Theme

The entries had to be remixes (a mashup or a medley) of two or more original C64 SID tunes or Amiga modules from at least two different composers. The remixers had to select tracks from the list of composers below who were VIP guests at the party, and only from these composers (i.e. their remixes were not allowed to remix tracks from any other composer):

• Barry Leitch
  • List of modules by Barry Leitch (only Amiga modules!)
  • List of SIDs by Barry Leitch
• Chris Huelsbeck
  • List of modules by Chris Huelsbeck (only Amiga modules!)
  • List of SIDs by Chris Huelsbeck
• Matthew Cannon
  • List of modules by Matthew Cannon (only Amiga modules!)
  • List of SIDs by Matthew Cannon
• Tim Wright
  • List of modules by Tim Wright (only Amiga modules!)
• Jeroen Tel
  • List of SIDs by Jeroen Tel

Examples

Acceptable Entries

• a remix of a Chris Huelsbeck Amiga module and a Jeroen Tel SID
• a remix of a Chris Huelsbeck Amiga module, a Chris Huelsbeck SID and a Jeroen Tel SID

Invalid Entries

• a remix of two different Chris Huelsbeck tracks (has to be a remix of tracks from at least two different composers)
• a remix of one Jeroen Tel track (has to be a remix of at least two tracks)
• a remix of a Rob Hubbard track, a Chris Huelsbeck track, and a Jeroen Tel track (Rob Hubbard is not one of the VIP composers listed above)

Additional Rules

• Format: MP3s only
• Remixes had to be new, never before published pieces.
• The remixes could be of any length, but at the compo they were faded out after 4 minutes.
• Only one entry per remixer was allowed at the compo.

Voting

Each voter could vote on which entries they wanted placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Voting took place online at Remix64.com, and attendees at the BIT Live 2021 party could also submit their votes on a piece of paper (which were turned into a simple machine-readable CSV file). Both online and analog votes were then counted by a Python script as follows:

• 1st place votes got 3 points
• 2nd place votes got 2 points
• 3rd place votes got 1 point

The total number of points for each entry determined the final list of winners.

Rules

• Remixers voting on their own entries had that specific vote disqualified.
• Voters who voted the same tune for 2 different places had their entire ballots disqualified.

Participation

• There were a total of 10 valid entries to the compo.
• We received 61 valid online votes.
• We received 4 analog votes on paper at the event.
• There were 2 invalid ballots.

Entry #1 - Giana Alloyrun

by DJ Space

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Great_Giana_Sisters.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Alloyrun.sid (C64 SID)

Entry #2 - Rubicon Poker Pro (My Tea's Gone Cold)

by Wobbler

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Hollywood_Poker_Pro.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Rubicon.sid (C64 SID)

Remixer's comment:

So … here's some sort of Huelsbeck/Tel-blend with a Dido- layer sprinkled on top. Is it kosher? Not really. But … the weirder – the better?

Enrty #3 - Katapillar Eliminator (BIT 2022 edit)

by Tim Forsyth

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Katakis.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Noisy_Pillars.sid (subtune 1) (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Eliminator.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Ice_Age.sid (C64 SID)

Remixer's comment:

My original remix was nearly 8 minutes. I tried to cut down the second half of this track to fit in all bits I wanted people to hear, I nearly succeeded! I hope you fade slowly enough for the Katakis lead come back in at 4:02!!!

Entry #4 - CyberFour

by 0supereg0

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Cybernoid_II.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/L/Leitch_Barry/Xenophobe.sid (C64 SID)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Turrican II (Amiga)
• Tim & Lee Wright: Shadow of the Beast II (Amiga)

Entry #5 - Rubi Conned Gianas Sisters At Hollywood Poker Hard And Heavy, Tried To Turbo Outrun Them, But Was Captured By Two Supreme Cybernoids

by Vred

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Rubicon.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Great_Giana_Sisters.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Hollywood_Poker_Pro.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Turbo_Outrun.sid (C64 SID)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Hard'n'Heavy Title (Amiga)
• plus one chord riff of Supremacy and Cybernoid II

Remixer's comment:

… Now I feel the urge to write very bad fan fiction inspired by this remix😉

Entry #6 - Batman Powerhouse

by Mordi and Jogeir

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Powerhouse.sid (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/C/Cannon_Matthew/Batman_the_Movie.sid (subtune 9) (C64 SID)

Entry #7 - Silkworm Powerup

by fluke73

A remix of:

• Barry Leitch: Silkworm Main Theme (Amiga)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Turrican Title Theme (Amiga)

Entry #8 - ChinawareTurkey

by Philip Bak

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Hawkeye.sid (C64 SID)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Turrican (Amiga)
• Chris Hülsbeck: The Final Fight (Amiga)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Traps (Amiga)
• Chris Hülsbeck: Shoot or Die (Amiga)

Remixer's comment:

I got some Uranium! I bought it off my mom.

Entry #9 - Giana Overlords

by Eivind Sommerstein

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Great_Giana_Sisters.sid (subtune 5) (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Supremacy.sid (subtune 1) (C64 SID)
• Also briefly contains /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Planet_of_War.sid (C64 SID) and /MUSICIANS/L/Leitch_Barry/Emlyn_Hughes_International_Soccer.sid (C64 SID)

Entry #10 - On Top of Myth

by Johan Andersson

A remix of:

• /MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/To_be_on_Top.sid (subtune 1) (C64 SID)
• /MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Myth.sid (C64 SID)