Captain / Image - Space debris

[@AlexCBrandon]

This is what made me worship MOD files. I listened to PC speaker, then Ad Lib. But when someone first hit "play" on this song my entire musical world exploded. Studio quality (well, pretty close) tracks were possible with 4 channels and an Amiga 500. Complete game changer, this one.

[@thesuburbanelectric]

Commodore's SID chip was revolutionary. Just amazing. I feel privileged to have discovered it as it came to be. This song "cheats" in that the synth chords have been sampled in both major and minor chords before being coded into the Mod. As well as other parts of the melody. look at the third channel. Still, a great track!

[@konradbak]

Yah, I had sound card in my first PC '94. It was sound machine. But mods souds great in mono, but still...

[@jsrodman]

"someone" hit play on this song? I think that was probably me, Alex.

[@AlexCBrandon]

@@jsrodman My jaw just hit the floor. Yes, it was you.

[@dsalvis]

@Synthsations AudioVideo I second the motion. :) Alex your music is terrific.

[@dw1664]

When you consider that Captain was only 15 or 16 when he made this tune in 1990...

[@aresaurelian]

A bit younger.

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

how the fuck...

[@HareBra1ned]

i hate insecurity…

[@athaphian]

And still one of the best tracks ever produced.

[@Tuomaspoika]

I'm now 16 and I make drum and bass on my free time. I have messed around with a FastTracker when I was 14.

[@RichardCraig]

OMG, one of my favorite MODs ever... loved it so much when I was 13 that I actually listed it in my middle school yearbook as my favorite song! What a dork I was (and still am).

[@misturchips]

My WWIV BBS PC had a TSR running in the background, and my Gravis Ultrasound would wake me up each day with a random file - this was one of them! NowWhat3 is also a good one to check out.

[@rachelwharton4245]

That’s actually so cool 😝 I might be biased tho because it seems like something I would do haha

[@BetaMaster2]

you're not a dork it's just the truth

[@jasonhelton980]

@@misturchips I miss WWIV so very much. I thought I was the only one who remembered it.

[@misturchips]

@@jasonhelton980 Technically, I still have the modem and an old drive laying around somewhere with it still installed / ready to rumble! Wanna play some Food Fight or Trade Wars 2000?

[@aero5016]

My 3rd favourite mod tracker song of all time. The spacesynth remix is so damn good. Amazing how Markus managed to pull this off with 4 tracks

[@TinyGiantLifeStyle]

Somehow the limited tracks, the limited bits, the way samples had to be positioned and limited in number and position to not overplay another sample created an amazing art-form that is really its on genre. It sounded amazing, clean, and somehow inspiring. I miss it

[@Xenogenocide]

1991. THIS SHOULD BE BURRIED MILES DEEP IN A CEMETERY. But it isn't, because it is FUCKING AMAZING.

[@ObsoleteGamercom]

Legends never die!!!

[@MNanme1z4xs]

its what they call timeless

[@kobodera8261]

2024 now and still listening :)

[@Xenogenocide]

@@kobodera8261 7 years later, still listening too friend. :)

[@mjvonnorris5506]

some might remember him as one of the composers in Poets Of The Fall

[@hansvandenbogert8992]

Thanks dad, for buying that Gravis Ultrasound back then :D

[@folkenvanvanel6611]

HA! AWE32 all the way.

[@benshannon9386]

I got a awe 64 gold

[@DominiqueVocat]

Roland LAPC1 and whatever was nice back then... my own money hehe.

[@sebastiann.8088]

@@DominiqueVocat Damn you could afford that with your own money? How old were you?

[@DominiqueVocat]

@@sebastiann.8088 about 16 - been working in a pc hardware shop after school since i was 15 so i could buy what i wanted :-) (within reason)

[@CD3WD-Project]

Wow how this brings back the memories from being a computer junkie in my teens and now after 30 years in computer now I still think about the good old days of logging in at 1200 modem to download still like this..

[@mortundad]

GOD BLESS AMIGA!!! LONG LIVE "MOD" FORMAT...

[@sky173]

Thank you for sharing this. This brought back so many memories from the early 90's when dial-up and BBS's were the 'cool thing'. Cheers to you.

[@pqmusic51]

Klasa sama w sobie...aranżacja bez zarzutu ...wszystko czego potrzebuje dobry utwór 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@LOKOHOBBY44]

I to na Amidze pińćset. Duża sztuka.

[@bellcc]

Who is watching this in 1995?

[@konex5693]

Oh damn me

[@skyhdmovies4254]

Woah belcc listens to tracker music?

[@AnonymousPhucker]

1998 sorry

[@markusTegelane]

well, not you

[@demonkoryu]

Yes :)

[@Drsuds]

I was always amazed at how crisp it sounded in IT

[@ianedmonds9191]

This was pretty special. Very memorable. Luv and Peace.

[@RichardCraig]

Seriously huge thanks for pointing that out... not only is it amazing but Captain himself has commented on the video recently... I never ever thought I would actually have a chance to communicate directly with him. This has all seriously just made my day.

[@fjorddenierbear4832]

Still listening in 2042. This message was sent back to 2024 through a time machine generated by inputting this MOD into an unknown space artifact in 2024.

[@ULTRAWEN7]

2019! Кучу ночей я провёл в этом редакторе )

[@HNN_CBEPXCNCTEM_CCCP_NM._COBbl]

Значит, нужно выкладывать результаты! :)

[@ULTRAWEN7]

​@@HNN_CBEPXCNCTEM_CCCP_NM._COBbl Три раза уже писал коммент и ютуб их трет. Я уже выложил свою музыку, найти её можно по моему нику в вк или саундклоуб.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

I never tire of hearing this song. So good. Also, I love the fact that the sample for suspended chords is called arrested chords. :)

[@Blarney77-ef2wp]

Oh Shit!!! Oh Damn!!! THIS IS IT! This was the one a friend played for me WAY BACK in like late 80s... on an ATARI! (130XE) It got me writing and I have loved this soooooo much for so long. Yeah, Ookay... call me Geekasaurus Rex... I LOVE this kinda stuff but this was THE ONE that just blew me away in a time of Midis that never sounded right or the same on different computers or different sound cards. MODs ALWAYS sounded (pretty much) the same and I was hooked! When I lost the ability to run FastTracker on newer NON-DOS Windows I fell out of making MOD music. I have rediscovered it I love it. And this will always be the best MOD ever in my life. Others have certainly blown my mind. But this has a special place always!

[@Sh-hg8kf]

Sorry if this sounds stupid but how did an atari pc play mod files? Isn't that an amiga thing?

[@LumaControl]

@@Sh-hg8kf Some atari 16 bit machines like the ST/e and TT could play MOD files just like an Amiga, because they could do PCM sampling too. PC expansion cards like some soundblasters and the Gravis UltraSound could also play MOD files.

[@Sh-hg8kf]

@@LumaControl Ah i see! Sounds interesting ! But didnt the ST have a beepy sound chip somewhat like the AY-3-8910 or whatever its called? So how does it sample stuff?

[@LumaControl]

@@Sh-hg8kf there's the ST, and the ST/e. I am a proud owner of an ST myself and can confirm it does nothing but beeps and boops... The ST/e and TT have another soundchip on board which does support sampling.

[@Sh-hg8kf]

@@LumaControl i see

[@CZpersi]

I do not know, how it worked, but my father used to have a radio receiver somehow hooked up via LPT port to our 286 PC to output MODs in this quality. Space Debris was one of them and the music gives me shivers even today.

[@weust2672]

That was probably something like a Covox or Stereo-on-1 (1 for LPT1).

[@freddyvretrozone2849]

Something Looking like a Radio, surely a Disney Sound Source

[@UXXV]

Misplay for dos had schematics for a diy resistor array dac off the printer port. Could have been that.

[@arialthecramwell]

This is probably the best I've ever heard

[@AlEbnereza]

He was THIRTEEN years old when he wrote this, people! 13!!!! Mind blown. What an amazing song, such great memories.

[@vbcv1]

Unfortunately that is not correct. He was born in 1973 and this track came out in 1990.

[@BetaMaster2]

@@vbcv1 still, 17!

[@funxiobolic]

This is truly an amazing MOD, and the spacesynth remix is also beyond awesomeness. Imagine, Captain was only 13 years old when he wrote this!

[@fygarOnTheRun]

It IS a truly amazing mod, but Captain was born in 1973 and the mod was released in 1991. So he was a bit older than 13

[@BrandonBlume]

Love Impulse Tracker. Still have this MOD in my collection.

[@Uhfgood]

Captain's Beyond Music is still the single best piece of tracked music, however this is coming in a close second. I never owned an Amiga, but I loved listening to mods on my PC back in the day.

[@jones8019]

Oh dear Jesus this is the heart of the 80s and 90s

[@Gabib33]

This made me buy again, after 23 years, the Gravis Ultrasound classic, just to be able to hear the exact sound and to play with gusmod.exe as I did when I was a kid. Some memories are just... priceless.

[@kazaaakplethkilik3229]

If I will ever be the captain of a spaceship and collect space debris, then I'll do it with this song.

[@tatsujincorp]

One of the most beautiful mod tracks ever :) Lissened to it for hours back in time :)

[@xerox8080]

One of the best tracks ever....

[@levifernandesduarte7242]

Essa é as melhores de todos os tempos

[@ivana90ify]

So nostalgic.. brings me back to the good ol' Street Fighter days way back in the mid 90s when I was six years young lol

[@ytsas45488]

Funny that, it brings me back to 2006 when I was six years too, playing Need For Madness.

[@NecronEldritch]

Well, in my case it brings me back to late 80s - early 90s lol :) for some reason I remembered my first PC, 286 CPU, DOS and games like Tetris, Digger, CD-Man, Alley Cat, Ranger, LHX and so on... no even sound cards at that time :)

[@sky173]

brings me back to DOS and that damn floppy that had to be loaded so extended memory could be used to play DOOM lol

[@mikkovaronen350]

@@ytsas45488 NFM! best game ever :D

[@tiborfule2334]

Oh! This drives me there, where I was young. We listened to this on garage-made Covox "soundcard". :) Space debris, oh yeah.

[@weust2672]

I listened to it on a Sterero-On-1. The parallel port version of the covox, simply put. Awesome little piece of electronics.

[@cyrilg.6871]

For those you have known this period (lucky you), this is immortal !

[@shahidhussain1]

Ohh, sweet. I remember playing this over and over on my Gravis Ultrasound. Thanks for making the video, this is phenomenal.

[@daminc]

OhMiGod! MOD music! My youth, my love 💕

[@MinerAC4]

Vwestlife's video on the Portable Sound Plus, is what brought me here, and I am not disappointed. This song is amazing!

[@ouagadouaga]

If demo music could have a mascot, it would be this song.

[@ouagadouaga]

I think it was standalone. But it was highly influential in the demo scene.

[@emilen2]

Anarchy - 3D Demo 1 ... That tune is also very much an anthem.

[@ParchmentScroll]

My first exposure to this MOD (and, in fact, this artist) was the remix on the Rochard OST. Dude's got serious skills. Hard to believe he did all that with four channels. Really clever rapid voice switching makes it sound like so much more.

[@bglinuxexaminer354]

I've looked for it for ages! Like

[@jaimeedana4632]

+BGLinuxExaminer ME TOO!!!!! iç´m very happy finally HERE!!!

[@katiedubs]

Same here! I had a huge playlist going and all of a sudden HOLY SHIT I REMEMBER THIS ONE!

[@benox50]

The ending is pure love

[@goeuldi]

0:00 Captain: Protracker only! MrNobbyNobbsjr: I don't think so.

[@RichardCraig]

I have! Someone linked to it below... and thanks to the pinball effect of the internet I now have all of the Poets of the Fall albums. That guy seriously helped inspire me to start tracking myself, and now I've been doing it for 15 years and still keep the tradition going strong today.

[@way2muchNFO]

There is No Other.. truly a game changer what sounds i hear

[@chmtr]

STOP the time. I still keep discovering wonderful sounds like this.

[@jonathanlaurent3059]

Foda né cara, tô fascinado com cada descoberta sensacional tbm kkk

[@henriquejunior2879]

Ok,mas como isso afeta o Grêmio?

[@chmtr]

@@henriquejunior2879 Jamais nós matarão.

[@tuxedoneko370]

Most Charming EDM Track of all time.

[@bobdayon3360]

I have many Mods, S3m, etc. These people know how much to make music from samples.

[@CodeNova]

Great tune, just love it. Brings my memories of Amiga days.

[@chihirovx1774]

first time i heard this was in XPIRATEZ and it still rocks

[@mikosoft]

Those samples were all over the place at the time!

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

I feel like this is one of the best Amiga tracks ever

[@theniski]

i prefer StarShine

[@andreyru6633]

спасибо за песню, искал ее давно!

[@vindieu]

In 95 I had a sound blaster AWE 32 which could resynthesize MIDI tunes in hardware. And even change sample banks. The quality was higher than this soft. These kind of trackers are made to work in software, in real time, on 80's hardware. This was already particularly retro in the 90's.

[@ideegeniali]

MOD just sounds good!

[@ezilis]

Best module ever. Sure!

[@theeltea]

This or "Beyond Music" also by Captain / Image? Mmmm... Tough choice. :-) I love all of them! :) Skaven and Future Crew, all the other finnish geniuses, Necros, FM, oh God... They are all my heroes.

[@iamxorka]

блин ностальгия когда то лабал в этом трекере музыку к своим играм...

[@mortong83]

the part which starts around 3:27 always makes me want to jump up and dance, this while I usually try to keep my daily dancing to a minimum

[@JonGodcommadore65]

People forget how powerful impules tracker is. Also any of the old mod trackers ft2 was awesome.

[@nms789]

Well, this reminds me of my highschool days ... modplayer, 80286@12Mhz, LPT DAC, diy amplifier ... oh, youth 😊

[@m.s.7756]

When I hear this I feel as though I am being remade.

[@fairlite79]

Remade into what?

[@jiinkC]

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

[@Wyrdwad]

Have you heard the remade version of it used in the soundtrack to the game "Rochard"? If not, you should look it up. It's not just some fan remake... no, Captain was actually the composer for that game's soundtrack, and decided to remake his own song to use in it. And WOW, what an outstanding remake it is!

[@denret]

i honestly cant thatn Ahoy enough for introducing me to tracker-made music. so damn good.

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

Me too. I am falling into a rabbit hole of ancient computers and i am enjoying every bit of it.

[@vladb1378]

3:51 - 4:07 MEGA SUPER !!!

[@rollwulf]

Fucking fuck, this fucking song is fucking great! Fuck!

[@spicetea4060]

This is hype

[@dilonsky]

Хороший трек. Нашел в инете, скачал, слушаю =З

[@City-Hunter]

badass Spacesynth!!!

[@Ryrynz2000]

Another one of my faves.

[@orangejjay]

This along with the Cool Spot Bonus Music (SNES version) ... fun.

[@MichaelPuterbaugh]

Samples so big they couldn't all fit on an unexpanded 256KB GUS Classic. Still not fully used to hearing the song without parts missing.

[@ytdlgandalf]

Wait, parts are missing in this version? Btw, this was an Amiga original, the GUS couldn't compete with sample storage?

[@Whelkman]

I think he's saying the version he grew up sounded incomplete while this one doesn't. I'm not an expert on early PC mod players but if the file size is 335K and the entire thing needed to be loaded into sound card memory at once then that would have overwhelmed the GUS' 256K sample bank.

[@theeltea]

This version plays fine but an unexpanded GUS could not load it entirely in the days of olde. :)

[@sky173]

Loved my Gravis Ultrasound!

[@Seffren]

amiga music is not supposed to be played on a pc sorry

[@SammyRockett-y9r]

Linda! 😍

[@thanasysdim]

Timeless... Awesome... Killer!

[@predcon1]

I showed this to someone who'd never heard of trackers before, he asked what all the Matrix stuff scrolling up was, he said "It looks kinda like when a player piano scrolls up the music sheet"

[@sulphurous2656]

I knew this was a classic as soon as I heard it.

[@thesmallestatom]

thanks to the creator for allowing me to rediscover these lost tracks tonight. gravis ultrasound forever.

[@SynthWavezz]

1:48 Sounds like victory😁👌🎶🎹🎹🎧

[@dynamicwolf]

Good god man, this is BAD ASS! :D The synths are off the chain and it is just serving up some tasty beats.

[@axemanracing6222]

This is just a better Rockmonitor. Man I should've bought an Amiga back then. :-(

[@denisberry714]

Just a fantastic mod file

[@alexelaist]

thats the reason I keep my 486 in order by all means with several soundcards -- the mod players. Especially the executable musicdiscs (Nothingon.exe, epidemic, dee2 and so on) and demoscene run best under the native DOS. Gravis Ultrasound MAX, Ace, Soundblaster AWE64, Roland RAP-10, ESS Audiodrive, Covox... 32MB RAM, 100Mhz CPU and 40GB HDD, 100Mbit ethernet and DOS7.2 Just now that machine configuration for music which I have for modules seems like what I dreamed about back on 1995...

[@Uhfgood]

Excellent tune, reminds me of Beyond Music -- and guess what I just looked it up apparently it's by the same composer ;-)

[@CZpersi]

I do not know exactly how he made it, but my father used to have a radio tuner somehow hooked up via LPT port on our 286 PC back then, being able to reproduce this track beautifully long before the sound cards were even a thing. These old hacking days of computing...

[@szymonmatuszczak5321]

It was surely a Covox DAC (basically it was just a few resistors creating a ladder so he could had made it himself).

[@tonymurphy30]

So many happy memories

[@Stroyent]

OMG, it's beautiful!

[@1993Andron]

Теплый ламповый звук)))

[@eugenegrosmanis]

Iconic

[@vldgrs]

it is, bro!! ;D

[@1connectedcocreator]

I ❤ THIS EPIC CLASSIC 🤘🏻😎

[@_nillo]

*Good times PGEN*

[@TheWeepingCorpse]

Thanks for doing this dude.

[@helgesupernova788]

Awesome track!

[@mikkogronholm1036]

Kovaa settiä

[@un2mensch]

Tune! Ah, memories

[@Adrian-rc2ss]

¡Masterpiece!

[@konex5693]

2018 still impressive!

[@Saketzu]

and 2024

[@BBWahoo]

Nobody: The stray cats outside: 6:25

[@rickardandersson4462]

Really nice music

[@digitalbeat666]

Markus Kaarlonen. Spacesynth

[@usta028]

love it!

[@ReyNemaattori]

Yeah, but it doesn't beat being flung back 20 years in memory :P