Here comes a little weekend starter kit. A production by a scener you may not haven't heard of, a release that is possibly widely overseen, for a platform many may not have heard of yet:
Kuvo of Caroline Software Incorporated released a new music disc for the Russian Elektronika BK-0010 computer (seeย wikipedia entry). And indeed, there is a scene for this one. And for a brief moment, the tiny Atariscene feels overdog! ;-)
Anyway, this music disk is quite a surprise, once you found it. It comes with one and a half hours of music for the twin brother of the YM2149F chip, the AY-3-8912. So Atari chipmusic stricken ears feel home immediately.
Very notably, KUVO did all of it, code, music and graphics. If you check is demozoo page you will stumble across an impressive backlog of fantastic ZX Spectrum graphics, too.
Among the tracks there are very enjoyable compositions in various styles, a good flow, sometimes laid back, sometimes uplifting and foremost nicely dynamic and catchy.
But there is more, actually, sound-wise this is way more advanced then the typical AY/YM bleepery. And a reason is found quickly, looking closely at the included VU-meters. The music disks supports 6 channels, so it is tailored for machines with two soundchips. And this offers some quality upgrade for the traditional AY soundscape, nice echoic detuned square leads, interesting slides plus reverb and delay for the masses!
Highly recommended!
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