YERZMYEY-Interphase,Ye olde square,Oldschool MODe.Chiptunes/MODs.Amiga,Atari ST,ZX Spectrum music

YERZMYEY - "Astral Combat" (March 2013)

Cover-art by Yerz, beautiful picture on the left - by PIESIU

YERZMYEY - "Astral Combat"
(C) 2013

Tracklist:
01. Astral Combat
02. Comet Day
03. Industrial Fucking Part 5
04. Taiyou
05. Dance of Insanity
06. Kaminari
07. Electrobody (ZX48 Cover)
08. DIG IT
09. Proof of concept (a bonus track)

Total time: 26:50 min.

All music has been made on standard ZX Spectrum and SampleTracker program.

Infos: 3 channels, 4-bit quality lo-fi micromusic.

Recorded from real hardware: ZX Spectrum 48K with AY-interface.

The 7th song is a cover of Daniel Kleczynski's famous song from equally famous Polish classic PC game from 90s - "ElectroBody".

By they way - the cover has an official acceptation from Daniel, which I'm proud of. :) :)

The BONUS-TRACK is really a proof of concept, I made for the idea of playing simultaneously two ZX Spectrum computers,

where one is playing chiptune music and the second one is playing digital music (6 channels in total).
I was wondering if it keeps tempo properly - and it appeared it works OK.
I don't know if it sounds very well, but at least sounds kind of interesting, I'd say.
One Spectrum is playing a chiptune part from ZX SoundTracker 1.1.
The second Spectrum is playing a 3-channels 4-bit digi-music from SampleTracker 2.1.
Also recorded from real ZX Spectrum computers.

A ZX Spectrum version of the album

YERZMYEY - "RetroBeat" (October 2012)

Cover-art by Yerz

YERZMYEY - "RetroBeat"
(C) 2012.

Tracklist:
01. Critical Density
02. GeoCosmos
03. Interdimensional Crusader
04. RetroBeat
05. Into aphelium
06. From desert to forest
07. Arcane Zone
08. Time machine

Total Time: 31:53 min.

Ethno vocal in track no. 06 by Moonslayer

BitJam version of BitJam Episode #159

YouTube BitJam #159 version

This 8-channels music has been composed on AMIGA 1200 with standard 020 CPU (14Mhz) and recorded from real hardware

(with slightly changed stereo).

Software used: DIGIBOOSTER 1.7.

YERZMYEY - "Strange Light Under My Bed" (October 2012)

Released by UbikTune

Cover-art by 7th Seal Arts (ex: Joulo, ex: Habib)

YERZMYEY - "Strange Light Under My Bed"
(C) 2011-2012.
Pulished by Ubiktune.

DOWNLOAD: http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi051-yerzmyey-strange-light-under-my-bed

Full-quality size cover-art indisde the archive.

Tracklist:
01. Noise reduction (Atari Falcon 030)
02. Unknown radiation spectrum (ZX Spectrum 128K)
03. Enormous magnitude (ATARI 520ST)
04. Strange light under my bed (AMIGA 500)
05. Starlies (ZX Spectrum 48K)

Total Time: 42:19 min.
DOWNLOAD: http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi051-yerzmyey-strange-light-under-my-bed

INFO:

Berlin School is a kind of trance/ambient/experimental electronic music invented in Germany and played by such artists as Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze and others. I remember my surprise when I found out that those musicians, playing mostly in 70s, were often using rather simple electronic instruments (especially in comparison to modern monster-machines) and 80% of their incredible cosmic sound was... recording studio effects. The most obvious next thought was: if that's the case, then maybe I could re-create those conditions but with... retro-computers? :)

That's how this album was created. Here you find trance/ambient music composed on several retro platforms, recorded track by track, with a lot of studio-effects added, to create — along with those classic sound-chips — some mysterious cosmic atmosphere. The only instruments (and sequencers) were the retro-computers. All the material has been recorded from real ancient hardware track by track and put through sound-effects. Like, if Jean Michel Jarre or Tangerine Dream would be making music on ZX Spectrum, Atari or Amiga — the final outcome would be still the same as it is now.

Instruments/sequencers:
- ZX Spectrum 128K
- ZX Spectrum 48K
- Amiga 500
- Atari 520 ST
- Atari Falcon 030.

Retro-software used:
- for Spectrum 128K: SoundTracker 1.1
- for Spectrum 48K - Orfeus/SpecialFX
- for Amiga 500: OctaMED 4.0
- for Atari 520 ST: Music-Mon V2.5e
- for Atari Falcon 030: ACE Tracker 0.997

Sound-chips used in individual machines:
- ZX Spectrum 128K: General Instrument AY-3-8912
- ZX Spectrum 48K: Zilog Z80A + Ferranti ULA 6C001E (beeper)
- Amiga 500: Paula 8364
- Atari 520 ST: Yamaha YM2149F
- Atari Falcon 030: Motorola DSP 56001.

Recording studio sound-effects and modern software used:
- Zoom RFX 2000
- Zoom Studio 1201
- Behringer Xenyx 1002 FX
- Behringer FEX 800
- Cool Edit Pro 2.1
- Sony Sound Forge 8.0.

In general - recording-studio effect used:
- track-by-track recording
- filters
- phasers
- choruses
- flangers
- delays
- noise-gates
- echoes
- reverbs
- equalizers
- compressors
- limiters.

Enjoy then.

YERZMYEY - "ZX81" (June 2012)

Cover-art by Yerz. Main photos by Bill Lunney http://retroconsolepics.com/ . Additional photos by Martin http://www.8bity.cz/ .

This is a collection of songs made on ZX81 with TurboSound for ZX81 (two ZonX interfaces - on different ports - to play simultanously 6 channels).
**ALL** has been written on real ZX81 machine - NO EMULATORS have been USED.
All titles are somehow related with ZX81 machine. ;)

The album is for fans of YM2149 and for AY fans.

Tracklist:
01. Yerzmyey - ZX81
02. Yerzmyey - New Line
03. Yerzmyey - UrsULA
04. Yerzmyey - Motherboard Circuit ISSUE ONE
05. Yerzmyey - Break Space
06. Yerzmyey - Earport
07. Yerzmyey - Touch sense

TOTAL TIME: 29:39 min.

Full 3-pages cover-art to download.

Software files for ZX81 with ZXpand + ZXpand_AY + Mr X.

Software files for ZX Spectrum with TurboSound - two YM/AY chips.

(Seems like WildPlayer requires some extra RAM 'though)

INFO:

ZX81 is a British monochrome computer as big as an adult man's hand-palm. It has touch-sense keyboard and 1Kb of RAM only and it's been released in 1981 (American version is Timex 1000 and Timex 1500).
It had a modular construction, so people weren't forced to buy all the hardware in one machine, if they didn't need it. So - if anybody required additional RAM, he could buy 16Kb RamPack or more.

If somebody needed sound - he was able to buy a ZonX sound-module (with YM/AY chip inside).

Finally we decided it's not enough for us. ;) ;) ZonXes are still being produced by various guys. And now - one machine is interesting for our porpose: Mr-X, because it is a through-out device - more interfaces can be connected to it. So - we decided to connect two sound-modules to ZX81 (one of them is on different ports than another) to obtain 6 channels of sound.
And... IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! ;) Yes - You can here listen to 6-channels music composed on real ZX81 32Kb with two YM/AY interfaces (ZXpand-AY and Mr-X). Also I recorded the music from real ZX81 hardware.
To compose the songs I used Andy Rea's "ZX81 SoundTracker" (first I made one half of every song, then the second one, because the SoundTracker for ZX81 can support only one AY chip - 3 channels).
Then I recorded them from the same ZX81 with ZXpand-AY and Mr-X modules (using TurboSound Player).

Thanx go to Andy Rea for the software (ZX81 SoundTracker, TurboSound Player), also to ZX81 hardware developers: SirMorris (ZXpand and ZXpand-AY) and to Sascha2000 (Mr-X).
If You're interested in getting new junk for Your ZX81/Timex1000/Timex1500 (and other clones) then RWAP will help You: http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/zx812.html
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(C) & (P) 06.2012 by YERZMYEY

YERZMYEY - "XL DIGITAL" (July 2010)

Cover-art by Yerz

This is an EP album made especially for fans of Atari 800XL / 65XE (64Kb of RAM and one POKEY chip). However the music still can work on higher XL/XE configurations, including machines with HDD, 2 POKEYs and COVOX. The album contains 4-channels digital music. It was made with use of NeoTracker by EPI.

Recorded from real hardware, a stock ATARI 800XL.

All the music is also available in native Atari XL/XE format, in a demo "XL DIGITAL" that has 2nd place in Glucholazy 2010 Atari Party.

For MOD files fans, I uploaded the sources in Amiga/PC format too.

Tracklist:

01 - Mountain in the Sky
02 - Fuji Rave
03 - Tokyo Gondwana
04 - XL Dance
05 - RAVE'olution
06 - Bunny on the Moon

TOTAL TIME: 19:11 min.

A track "Tokyo Gondwana" is dedicated to Lo-Tek_Style (an electro musician from Atari ST scene).

YERZMYEY - "INTERPHASE" (May 2009)

Cover-art by Factor6/AY-RIDERS

This is another small EP made by humble me, with a guest bonus-track by Factor6/AY-RIDERS, and published by DWD Records. :)

It contains chiptunes composed for AY chip (3 channels of sound and white-noise generator).

Tracklist:

01. Yerzmyey - 16Kb (2008)
02. Yerzmyey - It’s only a joke ;-) (2008)
03. Yerzmyey - 5th channel (2006)
04. Yerzmyey - Juh (2006)
05. Yerzmyey - Oxygene (2007)
06. Yerzmyey - Noise (2005)
07. Yerzmyey - 16Kb tune 2 (2009)
08. Factor6 - Taio Byte (bonus/guest track) (2009)

Yerzmyey’s music has been made on ZX SPECTRUM 48kb with AY interface
Factor6’s music has been made on ZX SPECTRUM 128kb.

TOTAL TIME: 25:38 min.

Cover-art project by Factor6

YERZMYEY - "Ye olde square" (December 2008)

Cover-art by Yerz

In 1989 (as a teenager) I bought my first ZX Spectrum (it was Timex 2048 to be precise) and I started to make chiptunes. (Jee, in 2009 it will be already... 20 years!! Fuck, I'm old). First of them were for beeper and then - in 1990 - I bought AY interface and started to make 4bit micromusic. My first songs were really crap and they sound rather like shitty music from 80s games. ;) Then was (I hope) better and better. ;)

This is a chiptune album made on ZX Spectrum 48Kb with AY interface, containing my old traxx made in time I wasn't so much into the AY synthesis, and used almost only standard square wave.

The album/compilation has been published in December 2008 as a Christmas gift for chiptune-fans, however the songs come from 1998 - 2002 (that's where the title comes from :) ). Maybe somebody will be interested.
I didin't add here my really *old* AY songs (1990-1996) because they are mostly _really_ bad. :) (They are available somewhere on da Net, in form of Spectrum demos 'though ;) ).

Merry Christmas for all chiptune/micromusic freakz!!!! :)

YERZMYEY/AY-RIDERS

PS: While making the cover-art of this album, I used not only PC (inscriptions) but also ZX Spectrum (these photos are screenshots from Speccy :) ).

Tracklist:

01 - Nothing left (2002)
02 - Don't smoke that (1999)
03 - Mirages (2001)
04 - Ballad (1998)
05 - And so it is (2000)
06 - Strange (1998)
07 - Sad tune 2 (1999)
08 - Don't smoke that 2 (1999)
09 - Where is love? (2001)

Cover-art is here.

Info-file is here.

TOTAL TIME: 30 min.

(P) 2008

YERZMYEY - "Oldschool MODe" (2008)

Cover-art by Factor6/AY-RIDERS

This album contains 4-channels MOD music I wrote throughout years, since 1994, for Amiga 500, Atari ST and ZX Spectrum. Besides, You can find here 3 guest-songs - MODs make by Factor6, TDM and Epi; the MODs have been made for ZX Spectrum and Atari XL/XE.
I hope You like this old-school stuff. :)

Tracklist: