As a teenager I went to several demo-scene parties and was a member of music groups.

I call these chip-tunes because the files are usually less than 64kb in size but they don't sound very bubbly or lo-fi like synthesized chip-tunes you may know from the SID, Gameboy, NES or OPL3. All samples are in 8Bit.

I also did not use lots of arpeggios. The samples are often short and randomly hand-drawn segments which can sound quit harsh in retrospect.
I applied some EQ and stereo width to combat the harshness but I could not avoid it completely.
I hope the harshness does not put you off because I find the compositions are worth listening to nevertheless.

I actually almost cried when I listened to these for the first time in 25 years.
I stuck to more breakbeat- and sound designy music making after this phase but I remembered how sweet melodic stuff can be.

I never learned music theory and made everything by trial and error, finding interesting chords and stuff.

This made me miss my youth times and the demo-scene. Everything was so exciting back then, the demo-scene, CD-Rom, the internet, 3D graphics, MP3, DVD, Voodo Graphics, games, trackers, flat-screens were things which came into existence.

I hope this is decent background music to listen to.

Also see my tracker playlist:    • Chiptunes for the office  

Gearmo

0:00 One eye jack (29 kb)
1:38 Ghalimah-shub di dey (66 kb)
6:12 You are a winner (19 kb)
7:40 Trip to tp8 (the party 98) (49 kb)
11:34 Turok.xm (58 kb)
13:45 Chipadelic #3 intro (56 kb)
16:25 Magic wings (89 kb)
20:23 Keine Ahnung (22 kb)
22:26 Chps r ever the same (german teenage grammar :D, 29 kb)
24:33 Keeping in the range (140 kb)
26:50 Chipadelic (55 kb)
30:06 Titune.xm (151 kb)
31:58 Gangtaz in Akbar (29 kb)
33:56 Rawdata (38 kb)
35:42 Sarsaparille (12 kb)
37:47 wAhnsInn (36 kb)
39:33 Ren & Stimpy (80 kb)
42:28 Rpgame.xm (84 kb)
45:16 easyflow bay (11 kb)
47:27 tunnelmucke (5 kb)
47:43 spacejam (28 kb)
49:29 a joint in your nose (40 kb)
51:30 Livemekk.xm (Done at the Mekka / Symposium party in Fallingbostel, 202 kb)