Podcast episode profile for 168. Deadline 2026 Music Highlights
Deadline 26 ended just a few days ago, but delivers on a promise of good tracker music from the demo scene. DJ Daemon has finally started making those toplist episodes again and this time it's more of a selection than a countdown. Listen to DJ Daemon's picks from Deadline 2026: 13 demoscene tracks spanning Amiga, FastTracker, SID, streaming music and more.
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This profile was last updated on: 2026-10-11 20:00:06
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Flashback, tracks from the past
We have covered the demo scene since 2020, and play all the great chip tune music as well. Join us to hear tracked music combined with commentary from the geek-of-all-trades: DJ Daemon. He was once known as Daemon in the Amigaworld, and brings you stories about Amiga, retrocomputing, C64, demos, the demo scene and all things nerdy in the retro world.
We play tracker music composed on Protracker, Screamtracker, Fasttracker and Impulsetracker. It's music composed on Amiga and the retro-PC. Genres such as Chiptune, Synthwave and Retro electro.
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It's the first proper demoscene toplist since 2025. And this one was made as a selection rather than a classic countdown episode. It was a good collection that really made it a breeze to make a good selection.
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ericade.radio - Flashback, track from the past - let the toplist begin
Flashback, Tracks from the past. Let the top list begin.
We haven't done that for quite a while, but here we are again, and this time it's Deadline 26. It ran in Germany between the 2nd and 4th of October. And this hour we talk and play the best of the best. And not everyone, and not in any particular order.We are starting up today with the tune that came in third place on the demo party competition for streaming music. It's "Oh, so happy". And who is oh so happy? That would be MonoToni.
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
MonoToni - Oh so happy
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Now, that's a tune that makes you feel happy. I feel happy myself. It's a really, really awesome little cheerful song. Next up is Planefiller, and that is from another artist called Wrighter. They did not really have the same luck. They came in on 11th place in the demo party competition for streaming music. But it's softer, it's more, as I usually say, melodious, and has a nice set of synthy chords.
Wrighter - Planefiller
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Sometimes you need to remember where we came from. You know, the blippity-bloppity part of the scene, so to speak. A little bit of a chiptune feeling is "Kon kon", it's called. And it's from the artist by the name Crome, no relation to a browser, I would guess. And it came on a fourth place in the demo party competition for tracked music. Yes, this is track music galore, Fasttracker to be exact.
Crome - Kon kon
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Giving you a feeling of impending doom. Yeah, you feel that you're walking around in Zombieland and it's dark and they are watching you. You can hear them screaming for brains. This song fits perfectly to that movie. Zombie Walker, yeah, fitting, and it's Alysius. And yeah, it came on the sixth place in the demo party competition for streaming music.
Alysius - Zombie Walker
It could be hard to understand jazz as the upper echelons of music for a guy like me who likes chiptune and tracker music and all that. But actually I think it totally is. And mix good jazz with good funk and you get a winner in my book. That would be the song, it's called A New Slice of Funk. And that would be by JCO. It came first place in the demo party competition for streaming music on Deadline.
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
JCO - A new slice of funk
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
You remember the 90s? Yeah I sure do, because you see, I was a community DJ broadcaster. Yeah, I was doing community broadcasting here in Stockholm in Sweden back then. And next up is a song that feels the love. Dots feel love. It's by W.O.T.W. and it sounds "the 90s" as it sounds a little bit Eurotechno, like that old song that they sing, Give Me Love or something like that. Yeah, totally awesome song.Yeah, it came on the first place in the tracker competition. And yeah, it's Amiga.
W.O.T.W. - Dots feel love!
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Yeah, okay, it's kinda close enough for a copyright strike. Nah, I'm just kidding. Not that bad, but it's a little bit too close for comfort. You know what this song used to be, right? So, well, SIDTunes, we don't play them very often, but this one it has to be played. It's Beyond the Light Wave, the ultimate version, and it came on third place in the demo party competition for old school music. And the artist you say that will be Alysius again, absolutely.That was from Deadline, and this is Flashback, tracks from the Past.
Alysius - Beyond the lightwave (Ultimate)
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
I'm not sure why we have another light wave song. Yeah, this one is also called Lightwave, and it is by the immensely talented Saga Musix. He came in well decently on fifth place in the demo party competition for streaming music on Deadline. Here we go.
Saga Musix - Light wave
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
I get the feeling that Slaxx is a little bit ticked off at Nordlicht, because the song is called "No Nordlicht 2026". Yeah, okay, and that tune came in on second place in the demo party competition for tracked music. That's pretty awesome, and so is Fasttracker, because that's what it is. Hard Rock!
Slaxx - No Nordlicht 2026
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Riding an up tempo wind, and we will continue doing so. Dualtrax and ArtFx comes out with Palmarius, a song that came on the tenth place in the demo party competition for streaming music. Yes, it's still Deadline from Germany.
Dualtrax and Artfx - Palmarius
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Invasion!!! But who is invading? I have no idea you have to ask that question to N4cer. The song is called That at least. And it was a song that came on the ninth place in the demo party competition for streaming music on deadline. Here we go. It's really, really cinema-esque music, isn't it? Really scary. Really something bad has happened in this world.
N4cer - Invasion
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Demo sceners of Deadline. They sure love dance music, heavy beats, and rock and roll. And who can blame them? I sure won't. That's been quite a ride and very nice and very good music, this one. Yeah, and next one is not going to let us down. That would be Dawn Dance. It came on seventh place in the demo party competition for streaming music, I have you know. And that is by Obolebe.Obo Le Leb Bo Leb. Yeah, can't you choose some normal names, right? :).
Obolebe - Dawn dance
DJ Daemon presents the song from the competition.
Never know how it starts and how it ends. Can be a very different song in the start and in the end. I like that. It's a bit unpredictable. Okay, okay, I heard it before because I kinda recorded the whole thing. Anyway, it was great. And we have one last tune from Deadline. Not all of them, mind you, but the ones I really, really like. And this one is called Keep Running. And it would be, Well, it is the Triad of.Cool stuff, of course, that would be Bacter, Jeenio and Saga Musix. And it came on third place in the demo party competition for tracked music. It's Impulsetracker this time.
Bacter and Jeenio and Saga Musix - Keep running
DJ Daemon presents the song from Xenium demo party and also thanks the artist.
Yep, that's what we got from Deadline. I got a little bit more music to play, and I will go on with Anubis Revenge from the Xenium Demo Party. It's the music from the demo Amented by Duskwave, and it came on the fourth place in the Amiga demo competition. But we got the original song from Slaze himself. It's really, really up-tempo, it's heavy, it's typical Slaze, so to speak.
Slaze - Anubis revenge
DJ Daemon presents a song from the Arok competion earlier this year.
We got two songs to go before the end of this episode of Flashback, tracks from the Past. And here is Delicate. It was a song that landed on place eight in the remix competition on the Arok Demo Party of 2026. And the artist is a guy I really like his stuff. He is especially talented in my in my views. It's Eivind Sommersten. I'm DJ Daemon and keep listening for a little bit.
Eivind Sommersten - Delicate
DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into that good night with the last song.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah absolutely time to leave right now. Thanks for listening and leading you into that good night. Would be the last artist of the day. It's fsFreak with a song that's called Smile. It's actually from the Edison competition and it won the fifth place in the demo party for tracked music. It's a little bit special. Love the tune, it's awesome. Goodbye for now.I could just learn to play this stupid thing. but you can. So you may have to metaphorically make a deal with the devil. And by devil, I mean FS freak. And by metaphorically, I mean get your coat.
Fsfreak - Smile!
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🏷 Deadline
Deadline is a demoparty held in Germany.
🏷 Deadline 26
Deadline 2026 was held in Germany between the 2nd and 4th of October 2026.
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"Flashback, tracks from the past" is the current name of the podcast. Now with tracked music from nearly all platforms (including Amiga, Atari, PC). We also speak about the retro past, present the artists, talk about old games and review demo parties.
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He got his Commodore 64 in 1989 and his first Amiga in 1990. A huge fan of tracker music and have had a long standing dream to create a radio show playing that kind of music. In 2020, that dream came true and in december Amiga Flashback started as a podcast. It was later renamed Flashback, tracks from the past and here we are.
He is also an orga for Swedish demo party Edison and a total retro nerd.
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