Zapped to the Past

This week we take a look at one of the most influential musicians in electronic music and certainly on those composers working on the Commodore 64. Come with us then on a magical journey of light harps, Moogs, and songs that seem to go on forever as we wait patiently for Cousteau on our beach of electronic enigmas and dive into the world of Jean-Michel Jarre. 

 

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Discography | Discover all albums of Jean-Michel Jarre

Yie Ar Kung Fu (C64) Main Theme 

Magnetic Fields, Pt. 4 

 Jarre arr. by Rob Hubbard - Zoolook (Oscilloscope View) 

Zoolook (new mastering) 

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/G/Gibson_Tony/Jammin.sid&subtune=10

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/C/Crowther_Antony/Son_of_Blagger.sid&subtune=2

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/Daglish_Ben/L_O_C_O.sid&subtune=1

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/H/Hansford_Graham/Trollie_Wallie.sid&subtune=3

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/C/Cooksey_Mark/Bomb_Jack.sid&subtune=1

https://www.lemon64.com/game/captain-blood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPOZRG-yGs&list=RDeCPOZRG-yGs&start_radio=1

John Keating - The Uknown Planet

John Keating - Space Agent 

Shibolet

Whip Blow (Remastered) 

Ancestors 

Last Ninja 2 (C64) tune "inspired" by "Midnight in Tula" 

Last Ninja 2, The Mansion OST

Alchemy of the Heart

Gary’s Recommendations
 

“Switched on Rock” 1969 and all the Moog-related albums that sprang up in early 70s

 

Isao Tomita

“Snowflakes Are Dancing” 1974

“Firebird” 1976

 

Walter/Wendy Carlos

“Switched On Bach” 1968

“The Well-Tempered Synthesizer” 1969

“Sonic Seasonings” 1972

“A Clockwork Orange” 1972

 

Tangerine Dream

“Atem” 1972

“Zeit” 1972

“Phaedra” 1974

“Rubycon” 1975

“Stratosfear” 1976

“Sorceror OST” 1977

“Encore” 1977

 

Edgar Froese

“Epsilon In Malaysian Pale” 1975

“Ages” 1978

“Stuntman” 1979

 

Klaus Schulze

“Irrlicht” 1972

“Cyborg” 1973

“Black Dance” 1974

“Moondawn 1976

 

Vangelis

“Heaven and Hell” 1975

“Albedo 0.39” 1976

“Spiral” 1977

 

Kraftwerk

“Ralk & Florian” 1973

“Autobahn” 1974

“Radioactivity” 1975

“Trans Euro Express” 1977

“The Man Machine” 1978

 

Brian Eno

“Evening Star” 1975 (with Robert Fripp)

“Another Green World” 1975

“Ambient 1” 1979

 

Popol Vuh

“Affenstunde” 1970

“Seligpreisug” 1973

 

Harmonia 

“Musik Von Harmonia” 1974

 

Manuel Göttsching

“Inventions for Electric Guitar” 1975

 

John Carpenter

“Assault on Precinct 13 OST” 1976

 

Absolute Everywhere - In Search of the Ancient Gods (concept album on the work of Daniken)

1976

 

William Sheller (French composer)

“Lux Aeterna” 1972

 

Yellow Magic Orchestra

“Yellow Magic Orchestra” 1979

 

Steve Hillage

“Rainbow Dome Musick” 1979

 

Laurie Anderson

“Big Science” 1982

 

Gershon Kingsley - “Popcorn” 1969

Joe Meek/The Tornados - “Telstar” 1962

The Shadows - “Apache” 1960

One-off melodic instrumental hits!

 

Krautrock bands - Neu! / Faust / Can / La Dusseldorf / Harmonia / Kluster/Cluster. 

The “Berlin” school - Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze / Ashra - emphasis on long form improvisations. Jarre added melody and “pop” elements to this way of working.

 

Modern composers: Stockhausen / Erik Satie / John Cage / Arvo Part / John Adams / Henryk Gorecki

 

Minimalists: Steve Reich / Philip Glass / Terry Riley

 

modular synthesists: Don Buchla / Suzanne Ciani 

 

Avant-garde composers in the electro-acoustic fields: Eliane Radigue / Alvin Lucier (“Sitting in a Room”) / Xenakis / Stockhausen / Pierre Henry / Edgard Varèse /  Pierre Schaeffer and musique concrete and all that bollocks

 

https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/jean-michel-jarre-favourite-albums-interview/

Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Nine of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the wet egg filled Alien 3, the janky Jimmy’s Super League and the burgerless McDonald Land.

 

Games covered in this episode:

Alien 3

Jimmy’s Super League 

McDonald Land

WWF2 European Rampage Tour

 

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Additional links mentioned in the Podcast:

https://www.lemon64.com/doc/alien-3/45

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0009866/JimmysSuperLeague_Back.jpg

https://www.lemon64.com/doc/mcdonald-land/375

https://www.lemon64.com/doc/wwf-european-rampage-tour/658

This week we take a look at one of the strangest, visually arresting and most enduring science-fiction franchises from the 1980s, Tron. We explore the process of disintegrating oranges and Space Paranoids, the arcade games, the cartoons, the subsequent films, theme parks, and the reason something can only exist for 29 minutes. So get set as we don our neon suits, jump on our light cycles and take it straight to the MCP! End of Line. 

Stuff covered in this episode:

Tron

Tron - The Arcade Game

Discs of Tron

Tron 2.0

Tron: Legacy

Tron Evolution

Tron Ares

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Additional links mentioned in the Podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35_xITQIPc

https://downloads.khinsider.com/search?search=tron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMT8tRrEMC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78pl1FUXfA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YShVEXb7-ic

Once again we venture to the retro fueled C64 adventureland of ZZAP! Live ... We bump into some of our amazing Patreons, have some chats and some drinks with them, check out all the brilliant warez on offer including t-shirts, mugs, books, magazines, joysticks... everything!.. AND of course the Winner of the Christmas Clacker competition finally gets their prize... Lots of fun. It is recorded live so the audio quality varies from loud to annoying - but enjoy anyway! And remember to support the Kickstarter for the Zapped to the Past Book at https://www.zappedtothepastbook.com

 

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https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=1585

https://www.lemon64.com/doc/stratego/1260

Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Six of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the magical Mayhem in Monsterland, the flaccid Fist Fighter and the impressive International Table Tennis.

Games covered in this episode:

Mayhem in Monsterland

Fist Fighter

International Truck Racing

International Table Tennis

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https://www.lemon64.com/doc/stratego/1260