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PRESS PLAY ON TAPE performed a live concert at BIT Live in Bergen, Norway on November 3rd, 2023. The band just made the entire concert available on YouTube both as a single video and as a playlist. ROC=K ON!

Although Matt Gray's Reformation 5 has been fully funded on Kickstarter over 2 years ago, for various reasons (including personal hardship) Matt has been slow with progress on this album. But today he posted a preview of a track from it on SoundCloud, which happens to be a reworking of the Last Ninja 2 Central Park In-Game Theme, the original of which first appeared on his highly acclaimed Reformation - Last Ninja 2 album.

Today marks the release of the latest C64 remix album, Encore64 Volume 2, available for free now on RKO! To celebrate the premiere, SLAY Radio hosted a release party and interview featuring several album musicians, including Barry Leitch, Jogeir Liljedahl, Bass Cadet, Teo, Turbo Knight, Tomas Danko, and Peter Clarke. Links to the 3 1/2 hour (!) long video and to the album itself are below.

Leading up to the premiere of their third album, Encore64 Volume 2, I had the privilege of being granted exclusive access to the creative team behind it for a casual online interview. Why did Barry choose to remix Tetris? How hard is it to play Warhawk on a Theremin? Find out by reading the interview at the link below!

Earlier today both the FastLoaders and Press Play On Tape released videos of their concerts: the recording of FastLoaders' concert at the 2022 BIT Live party is now available on YouTube, and so is the recording of PPOT's concert at the 2023 BIT Live party, which debuted as part of the online Transmission64 demo party. Links below!

The Commodore Retro Xpo (CRX) (based in North America) and Bit-Scape joined forces this year for their annual world-wide online event celebrating all things Commodore. On Day 2 Chris Abbott was interviewed by David Youd and Joeri van Haren where he talked about his Rob Hubbard softography Master of Magic, and several other topics. Check out the video at the link below (time marker is already set to the start of the interview).

The same blokes who already brought you two Encore albums roped in even more folks to work on Encore64 Volume 2 and they will be premiering their new album on SLAY Radio on November 28, 2024 at 20:00 (CET), so make sure to clear out your schedule for that evening! If you tune in, you'll be able to listen to many (if not all) of the tracks of the album for the first time, and several members of the Encore gang will be interviewed by Slaygon and Ziona, too. Be there, or be a square wave!

FastLoaders released their second triple-album Amiga Rocks in the summer of 2020, an album entirely dedicated to the Amiga computer and its music. Due to COVID the release party of the album could not happen until the Back In Time Live party in October 2022 where the FastLoaders performed many tracks from the album together with several original composers, like Chris Hülsbeck, Tim Wright, and Barry Leitch. The video recording of that concert will debut on YouTube on Nov 23, 2024 at the link below.

We’ve just made a big improvement to how you enjoy remixes here on Remix64. As you might know, remixes appear in either category: C64 Remixes, Amiga Remixes, and Album Releases. However, this meant that identical tracks appearing in multiple categories ended up scattered, with separate votes, reviews, and comments for each version.

Now, we’ve streamlined the system! If a remix is available in more than one category, you’ll see it all in one place. All votes, reviews, and feedback on any version of the remix now count toward a single, unified spot—making it easier to see what the community thinks and to find everything in one place. Also you'll find links to the other categories of the same release on the remix page.

This means better organization, more comprehensive feedback, and less confusion for everyone. Go check it out and let us know what you think!

A double release can still compete in both Best Amiga and Best c64 categories at the ROTY awards.

Remixers: if you have released or will release a track in multiple categories, let us know, so we can set you up. We've already linked up many past releases, but there are surely many more.

A few months ago SIDRIP Alliance surprised us all by unveiling their second album at Árok Party titled Re:ReLive. Recently I took some time to jot down a few of my thoughts about the album that have been swirling in my head ever since I first heard it. Read my short review at the link below.