Peter Clarke 1958-2025
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Clarke - beloved SID musician, prolific remixer, and cherished friend - who left us today at the age of 66 after a long illness. Pete created many memorably tunes on the Commodore 64 back in the 1980s, both at Ocean Software and later as a freelancer. For the past 15 years he has been an active, passionate, and generous contributor of the Commodore remix scene, releasing several highly acclaimed remixes and albums. But above all, Pete was a good friend to many. His music and jovial spirit delighted us for decades, and his legacy will never be forgotten. We extend our deepest condolences to his partner, Rowena, and to his entire family. We at Remix64, and the entire Commodore retro and remix community will miss him dearly. Rest in peace, Pete, and may you delight the heavens with your harmonies.
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SIDnificant - A C64 Demoscene Remix Album
Looking for something new and a bit different? Looking for some remix variety? Well then, this might be an album for you!
This is a new remix album featuring a select set of Commodore 64 demoscene tunes.
However, you won't find any game music remixes or commercial music covers in here, nor will you find music by any famous composers and/or famous C64 demosceners since this remix album is dedicated to the lesser known
and focuses strictly on non-commercial original SID tunes which (as far as I know, and at the time this album was put together) haven't been remixed before.
There's so much talent and so much cool SID music out there! 😃
Same as with the original tunes, the style, tempo, and mood of the remixes vary - which is why the tracklist conveniently lists them from lighter to darker sounding, although this album stays within the electronic music genre since there are no orchestral or acoustic type remixes, and while certain creative liberties were taken during the remixing process in order to beef up the sound and produce a track that's at least 3 minutes long, melodic additions and other noodlings were deliberately kept to a minimum since I didn't want to dilute the original tunes too much.
And yes, this is a totally free digital album!
It can easily be downloaded from either Bandcamp or my Google Drive.
Enjoy the music!
Vandahlia
Matt Gray's "6581 Records" is Shutting Down
On the heels of C64Audio's announcement that they are shutting down at the end of June ( see our earlier news item about it ), Matt Gray announced that he is also closing his 6581 Records
online store at the end of this month. All current releases will continue to be available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other major streaming platforms. But if you'd like to own some of the physical items available at the store, this is probably your last chance to buy them.
Remix News, May 2025
Another month, another summary of all the releases that month for those of us who are in a hurry - the Remix News for May 2025 is now available on SLAY Radio's YouTube channel. In the role of rotating voice talents this month is Ziona, and this time you can not only hear her, but you can also see her! Lots of thanks to her and to Slaygon for making this possible!
RAKBIT
by NecroPolo
NecroPolo has produced a stunning album which is built on a vintage prog-sound: from hard as nails to Rhodes-heaven, NecroPolo has got beneath the skin of the pieces and created something which is totally authentic to their spirit.
As if that wasn't enough, this album features the first ever C64-executable album cover, complete with classic scrolltext and the original SIDs that appear on the album, in one PRG!
And if THAT wasn't enough, this demo contains the first ever usage of a revolutionary new SID encoding format which enables any complexity of SID to be played back with minimal raster time, no matter how complex the player! Named SIDRIP, this routine was produced by Hermit specially for this demo, because pieces such as Scoll Machine or Rimrunner needed to feature in this demo, and their players were far too difficult to squeeze into a one-file demo.
Afterburner (High Energy Prog Mix)
Arranged by Peter Clarke
You've done an amazing job of capturing that Sega spirit in the arrangement and instruments. Especially in my favourite section, the break down around 3:15, took me right back to stuffing coins in the arcades during the 80's.
Review by tim_forsyth
Stormlord (Ingame Music)Arranged by Lolo from GP
Review by DJs. DoMoDo
Creatures medley (Torture Mixture)
Arranged by SIDNIFY
Review by Scaver
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