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Hi all, I'm very excited to release my new album which is a tribute to 40 years of the Amiga, an extraordinary machine that shaped so much of my creative life.

It also honours Martyn Brown, whose encouragement opened the door to game music for me. His work with Team17 defined an era, and I owe much of my path to his belief in what I could do.

One track, ST-01, is something I’ve wanted to create for decades: a full remake of the original SoundTracker instruments. I’ve gone back to the source samples, reworking and restoring them with care, trying to capture not just the sound, but the feeling of those early days.

This album is for anyone who remembers the thrill of booting up Workbench, the joy of discovering new mods, and the magic of making music on a machine that felt like it truly understood you.

I hope it brings back some of that wonder.

(Allister Brimble)

Ghandy of Nukleus has conducted an interview with Jogeir Liljedahl recently. It's also available at their website, check it out!

Remix64, RKO, AmigaRemix, and SLAY Radio presents A Musical Tribute to Peter Clarke, featuring a medley of remixes of his tunes and remixes made by him. Rest in peace, Pete.

SLAY Radio dedicated a special show to honour our friend, the musician, the remixer, the beloved mentor to many, Peter Clarke who passed away last week. You can watch it in its entirety at the YouTube link below.

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.

We're trying out some new security mechanisms, so beware of some unexpected behaviour on the website during the next few days.

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

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.

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!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first of many album releases on Bandcamp, celebrating our Lord and Master, Sir Rob Hubbard. If anything has been a revelation during the 8-Bit Symphony project, it's just how good Rob is at realising his own tunes for orchestra. It's not only that he's great: but he's a visionary and really puts the sweat in. The words 'Labour of Love' don't cover it.

So, here's Rob's biggest hitters in a bite-size EP. We've broken the 8-Bit Symphony album into seven different EPs, so look out for them over the next couple of weeks.

In general, many of the albums from C64Audio.com that have an identity of their own will be left intact. But in the case of 8-Bit Symphony Pro, it was a bit of a hodgepodge so we're enjoying breaking the albums out into themes. The next one will be 'Knight Lyfe'!

Please spread the word: not only for C64Audio but this is Rob's passion project and it needs more love!

Chris