Alistair Bowness bozretro@gmail.com to TheCyberDruid, me

show details Jul 8 (6 days ago)

Ello TCD and Kitteh!

OK, here's an exclusive tune for you to put onto CIA.

It's Subtune 11 of Hawkeye on the C64 - basically, one of the level BGMs. And it has a hell of a history.

In 2004 I remixed a couple of Hawkeye tunes - basically subtunes 9 and 11 - for use as Beds when I was still broadcasting The Z Show with Kenz. Skitz said that subtune 11 had a "vibe" to it, and maybe we should make a proper remix of it.

So... this is the one and ONLY collaboration that me and Skitz managed to make. The intro "bang" and computer noises were added by Marcel "Sidologie" Donné, and then Skitz and I passed this tune to each other in a ping-pong collaboration style.

It has been played on the BBB a few times, and people have asked us to "finish it" because we've always said that it needs to be finished. It took us 5 years to add a little here and there and pass to each other. And then, one of my best friends - Skitz -  passed away.

But, to be honest, the tune itself is in a finished state now. And instead of releasing it on RKO, I would like to put this onto CIA. People who know Skitz know what a great person he was, and I've been sitting on this remix for quite a while, wondering what to do with it. I now think that CIA is the perfect platform to release this collaboration and officially say that it's "done".

So, I present to you: Boz, Skitz and Marcel Donné: Hawkeye Subtune 11.

In another e-mail I will also submit Hawkeye Subtune 9 which I did, and Skitz and I were going to "fluff up" a little; but, due to his untimely death, we never did.

Keep da scene alive!

Boz.