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December 24th, 2001

Just the Good Stuff!

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Welcome to Just the Good Stuff, the definitive collection of tracker tunes that make my jaw hit the floor. I have rather high standards, so I promise you: every song listed on this page is worth taking the time to download. That's not a guarantee that you'll like every song, since there's no accounting for taste, but at least you won't feel like you wasted your time.

When I put together Just the Good Stuff, I had to be strict... so strict, in fact, that I had to leave off a lot of songs that were still too good to ignore. So, just click here for the Honorable Mentions.

Want to recommend a song? First, check out some of the songs on here so you know the quality-level I'm looking for. Then, if you still think the song would fit here, e-mail me at [email protected] with a link where I can download the song from. E-mails with unsolicited attachments go right to my Trash Can, so don't even bother. Just send me a link, capice?
 

The Music

Awesome     
Ancient Stories
XM - 665k - 6:32
TOP TEN!
Fantasy, perhaps the song that epitomizes this genre.
(More songs by Awesome are listed as Honorable Mentions.
Beat   
Celestial Fantasia
S3M - 258k - 5:50
Demostyle. Aggressive and exciting, a song that took the tracking scene by storm.
Mind of a Dreamer
XM - 360k - 5:15
Demostyle, with an upbeat, optimistic sound and a touch of New Age. Winner of the Rookie Division of Music Contest 6, a massive yearly tracking competition hosted by the now-defunct Hornet Archive.
Blacknail   
Lonely Trip
IT - 408k - 4:22
Drum&Bass/Jazz, if you can believe such a combination can exist...
Chris Jarvis   
Blue Flame
IT - 399k - 6:32
TOP TEN!
Light Rock, perhaps the best tracked example of this genre.
Fallen World
IT - 202k - 4:30
Light Rock, with soft, brooding melodies and intricate rhythm changes.
Pale Dreams
IT - 250k - 5:09
Fantasy, led by a New Age piano melody.
Chuck Biscuits   
More Than Meets the Mind
S3M - 191k - 5:42
Dance/Trance, with a hypnotic synth hook and movin' piano leads.
Cyberzip   
Enlightenment:
A Place For Dreams Mix
XM - 738k - 7:14
TOP TEN!
Dance/Trance, the gold standard in tracked dream-dance.
Elwood     
After Hours
XM - 373k - 3:37
Dance/Pop, with a sound quite distinctive from other Elwood tunes.
Fall From Sky
XM - 321k - 3:06
Dance/Pop, with Demostyle synth leads.
Feats of Valor
XM - 376k - 4:09
Dance/Pop, used as the closing theme song of The Vince Young Show, my political radio talk show on WMEL.
Inferiority Complex
XM - 228k - 3:16
Dance/Pop, led by synth and flute melodies.
Into the Shadow
XM - 238k - 4:33
Dance/Pop, with an adventurous feel.
Sick On Monday
XM - 398k - 4:40
Dance/Pop, with a harsher-than-usual sound for Elwood.
Sweet Dreams
XM - 331k - 2:55
Dance/Pop, with freewheeling piano and synth melodies.
Falcon   
Cosmic Outflow
XM - 487k - 3:44
Fantasy/Pop, with a rich, spacey sound.
Hunz   
On Me
XM - 3913k - 3:40
Pop, with a nicely gritty sound and haunting lyrics. Okay, the file is big, but admit it, you've downloaded MP3s bigger than this one before, and this is worth the size.
Jogeir Liljedahl   
Guitar Slinger
MOD - 275k - 5:00
Light Rock, with sampled acoustic guitar melodies. Perhaps the most famous 4-track MOD file in the tracking scene.
Karsten Koch   
Leaving All Behind
XM - 422k - 6:17
Fantasy, with beautiful piano melodies carried by a steady beat.
(More songs by Karsten Koch are listed as Honorable Mentions.
Mick Rippon   
Warm Rain
IT - 934k - 8:37
Light Rock, led by acoustic guitars and organs in 3/4 time. If you liked Mick Rippon's tune "Existing," this will rock your world.
(More songs by Mick Rippon are listed as Honorable Mentions.
Myth   
Parasympathy
IT - 800k - 5:36
TOP TEN!
Fantasy/Pop, with a unique and innovative sound and an uncanny knack for calming me down from the most stressful moods.
Necros     
Orchard Street
IT - 469k - 4:55
Jazz/Pop, full of bouncy synth and piano melodies and quirky rhythm changes. This was Necros's final tracked release.
Point of Departure
S3M - 258k - 5:13
TOP TEN!
Demostyle, and perhaps the most famous song in the tracking scene.
Nemesis 
The Palace In the Sky
IT - 393k - 4:51
Jazz/Light Rock. Or, as Nemesis calls it, "jazz fission." (What does that mean? Who knows... I'm still trying to figure out what jazz fusion is...)
Vertigo
S3M - 280k - 3:31
Pop/Light Rock, with a distinct Demostyle flavor. Co-written with Leviathan.
Nightbeat       
Astral Dreams
IT - 528k - 4:26
Fantasy/Orchestral, with piano, oboe, and pan flute melodies.
Nighthawk   
Awakening
XM - 354k - 4:11
Fantasy/Pop, mellow and relaxing and led by oboe and synth melodies.
Crossroads
XM - 1462k - 4:25
Pop, with elements of Fantasy and lead guitar melodies.
Jet Lag
XM - 491k - 3:56
TOP TEN!
Dance/Pop, with exciting and energetic piano melodies.
Last Sunset
XM - 863k - 4:13
TOP TEN!
Pop, with elements of Fantasy and some uptempo piano work.
Novus   
Beacon
IT - 2551k - 4:26
Fantasy/Light Rock, with a relaxing flow and guitar and piano melodies. (Maybe it's arrogant of me to put my own song here, but hey, I like this song a lot, and so do many others.)
Revealing
IT - 148k - 2:54
Fantasy/Light Rock, with a powerful and emotional sound. (Maybe it's arrogant of me to put my own song here, but hey, I like this song a lot, and so do many others.)
Outshined   
Tight To Me
IT - 1376k - 9:11
TOP TEN!
Fantasy/Light Rock, with a haunting lead guitar hook and a compelling sound.
(More songs by Outshined are listed as Honorable Mentions.
Patrick Groove   
On Me: Groove Mix
IT - 1893k - 4:13
TOP TEN!
Pop, with a dark and brooding sound. Originally by a tracker named Hunz.
Radix   
Rivendell
XM - 384k - 2:46
Fantasy/Orchestral, peaceful and relaxing in 3/4 waltz time.
RS3   
Redemption
IT - 557k - 5:19
TOP TEN!
Orchestral/Demostyle, with a truly epic sound.
Saboteur   
Unite
XM - 548k - 4:16
Ambient/Fantasy, with a dark yet relaxing sound.
Sikamikanico   
Castaway
XM - 480k - 3:47
Ballad, led by intricate acoustic guitar melodies.
Siren     
Carpe Diem
IT - 556k - 4:21
Light Rock/Pop, with swingin' guitar melodies. 5th place in Music Contest 6, a massive yearly tracking competition hosted by the now-defunct Hornet Archive.
Svolkraq 
Sound O' Da Lunatic
MOD - 211k - 3:40
Light Rock, with brooding blues guitar melodies.
Warder   
Muuttohaukka
XM - 1266k - 3:04
Fantasy, in 3/4 time and led by Warder's trademark accordion.
(More songs by Warder are listed as Honorable Mentions.
Zauron   
Lovelight
IT - 658k - 3:42
Pop/Ambient, with a dark, electronica sound and vocals from Zauron. Winner of Music Contest 6, a massive yearly tracking competition hosted by the now-defunct Hornet Archive.

 

 

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