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Jeroen Tel

Jeroen Godfried Tel (born 19 May 1972), also known as WAVE,[1] is a Dutch composer.[2][3][4] He is best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64.[5] His most popular[6] compositions appear in the following Commodore 64 games: Combat Crazy, Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Dan Dare 3, Eliminator, Hawkeye, Myth: History in the Making, Nighthunter, Robocop 3, Rubicon (title music), and Supremacy.[7]

Jeroen Tel
Jeroen Tel performing at "Back in Time Live" in 2008
Jeroen Tel performing at "Back in Time Live" in 2008
Background information
Birth nameJeroen Godfried Tel
Born (1972-05-19) 19 May 1972 (age 52)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
GenresVideogame music
Commodore 64 music
8-bit
Electronic music
Chiptunes
Pixel Pop
Occupations

Maniacs of Noise

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Alongside Charles Deenen, who Tel met at computer meetings in Venlo, Netherlands, Tel is a founding member of the computer music group Maniacs of Noise,[8][9][10][11] a company devoted to composing music and designing sound effects for videogames since 1987.[12] He worked for several years at Funcom in Norway.[13] In addition to being a game musician, he has composed lots of modules in the context of demo scene.

Tess & Tel

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In late 2014 Jeroen Tel joined forces with Swedish singer and songwriter Tess Fries and formed the Pixel Pop music group Tess & Tel. [14] [15] They first met at a Space Invaders concert in Odense, Denmark on October 4, 2013.

Tess & Tel discography

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  • Buy the Sky (2015)[16]
  • Battle Valley (2015)[17]
  • Spank Me Hard & Call Me Susan (2016)[18]
  • Anywhere (2016)[19]
  • Dream Just Dream (2016)[20]
  • Complex (2016)[21]

Tel Me More

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In the summer of 2015, Tel launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo[22] in order to produce a remix album (called 'Tel Me More') of his best C64 music.[23][24][25] Of the $38,911 (a nod to the amount of free memory bytes when starting up a Commodore 64) goal, $27,420 was reached by a total of 699 backers. On August 8, 2015, Tel gave an update on his Indiegogo page stating that this was sufficient to create the album and deliver all the promised perks. In posts on the campaign page, he claimed to still be working on completing the project as of February 2020.[26] However, in the beginning of February 2022, the project was marked as closed without any comment from Tel. In a June 2023 comment on SoundCloud, Tel stated his intention of getting the project "out of the way".[27]

Discography

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Soundtracks by Jeroen Tel

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The following are soundtracks composed by Tel.[28][29][30]

References

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  1. ^ "Jeroen Tel discography". RateYourMusic.
  2. ^ "Polderpioniers: Jeroen Tel and the rise of game music (Dutch)". YouTube. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  3. ^ "Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers". Vintageisthenewold.com. April 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Hewson, Andrew (May 9, 2016). Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers. Lulu.com. p. 145. ISBN 9781844991365 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "[CSDb] - Jeroen Tel/Maniacs of Noise". Commodore 64 Scene Database.
  6. ^ Droege, Joerg. "Video Interview with Jeroen Tel". Scene World Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  7. ^ "GamesArt Interview Jeroen Tel". GamesArt.de. 27 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers". Mon.home.xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  9. ^ "Interview with Jeroen Tel". Sidmusic.org.
  10. ^ "Charles Deenan, Interplay". Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. March 1995. p. 52.
  11. ^ "Video game history of the Netherlands". October 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "[CSDb] - Maniacs of Noise (Netherlands)". Commodore 64 Scene Database.
  13. ^ "Jeroen Tel - interview at Assembly 2012 (English version)". YouTube. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  14. ^ "Tess & Tel - interview by Scene World Podcast (2015)". YouTube. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  15. ^ "Tess & Tel (Official)". SoundCloud.com.
  16. ^ Link to music video: Buy the Sky
  17. ^ Link to song: Battle Valley
  18. ^ Link to music video: Spank Me Hard & Call Me Susan
  19. ^ Link to song: Anywhere
  20. ^ Link to music video: Dream Just Dream
  21. ^ Link to song: Complex
  22. ^ "Jeroen Tel - Tel Me More *C64 game music remakes*". Indiegogo.com.
  23. ^ "Jeroen Tel --- Tel Me More --- IndieGogo Pitch". YouTube. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  24. ^ "C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an einem Remake-Album". Wired (Germany). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  25. ^ "C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an neuem Remake-Album". Gamesbusiness.de. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  26. ^ "The Journey continues with an Open Soul". Indiegogo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  27. ^ Tel, Jeroen (28 June 2023). "Stream Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul (preview) (v22) by Maniacs of Noise". SoundCloud. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  28. ^ "Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers". mon.home.xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  29. ^ "GB64.COM - C64 Games, Database, Music, Emulation, Frontends, Reviews and Articles". Gb64.com.
  30. ^ "Lemon64.com - all about Commodore 64". Lemon64.com.
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