Tracker Music

When I was 16 (in 1996), by accident, I discovered tracker music via Scream Tracker 3. I got hooked, and continously made music ~23 years. In between I upgraded to classical sequencers, bought multiple synthesizers, and even appeared on a CD release

09/1996: le jour de la vie
02/1997: triste
04/1997: Journey into ice
05/1998: tune105
07/1998: Future Days
11/1998: sea of dreams
03/1999: Lloret de Mar
03/2000: End of days Remix

le jour de la vie

Apart from an extremely pathetic title it features everything a good happy rave track would ever need in 1996. Except a good singer maybe. Contrary to many tracks I made in 1996 it's actually not really bad.. just happy rave.

Equipment:

The track was done in Scream Tracker 3.21. Later on, when Impulse Tracker arrived, I added voices and stuff in IT2.14

Other Info: extremely happy happy rave

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 4:33m
Bpm: 150

I always liked this track, And I still like it, although one can clearly see it's age through the chosen instruments (pizzicato anyone). But it nevertheless managed to create a sublte melancholic atmosphere, and the melody is quite nice.

Equipment:

This track was done in Scream Tracker 3.21 and lateron reedited in Impulse Tracker 2.14.

Other Info: trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 4:25m
Bpm: 140

Journey into ice

Created this just before I went to Denmark. It's a bit Trance, a bit House, a bit playing with melodies. Nothing special here, I wouldn't call it worth the download today.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14

Other Info: trance/house

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 5:02m
Bpm: 125

tune105

This would be the first indication of that weird pop/toy/happy/techno mixture I kept on making till 2001. It's like happy rave, only slower and with weird instrumentation which makes it even less believable. Could fit some ¸berhappy anime; Ah well and the melody is nice.

Equipment:

Scream Tracker 3.21, lateron reedited in Impulse Tracker 2.14

Other Info: happy japan techno rave

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 4:32m
Bpm: 157

Future Days

Ah, 1998, Mouse T's Horny was in the Charts and some of my friends had started a Party-DJ project. So they asked me if I could make some Intro Hymn for them. This ought to be the result; The melody is quite nice, just a tad boring, and even the rest is acceptable Happy Rave. Just quite basic.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14, Cooledit

Other Info: happy rave

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 3:20m
Bpm: 150

sea of dreams

If you like 1998 style commercial trance house music, someway between Nalin & Kane's Beachball and slight boredom, you could dig this track. The sound quality is quite good, I'm actually astonished about that. And it creates a very warm chill mood. If you're into this type of music, try it.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4 Most Instruments and Samples come from MAZ 'no. 1 instruments' disc.

Other Info: house trance chill

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 4:57m
Bpm: 135

Lloret de Mar

Hell yes, don't even ask about that title, kthx. Made that before me and my friends went into a chinga chinga holiday in the beforementioned town. I really couldn't define the style of this track, let's call it somehow techno. It's a bit like my later Happy Rave things, just without rave and without happy. But still somehow listenable..

Equipment:

The good old Impulse Tracker 2.14p4 including the Cutoff-Filter Xmas present (I loved those). Most Instruments & Samples come once again from MAZ no. 1 Instrument disc

Other Info: somehow techno

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 3:46m
Bpm: 140

End of days Remix

This is a remix from the Angel's voice in Schwarzeneggers 'End of Days'. I created it after listening way too much to Hard Trance and Hardcore music stuff. This was actually the last track I made before I decided to give up making music, because I felt so empty. If it hadn't been for remix.overclocked.org, lateron, I had probably really stopped here. You might like this one if you've seen the movie, and if you're a fan of hard trance.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4, and Modplug Tracker 1.x

Other Info: hard-trance

Kind: Remixes
Length: 4:46m
Original Artist: John Debney- Bpm: 145

Video Game Remixes

In 2000, I started submitting music to a video game remix site called Overclocked Remix. Here is a selection of remixes I've done. Some more can be found here.

Chrono Trigger - Belthasar Remix

This was my first OCRemix submission. I didn't even believe that David would accept this submission, but the fact that he did really motivated me to continue making music. This track was originaly just a re-remix of an older original I had made. in the beginning of 2000 I had decided to stop making music. So the approval of this track by David made me continue making music. I'll always thank him for that. This is nice D'n'B like music, on the verge of being boring :)

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4

Other Info: drum 'n bass

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 2:33m
Original Artist: Yasonuri Mitsuda- Bpm: 150

Final Fantasy 'Progressive'

This is not really good quality standard Techno, with an acid prelude. Nothing outstanding, just standard.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4

Other Info: hard techno

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 4:12m
Original Artist: Nobuo Uematsu- Links: OCRemix Entry- Bpm: 145

Maniac Mansion [go w*ld]

This was an attempt at creating a whole track in Cooledit 1.1. Even the melodic structures were created using pitch-shift on samples; The basslines are from the NES-Version of the game, I recorded Emulator-Output. The sudden end of the track is due to a lack of harddrive-space :) This is some definate crazy distorted drum 'n bass music. If you like harder D'nB or even Schranz, you might really like this..

Equipment:

Cooledit Pro 1.1, NES Emulator, Maniac Mansion Rom

Other Info: drum 'n bass

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 4:25m
Original Artist: David Warhol- Links: OCRemix Entry

Chrono Trigger - Millenial Fair 2001

This track inherites much of the stuff I learned during the creation of my earlier originals, like for example tune105. Many people liked the Idea of merging Mr. Wells Time Machine with the Chrono Trigger Universe. It's a nice track, but the Japan happy techno style I used here makes it everything but honest.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4, Modplug Tracker 1.x, Cooledit Pro 1.1

Other Info: japan happy toy techno

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 4:19m
Original Artist: Yasonuri Mitsuda- Links: OCRemix Entry- Bpm: 140

Chrono Trigger - Blue Minded God

I really digged AmIEvil's 'Samus Strut', so I kinda wanted to create something with a similar laidback beat. I think I added a bit too much bass in this one, and I hardly did the Magus Theme justice, but it's still a nice Magus Remix I'd guess. Nothing special, but nice to chill to. It's actually the first of a set of Magus Remixes I did over the years. I really like the Magus Theme :)

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4, Modplug Tracker 1.x and several VST Effects

Other Info: ambient black electro

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:34m
Original Artist: Yasunori Mitsuda- Links: OCRemix Entry

Mindcream

I stole alot from Blank & Jones, or at least i tried to. It's basically me playing around with my new synth. The melody ain't to bad, and it even has a nice build. Nothing I'd do today, but back then it was probably a bit trendy.

Equipment:

This is one of the few tracks where I used Impulse Tracker 2.14p4 (+cutoff extension) under DOS to control via midi the Access Virus a Synth. The drums come from Impulse tracker, I recorded the stuff via a 2. Computer in Cooledit Pro 1.1

Other Info: mellow trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 2:20m
Bpm: 135

Startropics 'Beachparty'

F4T4L3RR0R asked me to remix this track, so albeit I never played the game, I remixed it. It's nice listenable Gay rave, mostly due to the fact that the original theme is really nice and like..born for rave. Catchy would be a welcome description. If you liked Startropics - go for it.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4 under DOS triggering an Access Virus a. Cooledit Pro 1.1 on a 2. coomputer recording the mess. That voice sample is made using the Virus built-in vocoder

Other Info: mellow rave

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:36m
Links: OCRemix Entry- Bpm: 150

Radical Dreamers - Reve d'ordinateur

Part of the OCRemix Radical Dreamers flood of 04-01. Funny stuff, 11 Remixers remixed the very same track and submitted it at the very same time. This track is a mixture of Drum'nBass and Orchestra, adding some electronic elements. The sheer beauty of the original tune add's to this one. And I managed to use Matrix-Samples :) I like this track.

Equipment:

Sequencer: zTracker 0.6 Most of the Synths: Access Virus a Strings / Piano: Soundfont Drums: Fruityloops 2 Mixing & Mastering: Cubase 3.7

Other Info: electro orchestra dnb

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:00m
Original Artist: Yasonuri Mitsuda- Links: OCRemix Entry

Zelda3 - Kakariko Rave Party

If I had to judge the top 3 from all Remixes I submitted to OCRemix, this one would be among them. I like it, It's catchy, fresh, funny and creates a nice mood. No drawbacks here, apart from the mastering, which is not too good, but then again, who cares about that :)

Equipment:

Sequenzer: Modix, Synth-Sounds: Access Virus A Drums & Orchestra Strings: a nice Soundfont 90% of this remix comes out of the Access Virus.

Other Info: happy rave

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:18m
Original Artist: Koji Kondo- Links: OCRemix Entry- Bpm: 145

Mortal Kombat 1 - Chaos Screen

I created this one for the original Sarbatka1. I'm not too fond of this one. It's just sub-basic trance, featuring voice samples from the game. Worth a download if you liked the game and like techno.

Equipment:

Sequencer: zTracker 0.7 Sounds: Access Virus a

Other Info: techno

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:08m

Chrono Trigger - Magus, Darkness Infected Angel

Well, this was my 2. Magus Theme Remix. It's trance style, with some acid 303like sounds, 909like kicks etc. If you like Magus, this is worth a download.

Equipment:

zTracker 0.7 Access Virus a Soundfont for the Drums

Other Info: trance

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 2:34m
Original Artist: Yasonuri Mitsuda

Secret of Mana - Ice Crystal Fields Forever

It really took me a long time to create this track. I've been working on it from time to time during about 3 months. It really creates a nice cold feeling of loneliness. The beginning sample is me, walking through our garden after jogging. The mastering is quite wrong, too many highs, but it's still worth a download if you haven't already done so.

Equipment:

Sequencer: zTracker 0.8 Synth-Sounds, Pads: Access Virus a Drums: Soundfont Mixing: Cooledit Pro 1.1

Other Info: ambient

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 4:01m
Original Artist: Hiroki Kikuta- Links: OCRemix Entry

The Great Giana Sisters - Epic Diva

Giana Sisters was the first game i seriously loved. It dominated the computer experience of my childhood. Years later i wanted to pay hommage to it's beautifull theme. This piece is Ambient Electro Music, and it's light. I like it alot.

Equipment:

zTracker 0.8 Access Virus a

Other Info: ambient electro

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:24m
Original Artist: Chris H¸lsbeck- Links: OCRemix Entry

Magical Drop 3 - Drum 'n Jpop

I created this for the VGMix 1.0 opening. I used to play Magical Drop3 against my Girlfriend alot. And i really started to love the One-on-One melody in the game. So I remixed it in some happy d'nb fashion. I still like this remix, and I think it fits the original theme quite well. You should definately try this one, even if you've never played the game. Very very catchy

Equipment:

Sequencer: zTracker 0.9 Sounds: Propellerheads Reason 1.0

Other Info: happy drum 'n bass jpop

Kind: Game Remixes
Length: 3:09m
Original Artist: Gamadelic- Links: OCRemix entry

euphemism to

My submission to JoeCam's EarthBound "Bound Together" project.

A Cafe Del Mar like lightweight soft house track.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1 Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0

Other Info: house

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 5:55m

Original Music

After improving skills on tracker music and videogame remixes, I started making original music. Particularly the early ones are not very good, but some of them (marked with a *) are pretty solid As I focused more on programming I more and more lacked the time to properly focus on music.

01/2001: Outfreakin
05/2001: electrolux trois
05/2001: durch fuer gegen
12/2001: lightwave
03/2002: electrolux quatre
05/2002: electrolux cinq
11/2002: Joe Cammisa - Unheard Desires XXL
11/2002: ineffectual class
11/2002: Diggi Dis, Joe Cammisa - Come Back Remix
01/2003: euphemism to
02/2003: la chatte formidable*
09/2003: Pornolino
11/2003: a gush of exasperation*
07/2005: Just a Friend*
05/2013: Liebesbeweis*
04/2018: Mustang*
06/2019: Immerzu*

Once again I was playing around with my new synth. Once again I managed to create a not so bad track; It's standard commercial trance (gay trance). Playing around with cutoff and stuff. The melody ain't that special either. I just upped it here for the record.

Equipment:

Impulse Tracker 2.14p4 + Cutoff Extension under DOS controlling the Access Virus A. Recorded with Cooledit Pro 1.1 on a 2. computer

Other Info: mellow trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 4:07m
Bpm: 140

electrolux trois

This is my first honest aim at creating non-commercial electronic music. It was just merely a test, an attempt, but kinda managed to be not that bad, being the first of it's kind i chose to include it here. Pads, Strings, frequency-modulation resulting in a fluent cold feeling. Btw. there has never been an electrolux une or electrolux deus.

Equipment:

Jeskola Buzz 1.1 and several generators

Other Info: electro

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 3:19m
Bpm: 120

durch fuer gegen

It seems the more I try the worse it gets. This was, back then, a serious attempt at creating good trance music. Listening to it today i've to control myself not to blush. It's a weird merge of techno, videogame music and acid, and definately everything but mastered. It was my first playing around with Cubase 3.7, maybe that explains the mess

Equipment:

zTracker 0.71, Cubase 3.7, Fruity Loops 2, Waldorf Attack, and the DSP-Compressor on the Creative Live, and the Access Virus.

Other Info: videogame acid trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 3:31m
Bpm: 140

lightwave

I vaguely remember anything from the creation of this track, but I think I was deeply impressed by the stuff Lasgo released back then, so I tried to copy him. Basically standard gay trance, but the quality surpasses most of my previous work. (Oh yeah, and I wanted to impress my GF :))

Equipment:

Cubase SX 1, Access Virus, Propellerheads Reason 1, Waldorf Attack, Roland RS-5

Other Info: mellow trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 3:18m
Bpm: 135

electrolux quatre

The next track in my electrolux triology. Way better than the previous one this is one of the first times I actually created listenable melodies, and listenabled music which is not techno or trance or anything commercial. If you like the later sarbatka stuff, go for this one. It's actually even a hint at how my musical taste would proceed. I think i made this track in 40minutes, I'm not 100% sure, but I think so.

Equipment:

Propellerheads Reason 1.0

Other Info: electro

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 2:14m
Bpm: 125

electrolux cinq

The last track in my electrolux triology. The style is much like electrolux quatre, but the chord progression is really nice, I'd call this a worthfull download, too. Nice pads, all in all quite ambient and chilly. Go for it.

Equipment:

Propellerheads Reason 1.0

Other Info: electro

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 1:57m
Bpm: 110

Joe Cammisa - Unheard Desires XXL

Joe rocks world. He asked several artists if they could remix his Come Back track so his girlfriend would come back. I agreed and created this track (as well as a 2. one with Disposer, see below). It's one of my first attempts at orchestral music thingies as well as some weird D'nB. It lacks quite some elements, but it's overall a good listen. You should try it, and besides, Joe rocks.

Equipment:

Propellerheads Reason 2.0, Access Virus A, Joe Cammisa

Other Info: orchestral drum 'n bass

Kind: Remixes
Length: 3:52m
Original Artist: Joe Cammisa- Links: [Joe Cammisa](http://www.joecam.net The ComeBack Remix Project)- Bpm: 150

ineffectual class

new incredible techstep dnb stuff from me. love it or hate it. Features porn samples and a trumpet - so you have to love it.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1 Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0 Jenna Jameson

Other Info: drum 'n bass

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 3:47m

Diggi Dis, Joe Cammisa - Come Back Remix

This is the first colloborative work between the grand Diggi Dis / Disposer and me. We remixed Joe Cammisa's Come Back together so his girlfriend would come back (and she came :)). I'd describe this as some new style rave trance Stuff, definately worth a listen. Disposer created some awesome melodies for this one.

Equipment:

Cubase SX 1, Propellerheads Reason 2.0, Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Waldorf Attack, Diggi Dis, Joe Cammisa

Other Info: new style rave trance

Kind: Remixes
Length: 6:21m
Original Artist: Joe Cammisa- Links: [Joe Cammisa](http://www.joecam.net The ComeBack Remix Project)- Bpm: 140

euphemism to

orchestric hardcore darkstep dnb. I really like the orchestra stuff I have in here at the end of the track, and it's great how it mixes with the dnB music yay for fucking genre categories.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1 Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0

Other Info: drum 'n bass

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 4:37m

la chatte formidable

rich soundscapes, horny sadness, demanding textures. and a beat. I created this track for a girl I met, some relationships simply can't exist due to life being a bitch. I really love the sad melody.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1 Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0

Other Info: electronic lounge

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 5:19m

Pornolino

I actually never finished this track, this was supposed to be a demo I send to some friends. However since the demo is not bad, and since I never ever worked on that project again, I felt it would be the best idea to release it here. This is, once again, Gay Trance, but this time including good production quality. It's really not bad, this thing, adding another month of work, would probably have had a bit of hit potential. In 2003. Oh the name is due to an insider-joke from my 2003 Italy holiday.

Equipment:

Cubase SX 1.0, Propellerheads Reason 2.0, Access Virus A, Roland RS-5, Waldorf Attack.

Other Info: commercial mellow trance

Kind: Archived Originals
Length: 1:50m
Bpm: 140

a gush of exasperation

lush strings, incredible lyrics, some kickass drums all adding to some definate lounge. Featuring the grand voice of Joe Cammisa. This one is a really outstanding track. If you didn't download any track from this site, download this one.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1 Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0 Joe Cammisa

Other Info: electronic lounge

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 6:03m
Links: JoeCam

Just a friend

Angry electronic guitars, overreaching synthesizers, orchestral strings, a very fat beat, and Joe Cammisa, whose emotional lyrics were recorded right after he came out of a failed relationship. This musical style of this track is very difficult to explain, but it is a fantastic track if you're lovesick.

I invested a lot of work into this track: Joe's vocals are heavily modified and there're several guitar parts which were assembled with a strong attention to detail so they could fit the overall melancholic feel. Vocals and lyrics are by Joe Cammisa who, once again, outdid himself. This tracks style lingers between Massive Attack and Coldplay but with a stronger tendency towards Massive Attack.

Equipment:

Sequencer: Cubase SX 1, Renoise Sounds: Access Virus a, Roland RS-5, Propellerheads Reason 2.0

Other Info: Trip-Hop Pop-Rock

Kind: Sarbatka
Length: 4:56m

Liebesbeweis

Sarbatka · Liebesbeweis

First new track release after my hiatus. A house track with a strong amount of delay on everything and a melancholic mainline to fit in with the sparse lyrics. Lyrics are sampled from German social scientist Niklas Luhmann. They're from a video interview where he explains his scientific analysis of love and passion. Translated, it means: "A token of love is when you deliberately and knowingly give in to what the other person expects you to be."