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Comment by davidpfarrell

7 years ago

I actually have my own personal Mystery Tune which I'm been trying to find the owner of for years.

I'm offering a cash reward for help identifying the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK8l0pkyiy0

Its posted SoundCloud too:

https://soundcloud.com/davidpfarrell/cool-unknown-techno

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leviathant  7 years ago

I don't have a direct lead for you, but this sounds like it's tracker music (music written on Modtracker, Screamtracker, Impulse Tracker, Fasttracker, etc.) - I'd hazard a guess that it was recorded in the mid-to-late 90s.

Unfortunately, the only clue you have to its origin - "candyman" - is the name of a film being actively promoted right now, so it's going to be even more difficult to chase down than it was even just a few months ago.

It's possible that the name of the MP3 is a reference to the person who wrote the music, or it could be the name of the song they wrote. I've found at least five different "candyman" musicians doing tracker music, demoscene music, cracktro music, etc., the actual files are hard to come by, and the music I do find is techno, but not the same genre.

I could see the tune you linked being played over the end credits of some demoscene disk.

Anyway - I'm pretty sure that what you're listening to is an MP3 of a tracker file.

Every little bit of information helps :)

  • davidpfarrell  7 years ago

    I hadn't thought of that - I'll into the idea of musicians named "candyman" in the tracker scene.

    Thanks for the lead, and for having a listen of the track !

djmips  7 years ago

Did you make this track and are trying to make it popular?

  • davidpfarrell  7 years ago

    LOL Why, do you like it?

    I want to hope that if I were, I might have also created another track or two in the last 12-15 years :) Playing the long game on a single track is definitely risky :)

    Thanks for having a listen tho !

zapt02  7 years ago

It sounds a lot like the music for the 90s tank game Mass Destruction. Check out the soundtrack!

  • davidpfarrell  7 years ago

    Greetings!

    So my searching turned up a couple of game play videos, none of which seemed to include any songs.

    Found the wikipedia and moby games pages of course, but no mention of soundtracks (although they do mention sound credits for game)

    I was able to find this yt video of the title track * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I10wdVXC4cw

    Its definitely reminiscent of my mystery track, so good find!

    Thanks for sharing and having a listen of my mystery track !

aitait  7 years ago

It sounds like music for a computer game from the 80ies, early 90ies the latest.

  • davidpfarrell  7 years ago

    Yeah, being a child of 80's video games is probably why I like it (and techno in general).

    Thanks for having a listen !

autokad  7 years ago

beginning sounds a little like turbo lover but ends there

  • davidpfarrell  7 years ago

    Checked it out to see and yeah starting rumble had some similarities:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhY9GOhFwN4

    Been awhile since I've heard it so listened to the first chorus -- Took two minutes to get to the first utterance of "Turbo Lover" -- ahh thats how it should be, I was in suspense waiting for it ... not like today when songs hit the full-power chorus at the 10-15 second mark

    Thanks for having a listen of my mystery track!

HoraceSchemer  7 years ago

I put a reply on your YouTube. Siri identifies this as "Automatic" by Funkerman and Shermanology. I listened on Spotify and it sounds similar to me.