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Remix64 - C64 Sounds of the 80s

Written by: Etali

Date: 2008-03-31

The Remix64 series returns to its roots with its third volume, Syntax Era. Channelling top Commodore 64 tracks through the sounds of 1980s chart toppers, leading remixers in the C64 music scene have joined forces to create an inventive, vibrant album that showcases a huge range of talent and styles during its 70-minute two-pronged trip down memory lane.

During the 1980s, many C64 owners listened to chip tunes influenced by the tracks of the day, but with Syntax Era you can finally hear what Depeche Mode might have produced had Rob Hubbard ousted Alan Wilder, how Matt Gray�s influence could have rubbed off on The Sisters of Mercy and The Shamen, and what Martin Galway would have sounded like as one of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. And coming full circle, the album concludes with an entirely C64-originated cover of Yazoo classic Only You with vocals by Eliza Zoot.

You can find out more at C64Audio.com - buy the CD version, or digital download version, with individual tracks available as DRM free MP3s.

Tracklist
Note: All sounds on the album were reconstructed from scratch!
01. BMX Kidz ("19")-Thomas Detert/Rob Hubbard
02. Jethro Walrus (Speak 'n' Spell, Depeche Mode)-Makke/The Mighty Bogg
03. Comic Bakery ("Broken Wings")-Ziphoid/Martin Galway
04. Flight Path 737 ("Moments in Love")-Boz/David Dunn
05. Ghouls and Ghosts ("Billie Jean")-Binster/Tim Follin
06. Why Me (Herbie Hancock)-Moog/Drax
07. GemX ("Girl, You Know it's True")-Skitz/Chris Huelsbeck
08. Formula One Simulator ("Two Tribes")-LMan/Rob Hubbard
09. Tusker (Sisters of Mercy)-Romeo Knight & ifadeo/Matt Gray
10. Sanxion ("I Feel Love")-Tron/Rob Hubbard
11. Crazy Comets (Laserdance)-Sonic Wanderer/Rob Hubbard
12. Arkanoid ("The Message")-Tron/Martin Galway
13. Ace II ("Strangelove")-Makke & Sonic Wanderer/Rob Hubbard
14. Blackmail (Black Box Meets Disco)-PowerTrace & Chris Abbott/Reyn Ouwehand
15. Dominator ("Move Any Mountain")-Tonka/Matt Gray
16. Aspar GP Master ("Too Shy")-Romeo Knight/Jeroen Tel
17. Only You-Monotron/Vince Clarke

Syntax Era is released on C64Audio.com on April 7, 2008.

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