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Our cover story today there is something for the audiophiles among us. 🎶 There are quite a few SID tunes that - even if you listen to them 35 or 40 years later - immediately trigger a set of synapses and transport you back to the 80s. You'll simply never forget them.

(The theme tune from Gianna Sisters somehow became my go-to background melody of so many dreams ... thank goodness it's not Tetris! But there’s medication for that.)

What is possible with the Soundchip - the MOS 6581 - of the Commodore machines of the time, is simply amazing. But it would be even more amazing if you took some of the best SID tunes and played them with an orchestra, right? Right? Sounds crazy? In a way it is. More of the „w-h-a-a-a-t crazy" and not so much the "nuts crazy" though. 🤪

Chris Abbott, Chris & Damian Manning and Anna Black, the team behind @c64audio have done just that, and the result is more than appealing, and not just to audiophiles.

The 8 Bit Symphony comes in two parts on Blueray. The first half can already be purchased with the help of numbers on a credit card or similar equivalent. The second half currently still has the status "preorder". But if you want to listen to it first, you can do so on YouTube in stereo. With the Bluerays of course the whole experience is available in digital-modern surround-chic.

Our take: listening in is a must. And as always, we are not sponsored, even if the product is a commercial one.