Uctumi
Uctumi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Esteban Palladino |
| Origin | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres | Chipmusic, synthpop, eurodance, techno |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | uctumi |
Uctumi (born Esteban Palladino) is a musician from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He creates original compositions, covers and remixes in different genres of melodic-centered electronic music, such as chiptune, synthpop, eurodance, techno and synthwave. He's activelly participating in the demoscene.
Career[edit]
Music[edit]
Uctumi began composing in the mid 90's with music trackers on PC computers and releasing his tracks in the local BBS communities..[1] He took part of different music-oriented demoscene groups like MoCo, Synthesis, Amplitude, Lithium, Fadeout and a few others.
He released his first music album in 2000 called Music for the planets that included original songs inspired in outer space and nature.
More recently he began exploring other computer platforms for music composing most notably Commodore 64[2], Amiga but also SEGA, as well as creating music with modern trackers like openMPT and Renoise. He's currently a full member of the argentine-based group PVM (Pungas de Villa Martelli)[3] and the international Commodore 64 oriented group Hokuto Force.
In 2015 he took part of the Commodore 64 music disk Arriba las manos! (Hands Up!) by PVM with original compositions and cover songs[4].
In the beginning of 2016 his C64 covers and remixes of popular argentine songs were released in the music disk Argentine Songbook volume 1 by PVM. The youtube video of this musicdisk has collected thousands of views[5].
In the same year he released the album Helicoid, a compilation of melodic synth original compositions with energetic beats composed exclusively with trackers.[6]
That same year his song A night to let go was featured in the album YM2017, released in the form of a SEGA Genesis cartridge by Catskull Electronics.[7]
Around the same time, he was featured in the compilation album Summer of SID with his dualSID track Power of 2.[8]
Towards the end of 2017 he released together with PVM the album Brazil bits with Commodore 64 covers of popular brazilian songs.[9]
In 2018 he released Argentine Songbook vol. 2 a continuation of the succesfull album with popular argentine songs for Commodore 64 by PVM.[10]
In 2019, he released his Commodore 64 compositions album POP SIDS that include only pop upbeat styled original songs recorded from a real standard Commodore 64 with a single 8580 SID chip.[11]
Also this same year one his chiptune-dub track Abya Yala was selected to be included in the multi-styled chiptune compilation Chiptunes=WIN vol. 8[12]
Demoscene[edit]
He's an active member of the demoscene, having collaborated with other artists in the creation of realtime executable animations, called demos and intros, which competed in demoparties throughout the world.[13] Other demoscene activities include writing articles on the situation of the demoscene in Argentina[14] and collaborating in organizing Flashparty editions 2018 and 2019, the main argentine demoparty.
Visual arts and animation[edit]
Uctumi is also trained as a motion graphics designer and animator, having worked in the field of computer graphics for several years.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- 2000: Music for the planets
- 2017: Helicoid
- 2019: POP SIDS
Compilations, covers and remixes[edit]
- 2015: Arriba las manos! (Hands Up!)
- 2016: Argentine Songbook volume 1
- 2017: YM2017
- 2017: Brazil bits
- 2017: Generation (soft rhodes mix)
- 2018: Argentine Songbook volume 2
- 2018: Sam's Journey Title Theme Remix
- 2018: Flimbo's Quest remixes
- 2019: Chiptunes=WIN volume 8
- 2020: Metamorphosis (Uctumi Remix)
Singles[edit]
- 2020: Guilty Retro Pleasure
Awards[edit]
In recent years Uctumi was awarded at different events of the demoscene.
List of Demoparty awards[15][edit]
| Event | Year | Category | Place | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demosplash demoparty | 2015 | Freestyle audio | 1st | Birds of steam | Musician |
| Forever Party | 2016 | Commodore 64 music | 2nd | Nothing Is Free | Musician |
| Forever Party | 2017 | Commodore 64 music | 1st | Helicoid | Musician |
| Multimatograf | 2017 | Multichannel music | 2nd | Equanimity | Musician |
| BCC PARTY | 2018 | Commodore 64 intro | 2nd | Courier Intro | Musician |
| Forever Party | 2018 | Commodore 64 music | 1st | Everywhere I Go | Musician |
| Forever Party | 2018 | Commodore 64 demo | 1st | Cheerful to the bone | Musician |
| Multimatograf | 2018 | Multichannel music | 1st | Eucalyptus | Musician |
| Flashparty | 2018 | Accelerated demo | 2nd | Techno Choice | Musician |
| Flashparty | 2018 | Accelerated demo | 1st | 64kb ought to be enough | Musician |
| Evoke | 2019 | 4kb intro | 2nd | One Way Trip | Musician |
| Flashparty | 2019 | MP3 Music | 2nd | Release Our Nation | Musician |
| Flashparty | 2019 | Accelerated demo | 1st | Up and Down | Musician |
| Flashparty | 2019 | Retro demo | 1st | Another World Intro (c64) | Musician |
Other awards[edit]
Commodoremanía Forum[edit]
2016: 2nd place in the music category with the tracks Happy Burgeoisie, and 3rd place with Balloon Country Bursts and Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara.[16] 2018: 2nd place in the music category with the track "Miracle Room", 3rd place with Zombie Calavera soundtrack, Skydivin OST and Astrolabium (F600 demo OST).[17] 2019: 1st place with the C64 version of the music for Another World Intro, 2nd place with Full Contact Intro music, Robot Rumble music and 3rd place with Get Witchy music, Rue de l'abricot C64 version.[18]
Halloween Game Dev Competition 2019[edit]
1st place for the game "Get Witched", music adaptation for Commodore 64.[19]
Live shows and talks[edit]
Uctumi performed live in several events and venues: Blipblop Party, Rockelinux, Flisol[20], Trimarchi, Recoleta Cultural Center (Buenos Aires), Science Cultural Center, El Destello, Bit Bang Fest, Ekoparty, Jam the Machine, and he had the chance to be part of a live show together with the popular argentine band Turf, playing a Commodore 64 version of their song "Loco un poco" in the middle of their show at La Trastienda on december 2016. Uctumi also took part in talks about demoscene and computer arts at the University of Buenos Aires[21], FLISOL, Bit Bang Fest and R'lyeh Hacklab in Buenos Aires[22], Argentina.
Interviews and media[edit]
He was interviewed by FOX Sports[23], Chiptunes=Win The Overworld blog[24], Vice Noisey[25]. He took part of the series "Latin Chip" by Press OVer News showcasing and interviewing latin american chiptune artists.[26] His work has been feature and cited d in other media like Big Bang News[27], Retrogaming Argentina[28]
Exhibits[edit]
Works by Uctumi had been exhibited in Museo de la Informática (Computer Museum) in Buenos Aires[29] and Espacio Byte[30]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Uctumi's modules on Modarchive".
- ↑ "Profile of Uctumi on CSDB".
- ↑ "Pungas de Villa Martelli website".
- ↑ "¡Arriba las manos!".
- ↑ "Argentine Songbook vol. 1 for Commodore 64 (real 8580 SID sound)".
- ↑ "Helicoid by Uctumi on Bandcamp".
- ↑ "How does YM2017 work?".
- ↑ "Summer of SID - a free album with the biggest names!".
- ↑ "Brazil Bits on CSDB".
- ↑ "Argentine Songbook vol. 2 (Real 8580 SID sound)".
- ↑ "POP SIDS on Bandcamp".
- ↑ "Chiptunes=Win Vol. 8 on Bandcamp".
- ↑ "Profile of Uctumi on Poüet.net".
- ↑ "Argentina: has crisis struck the demoscene?".
- ↑ "Profile of Uctumi on Demozoo".
- ↑ "PREMIOS 2016 COMMODOREMANIA".
- ↑ "PREMIOS 2018 COMMODOREMANIA".
- ↑ "PREMIOS 2019 COMMODORE MANIA".
- ↑ "Game Entries – Download & vote".
- ↑ "Flisol performance 100% Commodore 64".
- ↑ "Talk about demoscene and retrocomputers in FADU, University of Buenos Aires".
- ↑ "Talk on R'lyeh Hacklab in Buenos Aires".
- ↑ "Interview at Fox Sports".
- ↑ "Chiptunes=This Month in The Overworld: Uctumi".
- ↑ "Uctumi Sid reversionó en 8 bits temas del cancionero popular argentino".
- ↑ "Latin Chip estrena su segundo capítulo: Uctumi".
- ↑ "Artistas argentinos convierten rock y pop en música de videojuegos".
- ↑ "ROCK NACIONAL EN FORMATO CHIPTUNE".
- ↑ "PVM en el Museo de la Informática".
- ↑ "Crack on Screen".
External links[edit]
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