Tag: Atari
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RC 365: Gayle Force 10 / ABCDEFUK
Spring vibe check says: cold, windy and storms ahead after the false spring was deposed, and the outlook is unclear and unsettled. We take it to Gayle Force 10 with drum and bass,, metal. punk, jungle, rave, indie, strange italian disco, pop, and round it up with crumpl-banging tunes from the recent Discord challenges including…
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Keep Tracking: Trackers and 16 bit music
I have covered the musical history of trackers and 16 bit music before on the podcast, but this is a great in-depth historical look at the ‘sound of software piracy’ – although I’d argue that the early Amiga demos like the 1988 classic Wild Copper were more coding brags and weirdly computer shop adverts (?)…
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Pete Cannon shows you how
A friend posted the above ‘In the Studio’ with Pete Cannon, and amazingly it only has under 500 views for this fascinating look into how he creates his rave tunes. And it’s a retro hardware heaven – Atari ST! Akai S1100! Korg Poly 61 (I had a Poly 800 but Poly 61 and Mono/Poly were…
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The Art of Atari
I’m not sure if today’s generation realise the wonder of arcade and home console/computer game art, travelling into a world of Chris Foss and pulp sci-fi covers crossed with D&D fantasy, cutesy pop art and plain Robert Crumb psychedelic strangeness. The thrill of seeing new worlds, and being able to travel to them on your…
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RC 267: 16-bit Show Part 1 – Dungeon Nightmares
A long awaited (well by me anyway) sequel to the 8-bit Show, here’s double (or in some cases quadruple) the bits, and double the show if you listened to the stream last Wednesday since this is the new improved DLC extended version. EXTEND! NICE 1P! CHECKPOINT! This part is mostly about the video game music…
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RC 248: 8-Bit Music Machine
In the 1980′ and 90’s I like most of my friends spent many hours programming, creating rudimentary digital pictures (I had a mouse for my Spectrum!), playing games and trying to get something vaguely musical from said microcomputers. So in honour of my 8-bit and 16-bit music days, here is a 8-bit/16-bit music special of…