- The Charts VN#55 -
Hosted by Jonatan "Macx" FG.
Due to that I was busy becoming a Medical Doctor, The Charts were skipped in the last issue. As promised in issue 53 this round of The Charts have a music angle to it, which obviously means a SID aspect as far as the c64 is concerned. Since printouts of the ascii sheets for this issue were handed out at the oldskool multiplatform event of Datastorm issue 55 will come with categories for other computers. It is a first timer in this magazine's 20 year old history. The results for the other platforms are however presented in a separate chapter.
Some voters seemed rather indignant with the lack of categories on the votesheet and did not appear very fond of the SID angle to this round (or perhaps it was the fact that other platforms were present). One voter whom will remain anonymous even added votes for graphicians, coders and demogroups. Hilarious as it is, those votes will of course not be presented. I appreciate the conservative attitude of c64-sceners, but the beauty of using ascii votesheets rather than the old paper ones are that categories can change from time to time. Sometimes a more specific theme is desirable.
Anyways, the quantity of votesheets gathered and counted this round is 23 and they were sent out a bit more than two weeks prior to deadline. In other words, it does not seem to improve much with more time given. To make sure you receive the votesheet in time for the next issue, send an email to macx64*nospam*gmail.
Only what has received more than one vote is presented in The Charts. Otherwise it is pretty straight forward, so here we go.
TOP C64 DEMOS:
EDGE OF DISGRACE / BOOZE 234
Another Beginning / Offence 128
We Are New / Fairlight 100
Andropolis / Booze / Instinct 68
Dutch Breeze / Blackmail 64
Deus Ex Machina / Crest /Oxy 64
+H2K / Plush 52
Sharp / Flt 40
Mathematica / Reflex 40
Pearls for Pigs / Xenon 32
Spasmolytic / Censor 28
Snapshot / Glance 24
Psykolog / Panoramic 24
Insomnia / 64ever 24
Natural Wonders 2 / Oxyron 20
Mekanix / Booze / Instinct 20
The Wild Bunch / HZ / ITC / 3AD 12
Hello:FRIEND / Fairlight 12
Coma Light 12 / Oxyron 8
BluREU / Crest 8
Just as it won several categories in issue 53, and also has the top position at CSDb, Edge of Disgrace remains the favourite demo of the voters. The winner of the democompo at X'2010 which is a cooperation demo between Offence and Prosonix, Another Beginning, takes number two. We Are New which came second on the earlier mentioned democompo is close behind. Both those are new to the list and also new productions since the last edition of The Charts.
48 different demos received votes in this category. One of these was Desert Dream from Chorus and Resource which is a remake of an Amiga-demo by Kefrens. In the chapter covering the votes received for other platforms it definately made it into the charts.
TOP ACTIVE SID MUSICIANS:
DRAX 116
Jeff 92
Dane 72
Randall 64
Linus 64
Jammer 60
6R6 52
Rambones 44
Jeroen Tel 44
Fanta 44
Geir Tjelta 40
Laxity 32
Goto80 32
stein Pedersen 28
Dalezy 20
Maktone 16
Zabutom 12
Both Ed and Conrad (CRD) made it into the charts but are removed for obvious reasons. Drax, Dane and Jeff are still holding onto the top three positions. Rambones is very active and should be expected to rise even more.
41 different musicians were voted for as best active SID musicians, and worthy a mention is the young rising star Wiklund / Fairlight. His tune made part of the winning demo at Datastorm, and another one won the music compo at the same event. The guy is born in 1991 and he seems to have high aspirations. Others notable but not included this round are: Lft, ???, Jucke and Magnar.
TOP SID MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME:
ROB HUBBARD 172
Jeroen Tel 156
Martin Galway 148
Drax 72
Kjell Nordbo 64
Ben Daglish 60
Tim Follin 52
Intensity 44
Matt Gray 36
PVCF 28
Reyn Ouwehand 24
Agemixer 24
Randy 20
Charles Deenen 20
PRI 16
Edvin van Santen received only one vote and is for that reason not included in the list. Him together with both Kjell Nordbo and Intensity (on fifth and eighth position respectively) are amongst the fallen heroes that has left us much too early. With their music though, they are still with us for as long as their tunes are played.
45 musicians were voted for in this category. It should be noted that Drax and Jeroen Tel are both in the list of musicians of all time and in the list of active musicians.
TOP SID MUSIC GROUPS:
MANIACS OF NOISE 272
Viruz 148
SIDwave 104
Vibrants 100
Prosonix 72
Blues Muz' 64
Tinnitus 36
Multistyle Labs 36
20th Century Composers 36
This is the promised category, music groups on the c64. 19 different music groups were voted for, and the top two ones are to be expected from what we have gathered in the categories of individual musicians. SIDwave scores high, but is since October 2010 run a solo project by Rambones. Nothing big from Tinnitus since As far as the eye can see in 2005 and Lullabies for Naughty Children in 2004, but those are well liked for good reasons. Hopefully a third collection from Tinnitus will see daylight in a not too distant future.
That wraps up this segment of issue 55. It is nice to see that the categories are reflecting the current state of affairs. In order to increase the validity of The Charts, make sure to participate through filling out a votesheet. Keep your eyes open for it and make sure to hand it in prior to the deadline.