After a two year break I'm very pleased to announce that One Man & His Mic has returned at long last with a second series! The series kicks off with 'Musique Pour SID Chips' - a Jean-Michel Jarre C64 music special. Also available is a SNES Music Show featuring classic tunes from the Super Nintendo. Series 2 will also include a show devoted to Amiga music remixes and music from the Psytronik Software games + more! There's lots of great stuff lined up for series 2 so please keep an eye on this page for details about the second series of One Man & Mic retro game music podcasts!
Now Available For Download! Running Time: 32 mins 55 secs.
Here we have the second part of the One Man & His Mic Sony PlayStation special! This part of the show features an exclusive interview with Tim 'CoLD SToRAGE' Wright. Tim is a PlayStation music pioneer and created soundtracks for various PlayStation games including Wipeout, Destruction Derby, Colony Wars and Krazy Ivan etc. He also created the Music(tm) music creation utility for the PlayStation along with its subsequent sequels (Music 2000 / MTV Music Generator).
Show status: and available for download. The show was released on
Sunday August 22nd 2010.
During the interview, we played many of Tim's classic tunes in the background. Can you name at least 12 of those tracks? If so, then get in touch via EMAIL as you can win a prize!
The first person to get in touch with the correct answers will win a free copy of Gravity Crash on the PSP (a download code) and also a limited edition CoLD SToRAGE black wooly hat.
There are only two of these hats in existence, because they were accidentally manufactured when the embroidery company embroidered the CoLD SToRAGE logo on the wrong type of hat. They are roll bottom wooly beanies and even thought not as we requested, they still look really cool!
The first hat will go to the winner along with the PSP code, the second hat will go to the first runner up.
Many thanks to: Tim 'CoLD SToRAGE' Wright for taking the time to answer my questions and for doing all the mixing and editing of this part of the show! Thanks also to Ziphoid for supplying webspace and special thanks to YOU for listening to it!
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Now Available For Download! Running Time: 60 mins.
This is part one of a two part episode of One Man & His Mic devoted to the mighty Sony PlayStation (PS one). The show features tunes from classic beat 'em ups (Tekken & Soul Blade), horror games (Silent Hill, Doom & Resident Evil 2), Shoot 'Em Ups (N20, Einhander & NovaStorm) + many more!! The show also contains some 'interesting' voice-acting courtesy of www.audioatrocities.com ... "You were almost a Jill sandwich" !
Techno-Trivia:- This show has actually been in development for TWO YEARS! It was originally meant to have been a part of OMAHM series 1 but I lost all the links I had recorded and the sound-beds in a hard-drive crash so the show was abandoned. Two years later I discovered all the main tracks were still intact so I've now re-recorded all the links using my shiny new mic, restored all the beds and have finally finished off the show.
Part two of the OMAHM 'PlayStation Music Special' will be released in August 2010 and will feature an exclusive interview with PlayStation music pioneer Tim 'Cold Storage' Wright! And we'll be running a special COMPETITION with part 2 of the show too ... Yowza!
Show status: and available for download. The show was released on
Thursday July 29th 2010.
Show #14 Track Listing
01. One Man & His Mic #14 Intro
02. Soul Blade - Intro (Namco)
03. N20 Nitrous Oxide (Fox Interactive)
04. Silent Hill (Konami)
05. Doom (Midway)
06. Shadowman (Acclaim)
07. Tekken (Namco)
08. Medievil (Sony Interactive)
09. Loaded (Interplay)
10. Tomb Raider - Escaping Danger (Eidos)
11. Castlevania - Symphony Of The Night (Konami)
12. Tempest X3 (Atari)
13. Novastorm Medley (Psygnosis)
14. Tekken 2 (Namco)
15. Einhander (Square)
16. Foresaken (Acclaim)
17. Soul Blade - Travel Diary (Namco)
18. Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
19. Metal Gear Solid - End Theme (Konami)
Many thanks to: All the PlayStation composers who are featured in this show, www.audioatrocities.com for the hilarious sound-clips, Ziphoid for supplying webspace and special thanks to YOU for listening to it!
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Now Available For Download! Running Time: 60 mins.
This special episode of One Man & His Mic is a tribute to Speccy programming legend Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith who sadly passed away on June 26th 2010. Jonathan wrote a fantastic selection of games for the ZX Spectrum including Cobra, Mikie, HyperSports, Pud Pud, Hyperactive and many more. He was a regular poster on the World of Spectrum forum and was a popular character there. This show features tunes from games that Jonathan worked on along with tracks chosen by him on the World of Spectrum forum. It's a musical voyage into the weird world of Jonathan Smifff! Rest in pixels Joffa.
Please note: Some of the tracks in this show contain fruity language!
Show status: and available for download. The show was released on
Sunday July 14th 2010.
Show #13 Track Listing
01. One Man & His Mic #13 Intro / David Lowe
02. Daley Thompsons Supertest / ZX Spectrum 128
03. Electronic Blogosphere / MuSiK
04. Pud Pud / ZX Spectrum
05. Video Computer System / Projecto Golden Shower
06. Cobra / ZX Spectrum
07. IT'5 / Archictecture In Helsinki
08. Midnight Resistance / Atari ST
09. Tits & Acid / Simian Mobile Disco
10. Hyperactive & Recoil / ZX Spectrum & Atari ST
11. Heartbeats (Live) / The Knife
12. Ping Pong / ZX Spectrum & Tonka
13. I've Got An Itchy Bum / Adam & Joe
14. Red Heat / Atari ST
15. Power Drive / Sega Megadrive
16. ScubaDooba Mix (Extract) / DJ Jof
17. Spanish (Spain In Arse)
18. Terra Cresta / ZX Spectrum
19. Scrumdiddlyumptious / Pogo
20. Mikie / ZX Spectrum
21. The Right 'n' Wrong Song / Adam & Joe
22. The Tree Of Knowledge / Pagan Wanderer Lu
23. Hysteria / ZX Spectrum
24. Rip Rip (Out Of Sight) / David Holmes
25. *BONUS TRACK* (Feat. Cat Deeley)
Many thanks to: To all the bands and composers who are featured in this show, Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith for creating many great Speccy games that kept me amused for hours (you will be sadly missed), Ziphoid for supplying webspace and special thanks to YOU for listening to it!
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Now Available For Download! Running Time: 59 mins.
One Man & His Mic Episode 12 is devoted to soundtracks from the Super Nintendo (SNES) system. The show features 27 excellent SNES tunes including Super Mario World, Super Castlevania 4, The Legend Of Zelda, Donkey Kong Country, Chrono Trigger, Starfox, Street Fighter II and many more. None of the tracks featured in this show have been remixed or updated, all the music is how you remember hearing it in the original SNES games. I even managed to sneak in some SNES tracks by 8-Bit chip music heroes Tim Follin, Chris Huelsbeck, Charles Deenen and Martin Galway too!
Show status: and available for download. The show was released on
Thursday June 10th 2010.
Show #12 Track Listing
01. Super Mario World (Title) / Koji Kondo
02. Axelay (In-Game) / Taro Kodou
03. Donkey Kong Country (Title) / Eveline Fischer
04. Rock 'n' Roll Racing (Bad to the bone) / Tim Follin
05. Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Ice Forest) / Mari Yamaguchi
06. F-Zero (Big Blue) / Naoto Ishida
07. Donkey Kong Country (Aquatic Ambience) / Dave Wise
08. Contra III:The Alien Wars (Steel Factory) / M.Yanagisawa, M.Adachi
09. Chrono Trigger (Title) / Yasunori Mitsuda
10. Lost Vikings (Kidnapped) / Charles Deenen
11. The Legend of Zelda (Dark Golden Land) / Koji Kondo
12. Super Turrican 2 (Wormland) / Chris Huelsbeck
13. Donkey Kong Country (Life in the mines) / Dave Wise
14. Super Castlevania 4 (Rotating Room) / Masanori Adachi, Taro Kodou
15. Super Mario Kart (Rainbow Road) / Soyo Oka, Taro Bando
16. Chrono Trigger (Corridors of Time) / Yasunori Mitsuda
17. Street Fighter 2 (Medley) / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko Shimomura
18. Donkey Kong Country 2 (Funky Main Monkey) / Dave Wise
19. Pilotwings (Rocketbelt) / Koji Kondo, Soyo Oka
20. Super Mario RPG (Super Pipe House) / Koji Kondo, Yoko Shimomura
21. Starfox (Corneria) / Hajime Hirasawa
22. Plok (Boss Battle) / Tim Follin
23. Donkey Kong Country 2 (Forest Interlude) / Dave Wise
24. Prince of Persia (Title) / Toshiya Yamanaka / Tetsuya Nakano
25. Ultima:Runes of Virtue 2 (Title) / Martin Galway
26. Super Star Wars (Title) / Paul Webb
27. Contra III:The Alien Wars (End theme) / M.Yanagisawa, M.Adachi
Many thanks to: All the awesome SNES music composers featured in this show, Ziphoid for supplying webspace, all the people who send me encouraging emails and messages that inspire me to keep producing these shows and special thanks to YOU for listening to it!
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Now Available For Download! Running Time: 60 mins.
I've been a fan of legendary French synth musician Jean-Michel Jarre for about as long as I've been a fan of Commodore 64 music (probably over 25 years now!) In fact, it was my love of Commodore 64 music that led me to the music of Jean-Michel Jarre - as I found I much preferred Jarre's synthesiser music over more traditional pop or rock music. With that in mind I've decided to start series 2 of One Man & His Droid with this special Jarre themed show. The 1 hour show is devoted to Commodore 64 remixes done in the style of Jean-Michel Jarre and it also features some superb Jarre covers done on the C64! In this episode you will hear stunning Jarre style remixes by Marcel Donné, o2 and Razmo along with fantastic C64 covers of famous tracks from Oxygene and Magnetic Fields etc. - resulting in a show that is, as Jean-Michel would say, "a totally unique concept!"
Show status: and available for download. The show was released on
Monday March 22nd 2010.
Show #11 Track Listing
01. OMAHM #11 Intro (Marcel Donné)
02. Watch It (Marcel Donné)
03. Oxygene Part 4 (Stein Petersen) [C64]
04. Nemesis the Warlock (o2)
05. Phantoms of the Asteroid - Radio Edit (Marcel Donné)
06. Chronologie Part 3 (Phobos) [C64]
07. Zoids - Planet Flyby (o2)
08. Action Biker - In-Game Tune (Razmo)
09. Miami Vice - Sidologie Mix (Marcel Donné)
10. Ghosts 'n' Goblins (o2)
11. Magnetic Fields Part 4 (Tomas Danko) [C64]
12. One Man & His Magnetic Field - Radio Edit (Marcel Donné)
13. Rambo Hi-Score - Sidologie Mix (Marcel Donné)
14. OMAHM #11 Outro (Marcel Donné)
Many thanks to: Marcel Donné for supplying the excellent intro (along with most of the content for this show - hehe!), Chris Abbott, all the remixers and arrangers featured in the show and a very special thanks to Jean-Michel Jarre for making the steamroller fly ...
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