brimble, Barry Leitch, Jochen Hippel, Tim Wright and many others contributed exclusive tracks in the past. BitJam podcast #136 features 79+ minutes of music from all of the "Immortal" CDs, including two full tracks from the brand-new "Immortal 4" album and a special bonus track by Tim Wright of Psygnosis fame. Enjoy cult classics like Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Battle Squadron, Pinball Fantasies, Alien Breed, Turrican 3, Gods, Speedball 2, Agony, or Cannon Fodder in this epic megamix!

Submitted by Savepower/ Jim Power

AROK 2011 remix compo

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:05:00 +0000

From 29th to 31th of July, the biggest annual 8-bit party in Hungary will come into life again. Among classic demo, music and GFX competitions, an open SID remix compo belongs to the list of events. Remote entries are all accepted. Valid format is 128KBPs 44.1KHz MP3.

An another event there, related to SID remix scene: SIDrip Alliance will hit the stage again around 19:00 on the second party day with a seriously refreshed setlist.

Submitted by NecroPolo

Alternative version of Galway's Arkanoid to premiere on BBB

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:08:00 +0000

An alternative version of the Arkanoid theme with improved digi drums will premiere on the BBB show at SLAY Radio tonight.

After the release of Arkanoid, Martin Galway enhanced the SID tune with better drum samples (later to be used in "Game Over"). With the game already out, there were no release channels, and so this version was lost. Martin Galway kindly gave permission for the Project: Galway team to lend his original source code to Jan Harries and Inge Pedersen of HVSC, and Inge brilliantly managed to write a cross-translation tool for the sources, which resulted in a playable SID file: something Boz originally did in PHP for the original Project Galway, resulting in the first release of the legendary "Street Hawk".

From Inge: "I've coded a little program that converts Martin's source code files into a KickAssembler-friendly file. I have to do some manual work afterwards to make the code tidy, and straighten out the few things the converter doesn't, but it saves me a lot of work. The sid-file included is made 100% with KickAssembler from the original sources."

Martin Galway commented on the result: "The filter emulation isn't exact, but I assume you know that already. Otherwise it's spot on, warts and all."

Inge's next project? "I'm intending to do what very few persons (none at all?) has done before - make a tune in Martin's player.... ;)"

Sound of SceneSat Volume 2 released

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:04:00 +0000

SceneSat Radio has released volume 2 of their scene music compliation, featuring 68 tracks with a playtime of almost 6 hours (!).

The compilation comes in the form of a musicdisk with a visualizer and scrolltexts from the authors to enjoy while the music is playing. It features both C64- and Amiga-remixes as well as original works from a bunch of sceners well known for the R64 audience. Amongst them are Romeo Knight, Peter W, DHS, N-Joy, Ferrara, Maniacs of Noise, CZ-Tunes, Hazel, BeeZerk, Dafunk, Moog, PowerTrace, Infamous, Kathryn LJ (Katz), Chronberg, Tron and Gibs as well as a lot of other people more known for their other works such as Blaizer, Mantronix, Xerxes and a bunch of others. All in all, a huge compilation that will keep your ears busy for a long time.

Remix64 now with facebook integration

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:37:00 +0000

You can now use the "recommend" function beneath each news item to share it to facebook or other social network pages.

Additionally, song pages now have the facebook "Like" button. If you've supplied alternative direct download links for your songs at My Remix64, songs that have been "liked" can be played back directly at the facebook tag wall.

10 years Remix64.com

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:54:00 +0000

"Remix64 Officially launched on 17/04/2001: We are now open..."

With this news item, our website began its service, ten years ago to the day. That seems like ages ago, yet just like yesterday.

To celebrate the event, Remix64 is dressed in its authentic vintage 2001 look.

LMan says: In the end of 2000, Tas had presented his beta online magazine project, already named "Remix64", to the c64rmx newsgroup. At the same time, I was planning for a companion site to the then young remix.kwed.org. It was meant to host the community aspects like voting, a messageboard and so on. That seemed like a perfect combination, so we happily joined forces and worked hard to get the site online. Today, I can say I'm happy that we lasted this long, which is an eternity in modern standards. Thanks for all the great support during the years!
- LMan

Tas says: Remix64 became reality due to two very similar minded individuals who were working on two very similar ideas. Once we got wind of each others projects it seemed a no brainer that we should work together and thus the first incarnation of Remix64 was born. It, I believe, wouldn't have worked if it wasn't for the co-operation and the way LMan and I worked as a team. Over the last decade Remix64 has gone through several variants and grown up from it's first humble beginnings to what you see today. On the day Remix64 celebrates it's 10 year anniversary I'm proud that the website keeps on going and the support the scene has given has been truely magnificent. It's you guys reading this which is why it just keeps on going. We wouldn't have lasted 10 years with out your support!
Thank you, Neil aka Tas.