
The complete C64 music collection                            Jens-Christian Huus


Tunes in NewPlayer v06 - v09, 1989-1990.

All these tunes were made in the editor. I made contact with a lot of demogroups
such as "Upfront", "2000 AD" and "Bones" - I managed to publish some of my work
through their demos. From player v09 I contacted "Drax" after hearing his feeble
attempts in a NOICE demo and offered him the editor - which he accepted at the
2000 AD party in Esbjerg. "Link" was the first person to achieve the editor
however, which happened with player v05. In the end of 1988 he suggested that
we ought to have a groupname - after some conversation on the telephone I then
came up with the name we have now - "Vibrants".

The music in this period was very varied in quality. Some are nice, others are
downright nasty. Listen through them all and judge by yourself.



42ND_STR.DAT    42nd Street

                A very weird tune with a very weird ending. After I named the
                tune "42nd Street" I played it in a driver on the C64 which
                could display the time - and to my surprise it lasted exactly
                42 seconds! Hmmm... anybody read "Hitchhiker's Guide to the
                Galaxy"? Well, I haven't! ;)

ACID1988.DAT    Acid 1988

                Made in 1988 but packed and released several years later. I
                remember Maduplec wanted the tune badly but I wanted to finish
                it off - I should have given it to him when he asked for it.
                I made it just as the new acid style flourished in 1988. The
                bassline really needs some filtering.

BITTER!.DAT     Bitter!

                There's a solo at 02:23.

BONES.DAT       Bones+

CARCRASH.DAT    Carcrash

                Extract from "Trapped" where the part from 02:55 was pulled out
                and saved in its own player. The name refers to the ring modula-
                tion effect which sounds like a car screeching to its doom.

CENTRION.DAT    Centurion

                If you listen to the melodic part at 00:46 you will hear a
                nice ring modulation effect.

FEEL_IT.DAT     Feel It

                Another tune that was packed and released at a much later date.

GRT_EAR.DAT     Great Ear

                Contains a daring set of notes in the end! :)

HISCORE.DAT     Hiscore

HOLLOW.DAT      Hollow+

                This became a popular introtune in both Europe and USA.

INTROZAK.DAT    Introzak

                Very short introtune made for an intro by "2000 AD". It really
                needs the filtering on the bass, something that SidPlay does
                not offer at the time of writing this.

LAXIN.DAT       Laxin'

                Laxity made a very nice panflute in one of his songs. In fact,
                it was so nice that I accidently "copied" it. :)

LEECH.DAT       Leech...

                Named so because I was using my modem a lot on the C64 at that
                time.

LONEWOLF.DAT    Lonewolf

                The only tune made in the compromise player v07. The player was
                too awkward to use any further.

MODEMTRD.DAT    Modemtrading

                A silly little song I did in my modem trading days. If you
                listen carefully you can hear that I made a telephone ringing
                followed by a modem connecting! :)

ODE_JO.DAT      Ode to JO

                Made after I heard one of JO's terrific "hard restart" songs. I
                was impressed with the way his ADSR worked on his chord sounds,
                and I tried to do the same thing. However, I didn't really know
                what it was until JO told me how it was done. I then implemented
                it from player v11.

PHERIC.DAT      Pheric

                A tune using filtering in two voices which was very special.
                Normally only one voice uses filtering. The tune was packed and
                released at a much later date.

RAINFUNK.DAT    Rain Funk

                Released in a demo at the Randers copy-party, the very best C64
                party there ever was. I remember I was proud because I got the
                idea of using filtered noise as rain before Tim Follin used it
                in his "Ghosts'n Ghouls". The rain really needs the filtering,
                something SidPlay does not offer at the time of writing this.

REALGOOD.DAT    Real "Good"

                Named so because I liked the result when I made it in 1988/1989.
                I remember I was so disappointed when I learned that "Einstein"
                of "Upfront" didn't like it - he was supposed to use it in a
                demopart. There are melodic changes at 03:09/03:39 and 04:57.

REALSHIT.DAT    Real Shit

                Actually extracted from a worktune called "Cause I Love Her So".
                I liked the start of the worktune but I thought this part
                didn't really belong so I extracted it to form a seperate song
                and made a lot of fast solo's on top of it.

SECRLAND.DAT    Secret Land

                Conversion of a hitsong from Sandra. I put a lot of work into
                making the conversion accurate. Made just before the party
                in Slagelse.

SHRT_MAX.DAT    Short Max

SLAPBASS.DAT    Slapbass

                A long tune based on a slapbass. The result doesn't really
                sound like a slapbass, but I couldn't get any closer at
                the time. Some years later, a dutch guy proved that by using
                the $51 waveform, you COULD get quite close indeed! Listen to
                a solo part from 03:01 - not bad at that time.

STYLISH.DAT     Stylish

                Another demotune for "Upfront". Listen to the part from 01:29,
                where the bassline gets faster.

STYLE_II.DAT    Stylish II

TRAINING.DAT    Training

                One of the first songs where I used a double voice drum.
                There's a very successful solo part from 02:38 to 03:12.

TRAPPED.DAT     Trapped

                This tune was originally made for a demo by "Trap" of "Bonzai".
                The melodic change at 02:55 was later extracted to form its
                own tune called "Carcrash".

ULTRAEFF.DAT    Ultraefficient

                One of the less interesting songs in this period.

WHY.DAT         Why...

                Slow song which builds up. Not very inspiring either.

X-RAY.DAT       X-Ray

                A trick introtune based on the idea of having a simple long
                filter tone in very short intro's on the C64. I got this idea
                of playing such a tone for some minutes, suddenly surprising
                everyone with a piece of music! The tone in the beginning really
                needs some filtering, something SidPlay sadly lacks at the time
                of writing this.


