Audio from my youth

So I was playing with my SqueezeBox media player today (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/wireless_music_systems/devices/881&cl=au,en) (nice short URL there, Logitech).

One of the options is to listen to ShoutCast streaming media servers anywhere in the world. So I am having a scan through what is available and the option for C-64 as a Genre comes up. Intrigued I follow it and end up on a station called Radio Paralax which features remixes of tracks that were originally produced on a Commodore 64 either as part of games or demos of the C-64s SID sound chip.

Basically they have taken the tracks and done studio remixes to them. Most are in the dance / easy trance area.

And let me tell you it was retro-nostalgia-tastic. I did a bit of googling for some of the tracks I liked and came across whole websites dedicated to the C64 remix culture and it has a massive underground following.

This is why I love the streaming media feature on the Squeezebox - you'll always find something new and different.

The best of the remixes stuff can be found at http://www.remix64.com/.