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[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 120. Here comes summer

Summer is finally here and DJ Daemon thought you needed some tracked tunes for relaxation in the sun. You get a mix of soft trance, vivid techno and happy tunes. And some speech between the them. Enjoy!

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you and talk about summer.
00:18 Cirdan - Pucca City II SE
05:13 DJ Daemon presents today's first medley.
05:34 Jakim - Neuro
08:02 Sam of Tristar - Tristar
08:59 Dikso - Dikso
09:34 DJ Daemon says Awwww yeah (Disco requires this) and names the demoparty X 2023.
10:00 Traven - The Majestic Lost
16:28 DJ Daemon wants to up the tempo a bit.
16:38 Area 51 - Mountains Of Norway
21:01 DJ Daemon slows the tempo down a bit.
21:13 Traven - Smile Sower
25:28 DJ Daemon tells you to goto modarchive.org.
25:50 DJ Scorpia and Psylocke - Break the silence
29:29 DJ Daemon talks about the next song.
29:44 DJ Sean - My way
35:09 DJ Daemon talks about the last song.
35:26 Electropizza - Ascii
38:16 DJ Daemon presents the second and last medley of the day.
38:31 BST - Blue Sky (2016 RMX)
39:42 Wolfsong - Jaunt
42:25 4mat - Home
43:19 DJ Daemon asks for help to get news and tunes. radio@ericade.net.
43:42 Jakim - WT3: Journey
48:41 DJ Daemon talks about the upcoming demoparties.
49:02 Morphine - Legend
52:41 DJ Daemon leads you into the good night with the following three tunes.
53:03 Elblanco - From the root
56:13 Gnosis - Galoonia
59:10 ericade.radio - Celebrating over 30 years of tracked music
59:16 DJ Daemon raises a figurative glass of beer to celebrate the next coming 30 years of tracked music. (And botches a perfectly fine rhyme)
59:21 Jakim - Neuro

Production notes:
Colophone:
"Here comes summer" is a song by Jerry Keller.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2023

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 119. Outline 2023

Another demo party! This episode is all about Outline 2023. DJ Daemons spins the harddisks with the hottest demo music right now.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: Today we're doing Outline 2023. Ah demoparty that went live from the Netherlands last week.
00:13 Apollon - Shampoo
01:22 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
01:28 DJ Daemon speaks: On with the show.
01:30 ericade.radio - Tenth place
01:32 DJ Daemon speaks: Verdamt by Okki is next up on the playlist. Sounds like a nightmare sequence from some game. It gets 41 points and last place.
01:41 Okki - Verdamt I love you
01:56 ericade.radio - Ninth place
01:58 DJ Daemon speaks: Eightbm is back again, and this time for "Escape from the pulse-wave empire". A very gamelike tune jumping around like a hedgehog on fire or something. 57 point and a personal favourite.
01:58 DJ Daemon speaks.
02:15 Eightbm - Escape from the pulse-wave empire
04:15 ericade.radio - Eighth place
04:17 DJ Daemon speaks: A song that plays a sampled tribute to Nicolai Tesla. It's Bjaan with inventor and he gets 58 points. The tune is nicely technoish and has some weird effects.
04:28 Bjaan - Inventor
07:18 ericade.radio - Sixth place
07:20 DJ Daemon speaks: It's time for Numtek to play with guns. The song is called Dodge Bullets and has some heavy beats. 59 points
07:28 Numtek - Dodge Bullets
11:28 ericade.radio - Sixth place
11:30 DJ Daemon speaks: Shared position six for Liar Guestlord by Checs of HPM. It's hard to define what the song sounds like, so listen yourself. 59 points.
11:40 Checs - Liar Guestlord
13:08 ericade.radio - Fifth place
13:09 DJ Daemon speaks: Peace of mind is up as we are getting closer to the medal positions. A somewhat mystic theme that has vocals singing about seemingly random things. 62 points.
13:22 Kerwin Tuhb - Peace of mind
15:57 ericade.radio - Fourth place
16:00 DJ Daemon speaks: The next entry would have work splendidly in a platform game of sorts. Bouncy, jumpy and happy. A personal favorite of mine. It's Happiness is free by mrs Beanbag. 65 points.
16:13 Mrs Beanbag - Happiness is Free
18:46 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
18:49 DJ Daemon speaks: Another typical Slaze-tune, it has a very present drive and rhythm. It's silver for Slaze with his tune Rare Earth elements. 68 points.
18:58 Slaze of Defiance, Desire - Rare earth elements
22:51 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
22:53 DJ Daemon speaks: Second silver on a shared position. This is RaccoonViolet with Trip on the outline. Vocal and a soft technotune that gets 68 points.
23:04 Violet - Trip on the Outline
24:57 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
25:00 DJ Daemon speaks: Gold for Bod with H. Uhren and Sohn. True techno with a hair-raising amount of bpm. 75 points puts him on the throne as the king of this demo competition.
25:15 Bod - H. Uhren & Sohn
28:09 DJ Daemon asks for help to find competition data from the "Birdie 33"-party.
28:35 Nemui Kuma - Blindfolded
37:14 DJ Daemon: you listening to Flashback.
37:26 BST - I Believe In Miracle
39:46 DJ Daemon speaks.
40:12 Frizz - Playin` with my mind
43:02 DJ Daemon talks about Flashback being removed from Spotify.
43:33 Reactor Grits - Ice princess
51:45 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night with the next song.
51:59 Walkman - Klisje paa klisje

Tags: Outline, Demo scene episodes, Demo scene top lists, Host: DJ Daemon, 2023

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 118. QBParty 23

QBParty is next up in Flashback's coverage of the demo parties. DJ Daemon keeps you company in through the whole playlist.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:06 DJ Daemon here, aaaaaaaaaaaand…. Today's party is QBParty23 from Hungary, that ended last week. But before we sink our teeth into that, here is a brand new tune from JosSs. It's called "Calling for 4 cracktros".
00:20 Josss - Calling 4 Cracktros
01:50 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
01:55 DJ Daemon speaks: Lets talk QBParty: it comes with seven entries for the Combined music party. So all isn't tracked music, but I don't care. It's just that good.
02:05 ericade.radio - Sixth place
02:07 DJ Daemon speaks: Here you find Attractors by Brian. A dreamy, but somewhat noisy beginning. And then it goes techno. 77 points.
02:15 Brian - Attractor
07:24 ericade.radio - Fifth place
07:26 DJ Daemon speaks: Matthew Newcastle has composed the next entry, a tune called Frozen heart. Airy song, that goes full techno after a while. 78 points.
07:35 Matthew Newcastle - Frozen Heart.
10:26 ericade.radio - Fourth place
10:28 DJ Daemon speaks: We seldom play sidtunes here at ericade. But this we have to play. It's close to medalposition. And it's You never bend me of the wave. The artist is Ziny6581. And he gets 83 points. The tune is jumpy and fresh. We all love us some C64.
10:46 Xiny6581 - You never bend me over the wave
14:54 ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
14:57 DJ Daemon speaks: Teo comes in close to the lead. But has to do with 85pts. The songs is called Tranced at 3 am and gets 85 pts. It comes with a spaced out and spooky feeling and then goes the classic 90s techno route.
15:10 Teo - Tranced at 3am
18:00 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
18:03 DJ Daemon speaks: Checs of HPM gives us "Algoritmo". It's a weird mix between computer game music and demo music. 93 points and a silver medal polish.
18:13 Checs - 4lgoRitmo
20:27 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
20:32 DJ Daemon speaks: We have a winner… Actually we have two, but I will get there. Our champion is Los Pat Moritas and the song is called Hungary. The name of the song suggests a successful bribing of the judges. You know the party was held there. :) 94 points.
20:48 Los Par Moritas - Hungary
24:53 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
24:58 DJ Daemon speaks: And another winner. It also gets 94 points and the second gold. Teo again with Technosys. A driven baserythm keeps this speed racer of a boat afloat.
25:11 Teo - Technosys
28:11 DJ Daemon speaks: That's all I got for you from QBParty. But it's not all from the demo scene. Here is Slazes contribution to the Birdie demo party. Rex Lacerta.
28:21 Slaze - Rex Lacerta
32:05 DJ Daemon speaks: Lacerta is the latin name of a species of lizard and Rex means King.. Hmm… KingLizard? No, more like Lizardking. That song is a clear tribute from Slaze to Lizardking.
32:24 Lizardking - Tides of Dosk
35:30 DJ Daemon asks you to send suggestions of songs to radio@ericade.net.
35:58 Trackerartist - Creation 2
40:46 DJ Daemon talks about the birdie 33.
41:17 Gronda Gronda and Stormlord - Synthetic rebirth
47:38 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene
47:42 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night with the next song
47:57 Foundation shaker and Full metall jacket - Commodore's revenge

Production notes:
Colophone:
None. The title is the name of the party and year.

Tags: QBParty, Demo scene episodes, Demo scene top lists, Host: DJ Daemon, 2023

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 117. We're back

After nearly half a year - Flashback is back and today we're playing great tunes and talk a bit about Edison 2023.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon says that we're back.
00:18 Awesome - Dead Planet
05:03 DJ Daemon presents today's only medley
05:39 Awesome - The SleepWalker
06:47 Coma28 - Skogens djur 011
07:47 RedSkull78 - Undertale - Fallen Down
10:15 DJ Daemon speaks about Edison 2023. Live Broadcast!
10:56 Bacter - Life goes on (extended)
16:13 DJ Daemon talks about the future of Flashback.
16:50 Ballistique - Morning Rain
19:18 DJ Daemon speaks about April in Sweden.
19:42 Doh of Cryptoburners - Kenmare River
22:29 DJ Daemon mentions Revision (The songs are on the station).
22:54 Dr_E1nX - 18 Mne Uzhe
26:41 DJ Daemon asks you suggest new songs for the show.
27:08 Garcia Olivier - Access Denied
33:39 DJ Daemon talks about the Retro spirit
34:10 Killer of Intense - Old school disco
40:41 DJ Daemon speaks about Amiga 4-channel
41:05 Lizardking of Triton, TBL - Mirror images
44:37 DJ Daemon talks about moving from Northern Stockholm.
45:16 Parity - Why the hell not?
49:53 DJ Daemon talks about the coming songs.
50:15 Remix - Groove machine 5
54:42 DJ Daemon talks about how to reach him via email.
54:56 Unison - Jupiter by night
57:29 DJ Daemon speaks about the next song.
57:39 Yrde - Obscure amalgam

Production notes:
Colophon
None. It's just that we're back!

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2023

[ got papers? ] Mixed Bag of Parties, Feb. 2023

Enjoy the Sunday while browsing demoparty-related materials: flyers, wristbands, votekeys, posters etc. from over three decades! The oldest object is from 1992, the latest is just one day old (from Mountainbytes in Switzerland which took place this weekend). Contributions this time stem from Cthulhu, Dipswitch, JAL, and Moon. A particularly special document is the internal […]

[ got papers? ] HBH Collection: Lost Mag from 1988

Not only are we back, but we also have exciting news: HBH, a Norwegian C64 scener active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, sent us a full box of letters and flyers. The treasure trove is currently being scanned and will start appearing here very soon. Here’s a sneak peek: Brainstorm, a small C64/Amiga […]

[ got papers? ] Buenzli/Demodays special

We’re back with materials donated by Unlock, main organiser of the Swiss demoparty called Buenzli until 2010 and Demodays between 2011 and 2014. Included are flyers, visitor brochures, and – a most rare thing – brochures/reports made for sponsors and supporters. Enjoy the high quality design! The images can be viewed in the gallery at […]

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 116. The Spirit of Retro and Xmas Part 2

Part two of Coreus christmas top list. It's time again to get into that christmassy retro mood. DJ Daemon is behind the microphone.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:19 Lizardking vs Daniel Somma - Trans Atlantic 2007 (CDE MusiX Club Radio MiX)
05:18 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
05:34 CZ Tunes - Turrican II - The Greath Bath (Christmas Edit)
09:00 DJ Daemon speaks.
09:18 Stephane Picq - Lost Eden (music 1)
11:30 DJ Daemon speaks.
11:41 4-mat - Eternity
14:34 DJ Daemon speaks.
14:47 Martin Iveson - Jaguar XJ220 Amiga Game Main Theme (Luther's remix)
19:02 DJ Daemon speaks.
19:13 Ko0x - For a long time
22:08 DJ Daemon speaks.
22:29 Selecta Novel - Simon the Sorcerer - Dragon's Winter Cave
27:13 DJ Daemon speaks.
27:24 Amok - Hyperbased - Enigma
32:09 DJ Daemon speaks.
32:22 Robert Allen and Joshua Jensen - Stage 2: Candion
34:03 DJ Daemon speaks.
34:21 AmiGamer - Winter Games (Gold Medal Medley)
39:55 DJ Daemon speaks.
40:17 Cyborg Jeff - Fury of the Furries "Furry in the Forest" OC ReMix
44:08 DJ Daemon speaks.
44:23 Red Ribbon - Liquid harmony
50:52 DJ Daemon speaks.
51:10 T-tracker and JPK - Christmas Silence
53:33 The ERICADE Radio Network wishes all its listeners a merry xmas and a happy new year.
53:41 Damien Blond - 50th Fanfare
56:53 DJ Daemon speaks.
57:01 Necros - Tangerine Fascination

Tags: Christmas, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] XMAS greetings from Germany and France

We got some great greetings from France and Germany.

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 016: Review and Playlists

Demonights 016 at the Lichtspiel Bern were great! We had a long trip down the memory lane, we met old and new friends and we had a blast watching plenty of demos. Here's the proceedings.

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 016: Review and Playlists

Demonights 016 at the Lichtspiel Bern were great! We had a long trip down the memory lane, we met old and new friends and we had a blast watching plenty of demos. Here's the proceedings.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 115. The Spirit of Retro and Xmas Part 1

Coreus from the Retro spirit has outdone himself! He selected the best "xmas feeling"-music and created a mix out it. This is the first of two episodes. DJ Daemon is in front of the mike.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Good midday - Here is another hour of tracked music
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:22 Mick Rippon - Belated Christmas
03:17 DJ Daemon speaks.
03:30 Jakim and Michu - Access Denied
04:34 DJ Daemon speaks.
04:42 Eagle (NO) - Harmony
06:51 DJ Daemon speaks.
07:04 Slash_Atd - Farbi
09:40 DJ Daemon speaks.
09:57 Jogeir Liljedahl - Christmas
12:37 DJ Daemon speaks.
12:48 Mystra - Nostalgia rides high
15:02 DJ Daemon speaks.
15:18 Elwood - Sweet dreams
17:57 DJ Daemon speaks.
18:14 Xerxes - .Melodien
23:28 DJ Daemon speaks.
23:49 Kyrandia - Replay/Carcass
26:55 DJ Daemon speaks.
27:13 Mr. Man of Absence - Backfire
29:40 DJ Daemon speaks.
29:48 Projex and Michael of nuance - Christmas dance mix
32:41 DJ Daemon speaks.
32:49 Nicsure - Occ-San-Geen
37:04 DJ Daemon speaks.
37:26 Dj Ail - 20th anniversary
41:11 DJ Daemon speaks.
41:23 Mick Rippon - The final mod
47:31 DJ Daemon speaks.
47:43 E!ghtbm - System override
49:48 DJ Daemon speaks.
50:08 Roz - Lappa Valley Express
53:24 The ERICADE Radio Network wishes all its listeners a merry xmas and a happy new year.
53:32 4-mat - 4-mat's.madness

Tags: Christmas, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 114. Mixing up the demo scene

Syntax 2022 in Australia and Mysdata 2022 are on the agenda for this demo party episode. But no toplist - we're just selecting the best or most interesting ones for this show.DJ Daemon just hope Disney wont go crazy over a lot of Yoda-samplings in one song. :)

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks. 28s
00:25 Turbo Knight - Shadows (ft. Indigo)
04:42 DJ Daemon speaks. 17s
04:52 4-mat - 1978
07:01 DJ Daemon speaks. 17s
07:11 Adkd - Before the empire
10:20 DJ Daemon speaks. 24s
10:37 Alpharisc - Syntax Banana Man
13:57 DJ Daemon speaks. 22s
14:12 Demosic - A Collaboration Song
18:09 DJ Daemon speaks. 17s
18:20 DJ Queso - House 1
20:20 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
20:34 DJ Speedstar - Age of Love
24:14 DJ Daemon speaks. 21s
24:29 FionnDOS 9.2 - Madeira Carousel
27:26 DJ Daemon speaks. 22s
27:35 Sidwave - My Little Synth Pony
30:23 DJ Daemon speaks. 18s
30:34 Romeo knight - 1989-a number
34:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 18s
34:59 Sidwave - Crazy wednesday
37:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 22s
38:04 KRDN of Defiance - Short banger
40:32 DJ Daemon speaks. 21s
40:47 Sidwave - Hammerklap
44:37 DJ Daemon speaks. 15s
44:45 Slaze of Desire, Defiance - Laced candy
48:27 DJ Daemon speaks. 18s
48:39 SoDa7 - Kvart Rock
51:43 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
51:56 Tero risti - Social engineering
54:37 DJ Daemon speaks. 21s
54:52 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene
54:56 T-reks of WP - Age of loneliness
22:05 Time traveller and Blackstar. - 1989 - ei kule.r

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Mixing it up" is a reference to Dr. Awesome's "Cooking it up".

Tags: Syntax, Mysdata, Demo scene episodes, Demo scene top lists, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 113. Just listening to the radio

Nothing special today, just enjoying the songs coming into the station. We focus on Mick Rippon, an artist we never have heard on ericade.radio. We also add two tunes from Slash_atd. Not to forget the artist Tangerine.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
00:19 For my Nataly - Slash_Atd
03:35 DJ Daemon speaks. 19s
03:46 Firage - Vampire Byte
06:22 DJ Daemon speaks. 23s
06:40 Mr. Theater - Isabella Lullaby 2
09:07 DJ Daemon speaks. 19s
09:19 Mick Rippon - Passion on Craq
11:44 Mick Rippon - Compromise Celebration
15:56 Mick Rippon - Tomorrow's mistake
17:29 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
17:44 Jelley sefren - O.m.g.
20:02 DJ Daemon speaks. 22s
20:20 Slash_Atd - Dawn in mountains
24:33 DJ Daemon speaks. 27s
24:53 Liam the lemming - Deep Joy
30:07 DJ Daemon speaks. 17s
30:19 Mick Rippon - Sample Pack
33:57 Mick Rippon - Warm Rain
41:59 Mick Rippon - Thinking with lies
44:18 DJ Daemon speaks. 28s
44:36 Pilldept - World communications
46:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 18s
46:56 Sll - Pigs in space
51:02 DJ Daemon speaks. 25s
51:20 Tangerine - Early Fall
53:59 Tangerine - Low hanging sky
57:00 DJ Daemon speaks. 14s
57:09 AceMan - Wonka Honk

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 112. Inercia demo party 2022

Inercia demo party is over and delivered chiptunish goodness and heavy techno. Alas, no tracked modules participated in the demo party. But after the toplist, you get a set of such tunes suggested by our Discord listeners. DJ Daemon presides over this meeting of the tracked music minds

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:13 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
00:20 ericade.radio - Tenth place
00:21 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:30 Synesthesia of RiFT - Love! at the farthest reaches of space
03:24 ericade.radio - Eighth place
03:27 DJ Daemon speaks.
03:36 Ras of HPM - A Starosta, el Idiota
04:46 ericade.radio - Eighth place
04:49 DJ Daemon speaks.
04:58 PS - Mary Go With Techno
08:40 ericade.radio - Seventh place
08:41 DJ Daemon speaks.
08:53 Summer In November - EviL/Accession
12:40 ericade.radio - Sixth place
12:41 DJ Daemon speaks.
12:53 TTT - anticore/GSA
14:54 ericade.radio - Fifth place
14:51 DJ Daemon speaks.
15:02 Comercial Vibe - dextrose
19:16 ericade.radio - Fourth place
19:16 DJ Daemon speaks.
19:27 Logic Spiral - Estrellasadie (SLP)
23:31 ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
23:32 DJ Daemon speaks.
23:42 hard landing - Garfield/rd
26:13 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
26:16 DJ Daemon speaks.
26:22 Time Loop Amplitude - Ham/Software Failure
29:19 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
29:23 DJ Daemon speaks.
29:35 Lisbon Nights - Mrs Beanbag
33:15 DJ Daemon speaks.
33:30 Sylvia's theme - Melodee
37:22 DJ Daemon speaks.
37:33 Welcome to Vectronix disco - Slash_atd
41:00 DJ Daemon speaks.
41:09 Skaven - The white tiger
43:58 DJ Daemon speaks.
44:14 Cygnes of HPP - The ultimate velocity
48:20 DJ Daemon speaks.
48:31 Trackerartist - Let's swing it
50:42 DJ Daemon speaks.
50:05 Slash_atd Delicate Oooz
53:38 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene
53:44 Slash_ath - Memories
55:52 Slash_atd - Out of the blue
58:30 DJ Daemon speaks.
58:39 Slash_atd - Happy Soul

Production notes:
Colophon:
None

Tags: Inercia, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 111. Impulsetracker

Impulsetracker produces the most advanced tracked music compared to Protracker, Fasttracker and the others. So they often feature a large number of instruments that makes up to 64 channels of musical goodness.This episode feature correspondent Some1NameNate, with the story of that one technology that sets Impulsetracker apart from the competition.Correction: I've been informered that Impulsetracker-music cannot be played on an Atari Falcon. My appologies for not checking this up. The story was told to me by a listener last year.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: Let's talk Impulsetracker. This station features over 300 songs in this advanced tracker format. Welcome to an hour with 100% Impulsetracker songs and a report from our correspondent, Some1NamedNate.
00:21 Beek - blue slide
02:57 DJ Daemon speaks:The year was 1995 and Jeffrey Lim released a brand new tracker, Impulsetracker, for PC Dos. It was free, with the option to buy extensions. But pirates struck, impacting his revenue, and that's why we he stopped developing it. The latest version, 2.14 was released in 1999.2014 it was released as open source. Your Amiga had four channels, although you could track with eight channels. Impulsetracker then? Try 64 channels. This is why it's files often were orchestral symphonies compared to older tracked formats.
03:40 Moby - RainyNight
09:45 DJ Daemon: There are many thing that sets Impulsetracker apart from other trackers. Our correspondent, Some1NatedName has the story.
09:55 Some1NamedNate - Ericade-Symmetriad intro
11:26 DJ Daemon speaks.
11:32 Skaven - Fourth symmetriad
16:09 DJ Daemon warns you for using XMPlay for Ubuntu and VLC, because they don't play IT-files correctly.
16:37 Fear of Dark - Extrasolar
18:41 DJ Daemon talks about Atari and Impulsetracker.
19:00 Aami of Surfeu - I Am Peace
21:53 DJ Daemon speaks about the latest version Impulsetracker.
22:25 Bst - Mayan Paradise*Dim System
25:43 DJ Daemon tells you about what's missing if you run a too old player for IT-files.
26:21 Fear of Dark - Dank Drops
29:00 DJ Daemon speaks about the new website for ericade.radio.
29:22 Fosho - The Void
39:02 DJ Daemon present the medley of the day.
39:17 Starry - Eddsworld Intro Template
40:21 Fear of Dark - Death City 3000
41:28 Fear of Dark - There's nothing to lose Anymore
43:45 DJ Daemon tells you to send material to the station.
44:10 Bacter vs Saga musix - Outline Bees
48:16 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening
48:37 Kleeder - Secret Glade
52:40 DJ Daemon about getting back to the demo scene episodes.
52:56 Fear of Dark - Splice Slice
56:04 ericade.radio - Celebrating over 30 years of tracked music
56:09 Ekid - The small hit
59:45 ImBerx - Space War

Production notes:
Colophon:
None

This episode had a very problematic recording session, due to bugs in the software and me feeling tired. I put in the wrong song after Some1NamedNate's report. But it was fixed.

Tags: Storytelling, Retro history, Host: DJ Daemon, Correspondent: Some1namednate, 2022

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 016: 20 Years of Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur

20 years ago, "Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur" was founded - it's time to celebrate it properly: On Saturday, November 26, 2022 there will be the big "Echtzeit" party (aka. Demonights 16) at Kino Lichtspiel in Bern.

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 016: 20 Years of Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur

20 years ago, "Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur" was founded - it's time to celebrate it properly: On Saturday, November 26, 2022 there will be the big "Echtzeit" party (aka. Demonights 16) at Kino Lichtspiel in Bern.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] Ten things you don't know about being a radio DJ

Not all secrets are because no one should know them except a few select people. No, some secrets are what are, because only people in the business know about them. But if you’re a listener, you may not know what’s up behind the scenes in the radio business.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 110. Another toplist of our own

It's the third time we let the listeners make the toplist. DJ Daemon sent out a request to various Discord forums and got a few suggestions of great tunes that you don't always hear. And from that comes another toplist by and for the listeners.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: It's Halloween, but we got more important stuff to do. Today, you'll get a brand new "Toplist of our own". We asked our fellows geeks on Discord to pick the best song that "diamonds in the rough".Huge thanks to Some1NameNate, Coreus, MrsBeanbag, Gargaj, No9, Freefull and the rest of you. 32s
00:30 Virgill - Mystified (XM)
03:25 DJ Daemon mentions Virgill's cover of his own song, then plays the original. 32s
03:42 Virgill - Mystified (Mod)
06:40 DJ Daemon thanks to Some1Named1Nate and pics the Fasttracker version of Mysified as his favorite. 34s
06:57 Bit Arts of Red Sector Inc. - BA1
10:21 DJ Daemon mentions the demo from 1989 this just played song comes from. 23s
10:38 Braxen - Brainspray
15:06 DJ Daemon mentions this wonderous chip tune and that it was suggested by user No9. 23s
15:22 Busy brain of Defeat - Ghost n variation
18:30 DJ Daemon speaks talks about the hardest C64 game ever. 23s
18:48 Kolor - Weide
23:31 DJ Daemon makes a silly Beatles-reference. 19s
24:46 Malmen - Dragon fruit
25:44 DJ Daemon talks about sifting through lots of old request to get to this. 19s
26:01 Purple Motion - Soul-o-matic
28:50 DJ Daemon speaks so good, so you get another one. 17s
29:01 Purple Motion - Starshine
33:35 DJ Daemon next up is a song with a bit of a story.. 13s
33:43 SHattY - Angel Mech
38:06 DJ Daemon tells you about Shatty's motivation to write this song. 44s
38:45 Skaven252 - The Occasion
43:22 DJ Daemon Thanks everyone for giving him the suggestions. 28s
43:42 Symph O'nee of Amnesia - Amnesia intro #1
45:14 DJ Daemon if you like that song, here is another from the same demo. 17s
45:19 Symph O'nee of Amnesia - Amnesia mix
48:05 ericade.radio - DJ Daemon LIVE - right here, right now
48:11 Trek of SandS - Just before sunrise
52:46 ericade.radio - Chat with us on Discord. Go to discord.io-tern
52:54 Whiskas - Overkill
56:37 ericade.radio - Celebrating over 30 years of tracked music
56:43 Virgill - Daydown
59:11 Teque of Dee - Chip War - Part 1

Production notes:
Colophon:
From an old, long gone web comic called "A doemain of our own".

This episode became too short due to a bug in the time calculations in PlayIT Live. So I managed to push some more songs on the end to make it fit.

Tags: Top lists, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 109. Deadline demo party 2022

A bit tired and with a stuffy nose, DJ Daemon gives you a belated episode with the demo music from the Deadline demo party 2022. Tracked and streamed music for your enjoyment.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:16 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
00:23 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:28 ericade.radio - Eighth place
00:29 Daemon speaks.
00:40 Trackerartist - bravest decisions
05:50 ericade.radio - Eighth place
05:52 DJ Daemon speaks.
06:01 Tracker artist - heiwau
08:56 ericade.radio - Seventh place
08:58 DJ Daemon speaks.
09:16 Rainer of Digital fish pullover - The Revenge of the Wurstwassergalaxy
13:09 ericade.radio - Sixth place
13:11 DJ Daemon speaks.
13:19 Trackerartist - blunt edge
15:59 ericade.radio - Fourth place
16:01 DJ Daemon speaks.
16:15 Tracker artist - souveraene music
19:21 ericade.radio - Fourth place
19:23 DJ Daemon speaks.
19:40 Caramel of Proxima - Go local sports team!
21:19 ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
21:21 DJ Daemon speaks.
21:38 Trackerartist - amigagrownupriot
25:04 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
25:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
25:26 Novel and Moods plateau - Deadline pressure
28:35 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
28:40 DJ Daemon speaks.
28:53 Bacter and Saga Musix - Wonderland
32:48 DJ Daemon speaks.
33:00 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
33:02 DJ Daemon speaks.
33:20 Tomas Ukkonen - Chaos Theory (Wasser Mix)
37:01 ericade.radio - Tenth place
37:02 DJ Daemon speaks.
37:21 Raw knee - At the dawning of impassionate exluberance
39:24 ericade.radio - Ninth place
39:25 DJ Daemon speaks.
39:33 Kamil 'Kamson' Haczmerian - We Wondered
43:14 ericade.radio - Seventh place
43:15 DJ Daemon speaks.
43:32 bnA - Escaping AI
45:32 ericade.radio - Seventh place
45:33 DJ Daemon speaks.
45:48 Bth - Knights on a trip
48:58 ericade.radio - Sixth place
48:59 DJ Daemon speaks.
49:15 Slaze - Divine mirror
53:14ericade.radio - Fifth place
53:15 DJ Daemon speaks.
53:25 Atekuro - Within a Dream (Original Mix Edit)
57:03 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
57:08 DJ Daemon speaks.
57:20 Mibri - Search Dogs in Marzahn
01:00:50 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
01:00:52 DJ Daemon speaks.
01:01:08 Turbo Knight - Spacerace
01:04:31 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
01:04:32 DJ Daemon speaks.
01:04:51 MonoToni - Was Bleibt
01:09:10 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
01:09:12DJ Daemon speaks.
01:09:34 QM - Back when 1995 was the Future

Production notes:
Colophon:
No special idea here. It's just called what it was all about.

Was rushed into production quickly and offline instead of online/on the air.

Tags: Deadline, Demo scene episodes, Demo scene top lists, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] The history of The ERICADE Network

It was quite a chilling realization when it hit me. I couldn't believe my bad luck, when a calm 30 minutes before the in-official launch, became a frantic race to get the show on the radio at all.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 108. Chillaxing while waiting

Deadline and Flashparty are still underway, and while waiting, lets chillax (=chill and relax) and just enjoy the music. Not much speech, but still some news:On the show:– Deadline and Flash party are soon over and next week we’ll have the music.– Will the ericade.radio-music become a hit among cyberpunks?– We sound even better now. (Not me, come on, the music!)– A better website is coming.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
00:21 Jo Po Productions – Sex Reality
06:02 DJ Daemon presents today’s first medley.
06:28 Kenet and Nagz – z0uz0u
08:08 Jerry – Finding myself
09:59 Groo – Like this and so on
11:25 DJ Daemon talks about how the songs sound better with OpenMPT. 29s
11:49 Falcon of Pulse, Tdr – Tasting Malibu
15:20 DJ Daemon talks about some of the music from station may appear in a fanmod for Cyberpunk 2077. 37s
15:53 K00kai – Soul color
18:52 DJ Daemon shouldn’t look in the mirror. 21s
19:10 Advance Rhythm Technologies – Essence of love
25:40 DJ Daemon speaks. 20s
25:56 Warhawk – Melodic angel
29:36 DJ Daemon speaks. 29s
30:01 GrooveStation – Together 4 Ever
33:43 DJ Daemon speaks. 21s
34:02 Buzzer Of Zenon – Leivos
37:54 DJ Daemon presents today’s second medley
38:27 Wiklund and Xylo – Pharaoh Que
39:56 Mpxvm – FUMIX 204 Chill
42:13 XTD – X-selector 2
43:59 DJ Daemon reminds you that we are on Discord. (discord.io/tern). 33s
44:26 MaDeRa – Angel Eyes by MaDeRa
50:19 DJ Daemon speaks. 31s
50:47 aRTy – Fiction
54:40 ericade.radio – Celebrating over 30 years of tracked music
54:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 07s
54:48 Siren – Repression

Production notes:
Colophone:
Nothing special, really. But I thought about calling it "Tracked music and chill". Thankfully my sanity returned and told me not to.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 107. Catching up on the demoscene

We’re back with three new demo party toplists. It’s from Nordlicht, Xenium and Function 2022. It’s a bit of a catchup of all the important demo parties with tracked music we missed during the last 30 days.DJ Daemon blasts through them at a brisk tempo and skips some of the less interesting entries to give you the highlights. Not a boring moment.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – today with another demo party top list
00:06 DJ Daemon: THREE toplists even: Nordlicht, Xenium and Function 2022.Demoparty toplist: Xenium 2022.
00:17 ericade.radio – Flashback, track from the past – let the toplist begin
00:23 DJ Daemon speaks: from late August – here is Xenium 2022.
00:26 ericade.radio – Ninth place
00:28 DJ Daemon talks about the first song of the day.
00:34 Alterstate – Fragmented astate
03:40 ericade.radio – Eighth place
03:42 DJ Daemon speaks.
03:54 ADKD – Message of Surabhi
06:40 ericade.radio – Seventh place
06:41 DJ Daemon speaks.
06:53 E!ghtbm – The summer memories of Saska
09:48 ericade.radio – Fourth place
09:50 DJ Daemon speaks.
10:09 Dan Damage – Piece of the past
12:28 ericade.radio – Third place – Bronze medal
12:30 DJ Daemon speaks.
12:44 AceMan of Resistance, Agenda – Get Busy Living
15:19 ericade.radio – First place – The Gold! – The Winner
15:25 DJ Daemon speaks.
15:41 X-Ceed of Altair, Floppy – Outburst
18:37 Demoparty toplist: Nordlicht 2000
18:37 DJ Daemon speaks.
18:52 ericade.radio – First place – The Gold! – The Winner
18:56 DJ Daemon speaks.
19:13 Saga Musix of Nuance, SVatG, HUP – Johnny Deep
22:40 Demoparty toplist: Function 2022
22:40 DJ Daemon speaks.
23:01 Bna – Rise of Metal Butterfly
24:48 DJ Daemon speaks.
25:02 Mean Mark – August
28:27 DJ Daemon wonders about the floppy drive mechanism in the last song.
28:46 ADSR/Lorraine Productions – Zone Plus
31:00 DJ Daemon is in a hurry.
31:11 Dave Ferol – The black tulip
34:54 DJ Daemon the best of Function 2022 – the streaming competition.
35:09 Brian – 7th of September
38:26 DJ Daemon taking a leap into the music.
38:45 Higher (than) – Light me up (and Function again!)
42:11 DJ Daemon – we’re ready for the first place.
42:24 Laszlo Vincze (vincenzo) ; StrayBoom Music – Liquid Venus
45:17 DJ Daemon talks about the music he’s about to play, suggested ny Some1NamedNate.
45:34 Nighthawk – Jet Lag
49:29 DJ Daemon talks about the music leading you into that good night. 31s
49:53 H0ffman and Daytripper – Professionaltracker
53:54 ericade.radio – We love the demo scene
53:59 H0ffman – Wrecklamation
57:48 DJ Daemon: we need to cool down a bit.
57:59 Psirius – The dwarf princess

Production notes:
Colophon:
A jokeful take on "Commodore is keeping up with you".

Tags: Demo scene episodes, Demo scene top lists, Nordlicht, Xenium, Function, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 106. Two years in the bunker

Two years on the air! They said it wasn’t possible – it couldn’t be done. And I proved them… Actually, no one said any of that. But the station is on and broadcasting 24/7. It’s been quite a year and let me, DJ Daemon tell you about all the stuff we’ve been through together.One hour of the newest additions to the station of tracked music.00:00 ericade.radio – Good evening, here is another hour of tracked music00:06 DJ Daemon: Two years! On the 13th of September 2020, we started broadcasting. And we’re still on. We’ve talked about the creation of the station on a previous episode. So this hour is just a look back at all the mayhem, chaos, broken songs and also some the bad stuff that have happen.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Good evening, here is another hour of tracked music
00:06 DJ Daemon: Two years! On the 13th of September 2020, we started broadcasting. And we’re still on. We’ve talked about the creation of the station on a previous episode. So this hour is just a look back at all the mayhem, chaos, broken songs and also some the bad stuff that have happen.
00:30 Malmen – Flirt talk
03:09 DJ Daemon: better audio and why not a bit of recognition. Jono Woodward’s voice had replaced Nicole’s and the first version of the music database was already online. And it all was looking up.
03:56 Darkhalo – Nights
08:57 DJ Daemon: Our show and podcast, Flashback – tracks from the past, ran every week with few exceptions.
09:47 Coretex – Ascention
13:40 DJ Daemon: Getting the best sound was quite a challenge. I had already automated importing the tracker tunes, so they all had the same sound levels and track information. I also put a lot of effort in tuning the broadcast processor running the whole station. This almost got out of hand with countless evenings testing, trimming and measuring.
14:13 DNA-Groove – SDXB – #5
17:21 DJ Daemon: I decided to create an emergency playlist-generator in order to handle outages. It didn’t really end where I thought it would. Instead of a mere playlist generator, it became a station in its own right. It ran all the old shows and had news from Feature Story News every hour. Getting all that to work was quite an undertaking.
18:13 Tnk – Distant heavens
23:43 DJ Daemon: As I was no longer broadcasting live after August 2021, focus shifted towards developing the website and the database. I built the dashboards showing the operation of the station. It looked like the NASA space center in my 3 square meter work room. Screens, panels and cables everywhere.
24:16 Kerni – I am Tim Follin
28:02 DJ Daemon speaks: We’re celebrating two years a on the air.
28:15 Psirius – The Big Data
32:15 DJ Daemon: How would I know if the songs I play choose were unpopular? With the database I could rank the worst offenders by checking what was playing when people disconnected. But I decided to ask the listeners. And so was done by adding a Star-system, allowing users rate what was playing. It worked perfectly.
32:59 Tnk – Journey to Micronesia
37:20 DJ Daemon: There’s no way you can make our broadcast software, PlayIt live, to accept listener requests. This I was told. That was my “challenge accepted – hold my beer”-moment. Given the data we had, I built a Rube Golberg-esque machine that made the users able to search for songs. It made quite a splash on the Facebook-group with the other PlayIt Live broadcasters. I even got two offers to sell the solution.
38:11 Melcolm – Night Air
42:49 DJ Daemon: During 2022, the show started focusing on the music and the demo parties over stortytelling. I created a series of episodes showcasing different genres of music. I also improved audio quality and threw out all Amiga-tunes twice to remaster them with better sound. They’re all now pretty darn well-sounding and in mono. Problem finally solved.
43:30 MpjV – Banger (temporary name)
46:56 DJ Daemon speaks presents today’s only medley.
47:20 Ida – Disco
48:59 Virgill – Atariklang 4k
50:50 Wito – Pride
52:47 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening. Leading you into that good night is…
53:20 Oleg Dunaev – Wind From Wild Places
56:22 ericade.radio – Coming to you taped from a bunker in northern Stockholm
56:28 DJ Daemon we’re on ericade.radio.
01:01:12 Panter of Peon – Into A Dream
01:02:16 Malmen and Xaimus – Moonlit memory

Production notes:
Colophon
A bit of a joke about the initial idea of making the station voice-acted from a "bunker" in northern Stockholm. This thankfully never happened.

An obligatory anniversary episode.

Tags: Station history, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022