Oldschool + Music >

This is a category of music both covering "obsolete" formats and styles demanded by technological limitations and the more recent hipster minimalist music.

See also Oldschool music players

My primary interests are DOS modules, and Commodore 64 SIDs.

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TODO - Hipster "oldschool" music ∞

This is a style of music either inspired by actual oldschool music or exploring arbitrary restrictions.

This style can flow into Trance Music.

• C418

  • Minecraft - Volume Alpha
• http://www.pressplayontape.com/ c64 revival band

Oldschool Music > Radio ∞

• Kohina

• SLAY Radio

Oldschool Music > General ∞

• 2a03

  • The NES Music Archive

• Grayscale

  • There are some productions listed.

• Demodulate

  • A demo music collection

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• Infinite Game Music
• Videogame music archive
• OverClocked ReMix
• http://hawknest.stacken.kth.se/c64/index.htm -- c64 audio cd highlights - sweet links
• remix.kwed.org - The definitive guide for c64 remixes -- downtime as of 29 Mar '04

• ftp://ftp.modland.com/ ftp.modland.com - 390,478 modules online in 298 different formats. Incomprehensible.

Oldschool Music > Downloads > Tracked ∞

(MODs, etc)

• www.modarchive.com - Absolutely massive archive of tracked music.

• http://hafnium.prg.dtu.dk/%7Etheis/stil/MODs/ - These MOD tunes were covered by c64 SID artists.

  • See http://gallium.prg.dtu.dk/MODs/

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• st-00 - .MODs in memoriam
• http://metamacro.com/modulez/

• http://www.modplug.com/ - an archive, and a search engine, a forum etc etc. Definitely check it out.

Oldschool Music > Downloads > Amiga ∞

• www.amigaremix.com
• AMP - Amiga Music Preservation
• amigames.soundbomb.net - amiga games music
• UnExoticA - Music collection
• www.amigascne.org - There are music files around there somewhere.

• http://asle.free.fr/groups/groups.html - lists groups, with a huge breakdown.. and then has hand-converted tunes. Whoa.

Oldschool Music > Downloads > Atari ∞

• ASMA - Atari SAP Music Archive

• http://www.igf.edu.pl/%7Egregus/scene.php Greg's stuff on his homepage is more complete than what's in ASMA.

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• http://sc68.atari.org/musics.html

  • Downloaded 2009-05-03, and since it was last updated 2003-11-18 it's looking abandoned. =/ The website has some browse/search features.
• http://www.ym2149.com/download.html ( shozan.sytes.net/~meth/atarist/music/ ) -- Recorded from an actual Atari and then converted into an OGG file.
• Atari ST YM2149 Archive

• Fading Twilight - Atari music-collections mirror

  • iso archive

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• Dead Hackers Society

  • .. has all kinds of downloads, including a [http://atarimods.dhs.nu/cgi-bin/ mod archive]

Oldschool Music > Downloads > c64 ∞

• HVSC - High Voltage Sid Collection

  • HVSC's BOV - best of VARIOUS
  • ASD's HVSC Listing
• CGSC - Compute's Gazette Sid Collection
• www.6581-8580.com - SIDs recorded on actual hardware and converted into mp3s.

• Compute's Gazette Sid Collection

  • This is separate, as the HVSC doesn't have Gazette sids.

• http://www.replayer.com/sids/cgsc/ - Keeps an archive of the above CGSC SIDs.

Oldschool Music Resources ∞

• MAZ Sound Tools - News and such, on trackers etc.
• defacto2 music links
• Kohina music links
• http://www12.homepage.villanova.edu/adric.riedel/tunes.htm
• VORC - News on video game music and chiptunes. Looks like it's largely dead.

• ExoticA - Wiki

  • forum

• http://www.ucpzone.com/linx.php