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[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] What makes a radio station?

Tomorrow will mark the second birthday of the The ERICADE Radio Network. If you wonder, last year I wanted to change the name to ericade.radio, but replacing all the StationIDs would simply be too expensive. So ericade.radio is now the short name instead. Anyway…

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 105. In the spotlight

Every week, ModArchive.org spotlight a bunch of noteworthy modules and DJ Daemon has selected some of those as the highlights of the spotlights so to speak. You will get some really cool songs by artists seldom heard on the station like DJ Ail and Thwy.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: ModArchive is the source for much of the music you hear on this station. And today, we look at their highlights. Every week they select music they recommend. So, that's what on the menu. We will delve into artists such as DJ Ail, Snork and a few others. Please enjoy.
00:25 Thwy - Fog City Rain
02:47 DJ Daemon presents todays first and only medley. 25s
03:07 Thwy - Salmon
05:20 Sn0rk - Squeeze-wax
06:53 Sn0rk - Beyond the horizon
08:54 DJ Daemon speaks. 34s
09:22 Haggeman and Ghidorah and Maniac and Myvoice - The Woody Trip
13:10 DJ Daemon speaks. 29s
13:33 Arcanetoaster - Huang He
18:45 DJ Daemon speaks. 43s
19:22 Oleg Dunaev - Wheels are turning
21:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 41s
22:14 Dj Ail - 20th anniversary
26:17 DJ Daemon speaks. 23s
26:34 Thwy - Stimul
29:35 DJ Daemon speaks. 51s
30:20 DJ Ail - AIL "Enigma style"
35:12 DJ Daemon speaks. 27s
35:34 Sn0rk - The truth behind us
37:05 DJ Daemon speaks. 35s
37:33 DJ Ail - The Night
41:43 DJ Daemon speaks. 32s
42:10 DJ Ail - We'll meet each other
47:39 DJ Daemon speaks. 34s
48:08 DJ Ail - No way backwards in Love
52:14 DJ Daemon speaks. 37s
52:44 Sphenx - Bubbles
59:02 ericade.radio - If you love this music, go to modarchive.org for even more of it!
59:10 DJ Ail - You will be dance.

Production notes:
Colophon
Just playing with the name "spotlit" that ModArchive uses to recommend unknown tracks.

Just another inbetween episode of Flashback. We hope for some demo party coverage soon.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 104. Dancing in September

Autumn is here and the leaves are falling of the trees. So, time to slow down and enjoy some good musical styles from the 90s through the trackers running on Amigas, Ataris and PC. DJ Daemon is the voice in the night, leading you through upbeat tunes and melodious niceness.So enjoy an hour of great tracked music and your favourite beverage.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: The days of earlydarkness are here in Sweden again. And we will transport you into some tracked dance music and more cool tunes. They sound 90s. And some of them are...
00:21 K Kreations - Daydreaming In Space
00:52 DJ Daemon: Helgivikings seems to be an Islandic dance group. You know the kind our parents love dancing to. Such music just needs a parody. And Jam and Spoon delivers exactly with a spoof of Dansa uppa dekki.
01:16 Jam & Spoon productions - Dansa uppa dekki
05:43 DJ Daemon presents the first and only medley for today.
05:42 Mulder - San Juan
07:04 Herotyc - Alone, I am
08:15 Arcane toaster - Fly Little Dino
10:01 DJ Daemon speaks.
10:19 RRX - On The Sea 3
18:28 DJ Daemon speaks.
18:49 ADKD - Message of Surabhi
21:35 DJ Daemon speaks.
22:05 Aru - Kira
24:08 DJ Daemon speaks.
24:34 BenJam - D-formation Alpha
28:50 Chavez of Funkti0n - Kalavale
29:22 DJ Daemon speaks.
29:51 Josef Jahn - The Wolf Inside
33:45 DJ Daemon speaks.
34:13 LN4Lv6 @ 2022 by Helge Kvalheim
37:55 DJ Daemon speaks.
38:15 MelonadeM - 486 HEART OF FIRE
42:09 DJ Daemon speaks.
42:30 Speechless - Mistake
46:14 DJ Daemon speaks.
46:36 TBK - Eddie the Pelican
49:59 DJ Daemon speaks
50:33 Tnk - Dreaming of Corinnes eyes
54:19 ericade.radio - With the best tracked music ever created
54:25 DJames - 06 - It's Not A Synthwave
56:47 ericade.radio - One of the last remaining tracked music hold outs in northern Europe
56:53 DJ Daemon speaks.
57:03 Xerion - Just another sunday daydream

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Dancing in September" is a 70s song by "Earth, wind and fire".

And it's the first show made in September 2022 from us. And, yeah, lots of nice 90s style dance music. There's always that.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 103. The last enthusiasts from up north

Svenska Commodoreklubben (SCK) held a great retro-event in Täby in northern Stockholm in Sweden between the 26 - 28th of August 2022. It held a fantastic museum, a repair shop, a quiz held by Frida Katarina, the online meeting "Sen kväll med Commodoreklubben" and ericade.radio did a live broadcast.Huge thanks to Hravnkel, Björn A, Bjonte, PataG, Hedgewizard, Per G, Frida Katarina and all the other people making the retro-scene the place to be!We did a live broadcast during the most of the Friday, but had to cut it short on Saturday due health-issues on my part. But still, we got a lot of stuff to talk about. And the music is a fresh addition to the station and mostly very soft and mellow as it feels right. Enjoy!The link: commodore.se/about-us/ (Mostly in Swedish)ErrataI said that the Amiga 500 came out in 1997. I misspoke. It was in 1987. My bad.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:13 Live broadcast excerpt - Commodore-klubben live
00:41 Clara-chan - Klezmer Camel
04:23 DJ Daemon speaks.
04:40 Interview - Hravnkel
07:40 DJ Daemon speaks.
07:42 Argh of TB - Waiting for summer
11:27 DJ Daemon speaks.
12:18 SgtPepperArc360 Multimedia featuring Malmen and XYCE - Over The Horizon 2017
16:34 DJ Daemon speaks.
17:21 Carebear of Insane - Farawayadventure
23:07 DJ Daemon speaks.
23:58 Szudi of A B s e n C e - Conqueror of virgins
26:56 DJ Daemon speaks.
27:32 Dakota - Fly in space
30:15 DJ Daemon speaks.
30:40 Mrs Beanbag - Holiday
33:44 DJ Daemon speaks.
34:16 Laamaa - Wb22-wk21
36:18 DJ Daemon speaks.
36:53 Nitehawk - Somewhere in time
38:54 DJ Daemon speaks.
39:22 Lagioto - Even or odd
43:02 DJ Daemon speaks.
43:27 Revisq of Anadune - Bombastic
46:44 DJ Daemon speaks.
47:14 Tempo - Underground People
51:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
51:55 Trixie of Vectors - Waves
54:57 ericade.radio - Commodore was limited, but the Amiga is eternal
55:05 Yannis Brown - Kinetically Funkified Chi

Production notes:
Colophon:
Swedish event, so the title references Povel Ramel's old song "De sista entuiasterna".

Well aware that there a lot of demo people in Sweden. But few so dedicated to the Commodore-retro-scene.

Tags: Demo scene episodes, Host: DJ Daemon, Guest: Hvrankel, Amiga, Commodore, C64, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 102. 40 years of Commmodore 64

What a computer! The legendary C64. In August of 2022, it celebrates 40 years of being the one computer we all remember fondly. That’s right, Commodore launched it in August of 1982. The same year as the war in the Falklands and Michael Jackson’s thriller.DJ Daemon talks about the C64. The music is mostly fantastic remakes of old C64 game tunes.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – today with another demo party top list
00:08 DJ Daemon speaks.
00:43 Liam the Lemming – Auf Wiedersehen Monty theme
07:04 DJ Daemon speaks: I got my C64 late in the game. The year was 1989 and I had a busload of cool games for it. But, those stories, we talked about. So let’s pick the machine apart without becoming too technical about it. But first, the history. 1982, the market was dominated by BBC Micro, Sinclair Spectrum ZX1 and the Dragon 32. Commodore had the fairly successful VIC-20. IBM rode high on the first PC, the IBM 5150. August 1982, Commodore launch the C64. The market would never look the same.
08:04 Galaxy of Amaze – Zamzara
13:31 DJ Daemon speaks: The brains of the C64 was the 6502 microprocessor. It was created by Commodore’s own chip company, MOS Technology. Clocked around 1 MHz, it may not have shone too bright compared to the competition. But it was efficient. So much, that in certain scenarios, it would be able to do the same work with less clock cycles than later competitors like Motorola. And Basic. It was just Basic, but still good enough to give you an included language to program the C64 – up front. Not unusual, but helpful.
14:18 Mark’t.d.k’knight – Spellbound
18:10 DJ Daemon speaks: A funny little note from a book about the C64, it noted that the names SID and VIC sounded like they belong to some gangsters from the 30s. SID was the sound chip and VIC handled all the graphics. About the graphics: you got 16 preset colors and resolutions up to 320 times 200. The memory was limited, so, it was not possible to map a color to every pixel in multicolor mode. I don’t have time to get technical, but the limitations where a challenge to the developers. One they knew how to master. So the graphics was stellar due to the inspired design of the VIC chip.
19:10 Ajax lemon – Monty on the run (Highgscore)
22:32 DJ Daemon speaks: Good CPU and nice graphics. What about the sound? Ok, this was 1982, so you could not record audio. Actually later on, the C64 could be taught to play 4 bit samples. But for intents and purposes, it was a true ADSR generator. Three voices could bring different preset waveforms like triangle, sawtooth and pulse and white noise. But one major thing set it apart: it could also switch waveforms on any and all channels on the fly. This is the big magic power of the SID chip. It made it play in its own division.
23:29 2t2m The M – Turbo Outrun 2018
26:17 DJ Daemon speaks: Commodore’s big success among many mistakes. But Commodore almost lost the game, because they only thought the C64 would be for businesses and companies. When the later C-model came out in 1986, the marketing was different. And I remember the Swedish ads that had gaming themes and relied on Epyx Summer, Winter, World and California games. But Commodore had launched the Amiga in 1985 and in 1987 the new Amiga 500 stole the show. At this time, the 8bit computer era was over.
27:12 Alex Menchi – Loopz Remix Credits
30:42 DJ Daemon speaks: This old classic computer, with its peculiar boxy design, which is the one we all remember. Yeah, it was meant to be shape the world. And it did! The demo scene sprung to life around it, to show the world what it could do. A good C64 demo must make you think “no, this can’t be. This is not possible to do on a C64”. The C64 composers, demo programmers and gamers grew up with one of the most interesting machines ever created.
31:26 Dreamfish – Ocean loader
35:34 DJ Daemon speaks: As we look back at the era, we must smile over how primitive the C64 really was. 64 kB of RAM. The machine broadcasting this show has 32 GB. That’s half a million more bytes. I’m just saying. 16 colors that you could choose, but not change. But still. And then there is the weird Commodore character sets, today known as “Petsci”. It was the emoji-maker of its day. With building blocks and hearts and what have you. Think of it like this: emojis express feelings. Petscii graphics can draw anything you like! But, it still mattered then and for many of us, it still does.
36:28 Makke – Ghosts ‘n Thrillers
39:44 DJ Daemon speaks.
40:21 ORiON – Spellbound (4.32)
44:52 DJ Daemon speaks.
45:28 SaxxonPike – After the War
48:47 DJ Daemon speaks.
49:13 Sixtus – One man
52:21 DJ Daemon speaks.
52:48 Steven Innell – R-type
56:25 ericade.radio – With Swedish host and Retro-geek-quite-ordinaire Daemon behind the mike
56:34 The Hustler – One Man and His Droid

Production notes:
Colophon:
None.

A broadcast in a superhot studio with me standing up while talking due to back pains.

Tags: Retro history, Commodore, C64, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 101. Some Assembly required

Assembly is a famous Finnish demo party that started 30 years ago. That's SGT Peppers lonely hearts club band and then ten more years.DJ Daemon gives you the tracked music and the highest rated entries of the "listening competition". So, put on your headphones and listen to brand new tracked music.A few songs that are not up to our standard, have been cut to just a short "sample".

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:07 DJ Daemon speaks. Assembly summer party 2022 ended a few days ago. They're a grand tradition and now celebrate 30 years of being a demo party. It may even be THE demo party. One of the most venerated meetings of the artistic minds. Two toplists today, the first is the tracked music. 16 contestants, and place 16 goes to Surina by Anacron. 297 points and here it is.
00:25 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
00:45 Anacron - Surina
01:08 DJ Daemon speaks: Place 15 has Tarzan doing some monkeying around. It's called delay music and gets 320 points.
01:23 tArzAn - delaymusic
01:46 DJ Daemon speaks: Time flies when you attend a demo party, so it's no joke that Deetsay calls his tune "Flying through time". Place 14, 338 points and an upbeat tempo.
02:08 Deetsay - Flying Through Time
05:04 DJ Daemon speaks: Getting closer to the in crowd of place 10. But La Mettrie has to accept the lucky place 13 with Resilar generation and 339 points I'm getting some weird 8bit game vibes here.
05:20 Resilar Generation - La Mettrie
08:10 DJ Daemon speaks: We continue down the 8bit memory lane with Beathawk and Assy19 tai ehka 22. Place 12 and 354 points.
08:25 Beathawk - Assy19 tai ehka 22
12:15 DJ Daemon speaks: Impulsetracker as used by Signal gives you that all right retro feeling. A mix between new and old and it's a Comfy ride on place 11 with 355 points.
12:31 Signal - Comfy Trip
15:20 ericade.radio - Tenth place
15:22 DJ Daemon speaks: Yes, the real top list is here! It's held by Jaffa of Static and Dekadance. 360 points leads the way into the first step of the stairway to tracker heaven.
15:36 Jaffa of Static, Dekadence - JunoLinn
18:09 ericade.radio - Ninth place
18:11 DJ Daemon speaks: What do we want more than bass? Netflix and bass? Nooo… Try NES and Bass by Jask1e. 368 points.
18:24 Jarsk1e - NES and Bass
18:45 ericade.radio - Eighth place
18:47 DJ Daemon speaks: Giana Sister is a legendary game on the Amiga, but have you ever heard about the "Jolly Crack Sisters". Me neither, but it seems to be a game created in the weird mind of Laurikka. 379 points and a call from social services await.
19:05 Laurikka - The Jolly Crack Sisters
21:12 ericade.radio - Seventh place
21:14 DJ Daemon speaks: Getting down the list and it's time for Forcing Contraints by Juippi of Faemiyah. 430 points for a nice Impulsetracker tune with a mellow feeling to it.
21:27 Juippi of Faemiyah - Forcing Constraints
23:54 ericade.radio - Sixth place
23:56 DJ Daemon speaks: Next up are some soft beats and technofeeling from Yzi. The song is called Sanity complex and gets 479 points.
24:12 Yzi - Sanity Complex
26:18 ericade.radio - Fifth place
26:38 Outrun - Age Is Just a Hexadecimal
29:19 ericade.radio - Fourth place
29:22 DJ Daemon speaks: I need a drink right now. Good news, RawArgon is serving up a Blueberry Plasma Smoothie. It's yours for 558 points.
29:38 RawArgon - Blueberry Plasma Smoothie
32:19ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
32:22 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
32:48 Aikapallo - Killer Pigeon
35:43 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
35:46 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
36:04 Roz of Fit, Byterapers - Thin Upper Clouds
38:33 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
38:37 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
39:01 Mygg and JosSs and Bonefish - Nasty Ways
41:53 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
42:00 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
42:06 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
42:09 ericade.radio - Sixth place
42:11 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks.
42:17 Ephmerix - Fast and Curious
45:47 ericade.radio - Fifth place
45:49 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks. :14
46:01 Aikapallo - Back to Orion
49:26 ericade.radio - Fourth place
49:28 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks. :13
49:38 Midnight Commando - The Revenge of the Relaxing Saxophone
53:08 Recording duration: DJ Daemon speaks. :37
53:44 Speedhead of Byterapers - Spatiosa master v1
57:15 Turbo Knight - Logic Suppressor (asm2022 edit)
01:00:44 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene
01:00:49 Duality Vile - Phyester Macrocephalus Stage

Production notes:
Colophon:
The demo party is called "Assembly" and here in Scandinavia, we're kinda IKEA. So we like assembling stuff. Or so we're told.

Another broadcast from outside Stockholm. I was a my family's residence in northern Sweden.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 100. Synth oddity

Episode 100! From December 2020 until today, it's been quite a ride. But no need to get all misty eyed about it. DJ Daemon instead spends this hour exploring two tracker music oddities: the AHX and HVL formats.So expect more chiptunes today, as both those formats were born to excel in that way.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: 100 episodes! I did not know we would get there. But we did. No time for celebration. Today, we give you songs from two tracked formats we generally don't play: HivelyTracker Audio and Symponie. I will explain, but first, let's hear what HivelyTracker can do! 26s
00:27 Charles Ingalls of Genesis Project - Highscore musiikkia saunassa
01:58 DJ Daemon speaks: According to the Kodi wiki: "Hively Tracker is a tracker program based upon the AHX format created in the mid '90s by Dexter and Pink of Abyss. The format was relatively popular, and many songs were created and used in scene productions and games. AHX was designed to create a very SID-like sound on the Amiga." So, meant for chiptune sounds, then. Let's talk AHX, but first, some music. 51s
02:43 Larph - All fuses blown
08:02 DJ Daemon speaks: So Hively tracker is an improved AHX format. This asks the obvious question: what is AHX? According to their website: "AHX is a protracker-like music editor that was designed especially to create C64-like synthetic tunes. There is no support for sampled instruments as chip tunes are made to be as small in size as possible." It's a rather odd format, and we only have a few of these on the station. Five are added today, by the way as you will hear. 51s
08:43 Alex Man - Ocean
12:44 DJ Daemon wants to up the tempo a bit with the next song. 25s
13:04 Ctriz - Gmz
16:53 DJ Daemon notes that we have to play the formats we talk about. So here are two AHX-tunes. 24s
17:09 Jazzcat of Ghostown - Jaded lights
19:54 DJ Daemon: if you like what you're listening to, go to ericade.radio for more. 11s
19:59 Jazzcat - New ghost in town
23:04 DJ Daemon gives you some more AHX-tunes. 20s
23:18 Jerry of Desire - Smooth Talker
26:54 DJ Daemon mentions the just ended demo parties Assembly, Evoke and Atwoods summer open air. They will hopefully be covered on an upcoming episode. 32s
27:20 Josss - Sunny soul
30:39 DJ Daemon talks about "Demo scene report" from PSEnough and recommds people watching it. 35s
31:08 M of Useless - Sunday
33:43 DJ Daemon speaks explains that he is in northern Sweden right now. 37s
34:13 Varthall of Up Rough - Szabo Tours 1.1
37:26 DJ Daemon talks about this being episode 100. 39s
37:58 Manwe of SandS - Waiting for Julia
43:07 DJ Daemon: let's go on with another Hively tracker tune. 22s
43:23 Trackerartist - Galactic emeralds
46:00 DJ Daemon talks about the retro wave on Youtube (again). 35s
46:28 Yelm of Zymosis - Fake
48:33 DJ Daemon:Yelm gets another chance. 20s
48:47 Yelm of Zymosis - Huulis2
50:54 DJ Daemon asks you to send suggestions for people to interview. 38s
51:26 Vhiiula - Destin: La Lune
54:09 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leading you into that good night is... 29s
54:32 ASIKWUSpulse - The Door Game
56:50 ericade.radio - With Swedish host and Retro-geek-quite-ordinaire Daemon behind the mike
56:59 DJ Daemon: "Go to ericade.radio". 13s
57:07 Maran project - Piano in flames

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Space oddity" is a song by David Bowie. And it's a magnificent song. I like referencing pop-culture in my titles.

This broadcast was made in Northern Sweden during my vacation. The equipment is seen on the picture.

Tags: Tracker formats, Hively tracker, AHX, HVL, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 99. Welcome to the jungle (Edison Demo party 2022)

Edison Party 2022 has left the building in Eggebygård in Stockholm, Sweden after three days of the sceners battling it out with trackers, compilers and drawing programs. We got the tracked music toplist and four of the best streamed tunes from the party.DJ Daemon delivers commentary and all the music for your listening pleasure!

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:07 DJ Daemon: Edison demo party ended last week and we got stuff to play for you!DJ Daemon here, coming out of the jungle with 14 tracks freshly caught in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the participants is one person I never expected to hear a new tune from. A true legend. 24s
00:25 Proper disco - Good Enough
03:39 DJ Daemon presents the show. 12s
03:45 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
03:51 DJ Daemon: Let's get it rolling! The first tune of this list gets place 15 and 70 points. DuckLight has a method he is proud of. It's called "30sec Without listening". That's how he made the song, what it's called and how it sounds. 22s
04:10 Ducklight - 30sec without listening
04:36 DJ Daemon: Here is some truth in advertisement!. Place 14 is a tune called "Unimpressive 2channel Piece of Crap" and it's by M0onLight. 86 points. 28s
04:48 M0onLight - Unimpressive 2channel Piece of Crap
06:11 DJ Daemon: Third Fasttracker tune in the list. This is place 13 and "Sad song" by Trumpet-trespass. It gently weeps for not making the top 10 part of the list. 98 points. 20s
06:24 Trumpetrespas - Sad Song
08:38 DJ Daemon: You want simple and effective old style Nintendo-ish music? I know I do. And "Welcome 2 the Bungle" by Vilcans of Five Finger Punch delivers! 133 points. 24s
08:55 Vilcans of Five Finger Punch - Welcome to 2 bungle
11:39 DJ Daemon: Emily R Davey tells a cute story that sets the record straight on Atari users. Hyperunknown of Noice mixes bed room storytelling with soft techno. Amuzing tune that hits place 11 at 145 points. 24s
11:57 Hyperunknown of Noice - Goatnight Story
15:12 ericade.radio - Tenth place
15:15 DJ Daemon: If you heard the promotions for Edison demoparty on this station, you have heard Jor-El's voice. Now time to hear his music. The tune is called "Growing up" and gets 152 points. 41s
15:34 Jor-el - Edison 2022
17:39 ericade.radio - Ninth place
17:41 DJ Daemon: We all need to remember how the tunes used to sound in the mid 90s. Wasp of Pacific and Powerline provides a great example. Brand new, but sounding the part. It's Pegasi 51. 22s
17:58 Wasp of PACiF!C and Powerline - Pegasi 51 (1996)
20:02 ericade.radio - Eighth place
20:04 DJ Daemon: Bach would not have approved of what has been done to his tunes. But I do! Amiga 4-channels. It's techno meets classic and hilarity ensues! Amiga junglism of Up rough gets 156 point of "Bach to basics". 42s
20:24 Amiga Junglism of Up Rough - Bach to basics
24:49 ericade.radio - Seventh place
24:51 DJ Daemon: 90s reigns supreme in the next tune. Vocals, techno and samplings. 156 points to Krdn of Defiance and "Get down, behave". 19s
25:02 Krdn - Get down, behave
27:50 ericade.radio - Fifth place
27:52 DJ Daemon: nother voice heard on this station. It's one of the orgas, fsFreak with "Concrete skeletons". 164 points to a tune with nice choirs and soft techno. It's a shared place 5, no error there. 20s
28:08 Fsfreak - Concrete Skeletons
30:57 ericade.radio - Fifth place
30:59 DJ Daemon: "Jungle attack" from Qlint of FCK sounds like an old Texas Instrument home computer tune. It's weird and oddly attractive. It's chip tune, with a ghostly feeling to it. 165 points and also place five. 23s
31:17 Qlint - jungleattack
34:02 ericade.radio - Fourth place
34:05 DJ Daemon: Lets go with a heavenly chiptune called "Monkey love" from Gr0gg0 of FCK. 177 points and sounds like the 80s just came on shot a visit. 21s
34:17 gr0gg0 of FCK - Monkey Love
36:21 ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
36:24 DJ Daemon: More chip tunes. This is "Moskow Funnygames" by Vandelay and it could have fit in a computer game. The filename is moskowfu.it, which means that it's an Impulsetracker tune. 185 points and it puts a big smile on my face.
36:45 Vandelay of Kramerica - Moskow funnygames
39:17 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
39:20 DJ Daemon: Chip tune party, folks! Yes, we just can get enough of them it seems. Vedder of Insane pokes fun at the Revision demo party I guess. The tune is called "Revisioned and confused". 218 points. 21s
39:36 Vedder of Insane - Revisioned and confused
43:39 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
43:47 DJ Daemon: It starts by imitating the intro to the movie 1984 and then reaches peak Amiga tracker-tune and does our tracker history true justice. A well-deserved victory for Fairlight's own Danko and also for legendary musician Jogeir Liljedahl. Awesome end of the party. 219 points. 57s
44:13 Danko and Jogeir Liljedahl - 1992
48:17 DJ Daemon: That was the tracked compo, we got time to give you the three medal positions from the Streaming competition in this hour as well. 16s
48:26 ericade.radio - Third place - Bronze medal
48:29 DJ Daemon: Krdn is here again with "The minds of Siracan". 204 points in a brand new compo. 39s
48:38 Krdn of Defiance - The minds of Siracon (ba,ba sing it)
51:45 ericade.radio - Second place - Silver medal
51:48 DJ Daemon: What is it with the demo scene and goats? Hyperunknown gets 205 points for his tune "Happy summer goat". 25s
51:59 Hyperunknown - Happy Summer Goat
53:36 ericade.radio - First place - The Gold! - The Winner
53:44 DJ Daemon: Danko of Fairlight hits the jackpot with Spielplatz at 223 points. 31s
53:53 Spielplatz - Danko
57:48 DJ Daemon: Leading you into that good night is... 23s
58:04 AceMan - Wonka Honk

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Welcome to the jungle" is a song by Guns and roses.

Recorded out of the studio.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 98. Tale of two sysops

In the middle of the hot summer of 2022, two sysops met over the Internet and started talking retrocomputing, the Amiga, the demo scene and the horrors of overheating modems and why you valued what you downloaded more back in the day. In this episode, DJ Daemon and Hravnkel also selects their favorite Amigatunes from the 90s and talk about why they like them so much.Hravnkel is an old ascii artist whose first BBS lasted two hours. But he started a new, modern one called "This old cabin" in 2017.DJ Daemon used to be part of the demo group Eternal in 1994-97 as a sysop.Both are fans of Commodore, the Amiga and the C64.

Playlist:
00:00 Program starts
00:06 DJ Daemon starts the broadcast
00:30 Hravnkel gives you a Gotland weather report.
01:00 DJ Daemon: Why did you start this old cabin in 2017?
02:03 DJ Daemon: You were not a BBS sysop back in the 90s then? (The story about the burnt modem)
03:47 Hravnkel: We had acceex modems. They were crap that overheated.
04:45 Hravnkel: They're were the "Roll Royce" of modems (Powerbit)
06:21 DJ Daemon: you could never get 56k anyway.
06:42 Hravnkel talks about the typical BBS-user in the 90s.
10:52 Hvrankel speaks about the "nice fantasy tune".
11:42 Horrace Wimp: Hymn to aurora (Amiga 4 channel tracker tune)
16:04 DJ Daemon and Hravnkel talks about the trading/3l1t3 (elite) boards.
17:41 "Everyone hated telia ... and Microsoft". Hravnkel admits to have created fake credit card to reach CompuServe telnet. Correction: DJ Daemon means "Statuatory limits" when he says "Prescription time".
19:40 - "We calculated speed in characters per second". - "When you downloaded a picture, you looked at it" (I took a lot of time to download anything back in the day)
21:06 "I didn't like the elite dewds. Arses, the lot of them". (Is DJ Daemon rude?)
22:36 "0days then, versus 0days today". (Different meanings)
23:32 "What about all this illegal stuff on the boards, that media talked about all the time". (Has anyone seen any of it? We certainly haven't. Except the anarchist handbook)
24:50 DJ Daemon loves to here the next tune.
25:03 Mantronix and Tip - Overload.
32:16 "Brilliant tune"
32:25 Hvranel remember the Amiga versus the Atari wars. "We hated the Atari".
32:56 "It was obligatory to hate the Atari... they hated us back". (And now we love all home computers, including the Atari)
34:14 "The last warriors of the Amiga". "That's was crazy, wasn't it??"
35:02 "The BBS:es were the pinnacle of all Amiga hope".
36:02 "Got my first PC in 1996. That's when the BBS:es stopped being popular".
36:28 We remember Eric W. Schwarz and his "Survivor art".
37:45 "The demo scene was connected to the boards - how ?"
41:48 Hvrankel presents the next tune, from a legendary A1200 demo called Tint.
42:35 Azazel - Fractured (Amiga 4 channel tracker tune)
46:51 Hravnkel tells the story of the tune. "It made it to the local dance floors in northern Sweden".
47:35 "The scene was very harsh and had a bullying attitude".
49:18 "Do you know about the Maj Wechselman affair here in Sweden?"
50:40 "DMZ - Datormagazin - the bible for us lamers".
52:09 "The BBS scene remerged in 2015".
54:54 Nikom the premier Swedish kom-board. "At first I hated it".
56:03 DJ Daemon notes that he liked to listen to the next tune in Protracker 2.3b.
56:20 Nuke of Anarchy - Velo Matrix
59:02 "You remember this tune, right?"
59:19 How do the brutal tone of todays' Internet and the old boards differ?
1:00:20 "Most boards were very friendly".
1:01:38 "All sysops were eavesdropping".
1:03:56 "This not ok" (DJ Daemon reacts to piracy copying of modern C64/Amiga-games)
1:07:05 "A modern tune by talented musician [Slaze]. Part of the Forndata 2021 compo)
1:07:34 Slaze - Neuroflute (Amiga 4 channel tracker tune)
1:10:58 "It's trying to sound medieval, doesn't it?"
1:12:09 "Would you say the BBS:es were a hobbyist thing?"
1:13:54 "Your channel on Youtube - seems to need an update".
1:15:31 "What is the name Hravnkel all about?"
1:18:22 DJ Daemon signs off with his standard Dylan Thomas quote.
1:18:46 Arpegiator of Chryseis - My wolf 2 (Amiga 4 channel tracker tune)

Production notes:
Colophon:
It alludes to Charles Dicken's book "A tale of two citiies". No other connections.

Tags: Talk show, Storytelling, Retro history, Host: DJ Daemon, Guest: Hvrankel, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 97. Another summer fly-over

The middle of July until early August is what I call the "fly-over" territories of the summer. You just pass through them while enjoying your life. I go back to work tomorrow but hope for some more vacation in a few weeks.So relax a few more days, when the weather is great and there are few things going on.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon introduces the show a presents a brand new tune, composed about a week ago by Josss. 21s
00:20 Josss – Churrasco
03:15 DJ Daemon remembers he has to work next week, but hope for a slow start. 25s
03:34 Darkman007 – Sad Song
06:42 DJ Daemon gives you the first medley. 27s
07:04 Ninja – Neon lights in rain
08:24 Kabcorp – Chat Tout Sec =J
09:23 Michal Wilczynski – A strange encounter
12:06 DJ Daemon talks about an upcoming episode where he will talk with another old sysop. 41s
12:43 Drax – Burning bridges
15:39 DJ Daemon from Danish to Swedish. 14s
15:50 Joule and Malmen – Tease or please
18:48 DJ Daemon the music makes me dream about my Amiga days. 13s
18:57 James of Nuance – Chemical-Emotion
22:31 DJ Daemon: samplerd tunes = ransom notes in music form. 24s
22:51 Nighthawk – Playing with death
27:46 DJ Daemon compares the next song with “Peaceful journey”. 27s
28:08 Nighthawk and Norfair – Rainbow Runner
31:25 DJ Daemon mentions Edison demo party. 32s
31:53 Lluvia – Himalaya
34:17 DJ Daemon talks about DiHalt summer party 2022 and that Edison is on location. 43s
34:55 Necros – Mysticism
38:50 DJ Daemon plays the second medley – The Ninja medley! 25s
39:12 Ninja – Saddam
41:19 Ninja – Listopad
43:37 Ninja – Oldschool mam we krwi
46:15 DJ Daemon mentions “Chipwave, chiptune, retro electroc and synthwave”… But it’s all tracked music to me. 32s
46:42 Radix – A shogun named Paul
51:53 DJ Daemon talks about Assembly 2022 and thanks you for listening. 32s
52:20 Purple motion – Asm 94-invitation
55:41 DJ Daemon speaks … Last up, music from two old games from the past. 24s
56:00 Dr. Awesome – Spin Jam – In-Game 2
59:53 Dr. Awesome – Siege of Avalon – Track 3 (A Lifetime of Moments)

Production notes:
Colophon:
(Like last year) The fly-over territories are those that people fly over, but do not land. This is often a term for the midwest part of America.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 96. Gubbdata and Arok 2022

Talk about a scheduling conflict! Gubbdata in Sweden and Arok in Hungary both ran on the 1st to 3rd of July 2022. DJ Daemon solved it by waiting for the songs to arrive, so now we have 17 competing tracks from both demo parties.It's gonna be a great hour of six Amiga tunes, eight remixes and three C64 pure SIDs.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with another demo party top list
00:07 DJ Daemon: One toplist? Nah… Try THREE! That's right, we have the Remix compo and the C64 music from Arok and the Amiga music compo from Gubbdata. In all 17 brand new tracks in a classic list. In this hour: two great demo parties, Arok from Hungary and Gubbdata from Sweden. 29s
00:31 Rikimbo - Garbage Day Stroll
01:37 DJ Daemon: We start with Gubbdata and their six contestants. All Amiga alla tracked. Place six holds the last winner as we like to say today. Back in my days, it wasn't called that. No reference to that old Eagles song. It's Amiga and jumping all over the place in a wild manner. It's Adkd - Commodore Hotel. 33s
02:04 Adkd - Commodore hotel
04:56 DJ Daemon: The summer has been commemorated with Slash and company and their "Sommarblommor". In Swedish, that means summerflowers. Cool chip tune that will keep you warm in the winter. Place 5. 18s
05:09 Slash - Sommarblommor
07:00 DJ Daemon: KRDN gaves us this tune in advance, so it's been on the station for a week now. A wander through a digital landscape in an orderly manner. A bit cinematic as well. Place 4. 25s
07:21 KRDN - Shrt base freakout
09:31 DJ Daemon: Bronze place for Slaze. Not last place Slaze and not first place Slaze either. It's so 80s, that Chernobyl was still at least smoking. Mastery of four channel and that's good for place 3. 23s
09:47 Slaze - Flex your muscle
13:04 DJ Daemon: Next up is Tempest with We'll Get There. And they did. A bit trembling and cautious, that's the feeling of this chip tune. It glimmers and sparkles and feel just right. Place 2 and all the silver cutlery Tempest can steal from the judges. 32s
13:32 Tempest - We'll get there
17:23 DJ Daemon: Covid stinks and we are happy now that we can open up. Demo parties are on location again and Syphus celebrates by winning the Gubbdata compo with Openup22. Place 1 - The gold - The epic win and time to celebrate. 23s
17:41 Syphus - Openup22
19:05 DJ Daemon: Switching to Arok and their awesome remix compo. It's modern, but still tracked. Arok is in cooperation with SlayRadio, but we steal their stuff anyway. Eight contestants and one winner. That's the standard proportions of a competion. Especially the one winner part. Dr. Future brings an eclectic tune that is heavy in bass and rhythm. And it has electric guitars. That alone. 73 points and place eight. 41s
19:40 Dr.Future - The Alibi (256 kbit)
22:30 DJ Daemon: XxDUSTYxX featuring Vaggelis Papadopoulos is next. And no, it's not Vangelis. I almost made that mistake, until I Googled for it and then didn't. The song is called Fist 2. 22s
22:49 Dusty - Fist2 (feat. Vaggelis Papadopoulos)
26:15 DJ Daemon: When this came up, I was sure it was a Chris Huelsbeck remix. Nope, one letter wrong. It's called Final Fight and adds stage 1 and boss to its name. The artist is DJ McKezdett Kalbász. Say that five times fast. 895 points and place 6. 23s
26:35 DJ McKezdett Kalbász - Final Fight stage 1 and boss
28:34 DJ Daemon: On place 5, we find an Epic cinematic remix. It's the music from the game Oil imperium. The one that plays as you drill for oil. Many of the songs are remixes of old games. That's the plan. Zoltán Varga behind the keyboard and 89 points. 22s
28:54 Zoltán Varga - Oil Imperium, Drilling Sequence
30:15 DJ Daemon: Staying alive is next. Sorry, no we can't play commercial music. But it's Eivynd Sommersten's Savage, I will never know. It sounds a bit like that old 70s song. Darnit, this one makes me jump up and down. This is awesome-sauce at 91 points and still only place 4. I call for a mistrial! 30s
30:41 Eivind Sommersten - Savage (I Will Never Know)
34:10 DJ Daemon: Gaming music again. I loved this game as a kid!!!! It's epic, it's a bronze well-deserved. Holy-moly. Varga Nadin makes it feel like a movie from the 90s with Steven Seagal. 107 points with a great cast rolling in the credits of Falcon Patrol II remix. 32s
34:38 Varga Nadin - Falcol Patrol II remix
37:01 DJ Daemon: Berluskåni, or "Max Levin", that is his real name, grabs the silver medal and runs wild with Flimbo's quest subtune 3. The one everyone loves more than the game itself. And he does it justice at a bazillion beats per minutes. Amazing. 27s
37:24 Berluskåni - Flimbo in Tyrol (Arok-remix)
40:43 DJ Daemon: Glyn R Brown goes for gold and makes up for the close miss from the last yea's Arok party. You know the one with the Giana Sister remix. This is 119 points going all the way to the gold position with Metal Warrior Ultra. It's crazy ride with angels singing in the back as you throw yourself right into the battle. 30s
41:00 Glyn R Brown - Metal Warrior Ultra
44:18 DJ Daemon: C64 compo 23s
44:37 SquareWave of Lethargy - Save
45:59 DJ Daemon speaks. 24s
46:18 Vincenzo - Scotch koczka
49:28 DJ Daemon speaks. 27s
49:50 Dave - Letting Ghosts, Defeating Demons
53:24 DJ Daemon: This is DJ Daemon and Flashback, tracks from the past. A huge thanks to the Arok and Gubbdata orgas and to SlayRadio. Leading you into that good night is an unknown tracker artist and the song future. 28s
53:48 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene
53:55 Trackerartist - Future

Production notes:
Colophon:
None. Just the names of the parties.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 95. Happy Happy Happy

Vacation is here and everything is warmer and life goes slower for a while. So settle down and listen to music with a “happy”-theme. Because we’re all happy to have some free time.DJ Daemon gives you an hour of nice tunes and also two brand new ones by Slaze, just released!

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: And so, we have entered vacation time. Lets relax and just enjoy the music. Arok and Gubbdata are running as we speak, but we have to wait a week or two for some the music. Except, we have ONE brand new compo tune. We will play it later in the program. The theme of the day is “happy”, because off course we are. 27s.
00:28 Traven – Happy Morback
03:58 DJ Daemon: No time for long stories, but we have some medlies for you. The first comes here. 25s
04:20 Quasian – Happy go lucky
05:29 Alpha C – Happyface (4k)
06:27 Spk – Happytro [Sanxion7]
07:12 DJ Daemon: we promised you something brand new, and here it is. 20s
07:28 Slaze – Flex your muscle
10:44 DJ Daemon: if haven’t heard it on Gubbdata, you just heard it for the first time. 18s
10:58 Drax – Happy by mistake!!!
14:34 DJ Daemon talks about Arok and Gubbdata. 29s
14:57 Trafo – Happyland
16:31 DJ Daemon: let’s up the tempo. Time for some trance. 19s
16:46 Geniewiz – Happy Dayz! (Trance Mix)
20:42 DJ Daemon presents the second medley. 21s
20:59 Lizard of spaceballs – Happy movement
22:52 HyoChan – Happy Ending
24:35 Kragle – Happy Day
26:35 DJ Daemon talks about new feature on ericade.radio Discord server. 32s
27:03 Radix – Happy sundays
30:03 DJ Daemon talks the next song. 20s
30:19 N-Joy – Happy Hour
33:50 DJ Daemon: should we slow down? Yes, we should. 30s
34:16 Cyborg Jeff and Crazyman – Happyness without limit
38:09 DJ Daemon thinks the last song fits in Civilization. Then mentions Slaze’s new song. 33s
38:37 Slaze – Reaktorlaeck
41:51 DJ Daemon presents the third medley. 36s
42:24 Ghidorah – Happy Halloween
44:15 Trackerartist – Happy crappy chip
45:27 Sanctorum – Happiness Forever
49:16 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening. 41s
49:53 CrimeDay – HaPpYnEsS
54:28 DJ Daemon: Oh yeah, time to kill some worms! 08s
54:32 Bjørn Lynne – Wormsong
59:35 DJ Daemon: Duck and cover! 10s
59:43 Edison party 2022 is coming – ericade.radioAttributions(Woman) Jill Wellington from Pixabay(Bay) Ervin Gjata from Pixabay

Production notes:
Colophone
None. Just happiness.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 94. Summer in the city

Left in the trenches of the baking city of Solna is DJ Daemon hiding deep in his bunker, and keeping anyone within the reach of the broadcast with a good supply of tracked summer music from the golden retro days of computing.Last year it was storytelling. Now, it’s music and some stories.In the show:– What’s on the horizon for the next week in the demo scene?– A get-well greeting to Slaygon and Ziona from that other scene station in Sweden that actually has any listeners. Covid19 is still at large, but SlayRadio stands undeterred.– DJ Daemon remembers the summer of love 1967, 8 years before being born.– Want a good drink? Non-alcoholic and perfect for the summer. https://ericade.radio/drink/

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: Vacation times are coming! One year ago I did a summer show, but this year, it’s more music and less stories. Let’s just relax with a drink and the radio, as I’m giving you a pure tracked summer. 19s
00:20 D.Raven – Dove and Raven
07:14 DJ Daemon: time for the first medley. 28s
07:38 TRiGGER – Moon Over The Beach
08:42 RiKi BiRDtREE – Beach Sounds
09:39 maF – Beach
10:50 DJ Daemon struggles with pronouncing the next artist. It’s fun. 32s
11:18 Betelgeuze – Beach Scam
17:19 DJ Daemon sends a “get well soon”-message to Slaygon and Ziona over at #SlayRadio. 41s
17:56 Lizardking of Strange – Summer in gambia
21:59 DJ Daemon mentions #gubbdata and #arok. 26s
22:21 Micro_Nat – Summer nights
23:45 DJ Daemon: time for the second medley.
24:10 Tomas Scrap – Saga of Summerset
25:52 Mutcase of Deadline – Summerpanic
27:37 Lithis of Ldream – Summer high
29:30 DJ Daemon notes that weather makes the Swedish summer great again. 34s
29:56 Cheech The Sneech – Summer Days Turn Rainy
32:21 DJ Daemon talks about making the site better. 38s
32:55 Psirius – Sunset Of Orion
37:14 DJ Daemon: time for the last medley. 25s
37:34 Arachno and Dtrax – Summer memories #3
40:05 Led Zargus – Beach
42:05 Ko0x – Sunnyside in bit-town
44:20 DJ Daemon talks about the new “Contact us”-page on the site.
44:47 Gavin Lucas – Summersound
50:03 DJ Daemon comes out with a drink recipe for the summer. No alcohol! 27s
50:21 trackZ – Summerfeelings
52:55 DJ Daemon : “worst porn-movie ending EEEEEEEVVVAH!”. 32s
53:24 Nusrat – SummerTime
57:13 ericade.radio – With Swedish host and Retro-geek-quite-ordinaire Daemon behind the mike
57:22 DJ Daemon claims his name. 21
57:40 LMan and Sunflower – Summer Of Love

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Summer in the city" is a 60s song by Lovin spoonful.

All the songs except one has either sun, beach or summer in the title.

This is a show to just keep it rolling. I have put a lot of effort in giving a nice summery feeling, but don't tell any stories. Summer is a bit of down time, so no need to make it special.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 93. Shadow party 2022

Shadow party 2022 ended last Sunday and brings a rather meager list of tunes. But we get three great streamed ones and two tracked that, alas, are not up to standard for this station. But DJ Daemon gives you the streamed compo and then switches to a modarchive curated playlist with soft melodious tune and some heavy rocking ones.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – today with another demo party top list
00:07 DJ Daemon: One week ago, Shadow party was streaming demos, streamed music and tracked music. It ended on the 12th of June. A rather new demo party from France and here is me, DJ Daemon picking up the pieces, glueing them together and sending them to your radio. 22s
00:25 Mel o’dee – Intro tune
01:14 DJ Daemon presents the streaming music compo and 3rd place. 26s
01:36 Atekuro – Malefic invasion
04:48 DJ Daemon talks about the second place.. 21s
05:05 Stailer of KProds – Give me a sunny new born
08:26 DJ Daemon gives you the winner of the streaming contest. 27s
08:50 Exagon of Saturne – Anthem of noise
12:19 DJ Daemon explains why he is not playing the two tracked music entries. 58s
13:13 Ivory – The Quest
19:31 DJ Daemon presents today’s first and only medley. 35s
20:03 Chimera – Face the truth
22:14 Okeanos – Thou shall fight!
24:19 Defender01 – Village Festival
26:15 DJ Daemon reads comments from modarchive about the next tune.. 41s
26:52 Marillion of the Silents – Alley funker
29:20 DJ Daemon continues playing another rock track. 43s
29:59 The Hornet – Adventure’s resolution
34:44 DJ Daemon compares the next tune with Skaven’s legendary Goblin-songs. 36s
35:15 Slash – Sneaky little elves
38:00 DJ Daemon disagrees with the 6 out of 10 rating. 37s
38:33 SanDmaN – Join the Battle
42:25 DJ Daemon fact-checks the next song and issues an “alternative facts”-warning. 34s
42:54 Spring – Midway is a bridge in England
46:07 DJ Daemon talks about #Gubbdata and #Arok 41
46:42 Scorpik of Absolute – Field day
50:39 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night with the next tunes. 44s
51:17 Sphenx – Adventurer in Merregnon
55:33 ericade.radio – We love the demo scene
55:38 Awesome – The Prophecy (Main Theme)
59:57 ERICADE.RADIO!!! 07s
01:00:00 Roz – Run

Production notes:
Colophon:
None.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 92. As featured on the radio

While waiting for the Shadow party tunes (will be next week's episode), we're playing the latest highlighted tunes of ModArchive. DJ Daemon talks about them and gives you two nice medleys of shorter ones. Turn up the volume, here comes the good stuff to your speakers.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon: We're waiting for the Shadow party songs to come out. So next toplist episode is a week away. Today... We're just scanning the latest highlighted songs from, you guessed it, Modarchive. Starting up with Atekuro and Canadipop. 20s
00:23 Atekuro - Canadipop
03:45 DJ Daemon presents the first medley of the day. 30s
04:12 DrJacKo - Static smile
05:53 Atekuro - Prologue
07:45 ida - Oh hell yeah
09:23 DJ Daemon believes that "Elgiganten" may have been the inspiration for the name of this tune. 52
10:10 Esau of Traktor - Eleganten
13:22 DJ Daemon mentions have to songs called something Taboo in this episode. 40s
13:58 Opal of Appendix - Taboo 5
17:39 DJ Daemon tries to pronouce the next song. May or may not have failed to do so. 33s
18:08 Trackerartist - Otchdzanie
21:50 DJ Daemon speaks about bad self-esteem and artists. 43s
22:29 Teklordz - Two-faced
27:04 DJ Daemon speaks. 39s
27:40 Atekuro - Negative States
35:26 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of the day. 29s
35:51 Mick Rippon - Celebate prostitution
38:04 Trackerartist - Resetkani15
40:05 Viraxor - End of dynasty
41:59 DJ Daemon proclaims his love for tracker music, especially the next song. 37s
42:31 TDNSR - Drizzly Sunday
45:12 DJ Daemon mentios that that next song was done in 1996. 25s
45:32 Darkwolf - Iris
49:26 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and tells you the names of the songs leading you into that good night. 33s
49:55 Keyboard Studios - Jupiter Xscape
57:56 DJ Daemon speaks. 11s
58:03 Opal of Appendix - Taboo 5.2
01:01:06 You're listening to The ERICADE Radio Network
01:01:15 10 pm here in Sweden

Production notes:
Colophon:
"As seen on TV" is an old, lame sticker for some boring dude that got to talk about his crummy self-help book on one local station in Arkansas.

So... I kinda played on that tired trope when associated with the "featured tune"-function on ModArchive. Off course the joke is not directed at ModArchive, because they rock!

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 91. Forndata Summer 2022

Forndata Summer 2022 started at 6 pm and went on until midnight. It was scaled back due to few people wanting to attend in person. But it went live on Twitch instead and was everything we come to expect from it. DJ Daemon plays the two contestant song and then talks about the interviews and the future for Forndata.This show was broadcast before the demoparty ended and thus we cannot talk about every part of it.We now have the toplist places:1. 106 pts Mirakelkur – krdn / defiance2. 73 pts st-svarup jedi 2 – adkd / artstateNote: I wrongly say that ADKD is part of Defiance. That’s incorrect, he is part of Artstate.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for Flashback, tracks from the past – today with another demo party top list
00:07 DJ Daemon speaks: If you blinked, you might have missed it. And I almost did: Forndata 2022 is on! Only for today on the fourth of june. And I got something for you: the compo tunes. And you hear them here just mere minutes after they were revealed on the compo. That’s unique. And so is Forndata. That’s today’s subject.
00:32 L3wis – Serbia Pride
01:05 DJ Daemon speaks: Good and bad news. The good are that we have the tunes, and thus, time for a demo scene toplist. The bad news, only two tunes for this compo. And we don’t know who won at this time. First out is ADKD of Defiance with a song is called St-svarup jedi 2. ADKD is Norwegian and goes by a lot of names like Kefir, Slimer and Govatsapadam. The song take me back to the early 90s in front of my Amiga. It doesn’t get more module than this. Awesome!
01:48 ADKD – Jedi 2
06:17 DJ Daemon speaks: The second and last tune from Forndata comes from KRDN or Cordon of Defiance. Swedish artist with a lot of experience in the competitions throughtout the years. Exactly like ADKD. The tune is called Mirakelkur, which is Swedish for “Miracle cure”. Not too hard to guess, eh? The tune has a lot of nice chords that feels the right kind of “synthy”. Sweet.
06:52 Krdn of Defiance – Mirakelkur
09:35 DJ Daemon explains why it wasn’t possible to make it physical party.
10:20 Azo (Jesse Worley) – Sonora
17:01 DJ Daemon notes we’re playing the best of modarchive from now on.
17:36 Peter Salomonsen – A better way
20:23 DJ Daemon talks about the interview with Per / Retroninja.
21:10 Karsten Obarski (best guess) – Jackdance
23:58 DJ Daemon talks about the interview with Frida Katarina.
24:42 JazzCat – A train to circus
27:37 DJ Daemon speaks about Forndata 2021 and “Polychromatic fever”.
28:23 Lavizh of Evoked – Love connection
31:26 DJ Daemon discusses the possible future of Forndata.
32:11 SorroX – Out of order
35:17 DJ Daemon expresses his love the AmigaOS prompt.
35:48 Sway – To Die For
39:07 DJ Daemon talks about the upcoming demo parties on the horizon.
40:02 dMM – Summer Dance
43:35 DJ Daemon states that the podcast will remain on the air during the summer.
44:05 Drax – A Rose of Gold
47:48 DJ Daemon cannot give you a verdict, but talks about how he feels about the whole party.
48:31 Manka of Pathos – Folk Ballad
52:35 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into that good night with…
53:03 Agitazione (Dread Tracka) – Take it back
57:36 ericade.radio – We love the demo scene
57:41 S-Trance – 1999

Production notes:
Colophon:
None. It's the name of the demo party.

This was the first time the YouTube-video had moving pictures as a test. It's unknown if it will be tested further at this time.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 90. Modarchive, hit me one more time!

Modarchive.org has a small, but active community that makes sure tracked music is saved for posterity. It has all the superb, awesome, great, good, mediocre, dismal and horrible music that the scene has composed. Or at least a lot of it. How do you know what good and what is not? Stars! The community awards points between 1-10 to everything they can.Today, DJ Daemon does another show based on the last weeks highest rated song sand talks about them and the comments. The songs can be made on any computer and be old or brand new.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: let's do that Modarchive thing again, shall we? Just playing the songs that just got the highest rating the last couple of days. We're kicking of with music from an old Zuma-like game called Svetlograd. It all tracked music in Protracker, Impulsetracker and Fasttracker. Enjoy! 26s.
00:28 Trackerartist - Svetlograd
05:54 DJ Daemon presents the medley of the day.
05:55 DJ Daemon talks about the lack of Jumalauta content and presents today's first medley. 44s
06:35 A-move of Park, Thekool - Little dancing panc
07:52 SaxxonPike - Return to Sender
09:41 Dahaul of Bonzai - See it, hear it!
11:20 DJ Daemon loves the next song and welcomes it back on the station. 48s
12:03 Jogeir Liljedahl - Physical presence
17:28 DJ Daemon talks about the remake of the music from the game "Mikie", then plays it. 43s
18:06 H0ffman - Mikie (title theme)
22:42 DJ Daemon speaks speaks about the comment for the next song. 32s
23:08 Dr.Future - Did it future's way
27:23 DJ Daemon presents another great Amiga module. 37s
27:56 Hades of Casyopea - Endless end
32:09 DJ Daemon briefly mentions Evoke '97 and plays the winner of the compo. 36s
32:41 A-move of Amable, Tdr - Fashion nugget
36:08 DJ Daemon talks about the next song, which is from 1994. 32s
36:36 Hades of Casyopea - Invader
39:57 DJ Daemon mentions #slayradio and but plays a remix an old tracked music song. 50s
40:40 Yolk of Parallax - Temple of sun remix
43:48 DJ Daemon talks about the next tracked song and the positive comment it got. 45s
44:29 Miguel Gómez - En ti una muralla
47:21 DJ Daemon: "we're going on with a real silly one". 51s
48:07 Trackerartist - Pink panther mix
54:42 DJ Daemon "aaaaaand this is sampler abuse, I tell you". Leading you into that great night... 45s
55:23 Virgill and Dascon - Low carb koefte
58:10 ericade.radio - With the best tracked music ever created
58:16 Bit arts - Emotional thing

Production notes:
Colophon:
Aww, come on, man. You should know that Britney Spears had a hit in the late 90s called "Baby, hit me on more time".

Features an example of my "Early morning" voice, as I had to record it out of schedule. Darn dead lines.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 89. In loving memory of Vangelis

Vangelis. The man behind Chariots of fire, Conquest of Paradise and the music in Bladerunner has left us. On the 17th of May, he concluded his work leaving it to posterity. DJ Daemon celebrates the man by simply playing songs from tracked music artists that clearly must have been inspired by him.An apologyThis podcast differs from the original broadcast in that the tune "Syndrom land" by MAF has been removed. Some listeners took offence as it was out of place in a remembrance program. I apologize for this lapse in judgement and this part of the program has now been remade.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks. We have just been reached by the news that legendary composer Vangelis has passed on. He walked into that good night on the 17th of May 2022. In this hour, we will play music by tracked artists clearly inspired by the man. In many ways they pay tribute to the inspiration he gave to the world. DJ Daemon here to mourn and celebrate. 35s
00:32 Nitzer - Emptiness
04:01 DJ Daemon speaks. 59s
04:47 Lamb of Marsmellow - Farewell tears
06:22 Lamb of Marsmellow - Loneliness
08:31 Lamb of Marsmellow - Memoirs (vinylmix)
09:36 Brian - Brian's invention No. 1 D minor
10:30 DJ Daemon speaks. 40s
11:01 Emujerky - Oddity of Nature
15:05 DJ Daemon speaks. 46s
15:46 BTS - Orchestra 1990
20:06 DJ Daemon speaks. 57s
20:58 Gopher - Conquest of Farakhan
28:14 DJ Daemon speaks. 29s
28:40 Warhawk of Cheetah - Jorgandir
30:46 DJ Daemon speaks. 54s
31:35 SNU - Sonatina In E Major
37:46 DJ Daemon speaks. 23s
38:06 Erdrick - Nara and Mara's Battle
38:51 Yomaru Kasuga - The Swan Lake
40:16 Trackerartist - Triology
41:03 Opinash - Sweet melody
43:30 DJ Daemon speaks. 36s
43:44 Gopher - The Corsair's Voyage
48:02 DJ Daemon speaks. 26s
48:23 Psirius - Love
53:37 DJ Daemon speaks. 36s
54:07 Psirius - Utopia
58:33 Jinglar - With all the best music composed on Protracker, Noisetracker, Impulse tracker and fast tracker
58:44 DJ Daemon speaks. 10s
58:57 Sandman - Evil Dreams

Production notes:
Colophon:
"In loving memory" is a term used in the Western part of the world (and probably elsewhere) to signify the importance of someone who just died.

Tags: Memorials, Vangelis, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 88. Love is in the air and the ratings

Love is in the air and we're nowhere near Valentine's day. But this hour, let's note all the tracks on Modarchive.org getting the love in form of high ratings and generous comments right at this moment. DJ Daemon plays the music the sceners are talking about right now. The tunes themselves are all new, old or somewhere in between.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: Modarchive is an important source of good music for this show and the station itself. Today, we give you the tracks that's feeling the love just now. A great collection of tracks that just scored high ratings from the users and commenters. One hour of the tunes that just caught the eye of the scene. 25s
00:27 SideWinder - Jasmine
03:38 Today's first medley
03:38 DJ Daemon talks about the medley. 51s
04:24 JCH of Vibrants - Superhero Music
05:38 Nuke of anarchy - Where now??
06:54 Moog - Mr Olivia
08:13 DJ Daemon speaks: 29s
08:38 Cybelius of sonique - Take me softly
10:41 DJ Daemon speaks: 29s
11:05 Noob - Intensive care unit
13:20 DJ Daemon speaks: 61s
14:04 Claas - Chestpain
16:28 Today's first medley
16:30 DJ Daemon talks about the medley. 31s
16:57 Scarhead - Get well soon, tng
17:55 Incognito of Nexus - Palladial addiction
18:38 Yousuke Yasui - Yo-Kai Disco!
20:05 Siatek - I love you
22:41 DJ Daemon speaks: 36s
23:12 Xemogasa and Raphael - Mutual feelings
25:54 DJ Daemon speaks: 35s
26:25 Viraxor - Movie night
29:09 DJ Daemon speaks: 39s
29:43 Adkb - Resting v3
32:42 DJ Daemon speaks: 36s
33:12 Breakthru - Checksum Error
36:15 DJ Daemon speaks: 40s
36:46 Cybelius - Territories
39:55 DJ Daemon speaks: 29s
40:20 Siatek - Impulse
43:31 DJ Daemon speaks: 32s
43:58 Bigyo of Exodus - Winter Avenue 4
47:11 DJ Daemon speaks: 44s
47:51 Graff - Rain eater
51:12 DJ Daemon speaks: 39s
51:46 Awesome - Dreams of Hope
55:53 ericade.radio - With the best tracked music ever created
55:59 DJ Daemon speaks: 27s
56:23 Xemogasa - Azure
22:38 Anders Lundqvist - On the runAttributions:(Broadcast tower) Picture from Republica från Pixabay(Red hearts) Picture from Lumpi från Pixabay

Production notes:
Colophon:
"Love is in the air" is a pop-song by John Paul Young.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 87. 88 keys to heaven

A typical piano has 88 keys spanning seven octaves. It has an almost magic versatility and is hard to get sounding right when sampling it. Today’s tracked music artists tackle this huge task with great results most of the time. DJ Daemon showcases some of the best ever made and talks about them.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for another episode of Flashback – Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon: Artist and comedian Tom Lehrer. He once said about playing folk music on a piano:“I have a song here which I realise should be accompanied on a folk instrument in which category the piano does not alas qualify so imagine if you will that I am playing an 88 string guitar.”… Aaaaannnnd imagine no more. This is an hour of tracker music playing on 88 piano keys from heaven. 34s
00:36 Trackerartist – Affair
01:52 DJ Daemon presents today’s medley. 47s
02:34 Dougall and Picman of Moss – Canon
05:49 Aliasman09 – Lazy-007
07:23 Andreas Viklund – A moment of love
09:28 DJ Daemon speaks. 38s
10:02 Ceekayed – Realm of Kings
11:31 DJ Daemon speaks. 35s
12:02 cRim of Lemonride – Oldschool
14:55 DJ Daemon speaks. 32s
15:22 Reptile – End theme
17:36 DJ Daemon gives underrated song a chance. 49s
18:21 BasilWaR – The sunrise
20:44 DJ Daemon speaks. 50s
21:27 6pac – Pure
24:51 DJ Daemon speaks. 41s
25:26 The Mage – Autumn Rain
28:55 DJ Daemon speaks. 46s
29:37 Andreas Karlsson – Down (I’m falling)
34:44 DJ Daemon presents a true symphony in tracked format. 54s
35:32 The_Muzykant – Night Drive
38:07 DJ Daemon speaks. 35s
38:37 Warhawk – Eagle flights
41:13 DJ Daemon speaks. 44s
41:51 ArchAngel – Wonderland
44:29 DJ Daemon speaks. 15s
44:40 Psirius – Constellations
47:28 DJ Daemon speaks about Guardian Angels devotion to god. 31s
47:54 Guardian Angel – For What You’ve Done
55:00 DJ Daemon speaks leads you into that good night with two last songs. 33s
55:29 Daniel Luisi – Palazzo ducale
58:35 ericade.radio – An echo from a digital past
58:41 Jakim – PeripeteiaAttribution:The picture ofh the bride is by GloriaAgostina from Pixabay.

Production notes:
Colophon:
"88 keys" referes to the piano. There are a number of songs, artworks and TV-production called something like this title. It's simply saying that piano-music can be heavenly.

Tags: Music genres, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 86. Chillout!

Another chill episode! We had one last autumn, and another one here and now. Modarchive.org delivers the smoothest, softest and calmest tracks you can wish for. And DJ Daemon talks about the artists, the comments and the music.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for another episode of Flashback - Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks. 28s
00:31 Reactor Grits - Bossa nova
04:11 DJ Daemon speaks. 35s
04:43 Skaga - Bonfires in heaven
05:49 Stinkbug - Bismuth Chambers
07:08 Broomhatter - Sleeping outdoors
08:17 DJ Daemon speaks. 37s
08:50 Backlash intro - Myssy
13:16 DJ Daemon speaks. 43s
13:54 AceMan of Resistance - Homunculi
17:58 DJ Daemon speaks. 48s
18:41 Deep Throat - Caves
22:43 DJ Daemon speaks. 40s
23:17 Reactor Grits - She walks by
28:52 DJ Daemon speaks. 40s
29:29 Lzd - Alone with you!
31:47 DJ Daemon speaks. 47s
32:30 Lostboy - Eternal Memento
35:49 DJ Daemon speaks. 40s
36:24 Drax - A Forgotten Farewell
40:52 DJ Daemon speaks. 48s
41:37 Manka of pathos - Folk Ballad
45:39 DJ Daemon speaks. 44s
46:18 GliTcH - Rapture
51:41 DJ Daemon speaks. 43s
52:19 Ant1 - Detour
55:11 DJ Daemon speaks. 35s
55:42 Drax - Angel lies

Production notes:
Colophon:
Nope. None. The genre on modarchive, where I got the tunes from, is called Chillout. It's great thing.



Picture attribution:
Image by Dim Hou from Pixabay
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 85. Revision 2022, The right stuff

Revision Demoparty 2022 was last week, and now DJ Daemon has caught up! Here’s an hour with all the songs from the tracked music competition and two entries from the other compos. All narrated by DJ Daemon who loves some and… eh… Thinks less of some.Roll up! Roll up! A good time is guarranteed for all.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for another episode of Flashback – Tracks from the past
00:07 DJ Daemon: So here we are! This hour is 100% Revision 2022. The demo party that went live last weekend. As you come to expect, here is the top list from the tracked music compo. Presented by your host, DJ Daemon. 16 tracks, and what do you get? You get Come down by Bathroom Key featuring Paintcast and feline frequencies. 491 points and place 15.
00:40 Bathroom Key and Paintcaster of Feline Frequencies – Comedown
03:01 DJ Daemon: We must step on it, because there are many tracks to go. Next is place 14 and it’s Defilus with the song Torpedo rodeo. It sounds like there is a 8-bit game tune in there that got churned through a meat grinder and glued together by someone that sniffed half of it. 525 points.
03:25 Defilus – Torpedo rodeo
06:23 DJ Daemon: Next song up to play… Seems like white noise is the new black. Okkie of Dekadance is very honest when he calls his creation “This crap is broken”. No argument there. It’s at least interesting, I give it that. 571 points and place 13.
06:45 Okkie of Dekadence – This shit broke!
10:19 DJ Daemon: On place 12 we find Rainer of Digital Fishpullover. That group name is a winner in my book. Why select boring and predictable when you can join the demo group Digital Fishpullover. Song is called “Rhapsody in pretty stupid colors”. It starts out raspy, but then gets captivatingly beautiful. 587 points.
10:46 RAiNER of Digital Fishpullover – Rhapsody in pretty stupid colors
14:11 DJ Daemon: You know me, I’m a sucker for soft and melodious songs with nice synth chords. Roz of Fit and Byterapers delivers exactly that with the song called “Lonelies”. 606 points and place 11.
14:28 Roz of Fit and Byterapers – Lonelies
16:40 DJ Daemon: Raiden of Satori is all over the place with Claustrophobic Effect on place 10. It’s soft, it’s hard. It’s techno, it’s gaming music, it’s whatever it wants to be. This nets it 621 points.
16:58 Raiden of Satori – Claustrophobic effect
20:27 DJ Daemon: The next song is fascinating to me, as it seems to have an effect that sounds like an overactive audio compressor. But other than that, it sounds very classic Amiga. Except it isn’t as it was created with Fasttracker. It’s Fngl with the song “Cruising Pangaea” on place 9 with 634 points.
20:51 FNGL – Cruising pangaea
22:59 DJ Daemon: Honestly, I get more and more sure that Curt Cool is a promise of interesting, tracked tunes. He creates good stuff that has a very distinctly unique feeling to them. And “Diskthief” is exactly like that. He is a member of Depth and Nah-Kolor and gets 646 points and place 9.
23:22 Curt Cool of Depth and Nah-Kolor – Diskthief
26:14 DJ Daemon: Slaze is next with “The ark of untruths”. Nice to see something new from him as he is genuinely good artist and a bit of a friend of the station so to speak. The tune has a nice techno-feel with a sad melody that turns up in the middle. Place 7 and 654 points.
26:34 Slaze of Defiance, Hokuto Force, Starz – The ark of untruths
29:27 DJ Daemon: Next song makes use of heavy samplings that are extremely “trashy”. Everything is distorted, giving a rough feeling even when it’s trying to sound soft and mellow. Kinda cool. It’s Assassin of Void and Do not press. It obviously pressed the right buttons to get to place 6 at 672 points.
29:53 Assassin of Void – Do not press
32:14 DJ Daemon: It’s a tie. And it’s not even close to Father’s Day. 672 points for Revision X by XTD. It gets a shared position at place 6 with “Do not press”. an upbeat tune.
32:32 XTD – Revision X
34:38 DJ Daemon: I made an episode of this podcast all about e!ghtbm and noted he was at every chart! And off course he joined Revision, giving us a nice and moody tune that goes full techno mode with heavy beats. Place 5 and 682 points.
34:55 E!ghtbm – Takeshi kovac’s purgatory
38:40 DJ Daemon: Time for the funky tune of the top list? I’m not so sure. I’ll let you decide. Liqube’s Persuadertron sure sounds weird at time, but still has time for some funkiness in between it all. Place 4 and 709 points.
39:06 Liqube – Persuadertron
43:08 DJ Daemon: And now, let’s go into the medal positions! It’s bronze time and third place for Freaking funky rhythm. Ah, there it is! This is the true funky town and it’s major is JosSs. 728 leads to close to the top. This is one for the ages, folks! Cut loose! Oh, yeaaaaaahh!!!!
43:31 JosSs – Freakin funky rythm
46:16 DJ Daemon: Subi and Wreckonciled gets the silved medal and 738 points. This one has tempo and the power to reach for the stars and then land in the treetops that is second position.
46:29 Subi – Wreckonciled
49:51 DJ Daemon: The compo restricts all entries to a maximum of four minutes, but we will give you the uncut version of The Oasis. Enjoy a very welldeserved winner. It’s Bacter and Saga Musix. First place with 796 and a gold medal hopefully not made from chocolate. As winner you must check that out. That’s why all medalists bite their medals. Can’t be sure enough.
50:20 Bacter & Saga Musix – The Oasis
55:24 Romeo Knight – 50 shaders of Flötenschlumpf
59:24 ericade.radio – We love the demo scene
59:28 Jammer of MultiStyle Labs – Latest Revision

Production notes:
Standard demo party episode. This one was easy to source material for. Then again, Revision is among the most professional demo arrangers we have. So they have made it all available online. Revision is something to look forward to every year.

Colophon:
"The right stuff" is a famous book (and movie) about the space race to the moon from the perspective of the American astronauts.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 84. XYCE-ing through the music

Two guys in front of their own trackers, collaborating over the Internet and eventually moving to the same town in the Netherlands. They are Xylo (Tom Offringa) and Cerror (Roel Heerspink). Together they have created a number of albums under the name #Xyce, with VUE being the latest. Today, DJ Daemon, goes through three of the previous albums, Classeur, Pop and Mosaik.Listen to music created on various computers such as Amiga, Atari and PC and enjoy the stories about XYCE from DJ Daemon.And if you like it, buy their albums here:https://xyce.bandcamp.com/

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for another episode of Flashback - Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: Revision 2022 is wrapping up, but we have to wait for the music, so today, we won´t do that. No, instead, let me introduce two gentlemen from the tracked scene: Xylo and Cerror. Together, they from the duo Xyce. 42s
00:37 Xyce - Dix
03:30 DJ Daemon promises two hours of music from the albums classeur, pop and Mosaik.43s
04:01 Xyce - Beaucoup
06:14 DJ Daemon talks about the album Pop. 62s
07:02 Xyce - Demise
10:07 DJ Daemon tells the listeners about Xylo and Cerror and their story. 86s
11:09 Xyce - Attente
12:52 DJ Daemon continues the story about the duo.
13:34 Xyce - Petite amie rouge
16:21 DJ Daemon: Xyce, the break through.
16:59 Xyce - Aube
19:02 DJ Daemon talks what he thinks about Xyce. 43s.
19:40 Xyce - Bonjour
22:26 DJ Daemon mentions Revision 2022. 37s
22:56 Xyce - Brainfart spandex
25:56 DJ Daemon talks about his easter celebration and what his mother thinks about him shouting in the mike. 32s
26:22 Xyce - Carton
29:39 DJ Daemon talks about the podcast. 41s
30:12 Xyce - Cinquante
32:10 DJ Daemon mentions that you can buy the albums (Bandcamp) for 27 Euro. 30s
32:33 Xyce - Communards
34:35 DJ Daemon mentions his years in broadcasting and the upcoming demo party. 51s
35:20 Xyce - Couleurs
38:32 DJ Daemon notes we´re going over to the album Pop.
38:54 Xyce - Guerre
41:54 DJ Daemon: as a radio amateur, I approve of the next song.
42:03 Xyce - Morse
45:16 DJ Daemon speaks about Mosaik.
45:36 Xyce - Mauvais Genie
48:28 DJ Daemon goes about the "Pop".
48:46 Xyce - Rymdkraft - Dolph's aerobics (remix)
51:39 ericade.radio - With all the best music composed on Protracker, Noisetracker, Impulse tracker and Fast tracker
51:48 Xyce - yogourt
54:46 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night. (or not?) 42s
55:22 Xyce - Ola
58:31 DJ Daemon knows it´s not christmas, but doesn´t care. 18s
58:43 Xyce - jingle bells
59:44 Xyce -
01:01:59 One hour of uninterrupted music from Xyce.

Production notes:
Created at my mothers house during the easter of 2022. Not the best audio recording conditions, but still came out pretty decent.

Colophon:
Easy, peasy. It´s a mixup of the name Xyce and sight-seeing.

Tags: Artist presentations, XYCE, Host: DJ Daemon, 2022

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 83. The world according to GERP

GERP 2022 was held in Skövde in Sweden and presented most of what you want of from a demoparty when it comes to music. You got chiptunes and modtunes off course. But also Virgills new "AmigaKlang" was used for some of the executable tunes. Great music, with many fit for platform games that never were.DJ Daemon wryly talks about the different tunes and what he thinks about them.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio – Time for another episode of Flashback – Tracks from the past
00:07 DJ Daemon: Last weekend, GERP 2022 ran in Skövde in Sweden. So, we are now back in the demo scene season again. I almost missed this one as it looked as it was cancelled. But here we are, another demo scene top list.
00:40 Morbid of Five Finger Punch – 0123
02:00 DJ Daemon: No, it’s not the chiptune compo yet. But it almost sounds like that. Nice gamey music. Next up is place 7 and it’s Optic of Planetjazz with Leadshoes, racking up 50 points. It sounds loungey and jazzy – me likey.
02:19 Optic of Planet Jazz – Leadshoes
04:23 DJ Daemon: Place 6 starts up with a sci-fi computer blippety-blopp and then goes ambient with pretty standard rythms.It’s Amiga Junglism and Xtra Spicey Mikey and Teis and Spot of Up rough. The song is called 1st fracture and nabs 50 points.
04:23 DJ Daemon speaks.
04:47 Amiga Junglism, Xtra Spicey Mikey, Teis and Spot of Up Rough – 1st fracture
10:50 DJ Daemon: Getting warmer. We are at place 5 and Teo and Virgill gives you The Drunken sampler. It’s a very classic Amiga-themed song that could have fit well in a fast paced platform action game. I would have loved in in Robocop. It get’s 56 points and the comments note that it was made for the megadrive musicdisk by Titan.
11:17 Teo and Virgil – The drunken sampler
14:55 DJ Daemon: The next tune is on place 4 and is a parody of an old demo. It’s Swedish Kefka of Insane and the song is called Data/Grill. If you wonder why it sounds like it was composed by a cat strolling on the keyboard, it’s most likely because it was. The cat’s name is Jesse. 102 point for a clever feline.
15:20 Kefka of Insane – Data/Grill
18:19 DJ Daemon: It’s bronze time, people! Hyperunknown of Noice has created a song called “Goats and Snoblins”. That sounds like a name of a very hard game for the C64. He gets on the highscorelist with 109 point and third place.
18:36 Hyperunknown / Noice – Goats and snoblins
22:06 DJ Daemon: Silver position for Ma2E of Desire. Not bad! The tune is called Thrill 4 noise. Another fine tune that would have fit well into a platformer from the early 90s. 133 points.
22:24 MA2E – Thrilled 4 noise
25:09 DJ Daemon: I first heard of the combo Mygg and Bonefish, when they won with Brofists in Revision 2021. They’re now hitting the first place a year later with “404 crew returns”. Really? Tried to surf to them, but got a page not found error. 162 points and I’ll see myself out now…
25:33 Mygg and Bonefish of Insane – 404 crew returns
29:34 DJ Daemon speaks.
30:00 Slash of Tek – Sk0vde filler
30:46 DJ Daemon speaks.
31:13 Hyperunknown of Noice – Goathub
33:06 DJ Daemon speaks.
33:18 Hyperunknown / Noice – Goathub – Modem family
36:56 DJ Daemon speaks.
37:32 Vedder and Mygg of Insane – Bitflipping therapy
40:50 DJ Daemon speaks.
41:10 mA2E / Desire – Overjoyed by groove
43:45 DJ Daemon speaks.
44:08 Alpa / Insane – Got gerpes, hurray!
47:07 ericade.radio – We love the demo scene
47:09 DJ Daemon speaks.
47:35 Chlumpie of Bock – Brunhilde
49:18 DJ Daemon speaks.
49:54 Alpa of Insane – As we have waited
53:51 DJ Daemon speaks.
54:15 Curt Kool – Inspiracer
57:31 Ma2e of dSr – Kittys market stroll
59:32 ericade.radio – Keeps track of the past

Production notes:
A demo episode that I got almost no warning about. I actually missed it, but sprung to action and contacted the orgas that helped me sourcing almost all music. Two tunes could not be fixed. Other than that the two toplists and the extra .exe-modules make sure you get a great experience of what Gerp could was.

Colophon:
The title alludes to the book "The world according to Gerp" by John Irving, that I read as young boy.

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

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 82. Toppermost of the poppermost

Today's tracked music genre is ... Drumroll .... Popmusic. It's the music that is easily seen as nondescript and generic. But actually, the collection in ModArchive, is quite good. And it's an hour with soft and nice tunes from talented artists as presented by DJ Daemon.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for another episode of Flashback - Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks: Our fight to bring you the best tracked music in different genres have brought us to the popmusic stage. Lets explore the “The Toppermost of the Poppermost” of the ModArchive together. It's softer and more mellow than usual. Somewhere in this program, there will be a "Rob Hubbard" song hidden in one of the tracks. See if you can catch it!
00:32 Anders Akerheden - April Snow
04:04 DJ Daemon speaks: So, it's pop music today. Most genres as presented by the tracked music scene is pretty clearcut. But today's music does not really stick out as an example of something unique. But it is great and has earned it's reputation. What you just heard was Anders Akerheden with April snow. Pretty fitting as it was the 1st of April yesterday - and yes, it did in fact snow here in Sweden. Let's go on with today medley's - you only get one today - it's monster with Autumn, The Music man with Always will love you and Andreas Karlsson with 3 foot high.
04:50 Laamaa - Boogie beach
06:18 Monster - Autumn
07:32 The Musicman - Always will love you
09:36 Andreas Karlsson - 3 foot high
11:51 DJ Daemon speaks: Yup, it's mostly softer tunes today. It feels right. Tracked music seldom feature vocals and if they do, it's mostly short samplings with screams and effecs. The GreaFox actually sings on the next song called Syndrome. It seems to be about pain and struggles. Raveolution wrote on Modarchive in 2021 while rating it 9 out 10: LOL this song is crazy. I've had some episodes of serious aches and pains and can't walk can't sleep moments in my life so I feel this guy's pain. This song never ceases to get my attention. Life ain't always perfect folks. Be glad for your good health, I sure am glad for mine!
12:44 The GreatFox - Syndrome
18:00 DJ Daemon speaks: Great, let's up the tempo a bit. We need that too! Next up is Cyborg Jeff with Nectarinization: la revenge. This tune was added to the station a few days ago, and comes from Cyborg Jeff's album called Popbuster released in 2005. We played "Email to Elise" from it in last episode. He hails from Belgium and may one day get a special episode on this podcast.
18:37 Cyborg Jeff - Nectarinization : la revenge
21:50 DJ Daemon speaks: Fast, and … hmmmm… Vindictive. Or something like that. So, yes, I'm still counting the days until Revision, that opens on April the 15th and runs the whole weekend. But a few weeks still remain. Next up is the artist "The professor" and I shall spoil the challenge a bit for you. See if you catch it. What Rob Hubbard song is hidden in this tune?
22:22 Professor Chaos - Holidays
30:00 DJ Daemon speaks: Oh, you will have to wait until the end of the show before I reveal the answer. Let's try som moody guitarplay from MC Dreamer and "I don't know why". Comments from ModArchive: Pip Malt wrote in 2007, rating it 7 / 10. Nice acoustic guitar tune by MC Dreamer. Smart use of guitar squeaks to make it sound like the guitar player is shifting from note to note. The only other instruments are drums and bass, so it gets pretty repetitive towards the end. It's almost 6 minutes long. I would like more variation. Unknown commenter in 2000, rating it 9 / 10. This is simply GREAT!!! I'm just thinking about a desolated broken heart... the feeling when hearing this song is incredible... :'( Damn, it's a good sad song The guitar samples are great! And I notice the fingers passing over the strings... wow. (…)
31:09 MC Dreamer - I don't know why 1997
36:59 DJ Daemon speaks. 54s
37:49 Flyguy - Emotional hero
40:54 DJ Daemon speaks. 54s
41:44 The Genius - Increasing sorrow
46:50 DJ Daemon speaks. 47s
47:32 Robric - Baby Dreams
51:40 DJ Daemon speaks. 47s
52:22 Vitz - A journey of sorts
56:43 Robric - Pyramid

Production notes:
Colophon:
The Beatles, the world's most legendary popgroup, used to say that the aimed to be the "Toppermost of the poppermost". And, yeah, they acheived that ... No doubt about it.

Pretty fast episode to put together and a pretty fun one too.

Tags: Host: DJ Daemon, 2022