Jeroen Tel Explained

Jeroen Tel
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:Jeroen Godfried Tel
Birth Date:1972 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Eindhoven, Netherlands
Genre:Videogame music
Commodore 64 music
8-bit
Electronic music
Chiptunes
Pixel Pop

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, , Nighthunter, Robocop 3, Rubicon (title music), and Supremacy.[7]

Maniacs of Noise

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

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

Tel Me More

In the summer of 2015, Tel launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo[16] in order to produce a remix album (called 'Tel Me More') of his best C64 music.[17] [18] [19] 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.[20] 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".[21]

Discography

Soundtracks by Jeroen Tel

The following are soundtracks composed by Tel.[22] [23] [24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeroen Tel discography. RateYourMusic.
  2. Web site: Polderpioniers: Jeroen Tel and the rise of game music (Dutch). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/AdTANxS-LHg. 2021-12-12 . live. 8 December 2015 . YouTube.
  3. Web site: Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers. Vintageisthenewold.com. April 21, 2015.
  4. Book: Hewson, Andrew. Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers. May 9, 2016. 145. Lulu.com . 9781844991365. Google Books.
  5. Web site: [CSDb] - Jeroen Tel/Maniacs of Noise]. Commodore 64 Scene Database.
  6. Web site: Droege. Joerg. Video Interview with Jeroen Tel. Scene World Magazine. 2015-04-25.
  7. Web site: GamesArt Interview Jeroen Tel . GamesArt.de. 27 July 2015 .
  8. Web site: Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers. Mon.home.xs4all.nl. 2020-04-08. 2020-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200601180251/https://mon.home.xs4all.nl/. dead.
  9. Web site: Interview with Jeroen Tel. Sidmusic.org.
  10. Charles Deenan, Interplay . Next Generation. 3. Imagine Media. March 1995. 52.
  11. Web site: Video game history of the Netherlands . October 6, 2024 .
  12. Web site: [CSDb] - Maniacs of Noise (Netherlands)]. Commodore 64 Scene Database.
  13. Web site: Jeroen Tel - interview at Assembly 2012 (English version). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ezncxhDnUQo. 2021-12-12 . live. 6 August 2012 . YouTube.
  14. Web site: Tess & Tel - interview by Scene World Podcast (2015). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/VSUYAa3wrGY. 2021-12-12 . live. 21 May 2015 . YouTube.
  15. Web site: Tess & Tel (Official). SoundCloud.com.
  16. Web site: Jeroen Tel - Tel Me More *C64 game music remakes*. Indiegogo.com.
  17. Web site: Jeroen Tel --- Tel Me More --- IndieGogo Pitch. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/GQqorSNkJ8A. 2021-12-12 . live. 30 June 2015 . YouTube.
  18. Web site: C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an einem Remake-Album. Wired (Germany). 24 April 2017. 24 July 2015.
  19. Web site: C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an neuem Remake-Album. Gamesbusiness.de. 24 April 2017.
  20. Web site: The Journey continues with an Open Soul. Indiegogo. 14 September 2020. 22 February 2020.
  21. Web site: Stream Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul (preview) (v22) by Maniacs of Noise. Tel. Jeroen. 28 June 2023. SoundCloud. 26 November 2023.
  22. Web site: Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers. mon.home.xs4all.nl. 2020-04-08. 2020-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200601180251/https://mon.home.xs4all.nl/. dead.
  23. Web site: GB64.COM - C64 Games, Database, Music, Emulation, Frontends, Reviews and Articles. Gb64.com.
  24. Web site: Lemon64.com - all about Commodore 64. Lemon64.com.

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