Category: Podcast

Being a man of my word, here’s the second of the two episodes that I promised to release before the end of 2019, should the “8-Bit Symphony Pro” kickstarter fund. Enjoy!

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Music played:

• ALPA – IK+ (Bergen Boogie Remix)
• Johan Andersson – Bomb Jack
• Teo – JT in Space (Arok 2019 Remix)
• Peter W – Dalion Day (Electro SiD Remix)
• dr.blitzen – Way of the Exploding Fist (Ambient Blitz Mix)
• Tron – Cybernoid II (Lime on 45 Remix)
• Johan Andersson – Star Paws vs R.I.S.K.
• Ben Daglish – Trap (MOS6581R2 version)

Stuff mentioned:

• BIT Live 2019: Jeroen Tel/Matt Gray/Rob Hubbard interview
• 8-Bit Symphony Pro preorder
• The Commoflage: English Edition archive
• Ben Daglish – an obituary

Thank you for listening. May your love of C64 chip tunes and remixes be with you. Always.

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On the final day of the 8-Bit Symphony Pro kickstarter, at 83% funded with little under 5 hours left on the clock, I posted a message on twitter saying:

“If the 8-Bit Symphony Pro kickstarter funds, I solemnly vow to create at least two episodes of the #C64 Take-away before 2019 comes to an end. Think of it as crowdfunding the podcasts with all the proceeds going to professional symphonic recordings.”

And it did fund, so here we are. Episode 54. Whether or not you are one of the people who helped fund this because of my tweet – Thank you for being a part of this awesome community!

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Music played:

• Buzzer – Complications (Moar Cowbell Mix)
• N-Joy – Led Storm (Wah-Too-Short edit)
• Jeroen Tel – RoboCop 3
• Moonove – Delta
• LMan – Dervish D Dual-SID (from Project Sidologie vol. 5: Remixes)
• Chris Abbott and Kenneth “Slaygon” Mutka – Imagine Ocean (from 8-Bit Symphony Part 1)
• Rob Hubbard – Spellbound (from the upcoming 8-Bit Symphony Pro)
• CavemanUK – Commando Dance
• N-Joy – Zimxusaf I (feat. Mimmo Sanborn)
• Johan Andersson – Wizball High Score (feat. Rosa Hajo)

Stuff mentioned:

• Podcast album artwork by Steve Green of Definite.design
• 8-Bit Symphony concert – Unofficial Bootleg compilation
• The Guardian: “Game changer: the Commodore 64 concert”
• The 8-Bit Symphony on BBC’s “The One Show”
• 8-Bit Symphony (Digital download now, CDs coming later)
• 8-Bit Symphony Pro preorder – professional symphonic recordings of the full 8BS set as a double album
• Commoflage: English Edition

Thank you for listening. May your love of C64 chip tunes and remixes be with you. Always.

Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or on Twitter

First episode in what feels like forever (according to Wolfram|Alpha it’s been 4 years, 5 months and 3 days).  In return for your patience this episode clocks in at a little over an hour, so expect the usual C64-related music goodness, hand-picked for your listening pleasure. Apologies in advance for any mispronunciations I made on the show. And if I don’t sound as cheerful as usual, it’s because I was really focused on the recording process. 🙂

Thanks to everyone who kept the faith and stayed tuned over the years.

As mentioned on this episode, the podcast is back on iTunes after being removed for undisclosed reasons. So in order to help new people discover these great tunes, I’d really appreciate it if you rate and review the show on iTunes.

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Music played:

• Uncle & The Bacon – Druid 2 – Enlightenment (From the Symphony 64: Big Band Bacon album)
• Martin Dodd – 180 (The Happy Hour Mix)
• Rob Hubbard – Pygmies Revenge (Project Hubbard stretch goal)
• Chris Abbott – Forbidden Forest & Beyond (Work-in-progress, from the upcoming Symphony 64)
• Matt Gray – Last Ninja 2 Central Park Loading Theme (From the Reformation kickstarter)
• Druu – Sanxion (Take it down low)
• Johan Andersson – Space Harrier (arcade main theme)
• Jeroen Tel – Auf Wiedersehen Monty & Commando
• Mano – Battle Ships (Russian Ed)
• Necropolo – Zak (McKrackenica edition)
• Ben Daglish – Kettle (tune 1)
• Johan Andersson – Crazy Comets (cops and robbers mix)
• Chabee – Traz (Ditch Edition)

Stuff mentioned:

• HVSC update 68
• Jeroen Tel – “Tel me more”
• Marcel Donné – “Project SIDologie”
• Matt Gray’s “Reformation”
• Matt Gray’s “Reformation 2”
• FastLoaders – Ninja Musicology
• Symphony 64
• Uncle & The Bacon – “Big Band Bacon”
• Project Hubbard

Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings available on the SOASC site.

Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com (please note that comments are automatically disabled after 6 months to prevent spam), by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. Also, at the risk of re-repeating myself, please leave a rating and a review on iTunes. 🙂

A full year later than originally planned, the podcast that refuses to go away no matter how many curveballs life throws at it returns. To compensate for the lack of recent outings, this one is a whopper containing a total of 15 tunes, all handpicked for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

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Music played:

• Chris Hülsbeck – Spherical (tune 1)
• Anders Hesselbom – Roland’s Ratrace (track 2)
• Markus ‘LMan’ Klein feat. Boz – Formula 1 Simulator (From the ‘Remix64 V3 – Syntax Era‘ album)
• bizarro – Gauntlet III
• Jeroen Tel – Nothing Wrong
• Mordi – Alibi (Sooner or Later)
• Jens Blidon – Gravrace (tune 2)
• Awesome-A – Battle Valley: Dark Rises (From the ‘German Remix Group – A Tribute to Jeroen Tel‘ album)
• OJ Oscillation – Uridium
• Nicklas Schmidt – Stormlord (Cinematic RMX)
• Mano – Atmosphere (I want to be a pirate Remix)
• Mordi – Tristesse
• Trace – Way of the Exploding Fist
• Mano – Last ninja 3 (The Good the Bad and the Ninja)
• Markus Schneider – Golden Axe (Christmas Edition)

Stuff mentioned:

• HVSC V59 update
• Rob Hubbard plays the Commando theme on a Steinway
• German Remix Group – A Tribute to Jeroen Tel
• Video for Awesome-A’s “Battle Valley Dark Rises”
• “Immortal C64” chiptune podcast (RSS feed – iTunes)
• Linus ‘lft’ Åkesson – Poems for Bugs
• Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.

Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site.

Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com (please note that comments are automatically disabled after 6 months to prevent spam), by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes. 🙂

Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1982, and available to the public in August of 1982 – it’s everyone’s favourite computer: The C64. To coincide with the “C64 Month” campaign (Twitter + Facebook), here’s my contribution in the form of a new episode of the C64 Take-away. As usual the mix consists of a set of great chiptunes and remixes, blended in with a recap of what’s been happening in the world of C64-related music. Enjoy!

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Music played:

• Johannes Bjerregaard – Shape
• Steve Rowlands – Fuzzy Wuzzy
• LMan – Shape
• Steve Rowlands – Creatures 2 (tune #16)
• Press Play On Tape – Nonterraqueous (from the “HOME COMPUTER” CD)
• Jammer – Mr. Marvellous
• Trace – Way of the Exploding Fist (tune 3)
• Hermitsoft – Platoon acoustica (subtune 4)
• Amok – Maniac Mansion Theme (feat. Mitch van Hayden)
• daXX – Commando Dubstep Rmx
• DJ Skitz + Mordi – Trick Bag

Stuff mentioned:

• C64 remix podcast “Commoflage” podcast (RSS feed)
• 1541 Ultimate II
• HVSC update 57
• The Great Giana Sisters sheet music
• DGA12 DJ Noize C64 set
• The SIDrip Alliance Budapest concert
• Remixer of the Year 2011 – including this for yours truly.
• “HOME COMPUTER” – new album from Press Play On Tape
• Instant Remedy + Nexus 6581 digital reprints in FLAC format.
• Most awesome C64 mod EVER: Jeri Ellsworth turns breadbin into bass keytar (also, article on The Make Blog)
• Jack Tramiel passes away at age 83
• Jeff Minters “Gridrunner” arrives on iOS
• ‘The Newsfield Years’ documentary
• Help the crowdfunding of “From Bedrooms to Billions” – a documentary feature film telling the story of the UK Video Games Industry from 1979 to 1996.
• BBC News: The C64 turns 30 – what does today’s kids make of it?
• Linus ‘Chipophone’ Åkesson’s “Bitbuf”
• Please leave a review on iTunes and help others discover these great tunes.
• Also, if you’re on Xbox Live and feel up for some online multiplayer action, look up “Don Kwed“.

Unless otherwise stated tunes played on todays show are available for download from Remix.Kwed.Org , or from the HVSC recordings availble on the SOASC site. Leave feedback either by using the comment section at C64Takeaway.com , by e-mail to C64Takeaway [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/C64Takeaway. And at the risk of repeating myself, please leave a review on iTunes. 🙂