Flashback, tracks from the past – ERICADE.RADIO

Erik Zalitis (DJ Daemon)

Flashback - tracks from the past lovingly remembers the demo parties, sometimes the games and the stories from a retro past. All music is retro style and almost entirely composed on Amigas and PCs from users world-wide. Take a trip down memory lane with DJ Daemon - a Swedish retro geek with a sarcastic attitude and a never-ending love for all things Commodore, demo scene and retro.

  1. 5d ago

    170. Demozoo with Gasman: preserving demoscene history

    Demozoo is in the center of the demo scene, making sure all productions are catalogued, stored and documented. Today, DJ Daemon meets Gasman - the leader of Demozoo who also co-founded it. They talk about the history, present and future of Demozoo and the demo scene itself. And also discuss what it means when artificial intelligence has taken over, why its a challenge to make sure the data is correct and if Demozoo can become the demoscene's Spotify.Playlist:00:00 Flashback, tracks from the past - this time with a scener interview00:06 DJ Daemon speaks with Gasman about the history, present and future of DemoZoo.00:30 The autumn parties and the newcomers keeping the scene lively.01:43 Gasman on 300+ prods, the Spectrum, the TIC-80 and We Are The 8-Bits.03:26 From Demotopia to Demozoo: how the site was born.07:46 Why the demoscene must be archived.08:58 Demozoo as the Wikipedia or IMDb of the scene.10:13 The biggest impact: settling arguments, the Meteoriks and In Memoriam.12:03 How Gasman found the demoscene through Your Sinclair.13:38 Why the whole database is published as an open dump.15:06 What stays private: passwords, real names and data protection.16:15 Missing credits and how the community fills the gaps.17:37 Fix me beautiful, the Discord and the admin-only actions.19:29 Link rot, scene.org and the end of untergrund.net.20:54 Why it is called Demozoo, and modelling very human data.22:23 Music playback, the Mod Archive and emulators in the browser.25:31 The post-party crunch: entering results while the compo runs.28:19 How Demozoo, Pouet and scene.org work together.30:02 Vandalism, locked profiles and admin-only edits.32:21 The biggest challenge: time to develop.33:10 Are old scene sites secure enough to stay online?35:10 The PHP flaws, the broken certificate authority and Django.37:34 The bus factor and who takes over in 20 years.39:52 Removal requests, GDPR and the historical record.42:26 Handling name changes for transgender sceners with care.44:36 The disputed RSI founder claim.46:14 AI in demos: supplementing skills, not replacing them.48:31 The teadrinker Pebble demo and the AI rules at Deadline.50:08 The AI shader showdown, live coding and losing your skills.52:24 AI scrapers, Cloudflare and an API flood on Deadline weekend.55:59 Keeping the scene alive, caring and inclusive.57:31 Outro and the song Gasman picked.58:13 Fighting Words by Bright White Lightning and Dubmood feat. goto80 and Master Boot Record. (Razor1911)01:03:40 Station ID. Production notes: Recorded this interview on the 25th of October 2026 over Riverside with Gasman talking from his home in Great Britain. Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Voices of the demo scene, Guest: Gasman

    170. Demozoo with Gasman: preserving demoscene history
  2. Oct 24

    169. Fresh tracker music from the Mod Archive

    DJ Daemon has looked through latest additions on the Mod Archive and they are rocking it! In this episode we also showcase the work of scener and artist Metalzone80, who mixes soft chords with heavy riffs. He has been making Impulsetracker tunes since the late 90s gets his own medley. Also in this episode: a famous Atari site shuts down, citing anger with all the AI in the demo scene, we also talk about how to get better artist information and not to forget: an interview that will come next week. Enjoy your autumn podcast listening with some really good tracker music.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon00:05 DJ Daemon welcomes you to the show and tells you about the artists Vogue and Metalzone80 that will be heard a lot this hour.00:29 StereoMan - August nights03:03 Flashback, tracks from the past - here is a medley of nice tunes03:09 DJ Daemon gives you a Metalzone80 medley, with Masternama's Happy side!03:48 Metalzone80 - Grow.04:55 Masternama - Happy side!06:07 Metalzone80 - Mukikous07:34 ericade.radio - Flashback, tracks from the past jingle 107:41 Metalzone80 - Jake09:14 Metalzone80 - The impossible11:02 DJ Daemon wonders why there aren't more rock and metal-song in the tracker scene.11:33 Sysfins - Good skooler13:20 DJ Daemon tells you the sad news that Fandal has stopped updating his demo scene website citing AI-generated content and falling traffic.14:43 Vogue - Unwheel introduction17:11 DJ Daemon tells you to continue "scening" even when AI prods get more and more common. Keep creating demos and music no matter what.18:39 Beyond - Horizon21:17 DJ Daemon gives KMetalzone80 another play on the station.21:33 Metalzone80 - Winter snow25:01 DJ Daemon mentions an upcoming interview that will be on the podcast in a few weeks.25:36 Vogue - Nolle-song28:40 DJ Daemon is happy Flashparty is coming in a week.29:15 T.m.o.j - Stanley 2k32:32 DJ Daemon recommends you to get your news from news.scene.org.33:10 Void.a engineering - e-4-3kk36:58 DJ Daemon wants you to speak back. Send your opinions to radio@ericade.net37:25 Vivid - Overdose41:23 DJ Daemon is amuzed how protecting a screen has him taking regular breaks. This is probably a blessing in disguise.42:12 Cannibal - Peace (Revolutional Remix)47:29 DJ Daemon talks about the infamous "Trackerartist", and how fix that problem.48:16 Trackerartist - Ph-hugi53:53 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night with the next song.54:17 Lunari - Goagnostic01:00:46 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene Production notes: This one took longer time to get done than I had hoped. The reason was a heavy workload with a lot of projects. But here we are with a set of tracked tunes in a mix that will brighten your day.Errata: I put Masternama's Happy side! in the Metalzone80 medley, without realising it. I did play the song that was supposed to be there later, so nothing was last. Sorry. Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Just playing the music

    169. Fresh tracker music from the Mod Archive
  3. Oct 10

    168. Deadline 2026 Music Highlights

    Deadline 26 ended just a few days ago, but delivers on a promise of good tracker music from the demo scene. DJ Daemon has finally started making those toplist episodes again and this time it's more of a selection than a countdown. Listen to DJ Daemon's picks from Deadline 2026: 13 demoscene tracks spanning Amiga, FastTracker, SID, streaming music and more. NOTE: This is a new version that have removed a mistake in my wording that I didn not understood had negative meanings. I'm not a native English speaker, so mistakes can happen. My apologies.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin00:06 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.00:36 MonoToni - Oh so happy04:04 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.04:32 Wrighter - Planefiller06:39 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.07:07 Crome - Kon kon09:41 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.10:06 Alysius - Zombie Walker12:51 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.13:19 JCO - A new slice of funk16:14 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.16:47 W.O.T.W. - Dots feel love!19:47 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.20:19 Alysius - Beyond the lightwave (Ultimate)23:55 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.24:13 Saga Musix - Light wave27:55 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.28:15 Slaxx - No Nordlicht 202632:42 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.32:59 Dualtrax and Artfx - Palmarius37:48 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.38:14 N4cer - Invasion42:09 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.42:45 Obolebe - Dawn dance46:43 DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.47:22 Bacter and Jeenio and Saga Musix - Keep running51:26 DJ Daemon presents the song from Xenium demo party and also thanks the artist.51:53 Slaze - Anubis revenge54:32 DJ Daemon presents a song from the Arok competion earlier this year.54:59 Eivind Sommersten - Delicate58:13 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into that good night with the last song.58:42 Fsfreak - Smile!01:01:01 ericade.radio - With music from the Arok, Deadline and Flash demo parties Production notes: It's the first proper demoscene toplist since 2025. And this one was made as a selection rather than a classic countdown episode. It was a good collection that really made it a breeze to make a good selection.Note: this is an edited version of the podcast due to a very unfortunate mistake in wording. My apologies. Tags: 2026, Deadline, Host: DJ Daemon, Deadline 26

    168. Deadline 2026 Music Highlights
  4. Sep 21

    167. What's hot on the demo scene?

    The demoscene is delivering hot, new tracker music and the parties are plentiful right now. DJ Daemon tells you what you need to know about the "AI demo-productions" debate, the new login feature for radio.ericade.net and how SceneSat is giving the scene a brand new feature: Shazam for your chiptunes.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon00:06 DJ Daemon introduces a brand new track that competed in Evoke 2026.00:35 Bacter and Jeenio and Saga musix - Upwards04:07 ericade.radio - Flashback, tracks from the past - here is a medley of nice tunes04:13 DJ Daemon presents the first medley of today. Some really nice tunes comes your way.04:31 Trough - Wip 1105:35 ericade.radio - Flashback, tracks from the past jingle 105:41 Clearwater - Rise and shine06:41 Enacostione - missing you08:07 ericade.radio - Flashback, tracks from the past jingle 208:12 s32k - Peachs castle midi09:25 DJ Daemon wonders in which castle the princess is hidden and talks about the new cool waveforms of the songs on the website.10:28 JustOrb - Pollen eller nektar14:39 DJ Daemon explains the debate about AI in demo productions and the controversy.15:40 Falcon - Cosmic outflow20:06 DJ Daemon lets you in about a thing that might be coming to SceneSat soon - Shazam for chiptunes.21:06 dr. Snuggles - It's a booty time24:09 ericade.radio - Flashback, tracks from the past - here is another medley of nice tunes24:15 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today.24:57 Amaryllis97226 - Rain (Remake)26:12 C20g - The risky rescue27:44 Lord Louvre - Wasp kg19 remix29:17 Lord Louvre - In87 sundays30:59 DJ Daemon brags about ericade.radio's new comment and login features.31:58 C512w - The real one34:17 DJ Daemon thinks we should talk more about the new cool tools that have come available recently.35:07 C20g - Inside my world39:07 DJ Daemon and Coreus are going to Revision 2027.39:56 River - Cavern42:19 DJ Daemon thanks Ziphoid for the guest status on SceneSat.43:11 C20g - Inside my world47:35 DJ Daemon notes that more "Voice of the demo scene" episodes coming up.48:29 Zabutom - How not do a co-op50:59 DJ Daemon tells you to tell us what you think about the station.51:40 BenxarPaq - Merged feelings54:04 DJ Daemon leads you into the good night with the last two tunes.54:39 Cerreur - Crack 0657:03 Slinx92 - Purple sky01:00:41 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene. Production notes: The latest from the demo scene autumn 2026. Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Just playing the music

    167. What's hot on the demo scene?
  5. Aug 15

    166. The last day of Edison demo party 2026

    It's time to close the book on Edison demo party for this time. Join DJ Daemon and Coreus live from M/S Borgilla in Stockholm on the 18th of July 2026 where we talk to D.Fox and fsFreak. We also give you one hour of everything you want to know about Alexander Brandon, the legendary artist and then we hold a roundtable with Nocturn about retro games and the joy we got from them.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - We are Live from the Edison demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus00:09 DJ Daemon and Coreus welcome you to the show and debate on how to pronounce the next song.01:22 The REW - Rivendell04:14 [Interview] DJ Daemon and Coreus talks to scener D.Fox. He is a old hand in party organizing and also the brains behind "Partymeister" a software he is famous for breaking every now and then.15:20 Martin Iveson - Jaguar XJ220 Amiga Game Main Theme (Luther's remix)19:36 [Interview] DJ Daemon and Coreus continues talking to D.Fox.33:54 Leviathan - Tranquility36:39 [Inteview] D. Fox talks about Revision and his work with the demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus.53:11 Vogue - Ambient Llght54:34 ericade.radio - You're listening to a broadcast from the Edison demoparty in Sweden54:39 [Interview] The last part where DJ Daemon and Coreus let D.Fox tell the story about meeting sceners in real life.01:01:22 Sumo lounge - Gerbera01:04:35 ericade.radio - We help organize the Edison demo party here in Sweden.01:04:42 Skaven - Walk It Off01:08:08 Swallow - Bambi01:11:18 Trackerartist - Retrospective an*s01:16:54 ericade.radio - You're listening to a broadcast from the Edison demoparty in Sweden01:17:00 DJ Daemon and Coreus talk about the upcoming roundtable where we will meet up with Nocturn.01:17:34 Trackerartist - The ballad of Romeo01:21:44 [Roundtable] Nocturn joins Coreus and DJ Daemon over Discord. We talk about retro games generally and more specifically "Warcraft", "Stunt car racer", "Monkey island" a01:46:11 Jor-el - Synti tansit01:49:06 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!01:49:15 {Roundtable] Coreus, DJ Daemon and Nocturn continue their journey into old games and stories from a retro gaming past. The games are "Civilization", "Street sports basketball" (Epyx), "Skate of die", "California games", "Street rod", "Icewind dale", "Baldur's gate", "Fallout", "Halflife", ""02:12:29 Alexander Brandon - Jazz Jackrabbit 2 main menu02:15:40 ericade.radio - You're listening to a broadcast from the Edison demoparty in Sweden02:15:46 {Roundtable] Coreus, DJ Daemon and Nocturn complete the third part of the discussion and talk about games then want to play during summer. Games: "The longest journey" and "Civlization VI".02:22:56 Master boot record and Dubmood of Razor 1911 - E1M77702:29:24 Dubmood of Razor1911 - Forever blue morning sky02:32:09 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!02:32:19 [Interview] DJ Daemon and Coreus talks to fsFreak. We talk about the Tic80 battle and the challenges of programming a computer that never existed.02:41:10 Wiklund - Hoffmans potion02:44:20 Candybag - space debris02:50:06 Cecil Paladin - Fantasy land02:53:04 DJ Daemon tells you about the upcoming artist special and then talks some to Coreus who just came back to our studio.02:55:02 Motherchip and Malmen - Thousand sunflowers02:55:40 Vincent Voois - Cycles of the mind02:58:44 Leviathan - Tranquility02:59:05 Alexander Brandon - White hare03:04:26 [Special show] ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with a stories from the retro past03:04:33 Coreus and DJ Daemon starts the Alexander Brandon special.03:05:56 Alexander Brandon - Jazz Jackrabbit 2 main menu03:09:07 Coreus and DJ Daemon talks about Brandon's history.03:11:22 Alexander Brandon amd Michiel van den Bos - Unreal Tournament Title03:12:44 Alexander Brandon - Unreal Tournament menu03:14:44 Coreus and DJ Daemon talk about how Brandon became involved in other gaming studios.03:16:39 Alexander Brandon - Deus Ex main theme03:19:00 Alexander Brandon - Versalife03:20:30 ericade.radio - This is Flashback, tracks from the past - the podcast that covers the demo scene03:20:38 Coreus and DJ Daemon delves deeper into the tunes of Alexander Brandon.03:21:35 Alexander Brandon - Marinated rabbit03:27:38 Coreus asks DJ Daemon if he knows about Brandon's voice actoring.03:29:53 Alexander Brandon - Dark groove03:30:03 Alexander Brandon - Unreal Track 2 [Bonus Track From 1995 Tech Demo]03:31:56 Coreus and DJ Daemon talk about Unreal.03:34:55 Alexander Brandon - Dark groove03:43:11 Alexander Brandon - Go down03:46:12 Alexander Brandon - Dig (Beta)03:49:46 Jazz 2 - Bonus Stage Remix (Unused)03:53:22 Coreus thanks you for listening to the four songs in a row and talks about what Brandon is doing today. DJ Daemon talks about "Dust an Elysian tail".03:56:40 Alexander Brandon - NYC Streets03:58:55 Alexander Brandon - Pull back the brass04:05:34 ericade.radio - This is Flashback, tracks from the past - the podcast that covers the demo scene04:05:41 Jazz Jackrabbit 3 - Greenland04:08:49 Alexander Brandon & Michiel van den Bos - Unreal End Theme04:13:26 DJ Daemon and Coreus wrap up the show and talks about Firage's tribute to Alexander Brandon.04:14:35 Firage - Buns and Guns04:16:41 Vincent Voois - Cycles of the mind04:20:04 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!04:20:14 Stalker - Atlantis04:24:09 ericade.radio - We are Live from the Edison demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus04:24:17 DJ Daemon and Coreus thanks Ziphoid's wife for creating such nice pastries and then explains about the difference between Swedish word "Fika" and "Gofika".04:31:37 Raina and FunkyFish - Artificial sweetener04:34:24 Silverstance - Ancient latin technologies04:37:35 Gnosis - Alive04:43:30 Jogeir Liljedahl - Physical presence04:48:56 ilmarque - Dr. refridgerated04:51:44 Coreus and DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and thinks about the demo party and the broadcast itself. We also talk about the hatered of dishwashers.04:58:19 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!04:58:29 Joule and Malmen - One way heart05:01:24 Thunder - Desert planet05:09:08 ericade.radio - We are for the demo scene05:09:22 ericade.radio - The demo scene is not dead! Tags: 2026, Demo scene episodes, Edison 2026, Edison, Host: DJ Daemon, Cohost: Coreus, Guest: D.Fox, Guest: Nocturn, Guest: fsFreak

    166. The last day of Edison demo party 2026
  6. Jul 26

    164. A bright Friday at Edison demo party 2026

    We went live from the Edison demo party on the 17th of July at 4pm CET. Follow along as DJ Daemon and Coreus talk about what's happening, line up some really great tracker music classics never heard on the station and also meet Triad's own Frost.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Here is a live broadcast from the Edison demo party with your hosts Dj Daemon and Coreus!00:09 DJ Daemon and Coreus introduces the show and talks about what's happening.02:10 Desire - Yksi, kaksi, kolme05:02 DJ Daemon seems to be in full panic mode, whereas Coreus is cool like a cucumber.07:30 Anders Enger Jensen - Computer Street (Level 1)11:32 ericade.radio - We are Live from the Edison demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus11:42 Siatek - I love you14:19 [Interview] Frost of Triad is in the bar that is our studio. Coreus and DJ Daemon talk with him. Frost has a very special style that often veers into gore and death. And he explains that it was his childhood experiences that made him the artist he is today.24:12 Prism - Can you feel it?27:46 [Interview] We continue talking with Frost. Coreus and DJ Daemon get the answers.39:07 Rapture - Summertime43:05 ericade.radio - You're listening to a broadcast from the Edison demoparty in Sweden43:10 [Interview] The third and last segment where we talk with Frost. Coreus and DJ Daemon are quite interested about his weird trophies that the competitors can win. Mostly circuit boards he has creatively cut to ribbons.01:06:24 Eivind Sommersten - Savage (I will never know)01:09:54 Radix - Yuki satellites01:13:29 Jakim and Michu - Access denied01:14:47 Xyce - Suaire de turin01:18:24 Hotline cafe - Redlight Precinct01:21:50 Joule and Malmen - One two three01:23:46 Ivory - The Quest01:30:08 Lizardking - Art of Chrome01:32:45 Lizardking - Space hulk I01:36:31 Slash_AtD - 8-bit Tatarstan01:40:19 Radix - Yoghurt factory01:42:11 DJ Daemon mentions that some people have reported problems hearing the stream due to a technical problem. Coreus tries to get the Internet connection on his phone working. We talk about the upcoming interviews tomorrow.01:46:49 Pyromaniac - Celestial fantasia01:51:35 Brainbug - Excalibur outrun.cp01:55:50 Skaven - Mercury Rain02:00:12 DJ Daemon and Coreus mess around with the cabling and then they're announcing the live graphics competition. Then the obligatory "Internet is bad here"-complaint.02:03:28 Ko0x - Hobbes adventure02:07:46 Michael Hendriks - Baby Jack02:12:11 Jester of Sanity - Elysium 02:15:56 Purple motion - Aquaphobia - 1993 / spring02:16:54 Mayhem of Carcass (Max Quagliotto) - Epsilon ellipse mayhem world-domination-lfODD and MC vocODD02:18:23 Vogue - Ambient engergy02:23:24 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!02:23:32 DJ Daemon is impressed by the new stationids and Coreus is mentioning all the weird problems we had.02:28:52 Odd - World Domination02:31:55 DJ Daemon thinks that Napoleon was wrong: nothing is fun with world domination. And Coreus notes that the Twitch stream is now active. And Marcus Dicander, Edison's resident piano player has just arrived. Also, FSFreak has brought the toilet tunes back and that is awesome. "Should we put chiptunes in the toilet?"02:37:37 Rapture - Aurora borealis 502:39:50 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!02:40:00 The REW - Rivendell02:45:29 ericade.radio - Live from the Edison demoparty in Sweden!02:45:38 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into that good... Nah, he just signs off. Production notes: Our live broadcast from Edison, where we were on location at the boat M/S Borgilla in central Stockholm in Sweden. This broadcast started on the 17th of July 2026 at 4pm CET. Tags: 2026, Demo scene episodes, Edison, Host: DJ Daemon, Cohost: Coreus, Edison 2026, Guest: Frost

    164. A bright Friday at Edison demo party 2026
  7. Jun 16

    163. A chiptune summer

    The demo scene is still doing good stuff during the summer, but we are taking it slow today. DJ Daemon presents a slew of brand new chiptunes, or maybe we should call it tracker music. We also talk about Commodore's latest weird phone and mention some of the upcoming demo parties.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon00:05 DJ Daemon introduces the show00:24 Vince Kaichan - Romanian winter04:57 DJ Daemon presents the first medley of today05:26 Moody music - Gooke bake toons06:43 Ray Hamilton - Egg adventure, lava07:56 Toppy - Scortia terania09:05 DJ Daemon talks about what's up in the summer.09:40 Nighthawk - Trapped in a bottle12:16 DJ Daemon gives you what you need to know about Edison 2026.13:18 Nightbeat - Astral dreams17:40 DJ Daemon explains the new searchable tags and artist information that is now available on the site.18:24 Beyond - Repetitive20:55 DJ Daemon has very little hope for Perifractic's Commodore.21:58 Jayster - Foreign grove24:04 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today24:40 Moody music - If you happy remix26:39 BST - Piano bar28:15 Retro104 - Brain space voyage30:01 BST - Ingr31:54 DJ Daemon brings up the discussion on Poeut that has taken fire.32:54 Fallen heroes - Nightfall and DeBoer39:21 DJ Daemon talks about the demo parties that are coming this summer.40:19 DJ Incin - Sunrise42:53 DJ Daemon presents the third medley of today43:28 Beyond - Life isn't easy46:14 Beyond - Day of meditation48:57 Guwnogryzarka - Morning jogging hamster style51:47 DJ Daemon talks about the slow part of summer.52:28 Blue orian - Moon gate55:22 DJ Daemon leads you into that good night with...55:48 Kluris - Falling upwards59:15 DJ Daemon tells you to go to ericade.radio or ericade.radio/discord59:23 Warder - Tyhjan pirtin valssi Production notes: Just a show with new music and some information about what's going in the demo scene and the station. Nothing special. Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Just playing the music

    163. A chiptune summer

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Flashback - tracks from the past lovingly remembers the demo parties, sometimes the games and the stories from a retro past. All music is retro style and almost entirely composed on Amigas and PCs from users world-wide. Take a trip down memory lane with DJ Daemon - a Swedish retro geek with a sarcastic attitude and a never-ending love for all things Commodore, demo scene and retro.