Celebrate AMIGApril with RetroGamingMusic!
AmigaLive on Twitch is having their yearly AMIGApril event and Fluke73 is taking part in this by playing Amiga Music Live for 30 days. (That's one show EVERY DAY for 30 days!) The shows will mostly be on at 22:00 (CET) every day with some adjustments for each day if needed.
First Ever Amiga Focused Show on SLAY Radio
On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 SLAY Radio will feature an Amiga-exclusive live show for the first time, hosted by iZero. Tune in at 20:00 (CET) to listen to it!
Eivind Sommersten Interview on SLAY Radio
On March 27th none other than 2024's Remixer of the Year Eivind Sommersten was the guest on SLAY Radio's weekly live radio program. The wide-ranging interview with him is available in its entirety on YouTube at the link below.
RetroGamingMusic Live in Helsingborg!
If you are in the southern part of Sweden you now have the oportunity to see Fluke73 live at Hoardershop in Helsingborg on Saturday March 29 between 11-16 CET. It's their 1 year anniversary and they are celebrating with a nerd market (Nördmässa).
Where: Hoardershop, Fabriksgatan 2, 254 74 Ödåkra, Sweden
This event will of course be streamed on YouTube as well - see link below.
ZZAP! Live 2025 Announced
It was just announced that ZZAP! Live will be returning this year, too, expanded to a 2-day event to be held in Kenilworth, UK on May 17 and 18, 2025. Of particular interest to SID music fans is that the Musician QA session will also return, yet again hosted by Peter Clarke on Saturday evening (May 17) at 7pm (local time). And this time SLAY Radio will also be in full force at the event, in person, and live streaming it all, with Slaygon, Ziona and Boz behind the mike. Many notable names from the C64's heydays are confirmed guests, with several more expected to be confirmed in the coming days and weeks. For more details and for tickets visit the webpage of the announcement at the link below.
Second Preview from Reformation 5
Matt Gray has posted a preview of another track from this upcoming Reformation 5 album - this time it's a rework of his now 10 year old remix of Sanxion Loading Theme. Check it out at on Soundcloud at the link below! Reformation 5 is also available to pre-order at 6581 Records.
Matt Gray's Albums Now on Bandcamp, Too
Matt Gray has recently re-released his Reformation series albums on Bandcamp, including a new compilation titled JSR Play 3
, which contains a selection of tracks from his first Reformation album. All these albums - and several more physical items - are still available via his own online shop, too. Links below.
Project Sidologie - Disk 2 - Martnetic Fields
by Marcel Donné
Part of the Project Sidologie Collection this album features the magic of Martin Galway/Jarre tunes as Jarre-styled electronic ear-candy, performed by Marcel Donné.
Arranged by PTY
https://bel. fi/alankila/sheet-music/HeroQuestIngame. pdf
I like this soulful, expressive arrangement a lot. It must have been decades since I heard the original Barry Leitch Amiga version, and I had forgotten most of it. I was surprised to discover that much of this track is directly lifted from the Amiga mod. It felt just impossible considering how mechanical the Amiga track sounds like!
This piano arrangement is stunningly emotional and fantastic reinterpretation of the mood of the song. It calls in mind something similarly absolutely beautiful, perhaps Tim Forsyth's Flight Path 737 comes close (and which can be heard elsewhere on this site).
In fairness, the original material is severely constrained technically because of its small file size and long play length that requires a slow tempo, and it uses just 3 channels, leaving one for the sound effects of the game. I guess the composition is also a tad simplistic, mostly using just 2 chords and rhythmically nothing more complicated than eighth notes, though I admit that they are placed very nicely.
I hope the piano score is useful for someone. The directory contains the MuseScore 2 project file as well, if someone wants to take a look at that.
Review by alankila
Cauldron II - I am a Pumpkin Man
Arranged by trauma
a really strange acapella start smashes my bad expectations. the tune enfolds, so the original score comes through. what i thought to be an annoying remix of an annoying sid turned into an amusing, wierd and funny tune with a replay-value. it turns to a stomping, sinister parody. did somebody mentioned nine inch nails? the latter half would classify as a soundtrack for a warped quake episode.definately not the music i would play at normal parties, this tune comes with a big wink-wink in the eye.
i LOVE it! NYAHAHAHAAA… oops.
Review by vosla
Arranged by Mano
This remix is also very beautiful and memorable
Thanks to the creator
http://www.c64persian.66ghz.com/error.htm
Review by c64persian
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