Linus Åkesson

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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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Chuck Rock

The intro theme from Chuck Rock (Amiga version) performed with an ensemble of Commodore-based instruments. Read more.

Posted Friday 8-Sep-2023 07:32, 1 comment.

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Three PC Pieces

Here are three tunes, originally part of PC demoscene productions, now remastered and resynthesized with better sound generation code. Read more.

Posted Friday 18-Aug-2023 06:13, 0 comments.

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Glyptodont performed on the... Qwertar?

My SID tune Glyptodont performed live on a new C64-based instrument. Read more.

Posted Friday 7-Jul-2023 10:51, 10 comments.

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C64 Cartridge on a Stripboard

In this article I'll explain how to make a self-booting cartridge for the Commodore 64 using an 8-bit microcontroller on a stripboard. Read more.

Posted Friday 30-Jun-2023 12:44, 11 comments.

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Platform Hopping

Let's recreate the sound of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System on a C64! Read more.

Posted Tuesday 13-Jun-2023 20:32, 1 comment.

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Guitar Slinger Reconstructed

I made a cover of Jogeir Liljedahl's Guitar Slinger in the form of a stop-motion music video where the cuts are controlled by the pattern data of the original MOD. Read more.

Posted Friday 26-May-2023 09:13, 1 comment.

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Machine Yearning

Machine Yearning is a 4 KB musicdisk for a modified C64 with two SID chips. Read more.

Posted Sunday 9-Apr-2023 16:52, 8 comments.

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