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Pixman
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Registered: Dec 2001
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The band Scooter started with the C64...
... and did anybody know H.P. Baxxter's handle back then or was he active in the scene?
Never heard of it. But it was noteworthy ,saw it in a little documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cf53MfZ6Eo
At least he tells it there. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11100 |
i somehow doubt that... the whole hardcore thing started on amigas (and iirc there actually exist a mod or two from them). tuffy would know :) |
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Shine
Registered: Jul 2012
Posts: 327 |
Scooter made only one song which i like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXJiUQhauWs |
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Rayne
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Registered: Jan 2002
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What about their Turrican Remix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cf53MfZ6Eo |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1289 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMd9UWTALv4 I remember this storming my area in late 90. I prefer to remember X-Ample things from Thomas, definitely :P |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
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Rayne: more precise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cf53MfZ6Eo#t=7m29
C64 is mentioned explicitly although I would not really bet my ass that H.P. remembers system correctly.
My feeling is more what groepaz sez: rather early 16 bit stuff |
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Medicus
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 43 |
According to YouTube Baxxter created music in "Rick's" cellar. Wikipedia states that Rick built a studio in his cellar after their first group, which existed from 86-93, discolved. Therefore Baxxter must have had a C64 in his cellar in/after 93... unless they made music in Rick's cellar without a studio.
This left aside it sounds a lot more like an Amiga (500 perhaps) to be honest. |
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encore
Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 61 |
New clue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCTfVU-kqE
(also discussed here)
Pixman: What was the documentary called? (video is taken down) |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 421 |
I think the essential fact here is the address, i.e. Leer/Germany, which according to Wikipedia is the city where HP Baxxter (Hans Peter Geerdes) was born. I think that makes it safe to assume that it's the same person.
Also the alien in the intro looks a lot like him... :) |
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Fix
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 54 |
If it's not fake, it would be nice to look at the code...
Since it would probably reveal if real or not.
Coding back then was more limited... |
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balsi
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Registered: May 2016
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why not contact a few Members of Scooter? So many People have Facebook or other Accounts!See for yourself and ask him about that ! |
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Bamse
Registered: Apr 2013
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The bad English is yet another Scooter indicator... |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. :)
Any other examples of c64 sceners turned IRL musicians? The only one I can come up with of is Zonix/Bonzai, who started Barcode Brothers, and composed some of Aqua's tunes. I think I've also heard some Aqua member, probably Søren Rasted, mention that he had used a c64 for composing back in the days. |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
Very interesting; I started investigating. |
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Axis/Oxyron
Registered: Apr 2007
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Quote: It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. :)
Any other examples of c64 sceners turned IRL musicians? The only one I can come up with of is Zonix/Bonzai, who started Barcode Brothers, and composed some of Aqua's tunes. I think I've also heard some Aqua member, probably Søren Rasted, mention that he had used a c64 for composing back in the days.
Volker Meitz (PRI/Oxyron) is a professional Jazz musician nowadays. |
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Axis/Oxyron
Registered: Apr 2007
Posts: 91 |
Also the german band "Welle:Erdball" is part of the C64 scene. |
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encore
Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 61 |
Quote: It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. :)
Any other examples of c64 sceners turned IRL musicians? The only one I can come up with of is Zonix/Bonzai, who started Barcode Brothers, and composed some of Aqua's tunes. I think I've also heard some Aqua member, probably Søren Rasted, mention that he had used a c64 for composing back in the days.
S.P.O.C.K. was another example with at least 2 members of the group with connection to the scene - http://generation64.se/android/ |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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Quote: Volker Meitz (PRI/Oxyron) is a professional Jazz musician nowadays.
cool, he was jazzy as hell already on the commie :) |
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Skylab
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 183 |
Another one, old mate Thomas Detert of X-Ample Architectures, for example Activate, 666, Vinylshakerz...
CSDB
Discogs |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
School and buzzie are members of the quite successful Swedish pop group "Den Svenska Björnstammen". |
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Carrion
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 317 |
Quote: Volker Meitz (PRI/Oxyron) is a professional Jazz musician nowadays.
yeah his album (only one?) is actually quite kool. I play it very often.
Cresh/Elysium told me once he met him on a concert in Warsaw and Volker was surprised that people still remember him as PanoRama Inc :) |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
The uploader of the Kaiser vid on yt got in touch and sent me the image: Kaiser [german] :-) |
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Fix
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 54 |
Awesome!!!
Wonder if there was more stuff from Baxxter.
Many groups, did intro link other stuff back then...
Code looks quite 198x in intro, so it might not be a fake. |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
OK, gotta uncover the secret now: in fact it is a fake, courtesy of Awsm. :-)
I just happened to get on his trail, that's how I became an accomplice. He set it up as kind of a sociological experiment - he'll explain the details himself, I think. :-)
So Baxxter needs to be merged as fake handle to Awsm.
Hope nobody gets mad at us now! :-P |
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awsm
Registered: Feb 2015
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Congrats again bugjam, it was amazing how fast you got me and thank you for playing a part in this ;)
Well, it was much less a "sociological experiment" and much more a consequence of too many beers and some serious coding n00bness to be honest ;)
The idea started back in June 2015 when I discussed with a yet undisclosed scener (who is responsible for the music) how funny it would be if HP Baxxter was actually a cracker. I'm not really sure anymore how we came to this topic (see "too many beers"), but it didn't take long and that little intro was born. There is a strange satisfaction in producing something really shitty on purpose :D
After the video being undiscovered on youtube for 1.5 years I thought it was about time to give it a little - final - push and posted on lemon64.
I hope you guys are alright with this little joke. While these are not the droids you're looking for, Scooter could still very much be a cracker, we just haven't found his releases yet ;)
I wish you all a very happy and better $7E1 ! |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11100 |
there was some funny documentation about scooter on german tv a while ago.... at some point HP refers to "protracker on the commodore 64" - perhaps you can find this program too?! |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 638 |
But of course ... Protracker V1.1 |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11100 |
/o\ |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 1987 |
Quote: /o\
It's only "For good people" you know, at least according to the screen shot. |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
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Quote: OK, gotta uncover the secret now: in fact it is a fake, courtesy of Awsm. :-)
I just happened to get on his trail, that's how I became an accomplice. He set it up as kind of a sociological experiment - he'll explain the details himself, I think. :-)
So Baxxter needs to be merged as fake handle to Awsm.
Hope nobody gets mad at us now! :-P
Merged handles. |
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balsi
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Registered: May 2016
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what about Christopher von Deylen(Schiller)??? New Best Of Album in the Charts! I think he is the Genius of electronical Music and a 1000 Times better than Scooter!Did he start with Protracker(Amiga)??? |
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Low Spirit
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 23 |
Hardsequenzer - Amiga EP
this one even let us know how produced ^^
and there are so many more, which i think off, were produced on amiga. |
