WARRYORZ is the 4th music disc from the group ym-rockerz.
Our instrument is the YM2149 soundchip found in the ATARI
16/32bit home computer series, originally released in 1985. Even
at that time the capabilities of this sound chip appeared
quite sparse. It can only produce bleepy square waves and rough
sounding noise on three channels. Probably your cell phone has a
more sophisticated sound chip built in. But exactly these
limitations and the strong characteristic sound of the chip made
the YM2149 attractive to us. After 18 years of practising we can
without any doubt call ourselves virtuosos.

This release was specially created for the Killer Instinct
exhibition. Game music and effects are the original purpose of
all home computer sound chips, and of course to make some is
just A CAKE for us. For sure these tunes will make you want to
grab your laser gun and free some princesses. Actually much more
so than the cinematic, Hollywood standard style of game music
that has emerged with "CD quality audio" hardware.

Take a *FREE* disc home and listen on your original ATARI
machine for maximum pleasure! (If you are semi-cool, read the
included instructions how to run it on an emulator.)

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The ym-rockerz formed in 2000 to re-establish a platform for
YM2149 composers. Since then this loosely connected group
released three music discs. The first already caused a great
comeback for the ATARI 16/32bit sound. And we will never stop.
http://ymrockerz.atari.org/

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Involved this time:

- LOTEK STYLE / TSCC^VINYL KARTELL aka Stefan Benz
  Founding member and mastermind

- TIMBRAL / DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY aka Martin Knutsson
  ones and zeros are the elements of constitution
  boolean algebra is the language no delusion...

- DMA-SC / SECTOR ONE aka Mathieu Stempell
  Chipmusic lover, from gaming systems to computers, European,
  Japanese and others...

- TAO / CREAM aka Frank Seemann
  Legendary buzzer and also main programmer of the group

- CRAZY Q / TIMEBOMB aka Christian Källström
  Likes Sushi and collects rare analouge synths

- BODENSTAENDIG 2000 aka Dragan Espenschied & Bernhard Kirsch
  Hard Rocking Scientists

- STU aka Christian Martin Studach
  Switzerland's last atari chip musician, member of the oldschool
  electro team "drop da bomb".

- DAMO / RESERVOIR GODS
  breakbeat junglist from brighton, UK

- GWEM aka Gareth Morris
  Lead guitarist in renowned rock band "The Gwemettes"

- 505 / CHECKPOINT^CREATORS aka Nils Feske
  atariscene's most active musician today

- EXOCET / JFF^CHECKPOINT aka Herve Piton
  Official YM-Rockerz graphic artist
