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My name is Linus Åkesson, though some of you may know me as lft. I live in Lund, Sweden.
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Latest pages:
The Paulimba
I built a Paulimba. Here's the end-part music from my C64 demo Lunatico played live on it. Read more.
- Linus Akesson - Lunatico End Part on the Paulimba.mp3 (MP3, 1.1 MB)
Posted Friday 27-Jan-2023 10:48, 5 comments.
O Holy Night
I play O Holy Night on an assortment of 8-bit hardware. Read more.
- Linus Akesson - O Holy Night.mp3 (MP3, 6.7 MB)
Posted Friday 2-Dec-2022 10:55, 0 comments.
The Commodordion
The Commodordion is an 8-bit accordion primarily made of C64s, floppy disks, and gaffer tape. Read more.
Posted Friday 21-Oct-2022 17:14, 61 comments.
C64 Theremin
I used a C64, two 555s, four resistors, a spoon, and a clamp to build a working Theremin. Read more.
Posted Monday 29-Aug-2022 20:24, 6 comments.
Sommargubbe
This laidback summer ditty got 3rd place in the C64 music compo at Gubbdata 2022. Read more.
- lft-sommargubbe.prg (C64 executable, 6.0 kB)
- Sommargubbe.sid (SID tune, 6.6 kB)
- Linus Akesson - Sommargubbe.mp3 (MP3, 6.2 MB)
Posted Sunday 3-Jul-2022 19:45, 0 comments.
Partita Prelude for 8-Bit Ensemble
Floppy drives and stepper motors have been used to make music before, but for live playing I think the technology is underexplored. Read more.
- Linus Akesson - Partita Prelude for 8-Bit Ensemble.mp3 (MP3, 7.6 MB)
Posted Friday 3-Jun-2022 07:16, 3 comments.
Vocalise
Rachmaninoff's Vocalise arranged for C64 and piano. Read more.
- Linus Akesson - Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise.mp3 (MP3, 13.9 MB)
Posted Sunday 13-Mar-2022 22:02, 2 comments.