Let’s Party Like It’s 1992!

“Winning [with] a 4ch amiga mod [in a music] compo in 2022 is kinda ridiculous, but also kinda fun right? ;)” – Jogeir Liljedahl

Last time I entered the Music Competitions at the Edison event in Stockholm the year was 2016. It’s been a while, so probably right about time to submit some tracks this year now that Edison returned to be an offline party on July 22-24.

I won two awards, both first place.

1st Place in Tracked Music Competition

1992

An Amiga MOD collaboration that I made together with Outstanding Amiga Musician Legend Jogeir Liljedahl. Yes, THAT Jogeir Liljedahl, and yes, the track is 100% compatible with old Pro Tracker 2 from some 30 years ago.

The idea was to make an Amiga Demo track as if it was 1992, only with the accumulated knowledge regarding audio engineering and, perhaps, composition to this day.

1st Place in Streaming Music Competition

Spielplatz

The guitar in the break may be fake (on purpose, since I aimed for that 90’s EDM Kurzweil thing). The sounds of children enjoying their playground is real, however.

I took inspiration from the only thing a family with small children could really do over the weekends for the past two years during the pandemic; visiting playgrounds (Spielplatz in German, since we live in Düsseldorf). That sound became a standard ambient backdrop, so I attempted to translate that mood into music.

In addition to the winning trophies, I also submitted a Techno Music Video and a C64 SID

(Because what would people say if I didn’t?!)

4th Place in Oldschool Music Competition

Sleepless Nights

A short Commodore C64 SID by me.
It is a cover, the original is one of the earlier Retrowave classics and was made by FM Attack .

3rd Place in Animation & Video Competition

Test

It looks retro because it isn’t.
This track and music video was made by myself and Jens Larsson as a test (hence the name) before we made what came to be the successful project Starchild . The material has been sitting on a shelf for decades only to be digitized, reconstructed, mastered and encoded recently.

Trophies

Two of these trophies are mine, the third was awarded for 1st place in Newschool Graphics to Tenglina , who so happens to be my wife.

Enjoy!

Link to 1992 Amiga MOD MP3 Version
Link to 1992 on YouTube
Link to 1992 Amiga MOD File
Link to Spielplatz WAV
Link to Test Music Video
Link to Sleepless Nights C64 SID Track on YouTube
Link to Sleepless Nights C64 SID Track on CSDB
Link to all Edison 2022 Competition Entries at Demozoo
Link to Edison 2022 Competition Results List
Link to Edison 2022 website