Atari Music by Japhy Riddle

Atari Music, almost titled VCS (Very Cool Songs), is a collection of short instrumental musical loops created entirely with JamLoopy, running on a real Atari 2600 console.

The Atari 2600 (first released in 1977) is an interesting piece of hardware when it comes to sound. It was never intended to have musical capabilities, so many of the notes don't conform to the standard 12-note scale. This makes it a fun challenge to try and compose music.

I'm an instrument player. I have almost no experience making electronic music, so Bentley Bear with me here. Nevertheless, this was a fun experience, especially because of the Atari's audio limitations.

Zden Hlinka is the talented creator of JamLoopy: https://satori.sk/jamloopy/

These are the songs that don't belong in bands.

Music used to be my main form of expression. It still trickles out, but other art forms have stolen much of my time.