Just before the end of the year 2022 I remixed and reworked this Lizardking tune from the Amiga demoscene. Some eurosynth doskpop which you can also download for free:
In 2018 I made this remix for the C64 and Amiga demoscene, which made it to 2nd place in the 2018 Remixer Of The Year – Amiga Remix category on Remix64.com and AmigaRemix.com. I’ve long toyed with the idea to rework/revamp one of my favorite modules created by Gustaf Grefberg (Lizardking), which is a very intricate track with beautiful chord-progressions, piercing leads and a wonderful chromatically progressing bassline.
Kind thanks go out to Gustaf for allowing me to officially release this track!
If you are so inclined, please do give me a little vote on there (you need to apply for a free account on their website to do so). I might be in the running for best Amiga remixer of the year 2018, but I do need your support…
I’ve always wanted to do a remix of this track, as it is so close to my heart composition-wise. I love how Gustaf Grefberg works with chord-progressions, and especially in this tune let’s the bass run chromatically lower and lower against those chord-progressions. Sorry if that sounds nerdish, but if you had any form of musical education in your life and know a bit about solfege you know what I’m talking about. That being said, I think it is one of the hallmarks of a great composer and I’m proud to have been able to do this remix, keeping as much true to the original as possible. I wanted this remix to come out as an improved version of the original. Admittedly I did this remix totally by ear (I haven’t taken a look at the MOD in Protracker or such to see what chords are played) as I wanted to challenge myself and wanted maybe also to put a little bit of my own vibe to the track, as you mostly can hear in the bassline, which is not done with a step-sequencer or drawn into the ‘piano-roll’ by the way, but played by hand (as all parts in this remix)…
I hope you will enjoy my take on Lizardking’s Theme