Nostalgic Soundscapes S01E02 | Forgotten | Windows 95 Retro Ambient

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Feel free to check out retrovex.bandcamp.com I composed an ambient track using nostalgic elements reminiscent of a certain iconic operating system, maybe some of you might like it, old-school vibes guaranteed! You can support me on: ko-fi.com/retrovex

[@abloogywoogywoo]

10/10

[@w1ck3dz0d1ac]

When you try setting your PC to sleep mode but it ends up in 'meditate'...

[@BrettMaynard-sj5ix]

this is awesome, I haven't ran into a anyone who has managed to make a legit ambient track with nostalgia elements from our real world like this.. superb!

[@FuzzyDunlop-pt5pe]

good stuff

[@user-xx6wh5nm4s]

Im listening in Yamaha HS8 in a studio I can hear u did an awesome work with sub and low bass fq Amaising!

[@pdnb4458]

After private computers were invented, but before social media, there was a golden age. All computing was associated with visual images of green meadows and rolling hills, occasionally with rustic structures such as Greek ruins or Maine county estates. We were not being monitored nor spied on, and we were free to look at whatever website we wished and find our own niches. We unfortunately do not realise true value, until we cant get it anymore.

[@charliebigbear1630]

I'm crying now that I remember those days

[@Cha-Cha_7]

I remember so much those Friday nights spent on ICQ and on newgrounds…

[@Denariusjay]

Late 90s, spent many nights trouble shooting my broken down PC lol.

[@clinicalpsychologist]

The man who needs to pay with his own life about it is Mark Zuckerberg

[@alahatim]

Yeah man, very well explained. This was OUR wild west!

[@Leprechaunproduction]

When us 90's kids pass away, this is what we'll hear as we go to the Great Beyond.

[@pdnb4458]

We will go to the Sacramento valley in the sky

[@stevejordan7275]

No! Do not go gently into that "good" night. Rage. *RAGE!* against the dying of the light. We've lost enough!

[@Leprechaunproduction]

@@stevejordan7275 I don't know; I like the idea of peacefully fading away listening to this.

[@fxsurgeon1]

@@stevejordan7275 true. I want my retaliation against time :P

[@Spyro-]

I highly doubt that 90's kids used Windows 95.

[@Quball_Productions]

I used to be jealous of younger people and children being born. They had their whole life ahead of them and so much time to live and experience everything. But then I thought a lot and reached the conclusion: Growing up before smartphones and social media was incredible. Humans will never have that again, there will always be ubiquitous technology now. Things were slower, things were calmer, things were better in many ways. This post is dedicated to all the 80's and 90's kids out there. Godspeed.

[@cristobalroig]

Great thoughts

[@john91051]

Let's not forget that those were the years right after the cold war. The past is always better, especially if you had your teen years there, until you realise it's just another bias.

[@JesseLeeHumphry]

@@john91051 exactly. Nostalgia is a powerful, addictive drug. It takes effort to realize that it's a feeling, not a fact.

[@n8pls543]

I used to be jealous of younger people and children being born. They had their whole life ahead of them and so much time to live and experience everything. But then I thought a lot and reached the conclusion: Growing up before steam engines and electric lighting was incredible. Humans will never have that again, there will always be ubiquitous technology now. Things were slower, things were calmer, things were better in many ways. This post is dedicated to all the 1780's and 1790's kids out there. Godspeed.

[@Quball_Productions]

@@n8pls543 my post laments the takeover of the mind and emotions by modern technology and the corporatization of the internet....comparing my thoughts to a steam engine, horse and buggy, etc. while amusing, misses the point.

[@gravedanc3r317]

I keep coming back here. It’s not that I miss the past, it’s that I miss the future that we never got. Something hasn’t felt right since the early 2000’s. I can’t be the only 80’s/90’s kid that feels this way.

[@Dalamain]

it all leads back to 9/11, 2007 GFC, and the indoctrination of our youth in our schools to hate each other left or right, breaking the social fabric that once united a nation - think of the madness the gender topic is causing. In addition the complete dissolution of the middle class; now its just rich and poor - the rich have choices and can buy their politicians, the poor will vote for the party that gives them handouts - the middle class a.k.a "independent thinkers" have been wiped out - as planned. There is no future vision for the current and next generation.

[@20david06]

Those in power can't have us peasants enjoying ourselves or becoming self aware too much.

[@robdelacruz6330]

You got that right. So many theories as to why. I wonder often if there's a way to reverse the negative trend.

[@bigl4201]

everything went wrong on and after 9/11.

[@HybridDivide]

You're right. I truly think that 9/11 was the date when that better future was totally denied to us. Looking at everything that has happened since, THAT feels like the inflection point. Imagine how much better off we'd all be if that attack never took place!

[@NinjaAttorneyAtLaw]

This gets me pretty emotional. The internet had a lot more soul back then. Reminds me of spending countless hours finding fan sites and other hidden gems.

[@TimLewallen]

Exactly. Much more of a pirate radio vibe with no one to tell us we were doing it wrong. It was glorious.

[@BobbyMasteria]

a fan site ? what's that...

[@NinjaAttorneyAtLaw]

@@BobbyMasteria people would make websites dedicated to an interest. Pokemon was a big one I remember.

[@synthesis117]

same........yes.....a moment in time were the future looked so bright and beautiful. Lucky we were able to experience that feeling.

[@a1pha_star]

@@TimLewallen It was the wild west. 🤠

[@wvangool]

It's funny how everyone that grew up in the 80's and 90's seems to agree that computers, the internet and life in general was much more fun back in the day, especially before social media came around. Although we now have technology we could only dream of back then, there was much more serenity and peace when surfing the internet or playing a game. I'm 40 now, so it may also be related to the fact I was still in my teens when the internet became a thing, but this ambient mix really seems to reflect the feeling I sometimes had when playing Sim City 2000, Transport Tycoon or Quake, sometimes for hours on end and just forgot about the time and other things in life.

[@MarcV_IndieGameDev]

I played all them games and they were all awesome! I'm 38, still having fun! All 3D game development related, but the joy digital art brings is next level. I would say fun is far better now, we have access to what we had before and even more now. It's really about can you be bothered committing to a hobby or not feeling bad playing a video game 2-3hrs. Keep cool and enjoy the vibe!

[@Arcgateway]

and then you realise that it was like this with every topic offline, even cars had colors. And now it just gets worse year to year. More gray, more bland, more work for same living standard.

[@JohnVance]

I'm 40 and I remember. It's the weirdest feeling, at the time I always thought the "Frutiger Aero" aesthetic was kinda loud and gauche, but now I'd just about die to visit an old '90s mall or see something not just getting more and more grimdark for once.

[@じんむげん]

we still have that its called elden ring

[@MarcV_IndieGameDev]

@@Arcgateway All about the perspective lens, you want to see black and grey, you'll see it! You want to see colour, you'll see it. Things are only bleak when you want them to be!

[@ShadyRonin]

all I can say is thank God I was alive to witness the 90s... peak of the human experience

[@Nakihashi]

@@ShadyRonin Amen, my friend! I hope we get to see those days again.

[@augustheat]

Late 80s was the best! Pre computers not a cell phone for years to come!

[@Sarah-zr1nj]

Please make an 8-10 hour version of this. I’m begging you. This would be one of the best sleep tracks I’ve ever heard.

[@rianmeir]

Right-click the video and loop it.

[@michaelnorfolk22]

So Microsoft paid Brian Eno $35,000 for the opening soundbite of Windows 95!! Brian Eno is considered by many to be the father of ambient music.

[@minuetteultraviolet]

Exactly 😊. Idk, but I think he would be proud of your work 😊❤️

[@emanuildimitroff]

Wondered why I like Windows 95's opening sound bite the most...

[@abbyr654]

Brian Eno is the absolute GOAT of ambient music

[@karraguer]

The fun fact is he created such a tune in an Apple computer 😅

[@rickysimmons4220]

also his name is an anagram for Brain One

[@andresaguilar327]

in 1995 Brian Eno planted a sonic seed... then after 29 years, people hear it bloom into infinity. This is the essence of humanity.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Exactly, I couldn't have said it better my self 💜 next up, Ken Kato 😁

[@DJDeonPearson]

My mind just went straight back to my parent's office in the late 90's, as a pre-teen, sitting at that old PC. That memory feels more real, more substantial, and more precious to me than the current moment & place I am in now as I type this in 2024. I feel frozen, with a bittersweet emotion; realizing how incredibly precious that time in my life, and that era, was. I want to just step out of this mental tesseract that I find myself in, standing beside the childhood version of me, unbeknownst to him, and for just one tear-filled moment, just hug my young, former self. I want to tell him how beautiful this moment is, that every doubt he ever had about himself at that tender age is totally ok (don't be so hard on yourself), and just go tell your family, your pets, your friends...just how much you love them. Some of them won't be here much longer... Then step outside, look into the sky of the world that will sadly never be again, and take a breath so big, that your future self will feel it all those years later. I imagine all of us, another quarter century from now, will wish we could do the same for the 2024 versions of ourselves we experience now. This life is just one giant, gentle, beautiful & bittersweet mirage... Incredible the power this music has on the mind, and what that humble little windows environment in the innocent infancy of computing has on all of us: a power so great that it would both build an entire new world, and innocuously, but eventually, eradicate an old one. Thank you for your creation, Retrovex. This helped me get in touch with a part of me I haven't felt in a long, long time...

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Thank YOU for such in depth and personal speech about how this made you feel, I'm honestly honoured that it means so much to you and I hope you're doing ok, life can be tough but it always bounces back for the better, stay relaxed and thank you so much for the donation, wish you a wonderful year!

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

How the heck were you able to output that with the correct words?

[@maxivy]

Amazing comment dude. Wow. This is why I read the comments.

[@keyser021]

@@SproutyPottedPlant If you find articulate prose painting poetic scenery of magical insights and experience to enshrine which inspires emotive response impressive then look to the head of the fount and find the one who has inspired all who follow in his wake with their mere mumblings: Lord Dunsany - In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales

[@ianperesmusic]

90's kid here. Thanks, I'm crying now.

[@nandraclan1493]

Beautiful and haunting. The soundtrack of a lost futuristic hope and optimism of the 90's.

[@JohKnoxx]

I couldn't conceive better expression for that.

[@robbratcher4675]

I was so optimistic about the future as a kid in the 90's. How could it have ended so horribly? 9/11 was the crossing of the rubicon. The 2000's were a mix of old and new. Early 2000's felt like a 90's hangover, late 2000's you started seeing a lot of signs of bad things to come... early 2010's felt like the entrance to the new reality... and then we dropped completely off a cliff into this hellscape in 2015. Beginning to wonder if my derealization is really just a mental health issue or if we really are lost in an alt dimension. (but I have faith in Christ so I don't really believe that)

[@emanuildimitroff]

Exactly!

[@emanuildimitroff]

I felt it absolutely the same way...@@robbratcher4675

[@MrCleates]

@@robbratcher4675 It's demoralisation. Look up Yuri Bezmenov's lectures, you'll be able to start making sense of it from there. Humanity's in a war, you're just unaware of it.

[@zejarra]

Yes it was the golden age - things felt quieter and that world was your niche.

[@vixey_riot]

I am in my 30's. To have witnessed the birth of the internet...the vivid memories of the muffled "You've Got Mail" on the poor quality speakers next to the desktop. The sound of my AIM friends signing off + on, the door squeaking open/closed..later on, came blog spaces. Xanga... Before MySpace. We had AlbinoBlackSheep + Ebaums World. Quiz Farm & the first few KZbin videos. By 2010, the internet had changed our social, music, school, work/business + gaming world drastically. By 2020, everyone + their great grandparents are on the internet. What a wild time to experience. We are the generation that reached "the future" ....that witnessed the time before + after....the final generation that could remember the world before the internet. & years from now, everyone will look back + realize just how big of a step this truly was for us as mankind. We found an incredible way to connect. To connect us from the past - future. To generations. To eachother. To all information. Isn't that just amazing...

[@scatchef]

Fam! We're like - connected

[@tldw8354]

"No Midjourney or any other AI’s has been used to make this video happen" - Thank you!

[@eyeseeyou9411]

AI is good, embrace it. It's here to stay Humans are obsolete..

[@MiguelPerez-vc7it]

that phrase is kindda sad ngl

[@mythbustersfan3456]

This is why I miss people actually putting countless of hours into their dedicated work, now it’s just BS AI doing it all for them which feels very corporate and more synthetic. Born in the 90s grew up in the 2000s I’m glad I grew up being taught the proper old school way and still today and actually prefer it because it works really well. If only this golden age was the future, that and a mix of the window 7 days of frutiger aero.

[@marcovargas6205]

@@mythbustersfan3456 Thankfully it seems like the ai craze is slowly dying down and so are slowly getting dumber every month

[@Noah-Lach]

A nostalgic past representing the future that never was. How melancholic.

[@smon4164]

That's a great way to put it. That computer floating out at sea, it's like a castaway, lost.

[@michaels.3709]

What ever happened to that techno-optimistic future we were all promised? Was it all just marketing to convince us to sell our future to the tech giants so they could profit off our wonder and excitement? Did it have to turn out this way? Was building tools to tie our brains to screens for ad revenue really necessary?

[@TheNucaKola]

That’s Vaporwave baby!

[@Coolmemorydude]

Yes

[@brofistbro]

The legend of the 80s and 90s. SAD the people who MADE the Legendary past forgot entirely. They strayed their craft for now Damn Money. No wonder the majority is SOULESS.

[@wgou008]

Amazing, truly the Golden Age of personal computing. Who remembers those awesome discs that you got with PC magazines, packed with cool stuff like music software, or demos for up and coming video games? What a fantastic time it was indeed!

[@ck_baker]

1000% agree, I think about those magazines at least once a month.

[@minuetteultraviolet]

Yeah! I loved that magazine. I remember I discovered Twinsen (Little big adventure) there ❤

[@ThoughTMusic]

"They Hunger" - A Half-Life zombie horror mod that had 3 chapters stretched out over 3 discs (1 chapter per month). It was the pinicle gaming magazines and computing!

[@challengecoins4u]

omg yes! and sometimes in cereal boxes too, like the kids version of the game Doom that you found in the Chex cereal box!

[@Jisoe22]

@@ThoughTMusicit was called They Hunger ;) great times indeed

[@Abel0179]

I was born in December of 1979. I was an 80s kid and I was a 90s teenager. If I could choose to do it all over again, I would in a heartbeat. Thank the LORD, I was lucky to have lived in that era. I wouldn't change it for ANYTHING...

[@farwestern99]

"Cool kids never have the time..."

[@HeizelGonzalez]

yeah, me too, we lived on a time when things were simpler.

[@dougieboy28]

In the time of the chimpanzees, I was a monkey....

[@rest_in_pain]

And weeeee don't even care To shake these zipper blues And we don't know just where our bones will reeeeest To dust, I guess Forgotten and absorbed... into the earth... below The street heats the urgency of now As you see, there's nooo one around... Przetłumacz na: polski

[@RianMeir-uz6wt]

I know that's right. 80s/90s were the peak. It's been downhill ever since the turn of the millennium.

[@thevestalvirginreads]

The ability to take sounds from a Windows 95 system and to turn into art such as this... Within the first thirty seconds somehow I was hit with a wave of nostalgia and felt tears come to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your talents!

[@RetrovexAmbient]

That's really nice of you to say , thank you so much! 💜I hope to bring many soundscapes for everyone to listen :)

[@JMDares]

The water, sun and sky....I could float away here forever.

[@MysticSilvermoon]

Having been born in 1987, this track brings back so many memories of when I was young, when we bought our first computer, the first time i heard the carrier chirp to log on to the internet...so much has changed since then. My kids will never know a world where you couldn't access the internet anywhere and everywhere you go. My generation was truly the last generation to grow up without tech being a necessary object for daily life.

[@bmbmkv8342]

я родился в 1985 году в СССР, первый компьютер у меня появился только в 2002 году на 98 винде. Да, у каждой нации свои ассоциации с компьютерами и детством

[@bmbmkv8342]

первой была была китайская пиратская копия NES, которую в Росии/Украине называли Dendy, это был 1995 год, потом появилась Sega 16 бит, это был уже 1998-1999 , компьютеры были только у детей богатых родителей.

[@Miikhiel]

Also an 87 baby. Also remember the times as halcyon days. AoL was part of that journey for me too. It was definitely different times. I don’t long to relive my childhood but I do miss how simpler things were back then.

[@wiewiorpl]

My exact thoughts

[@meanwhileinjapan2265]

Nope some of us born after you grew up without computers and internet usage and just enjoyed a normal childhood running around outside and having fun.

[@Pfromm007]

I come here to escape the future we didn't deserve.

[@10010x0x0x01101XX0X1]

the reason why this nostalgic feels good is bc its from a time when the internet was peaceful and good. It was wonderful to explore all the hidden nooks and crannies. Compared to now when everyone has emotional and mental sickness bc of what todays internet has done, designed to get people enraged to promote engagement.

[@JohnVance]

"Y'know, it wasn't always like this..."

[@nerychristian]

This brings back memories. Being at college, inside a computer lab, browing websites designed by ordinary people. Chatting with people on Yahoo. Working on documents and saving them on Zip drives.

[@10010x0x0x01101XX0X1]

@@nerychristian yea. back then you felt good wherever you were, because the internet wasn't designed to make you feel FOMO. so sitting in a lab by yourself felt peaceful. but now, 90 percent of the internet is social network crap designed to hijack your attention and make you feel bad to be in the present moment

[@mithcee]

Can you imagine? Strangers used to gather in chat rooms because it made them happy to talk to others, to share their interests, to roleplay fantasy, to build friendships and create bonds. Chat rooms and forums used to have rules against "flaming" and "flame wars" because arguing and being insulting were the exception not the rule. How sad it is that online discourse is now driven primarily by rage and disagreement. And worse, that people at large just accept this.

[@10010x0x0x01101XX0X1]

@@mithcee i miss it so much

[@crazyhorse1367]

Stunning serenity, a whisper from the past...

[@RetrovexAmbient]

with plenty more to come 💜

[@DavidWilliams-h1l]

@@crazyhorse1367 Future past

[@felipecel]

It's seems you entered in some kind of portal and traveled to the past, but everything there disappeared, its only you and this computer in a totally empty dimension.

[@KristopherNoronha]

and the computer has nothing on it. only windows 95, fresh install. no hardware except whatever fit inside that beige box. you have eternity to reinvent modern technology, except that you suddenly discovered solitaire.

[@MusicAutomation]

I remember the late 90's as being a special and formative time. So many great movies and video games in that era. But you still watched and played them with your friends right next to you.

[@angelsfancrc1]

I should not have listened to this at work. The wave of nostalgia overcoming me is almost making me tear up.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

It's ok to cry 💜it just means it was a good memory/time

[@ivanbraidi]

I feel you, bro.

[@DJeimaXe]

It is soooo gawddd@mn trruuuuuuuuueeeee

[@smon4164]

I'm past that. I'm typing this with tears running down my face.

[@IgnitionZA]

Its making me want to fall asleep

[@d.a.1230]

Reminds me of being home in the 1990s- when everything was normal. Future generations will never know how good things used to be instead of how advanced they are now.

[@MrCleates]

Advancing to WHAT exactly? That's the question.

[@waltzthompson7238]

@@MrCleates exactly. Even language is corrupted.

[@vtuberuriguri2547]

We were lucky. I never get sad with these things because I always think "Don't be sad that it's gone, be happy that you got to experience it"

[@WWCC35]

Gen-Z will never know what they missed. Thank God I had my childhood in the optimistic, colorful, ethereal, mystical 90s.

[@shadow7988]

Same, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it's like growing up in an age where everyone has a camera ready to put you on blast to the entire world in seconds sitting in their pocket. All the crazy and dumb stuff I did as a kid that was fun would never fly now. How do they not feel like prisoners constantly being watched?

[@stormcutter59]

@@shadow7988 They do. That's partly why they are so miserable. The government and corporate megalomaniacs want to sow the seeds of resentment by pitting groups against others. Laying the blame on people that never did anyone any harm. "White people are the problem. Men and boys are products of toxic masculinity" Blah blah blah. Its the mark of a miserable and lying society and it needs to stop. Only we can control how we react to it and fortunately more and more young kids are getting tired of living that way. Hopefully enough people will force a change in the future and we can get back to being free citizens again

[@RobloxGamingCorner]

@@shadow7988 I was born in 2005, Almost every day I have nostalgia for the 90s and the early 2000s, I didn't live in the 90s but I wish I did. Almost everyone believes Gen Z has an addiction to smartphones when people born in the 2000s, 2001-2004 for example were before the iPhone or even Android phones came out

[@goose300183]

​@@RobloxGamingCorner The only thing I really believe about gen Z is that most of them don't know a time without phones and the internet, or time truly away from parents/guardians. That's really it. I was born two decades before you in 85. The 90s were my childhood, and I vaguely remember the tail end of the 80s. When I was a kid, the 'phone' was something physical in my house and I rarely used it. It was a thing my mum used mostly. The "internet" wasn't as it is today, and none of my friend group's parents had it. I spent a lot of my childhood outside disconnected from my parents for most of the day. There was no expectation to text them telling them where I was, or saying I was safe, as I had no tech to do so! I just had to be in by dinner time, and that was the only condition. Sometimes if we were building a den somewhere into the night, or if we were going to camp out (I lived in a remote, rural area as a kid), a messenger would be sent to inform whichever set of parents was closest to our location that we would all be out later. Usually the fittest kid who could run the longest! It was as if we as kids had our own little civilisation and society away from the adults. We built our own places to play around and congregate at. If one of us got slightly injured, or tore up our clothes out on adventures, a discussion was had about how to hide it from the parents so that they wouldn't try to curtail our freedom. The World was wide and full of wonder! We knew which adults to stay away from. We knew which activities were dangerous. We took care of each other. That's what is different now I feel, as parents seem to keep MUCH closer tabs on their kids now. Kids don't have the freedom that I had. Being older, I see what the internet and smartphones have done to my life, and those of my age group. It's not all positive, that's for sure. People are much more paranoid these days when it comes to what their children are doing and where they are. That's good in some ways, but bad in many others. The kids don't really get to live their own separate life. Our parents didn't know what we were doing, or where we were, and they were fine with that. It was a more innocent time. That's what is different in my mind. Those times ended sometime in the 00s when most people my age (and older, and younger) got consumed by connectivity, and starting getting phones, and phones for their kids.

[@InfamousAMH]

As an '05 Gen-Z that practically surrounded myself with the early themes and had a huge attachment for the computer technology and software of the 90's and early 00's. I know exactly what my generation missed. Listening to things like this, pulling my old 95 and 98 machines out of the closet for some old games every now and then, and even building the machines based on hardware I find at the dump. I get ripely emotional any time I stop to think about what we're missing nowadays. It feels like everything quickly evaporated and became soulless. And in my situation, I have almost nobody of similar age that understands or feels the same as I do. It's almost painful rather than nostalgic. Just as easily as I can seemingly put the lost future back together from what I find at the dump, I can toss it back and let it get buried to return to the Earth.

[@James_Baggott]

I listened to the whole hour and reflected on the 90's. It didn't take long to break down and realize: to remember the 90's is to remember our humanity.

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Glad to see others who understand what this means in the comments..was really the golden age...this era now is a shadow age..of teachnology ruling us..our lives in its cage. - child of the 90s..forever nostalgic and grateful.

[@leonelvolpatti4696]

Remember that first time you met the internet? I was lucky enough to be a teen when the golden age of internet and computers was taking place. Everything was so new and exciting. Now even tho it has so much more options and possibilities, I feel like its soul as it was is long gone. Everything is monitored and spied on. You never feel like you got your own world anymore. It was the closest we got to some kind of anarchy in terms of freedom of speech and free to roam wherever we'd like. It wasn't so measured. I will never forget those good old days discovering this fantastic world.

[@jonchellis2978]

And the only measurement/tracking there really was, was the visitor counter at the bottom of the webpages you visited.

[@iqbaalannaafi4944]

Oh, I remember. Back then, we weren't hounded by endless advertisements and pop-ups. Back then, the internet was untouched by self-obsessed content creators like the ones you see on Tiktok nowadays.

[@JohnKulin]

I am actually quite emotional about this. Makes me feel old hearing the old sounds of my childhood playing games and working on my homework.

[@JohnVance]

Yeah this is almost like caretaker but for millennials

[@marcins6071]

are you old now ?

[@Name-zd5fq]

It's like waking up from a 29-year-long nightmare!

[@wutta-do5zy]

You ain't kiddin

[@BerlingotdeLait678]

True.

[@SamuelBlack84]

If only 😪

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Just a lil nap

[@rianmeir]

I blame hormones and stress.

[@ReaganLodge]

**sobbing uncontrollably while clinging to my palm tree raft in the ocean** "WINDOWS!!!!!! WIIIIIIIINDOWS, I"M SORRY WINDOWS!!!!!"

[@RetrovexAmbient]

LMAO 😂

[@jonathanshepherd4439]

iI understood that reference!

[@knowledgedumpingservice2435]

DOGZ, I'M SORRY, CATZ, ODDBALLZ-----MICROSOFT WORD------WHERE IN TIME IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? ZZT----MEGAZEUX, JEREMY LAMAR GAMES-------------------------------------------------PLAYSTATION ONE!

[@rianmeir]

Where in Time? had me on edge!

[@ZexeezTwitch]

The internet was trully ours, we grew up with it in its infancy. We got to experience the best of it, no generation after us will ever know the joy of a pre 9/11 world.

[@nerychristian]

Remember when Yahoo had chat lobbies? And you could join a lobby and start chatting with people from all over the world? Man! I miss MySpace.

[@SirRorschachJack]

@@nerychristian ya the elite got rid of that because they DO NOT want communication. They want control. Multiple websites had live chat. Myspace, yahoo, myyearbook.

[@jakthebomb]

I grew up just across the Hudson and got to experience the observation deck of the south tower, yeah... 9/11 changed so much. I remember what it was like waving goodbye to a family member at the Gate of the Newark Airport, back then you didn't need a ticket, and there wasn't a TSA making you take off your shoes.

[@wanderinghistorian]

Fantastic video! Please consider doing similar videos on these retro sounds: 1. Windows 98 2. Playstation 1 or 2

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Always happy to take recommendations! And im definitely doing more windows stuff , cant wait to show you all what i got cooking up 💜

[@doomrevolver8387]

yaaas PS2 intro sound plz@@RetrovexAmbient

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Dreamcast?

[@crystaledwards8854]

Yes, PS1 startup music, and Spyro games music 💜 That would be wonderful.

[@Scynime]

Was born at the very END of 1999 but at least I was able to still experience these last pieces of it. Parents gave me their old computer for me to play jump-start learning games and such, ran on Windows 95.

[@Scynime]

I also remember back in 2007 my school gave away their old computers, I was one of the lucky kids to get one from them. Those ran on Windows Professional which I never knew was a thing.

[@Chico9569]

Damn I was born in 95 and I don't even remember that. I grew up with windows millenium/2000 2007 you were 7/8 years old, computers are a pretty advanced concept for a kid that age I didn't even know how to work a smartphone till I was 20

[@tldw8354]

@@Chico9569windows Milllenium was probably the worst windows ever! oh my ..

[@shadow7988]

@@Chico9569 Kids are wicked good learners if you allow them to be. I was not only using computers, but even assembling them, when I was like 8 because we had them in the home way earlier than most for work reasons. It's harder for people to learn now because everything is so easy and convenient, no one is pushed to think anymore.

[@OMA2k]

​@@Scynime I think you mean Windows 2000 Professional (Win 95 and 98 didn't have Pro versions).

[@orafaeldipietro]

The term "Personal Computer" is defined by this sound. In the 80s and early 90s Computers couldn't emulate complex sounds, It was just bips from the motherboard, But then, Once the world of computing made a huge leap in mid 90s, with the internet, And the graphical and sound capabilities started to grow and make a difference, This, Is what we got, The Windows 95 Startup Sound, The PS1 Startup Sound, The IMac Startup sound, All of these have 1 thing in common, They were all created to make you feel something. As Steve Jobs said, "We don't make boxes for you to get your job done, Or make you more productive, But to make you more creative and have a intimate relationship between creator and machine" And that is the point. That is the point of why and how we are so connected to the phones in our pockets, the nostalgic feels of computers from the nineties and these sweet sounds, That is the purpose of this silicon machine. People nowadays are getting the notion of machines that they buy wrong, Computers aren't made to make you procrastine and turn your life into a living digital hell, But to make you more creative and most importantly, Make you feel like the creator... The purpose of this comment, Is to help you turn the relationship with your computer into something more, Something intimate between a creator and a machine, Hell, Give it a name, Make your mark, But use it like the extension of your creative self, Your silicon canvas.

[@LosLibrosNosHacenLibres]

Even now, when I turn on one of those old machines it brings me back a sense of wonder and happiness, almost like something magic is about to happen. A new world in front of me and endless new things to discover.

[@vascobroma8907]

The opening sound reminds me of when I'd go over to my friend's house to play Sim City 2000 and the original Need for Speed. Ah man life was as blissful as this video.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Two hundred THOUSAND views... Thats absolutely astronomical, im flabbergasted

[@scsi_joe]

Just goes to show, the demand is huge

[@mack7170]

I've listened to this at least once every day while at work. That opening sound never gets old. Please make more!

[@smon4164]

Well deserved, you've captured the spirit of an entire generation with this I think.

[@Dalamain]

you deserve it man, this is wayy better than I was expecting

[@RetrovexAmbient]

welp, you'll guys have a new episode to listen to next week 💜 and then after that we got an april fools episode :P

[@Halebopp97]

3rd night in a row now that I have returned here. This has soothed my soul, not only is it an ambient mix of relaxation but pulls out the comforting notes of windows 95, the days gone by and an era close to my heart, 1995 and the startup sound which, in my mind, came to symbolise the wonderful decade of the 1990s ♥️

[@ImperfectCitizen]

Welcome back fellow 86'r. Much love on your journey!

[@RetrovexAmbient]

This really means a lot to me, I've never experienced this much feedback regarding my works and honestly I can't wait to show you more of what i have in store for the future💜

[@Halebopp97]

@@ImperfectCitizen and to you too, fellow 86’r!

[@Halebopp97]

@@RetrovexAmbientwe can’t wait to hear and see more of you wonderful work ♥️

[@mateuszmalanowski3819]

This music really hits hard, after just a few seconds I knew that I had found a true gem.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

dziekuje serdecznie! pozdrawiam 💜

[@mateuszmalanowski3819]

@@RetrovexAmbient 💪

[@AnakinJackie]

It's late and I found this video to calm down. ❤ It's truly emotionally in the comments. 😢🙏 It's good to see that I'm not alone with the feeling that the internet has a lot more soul back in the 90s. I was born in 1989 and windows 95 was my start into the future. ❤ I miss the old internet, it was more comfortable and.. Well, smaller actually. I love to see the world connected, but in some way it went wrong. Our generation should be thankful and aware of what we had, what for a privilege to had a childhood without smartphones, just computers ❤ thank you

[@alexandredevert4935]

Back when to go on Internet, I needed to take the bus 1h to the big city, and pay access in a cybercafe. I would insert a floppy disc, look for useful pieces of codes, tutorials, download them and copy them to study them at home. Internet was much more about personal webpages than corporate web applications, a worldwide village. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...

[@vincentdaniels7818]

Say a prayer for the early 80s babies. Our teenage years were incredible. 😓

[@Dm3qXY]

we were witnessing hope... Star Trek TNG was a big part of it too for me.

[@rianmeir]

Childhood was a huge impact also. I have nephews and their childhood is going in the blink of an eye.

[@scatchef]

Christ this is nostalgic, 🥲 God Bless the 90s

[@AceKite00]

It was around 1:20, barely over a minute into the video, that I realized what was lost. Everything was calm and free; Now everything is loud and controlled..

[@sanosuke2056]

This track takes you back to the golden days of the '90s, when hope and dreams filled the air. Every beat, every melody evokes a time when the world seemed full of possibilities and people believed in a brighter future. It's a musical echo of the carefree optimism that defined that era. It feels like reliving the endless summer nights of youth, with music as a faithful companion and hearts brimming with longing and joy. Thank you for uploading this true masterpiece - it gave me an hour of memories from the past, most of which I had forgotten in the hectic days of 2024. I miss those old days and the people who are no longer here with me.

[@nicholassgourakis6020]

This is ambient perfection for me! This may sound a bit weird to some but I always found the aesthetics of Windows 95 & 98 to be peaceful, nostalgic, soul healing, meditating, and aesthetically pleasing from their startup sounds, sound effects, colorful wallpapers, themes, the small but colorful games, and even the sampler discs that had alot of personality put into em seeing as the internet wasn't so obtainable at the time. Sometimes I am here mentally.

[@desdenova1]

NNOOOOOO! That sinking desktop had all my Napster downloads on it!

[@SYN990]

We are in the future now. The new millennia promised us wonder. Opression of digital handcuffs. Humans without humanity. The chords reverberate in my nevous system. I feel at peace now. Thank you this work really means alot to me.

[@MrCleates]

Not too late to go back.

[@Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeow]

Windows '95 is strongly connected to my childhood. I can't explain it to you, but you if know, you know.

[@Halebopp97]

I know ♥️🙏🏻

[@nicholassgourakis6020]

I know exactly how you feel and I'm so happy to see that I am not the only one who feels this way about Windows 95.

[@stoomdoom6148]

I know too 🙏

[@lennonblack]

The start up sound rocks me to my core. So many memories flood back just hearing that sound.

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

I know..

[@gyroscopix8bit]

Instantly I am reminded by those Windows 95 "with Plus!" themes. I remember the "Inside Your Computer" theme, with the glass bauble screensaver slowly moving around. And the 256 colour "Nature" theme with the cougar.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

you just gave me a great idea for an episode 😳

[@doomrevolver8387]

I've had this on loop for hours. Perfect soundscape for reading scifi and making levels in Doom Builder.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Im super glad to hear that! Brings me joy that you like it so much thank you💜

[@doomrevolver8387]

absolutely, this brings back childhood memories of my first PC with Windows 98, playing games like minesweeper while listening to hours of music @@RetrovexAmbient

[@ivanrolim]

Doom Builder and.....Edmap, why not?

[@ProtoMario]

We all miss it, the past...I miss being a kid. I was in 2-4th grade when Windows 95 was out, it was like this forbidden technology...so strange, so interesting you know.

[@ashleyshaw5990]

Thanks for the Nostalgia !

[@RetrovexAmbient]

@@ashleyshaw5990 thank you so much!! 💙💙

[@ashleyshaw5990]

How or where can I purchase these 1995 soundscapes?

[@RetrovexAmbient]

@@ashleyshaw5990 The release is coming out in early August! 💙 I'll announce more soon!

[@ashleyshaw5990]

Will it be released in cd format?

[@RetrovexAmbient]

@@ashleyshaw5990 Unfortunately no sorry

[@AribellaAC]

The way this transports me back to my childhood. Wish I could have those days forever

[@Vertignasse82]

I was born in 1982 so I was a teenager in the mid 90's, at a perfect age to fully absorb the magic of this transition era. I turned 18 (legal age here in Canada) in 2000. It was epic. Obviously, I am now nostalgic for this period of my life. As time goes by, the system and regulations become increasingly heavy and restrictive. For instance, my dad born in the 50's grew up in the 60's and 70's and enjoyed a level of freedom much greater than mine ever was. If this trend continues (increased restrictions and regulations, higher level of stress, etc) it's logical to believe that the kids who are young now will eventually look back at 2024 and see it as a period of incredible freedom and peace. But I don't want that to happen. I want them to TRULY get a taste of a more peaceful era. I want the world to improve instead of declining. i want the world to become sensible again. Is that possible? Sorry for the wall of text.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Its like someone rolled back time, and kept me in a happy nostalgia for 1 hour.

[@RG2k07]

Brings me back to 1995/96. I was 10 years ago. My uncle had just bought a Pentium 66mhz PC with a 3D acceleratior card. He let me play Tomb Raider for the very first time, showed me this new thing called the Internet... Kids today with their iPads will never experience nostalgia like us 90s kids! Long live the future!!!😢

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Hey don’t diss the iPad 😅 it has apps that lets you make music like this ❤

[@MentalParadox]

The feelings this brings up in me are incomprehensibly strong. Got tears in my eyes.

[@fishapiller]

Makes me feel like a kid again and this makes me feel good inside I was born 1990 I am 34 years old I miss the 90s ❤

[@spanky9740]

i'm 54 and i miss the 90's EDIT: and i miss the 80's for music.

[@danetastic1]

This is the era where technology was assistive and increased our productivity but not so much that we were rendered as unnecessary. We had increased access to information but it was still digestible and we weren’t choking on daily overload. We could reach out and connect without the toxicity of social media. We could explore without being tracked. There was still the freedom and bliss of the outside, disconnected world and the endless possibility of technology. So much promise we’ll never have because things went the way they did. Sure, there had been some benefit from today’s world but when weighed against the deeply unmet needs of today’s society overt, can’t help but wonder what else could have been…

[@anaguma90]

What I wouldn't give to go back to that sacred era. Sadly time marches relentlessy on and you never know a good thing until its gone. I just feel grateful to have been around back then.

[@H0p3l3zz_4rt1zzt]

Honestly I might fall asleep to this- as eery as it is it's so so peaceful

[@juliaorangeart]

We are longing for those golden times but today might be the same golden period, another one, before something else comes as social media and other things did. You might imagine that you have come back from the future and this very moment is the "past" and you are living in your memories one more time. Complicated but interesting :)

[@winlover37]

Ah the human condition. Honestly if there were a matrix I could jump into and just live in the 90s and 2000s for eternity, I would.

[@JuraIbis]

"Nothing works right since Windows 95" - Duckman

[@威雅]

Win95 win98 Windows XP are the peak of golden era. Since Windows vista it's where hell started.

[@leonelvolpatti4696]

@@威雅 we never would've expected Windows XP was going to be the last glimpse of hope there'd be.

[@energeticyellow1637]

windows 7 was good

[@tldw8354]

@@energeticyellow1637 jepp. i still use it almost every day besides 10 and 11. it is good for some specific purposes

[@midnightblue1874]

@@威雅 I would say Win 7 was last good one, even though having loads of problems with instation on new PC i'm still using it...

[@sietafak]

1982 checking in! The sounds of my youth...

[@KristopherNoronha]

1983 here. hello!

[@Hairlesswookie62]

No complaining at all about how relaxing this is, like existing in a chamber of voxels. Beautiful work.

[@GlobalBrief360]

I was born in the early 2000s, and I absolutely love ambient music and nostalgic vibes like this. Influenced by my father, I started using computers from a young age, so I deeply resonate with this atmosphere. This Windows 95 music, in particular, feels like the futuristic vibe that people of the past might have imagined. Unfortunately, I don’t have anyone around me who shares this sentiment, so I decided to write this comment. I’m using a translation tool, so please forgive me if there are any awkward phrases.

[@Julian4470]

The good thing: No one can take away your memory, you once made, by experiancing this yourself😊 Listening to this, i feel this is calming down way more than any other audio stuff. And the fact that you instantly feel relaxed just by hearing these sounds kind of proves how relaxed the time was back then.

[@RuSosan]

Time takes it all away eventually. First (and surprisingly fast) through preferential distortion via the Mandela effect, then by age and fading mental faculties.

[@redsquirrelftw]

I run Linux and the win95 sound is my startup sound. It's one of the best ones ever.

[@NinjaSushi2]

I'm going to school for cybersecurity and I was born in 1986. Oh how I yearn for a simpler time.. Computers are getting so high-tech and fancy that it hurts my brain sometimes trying to learn and understand these concepts. I miss my Windows 95 and my Duke Nukem 3D. Back when we ran ipv4 and one firewall and nobody was concerned about hackers. Now we run IPv6 and 25 firewalls in every freaking location, server, client, host device, IoTs, cloud, etc. If it has access to the internet we're slapping a firewall on it because redundancy and hackers!! 😂 I never thought I would miss the days when I would play Starcraft over dial-up internet and hope nobody tried to call the house for 5 hours. 😅

[@jooch_exe]

I find it strange young people are so nostalgic for this era of computing. I was in my teens when 95 launched and it made using a computer feel less lonely. Now there was something to look at and listen to, instead of that black void with a prompt. However it didn't change the fact that it was still a lonely experience. There were no MP3's, no USB drives and internet was too expensive. If you wanted to share something you would have to call a friend and meetup. Basically the computer was left alone for most of the day and the interaction you had was exploring the software or games you owned.

[@geologick]

That's precisely why they're nostalgic. It was a form of entertainment and discovery, without any attempt at taking over every aspect of life. It was a source of curiosity and creativity, largely untouched by corporate greed or algorithms. People could log on for 20 minutes a day and be satisfied, didn't feel tied to it or drawn in to the point of addiction. They were able to enjoy life outside the computer with their friends, who were doing the same, untethered. They didn't have to wait for a friend to look up from a screen to gain their attention; they were already present in the moment with them. The computer was a fun and exciting device during that time, not the exhausting source of negativity and obsession it is today.

[@N0Illl]

Wow, this creates a temptation to reinstall Windows 95. 🪟I always loved these sounds from the golden age of computers. Thank you for creating this. 🙏

[@rianmeir]

Maybe Gates will release a retrospective Windows, as permanently optional. To revert back and forth from.

[@KristopherNoronha]

I have it right now. VMWare virtual machine. Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP. Can even run them all side by side. It doesn't feel the same when you have a smartphone on your table right next to it though.

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

The golden era of PC gaming. The gsmes that were coming out at the time were iconic, such as Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Shawdow Warrior, Blood, Thief, The Sims, Fallout 1&2, Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, System Shock, Quake, and of course, Half-Life. It was such an amazing time to discover all those games for the first time.

[@NTxC]

I'm devastated we can never go back to these simpler times ever again.

[@gonzalozavala2329]

Right in the feels! For even better results, complement using headphones with closing your eyes. It's an ethereal time travelling flight.

[@dkstryker]

Oh my goodness yess!! I first heard this on my Bose headphones. I could feel my soul vibrate! Its the best way to hear these!

[@serjgr8993]

Вот я и нашёл, музыку своего детства.. Спасибо тебе уважаемый, в современном мире безумной скачки, необходим тихий угол гармонии и спокойствия!

[@hybriddude007]

Amazing, just pure amazing nostalgic sounds that instantly awakens your spirt bringing you through a time loop of ecstasy and wisdom!

[@rollsroyce707]

90s computer gaming and exploring. Before 9/11, it was unreal just how incredible it was.

[@rianmeir]

Just a bunch of people showing off while trashing the planet.

[@echelecopao]

Listening to this and reminiscing about the 90s makes me feel like that decade was probably the apex of the human race

[@michaelwills1926]

My first immersion into tech was win95 now after the better part of a career in tech this is like seeing the porch light in the distance

[@allmight_ip]

The invention of computers and the WWW gave many people literally a second chance. Disabled people and introverted people have a new opportunity to explore this world. I hope that after I die, in paradise, I will also have a personal computer. He literally saved me from loneliness.

[@TheBenJiles]

Wow. This hit deep to the core. It's something I never knew I needed. Thank you Algorithm. And thank you Retrovex for emerging this from my sea of memories.

[@eroche12]

So new yet nostalgic, so haunting yet familiar, so mysterious and yet home. Brilliant work! An introvert story of new age music from last 30 years.

[@darthhatchet]

This is amazing and takes me back to a time when I was still young.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

I'm so glad it does! 💜

[@marcins6071]

are you very old now ?

[@darthhatchet]

@marcins6071 yes I'm in my 40s

[@marcins6071]

@@darthhatchet me too

[@pho3nix-]

What's wild is that I still vividly remember a time before KZbin... people often mention social media sites like Facebook, but KZbin has had an even bigger impact on everything imo.

[@Kritmus]

I'm so glad Neocities is a thing now Indie internet is something that you don't know you miss til you see it again

[@deaks25]

Gonna age myself by saying this; but I remember the first time I used Win 95 when it was a current OS. The difference from Windows 3.11 was mind blowing. Great piece of work to get a really good ambient track while making so many sounds and tones recognisable.

[@RetrovexAmbient]

Ill age myself too haha, I grew up with Windows XP and moving to windows 7 was definitely something my young mind was still comprehending, but never had a chance to use 95, i tried to stay true to its original sound, its a really soothing startup.💜

[@Denariusjay]

Oh yeah, the leap from 3.1 to win95 was insane. It felt like the future and guess what? It was, because windows today still has that same fundamental feel that was introduced in 95.

[@richardd9634]

I remember having to upgrade from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 because I wanted to play Discworld and it needed Win 95. My dad brought home an installation CD from his office and we did the upgrade - it was so exciting! Our computer at the time only just met the minimum specs for installation. I was blown away at how clean and modern it looked, plus that startup sound was like a warm "welcome to the future of technology" every time. I don't think I've ever felt the same way about installing a new OS since then. Wonderfully precious memories that I will cherish forever.

[@theophilegaudin2329]

@@Denariusjay Yes. In retrospect, Windows 95 made history. We were living in the actual future the first time we started our computers with that OS.

[@SxD1982]

This reminds me of friends and close family members whom have become distant memories. Great times were had where exploration and curiosity with a sense for outdoor adventure was a driving force. This is truly an amazing and original piece. Well done.

[@vicentelopez5]

man this is some of the most beautiful soundscapes i've listened to in all my life, magnificent work mate

[@epiphamas]

This is one of my all time favourite pieces of ambient music or just any music period. I find it enchanting and it never fails to make me feel good.

[@Travis66421]

When i hear this sound, i imagine myself on a white sandy beach. On a sunny day with dark blue skies. The sun almost appearing fully white. With the sounds of calm ocean waves hitting the shore. I feel at calm of the tranquility of this scene. As i stand in the ocean, i look back to the shore and seeing my family smiling back at me. Appearing proud of my accomplishments. I realize, with this song playing, this is the definition of heaven. ❤️

[@spanky9740]

Love it. i've had computers since 1984, but '97 was my first PC and for the next 10 years things were always looking up. Since 2015 things have started to go backwards.

[@LudeMasta99]

I'm slowly getting over a recent sickness, I still feel weak mentally & physically. I literally cried listening to this imaging being next to a beach letting go of all my past traumas and emotional baggage while soaking up the sun as the waves crashed onto my body. I thought about holding my baby daughter and the world she will experience, totally different from the one we grew up in, only to remind myself to be a better father to her than I ever had.