Dueling Keytars: FLT vs RGM!
Linus LFT Åkesson and Tony Wiren aka RGM (RetroGamingMusic) will enter the ultimate battle and will do dueling keytars on September 13 at 11:00 CET (11am) in Åkersberga, Stockholm.
Linus (LFT) Åkesson is a musician and mad engineer with a soft spot for 8-bit computers and the sounds they make. He composes for and performs music on a variety of instruments, synthesizers, 8-bit computers, and instruments that he builds or repurposes, such as the Chipophone and the Commodordion.
RetroGamingMusic plays Video Game Music live on the Yamaha Genos 2 keyboard - Commodore Amiga, C64, Atari, Nintendo Sega and all other platforms. Request your favorite retro music.
Click here for the YouTube link to the live battle!
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Video Game Music Live In Åkersberga, Stockholm, September 12-13
Tony Fluke
Wiren (Retrogamingmusic) will perform live on stage (Saturday 16:00 CET) at the Videospel Festival in Stockholm. The full event will also be live streamed at RetroGamingMusics YouTube page.
Some of the other famous acts at this event will be the creator of the C64 Fairlight game Bo Jangeborn, Linus Åkesson (LFT), Christer Rindeblad (DatorMagazin), Jimmy Wilhelmsson AKA Spelpappan (Generation64, Fandrake), David Westerlund.
Full program (in Swedish) can be found here: videospelfestival.se
Matt Gray: Central Park Loading Theme (R5 Version)
Posted by Matt Gray today for his Kickstarter backers:
Some good news in this update as I have another finished Last Ninja 2 R5 track for you to hear and it's my new version of Central Park Loading Theme.
I've put it up on Bandcamp where you can listen or download and hopefully the rest of the LN2 R5 album won't be too far away.
FastLoaders News
- Jarle & Co. will be a guest on tonight's SLAY Radio show (8/20/2026 @ 20:00 CEST).
- The FastLoaders have announced an upcoming concert in Prague on Sept 26. For more details and for tickets check out the event's page on Facebook.
BIT Live 2026 Remix Compo - Results
The BIT Live 2026 and Remix64.com 25th Anniversary Remix Compo is now over, all votes have been counted and the results are in! No spoilers here, but you can go to the compo results page and check out the winners yourself.
Congratulations to all winners, and a huge thank you to everybody who submitted a remix, and to all people who voted and played the Guess the Remixer game!
Nepawaganza
by Nepawaganza
In short, Nepawaganza is a live C64 game music duo.
We have a strong emphasis on C64 game music classics. Due to large number of existing remixes we wanted to take 'the live music approach'. The full CD has 11 songs.
Credits
Electric Cello and backing tracks by Greippi
Electric Bass by Arttu R.
Trumpet by Sobrasso
Final mix and mastering by Slumgud
Additional thanks to Mustachio
The original compositions are from various artist from 1980's.
We took a lot of liberties to add and alter the pieces into more live-playable form. Still, that said, we don't think we have 100% copyrights into this material.
See greippi.net for more information.
A 5-track maxi of the album is available at nepawaganza.bandcamp.com/album/nepawaganza.
Trick Bag (modified)Arranged by Dafunk
Review by Ryrynz
Arranged by Steve Collins
Embracement: Very easy to recognize, it just doesn’t fully keep up with the original. 4/5 -
Arrangement: The sounds are generally comparably close to the original sounds, but unfortunately in many cases a bit lacking compared to that. Martin Galway did an excellent job with the pitch bends and vibratos, it is really difficult to improve or even match that. While the drums are a nice addition, they are too repetitive for my taste. The voice samples are nice! 3/5 -
Performance: Not a lot to complain here, but the pitch bends sound a bit too exaggerated sometimes. 4/5 -
Mix: The mix is not bad, but sometimes the lead synths pop out a bit too much for my taste. The panning seems a bit funky at times and I do not like the chosen reverb. 3/5 -
Mastering: It lacks a bit of punch and I would agree with LaLa that it is overall a bit harsh. I think mostly because there is simply not enough bass, and because of the loud leads. 4/5 -
Overall: 3.17
Review by Claus
Arranged by Tomsk
in your facethe first time you listen to it, but its imprint lingered in my brain long after. Especially the second part after the key change. I keep coming back to it, like a moth to a light - it just keeps drawing me in somehow.
Review by LaLa
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