COMPOID cracks
Two cool things appeared in the Amiga BBS-world:
* 100 download codes for COMPOID was released by Bandcamp Bandits, available at least on The Northern Place, DiGiTAL HiGHWAY, Fastline and METAL iMPACT.
* A telerip of Telephone Radio Hotline with the crunchy phone audio provided in 24-bit 48khz. Available on Sanctuary.
Live gig on Telephone Radio Hotline
I’m playing a live show on the Telephone Radio Hotline tonight! You can listen by calling +46 60 60 70 593 (normal charges within Sweden). I start at 21:00, Swedish time (UTC+2).
Compoid – my new album
> Bandcamp
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> Cracked stuff
Finally, some good ol’ chiptunes and chipbreak on compact disc! Yes, Compoid is in many ways the Goto80 you knew 20 years ago. Short, catchy, beepy and dense. Only better, of course!
You should call +46 60 60 70 593 to connect with Telephone Radio Hotline. Listen to the songs from the album, talk to others calling in, or listen to live shows (every now and then). If you lead a busy business life, there is an option to listen to all the songs at the same time, for maximum efficiency. More info and schedule available here.
Yeah, so Compoid consists of 12 tracks that have previously appeared on compilations and in competitions, and in other scene productions. Mostly in 2025/2026. The packaging is DIY, made with used CD cases (so yes, imperfections are a feature, not a bug).
Huge thanks to Raccoon & Tele-Noor for helping out with the Telephone Radio Hotline. Thanks to Breakin for vocals on Bombero, to Tempest for the E8x simulation on Yest-26, and to LA Holm Finest for the gourmet samples on Geigeroid and Jävla Vildäng Bussbuss. Cheers to the people who’ve released these songs before: Suck Puck in Ukraine (slava!), the new international Amiga power group Mania, the legendary demogroup TEK, the even more legendary Razor 1911, and SYDNEY CITY CHIPTUNE MINISTRIES. And of course, thanks to Data Airlines for releasing this album!
Also shout-outs to the software heroes that make free cool stuff that I use, like the Protracker clone and Zoopertracker for music, LVLLVL and Moebius for graphics, and Pikimov for video.
skwash 25 – #5 at gerp (2025)
flying butter 32k – #1 at gerp (2025)
the slicer – music disk: in mono where available by mania (2026)
cracked up again – music disk: knight chips 3 by TEK (2026), razor’s warcraft installer
the wheel – #1 at gerp (2026)
trader’s delight – #1 at compusphere (2025)
geigeroid – v/a: chipbreak alliance (2024)
jävla vildäng bussbuss – v/a: fuk the borders vol.7 (2022)
sysygy24d – v/a: sooth 01 (2025)
yest-26 – #14 at revision (2026)
böytvind tekkno – v/a: fuk the borders vol.13 (2025)
bombero – #2 at compusphere (2025)
About half of the songs are Amiga mod-files, and the other ones were made in Renoise/Ableton. Most of them are brand new, although Sysygy was started 23 years ago. :)
Telephone Radio Hotline
Telephone Radio Hotline is an amazing telephone service for you and your friends! Call +46 60 60 70 593 and follow the instructions to listen to Compoid, talk to other callers, and listen to livestreams.
The phone number is a standard Swedish landline, and you will be billed accordingly. It’s not some premium rate number, so not so expensive! Worth it!
If you are stuck waiting to get in, that means that the maximum amount of callers have been reached. Have faith, their time will pass.
This service was made by Raccoon & Tele-Noor who made all the difficult parts, while I made the sounds.
Telephone Radio Hotline is available from 5 June to 4 August, 2026.
Live shows
13 June. 21:00 (UTC+2) and onwards. Goto80 play live with two Protrackers and a telephone microphone.
Up Rough – Hypocrisy
Up Rough’s Hyprocisy demo has finally graced the internet with its presence, after being released at Compusphere last year!
So this is essentially a video played by an Amiga 500. BLDZR made the 3D animation for my song (that ZNDIE sings on, and The Toilet as well). Then Flubba magically made that video play on an Amiga 500 with a hard drive. And Spot & Mortimer Twang did the Up Rough logo animation.
You can read more details here.
Exhibition: Lappteknik & Textgrafik
Karin Iréne Andersson and me had a small informal exhibition last weekend, as part of a neighbourhood hobby and culture festival. She showed her patch works in various forms, and I showed some fresh-from-the-printer’s text graphics. Five long two-meter prints, one that is more square (114 cm wide), and a 33 minute video/demo. The prints are all Amiga ASCII with ANSI colours, and they are available for 200 euros each. Contact me if you’re interested.
So, this is the first time I’ve printed my works. I have to say that my friend at PrintLab Göteborg did an amazing job! All the colours are perfect and the black really is B-L-A-C-K. Since I’ve only seen these things on screens before, I was honestly kind of stunned to see them out in the flesh world like this.
Drain Bamage 16 May – CANCELLED
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, DUE TO TROUBLES WITH THE VENUE.
Drain Bamage is back! We’ve been on hiatus for a few years, but on May 16th we’re organizing a party again. Hard and/or fun, as usual. This time you need to sign up to get in, so don’t forget. More info here.
The plan is to finish my new album and launch it at this event. Fingers crossed…
Wplace smiley smiley smiley
Wplace is a site where you can pixel stuff, and me and my crew have filled Gothenburg with smilies. Wplace just showcased Gothenburg on their Instagram, and it looks great. :)
Btw, a word of advice: wplace can bring out the worst territorial sides in you, if you’re not careful.
Revision 2026: highs and lows
The biggest demoscene party around, Revision, happened this weekend and we/me had a few things going on.
Firstly, we were nominated in the Meteoriks awards, where the winners are announced at Revision. Anamie was nominated in two categories (best soundtrack and best high-end demo) and CMOS Cosmos was nominated for best direction. We won neither of them. In the competitions, I competed with a 7/8 Amiga IDM-ish chiptune called Yest-26, and a sort-of-anscii-collection called Handle Charts #2. Neither did very well in the compos. I also submitted a song for the streaming music compo that didn’t even pass the preselection jury.* I got the revision bluues, oh yeah.**
But something that definitely did do well, was our 40-year-anniversary demo Razor 1911, that won the PC demo competition. Dubmood and me (with help from many others) have worked on this demo for months, with the aim of bringing Razor’s history to life. It seems like we succeeded, judging from the feedback at for example Pouet. I mostly did tons of graphics for it, from purist PETSCII to blasphemous post-textmode, but also helped with various bits and bobs, here and there, everywhere.
* it’s not the first time I’ve been rejected in the Revision streaming preselection….
** i might have appeared in other compos under other aliases, still not doing very well
Hack n’ Trade’s Handle Charts #1
Oh hey, a brand new beginning! Hack n’ Trade’s Handle Charts! It’s basically charts with the best/worst/coolest/ridiculosest handles from the scene, divided into categories. Enjoy!
