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I'm really fascinated by the demoscene, but clicking on those links only gives me music which seems completely devoid of humans. And, I suppose I'm really inter
by xrd 3y ago
I'm really fascinated by the demoscene, but clicking on those links only gives me music which seems completely devoid of humans. And, I suppose I'm really interested in the demoscene because I really want to know the humans behind it.
My current favorite radio stations are things like KMHD jazz in Portland, OR, or BBC with Gilles Peterson. Great music, but they always provide such fascinating context to the people behind the music.
How do I get to know the people making demoscene art? Is there a radio station where someone can introduce me to that? Or, is this the wrong way to think about the demoscene?
- m_walden 3y agoHave a look at the following link to learn about the demoscene Demoscene https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene The music devoid of humans :-) is meant to sound that way. The history of the demoscene music goes back to the 80s and 90s on microcomputers with limited memory and other capabilities. These tunes are created in chiptunes and module files that are surprisingly small size for the amount of music they produce. See the following two links for more info. Chiptune https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune Module file https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_file https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_file
- ehnto 3y agoNot demoscene related, but I can see it intersects your interests of games and music: 8-bit music theory on YouTube covers music in depth which often includes diving into a musician's unique styles.
- keiferski 3y agoA few month ago, I interviewed a guy that covers the demoscene on YouTube. It received a lot of insightful comments on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37927344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37927344