Flashback, tracks from the past – ERICADE.RADIO

The fly-over states in the USA are those that the planes flying above will just pass, on their way to bigger cities in more populated areas. And the latter part of July and the first weeks of August are like that. Vacation, less stuff going on… But that does not mean less to do! In this show DJ Daemon talks about the demo parties we have had this year, the upcoming ones, wonders if Workbench is be...

It took some time, but now, the podcast episode that covers Edison Party 2021. It ran from the 9th until the 11th of July 2021 and DJ Daemon was there in person, broadcasting live. This episode will give you the whole tracked music compo from the last position to the winner, with a short note about each artist. As you come to expect by now. Playlist: 00:00 Flashback – tracks from the past – Show i...

GubbData 2021 is still running as I write this, but the demo compo was yesterday and gave six artists a change to really show their Amiga tracker talents. In this show I play them all and also comment on GubbData and the compo. UPDATE: This final results are now in:First place – Slaze – Temporal AnomalySecond place – Vintrospective – An answering moodThird place – Caramel of Proxima – JargonautSla...

I had no idea what I was doing when I started this episode. I called it “Happy summer days” and started sourcing the tunes. When I recorded the intro it was meant to be about a specific summer, but I quickly expanded the scope and ended up thinking about a personal story with something about retro computers or retro technology from my favourite summers in the 90s and 00s. I left the intro as it wa...

So Tina Turner may not need another hero, but we need more villains! A proper villain has to have a reason to be who he or she is or we don’t want them. So meet the villains of this episode:Andrew “I’m right – damn the consequences” Ryan - Bioshock 1.Donkey “But Mario is the evil one” Kong – The Donkey Kong series. Sarah “I will bathe in your blood, but I’m the victim here” Kerrigan – Starcraft 1...

Ok, we covered the pirates. Now let’s talk DRM or Digital Rights Management. It’s the manual lookups, the code wheels, the servers that cannot validate your game and the bloody dongles… Playlist: 00:00 Flashback – track from the past – show intro 00:08 DJ Daemon speaks: A few weeks ago it was all about the pirates, the crackers and the Warez d00dz. But we must also look at the things the gaming co...

Tonight, we go to the big Jazz club in the sky … Or maybe it’s the cloud where all the great Amiga, Atari and PC jazz-tracks can be found. DJ Daemon remembers one of Swedish radio’s best: Leif “Smokerings” Andersson and pays tribute to him. Are our parents that played records on vinyl and listened to the radio in the 50s any different than us, who played games and listened to computer music in the...

On wednesday, a major part of the station failed mid-broadcast. The station was back an hour later, but left the recording desk inoperable. DJ Daemon has fixed up enough of it to allow the podcast to be made. But no time for cool stories. It’s about the music and some upcoming features. Tags: Host: DJ Daemon, 2021

Forndata 2021 Summer is over and brought a lot of joy to the demoworld from Visby in Sweden. It was off course online only, but presented demo-, C64- and tracked music compos as you’d expect from a true demo party. The start was on time and there were few problems until the OctaMed-tune from heck just would play and was disqualified. The line up was good and the tunes were all up to the standard y...

Today we talk about the pirates! Not the Errol Flynn type, but rather the community of Warez Doodz and crackers are under scrutiny here. DJ Daemon delves into this from a Swedish perspective. I know I may seem negative to the warez community, but that’s mostly the warez BBSes which used to have a mentality of superiority that struck me as rather unappealing. I’m kinda amazed by the tecnhological p...

From France comes the Shadow party 2021 and between 2021-05-21 and 2021-05-23 the virtual doors opened for a brand new demo party. We jumped at the chance to broadcast the tunes the same day they competed, so we did not know who had won. But we know now:The winners:1) TDTTDHAD – The Demo Track That Didn’t Have A Demo – CS-Jay / Desire Persuasive Music Slide / Polka Brothers2) Evolution / Ma2e and...

The ERICADE Radio Network is now officially a true tracker music broadcaster and not limited to just Amiga modules. With this change, it’s time to look back at what tracker music is and delve into its rich history. From Karsten Obarsky and the Ultimate Soundtracker on the Amiga and to todays Fast Tracker multi channel magic – it’s been quite a ride. Like Emmet Brown in back to the future, we ask o...

The future of the station? Is it so bright we have to wear shades. Maybe not, but there are a number of interesting things going on:The door is open for ALL kind of tracker music, ever if it’s strictly not said Amiga. Impulsetracker modules with 64 channels will not run on the Amiga, but it’s still a tracker tune. We’re venerating the Amiga in spirit. Still, the large majority of all tunes on this...

So, it was not meant to be… Most that compete, fail. That’s the rule of most games. Jack Tramiel named his company “Commodore” (a navy rank) as he throught the computer business was a war. Today we commemorate the failures, because they weren’t often not bad, just unsuccessful. From the ilfated Amiga 600 to the Texas Instruments TI 99/4A. DJ Daemon remembers the days of infighting between hordes o...

“Retro feeling” is what I call everything that feels retro without being just that and the “Retro spirit” is keeping the retrostuff alive as in new Amiga demos and tracker mods. Covered:Thimbleweed parkDust – an Elysian tailStranger thingsWhy are most retrogeeks guys? Swedish radio show HassanHow the 2020s is to the 1990s the same way as the 1950s was to the 1920s Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback –...

Revision 2021 online is over and people from all over Europe and elsewhere assembled to show the world that the retro computer scene still matters! On Saturday third of April 2021, 15 entries fought in the tracker competition. And in this podcast, we will play them all! Be advised, there will be some swearing, so please don’t listen if it offends you. DJ Daemon walks you through the contenders and...

The whole Saturday was one big fight against compressors, limiters, scripts, virtual machines and all the other “tech gods” out there. But the station sounds better than ever and I’m too tired to create a big show. Instead you get some banter and the newest music to enter the station. A really super mix of the smoothest and the coolest beats the Amiga mod scene can muster. The Revision Demo scene...

Viruses are no fun, but we have had to contend with them since the 70s. The Amiga had its share of them like SCA, Bytebandit, Saddam Hussein, Lamer exterminator and some others. Some just wrote cute messages, whereas others deliberately or by mistake destroyed your data. Let DJ Daemon take you back to the 80s and guide you through the less popular parts of Amiga history. Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flas...

Two months before Amiga Flashback came to be, this show went on the air and due to technical problems it was lost for the ages. Like a digital Indiana Jones, DJ Daemon went into the dangerous ruins of the old server and dug the treasures out of the maw of oblivion. The show that went on the air 2020-10-12 at 6 pm is now back, restored and the broken elements carefully repaired. This is the inaugur...

Last year, we had a weekly station update. Not anymore. So here is a nice summarization of all that’s going on. And… Some soft and nice Amiga music for your pleasure. We even try three artists’ take on the song “Jamboree”, all pretty different… And very cool… Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro 00:08 DJ Daemon speaks 23s 00:30 A-lin – Through the border 03:45 DJ Daemon speaks 76s 05:01 Ya...

Allister Brimble composed a lot of the most famous Amiga-tracks in the early 90s and was frequently contracted by Team17. DJ Daemon has licensed the 2014 remixes of the old songs and plays them here for you and also talks a little about the games themselves. Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro 00:08 DJ Daemon talks about the song. 00:38 Allister Brimble – Superfrog Title 02:47 DJ Daemon t...

This time, we play a list of selected tunes rated 8 / 10 on the Amiga Modules Archive. DJ Daemon speaks about games such as Silent Service and Utopia. Mentions how he impressed his brother with an Actiion Replay II on the Amiga and notes that the demo scene in Sweden is still not up to much right now… Darn this Covid19. Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro 00:08 DJ Daemon introduces the sh...

This time, we play a list of selected tunes rated 8 / 10 on the Amiga Modules Archive. DJ Daemon speaks about games such as Silent Service and Utopia. Mentions how he impressed his brother with an Actiion Replay II on the Amiga and notes that the demo scene in Sweden is still not up to much right now… Darn this Covid19. Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro 00:08 DJ Daemon introduces the sh...

Due to a heavy work load, the Saturday episode of Amiga Flashback had to be broadcast on a Sunday. This time DJ Daemon focuses on the music and selects a set of more chill tunes. The bpm varies between brisk and calm, but it’s more beautiful vibes and nice synth chords than heavy beat today. Errata:17:57 : The SSI-intro is actually a commercial demo for some upcoming SSI-games. Thanks to Bittin_ f...

Hackers are mythical creatures that just get in everywhere. Hacking is alas used as ersatz magic in many games and Hollywood movies. DJ Daemon tires of this and tries to find some games and movies that does this in a reasonly correct way. He uses a very generous definition of “correct”. But the suspence of disbelief is a strong force of nature. So let’s just accept this as a proper hacker story. P...