Press Play On Tape (PPOT) is a Danish band that uses Commodore 64 tunes. The band formed in 1999 and has six members. [1] The band classifies itself as a rock and bitpop band. [2] The band's name originates from the message that the Commodore 64 computer outputs as a response to the LOAD command. [3]
All of the members are alumni of the computer science programme at the University of Copenhagen. [4] Theo Engell-Nielsen serves as the keyboardist. [1] Jesper Holm Olsen is a guitarist in the band. [5] The other members are Martin Koch, Uffe Friis Lichtenberg, Søren Trautner Madsen, and André Glasius Tischer. [6]
The band takes music tracks from Commodore 64 games and converts them into rock music. [1] The bass, drums, and distorted guitars are used to add to the music of the Commodore 64. [5] Engell-Nielsen said that when playing Commodore 64 games he and the other band members heard rock music orchestra-like tunes while his parents heard "blip-blip". [1]
In 2000 the band released the CD "Loading Ready Run" and in 2004 it released the CD "Run/Stop Restore". [2] By 2007 the band's performances has been posted to Myspace and YouTube, and at K.B. Hallen the band performed an opening act for the Danish band Mew. [1] By 2009 the band had performed throughout Europe. [7] In 2008, [6] the band had a performance at the Roskilde Festival. Martin Galway, Jon Hare, and Rob Hubbard had performed with PPOT. [7]
In 2012, the band released the double album "Home Computer". [8]
Press Play On Tape (PPOT) is a Danish band that uses Commodore 64 tunes. The band formed in 1999 and has six members. [1] The band classifies itself as a rock and bitpop band. [2] The band's name originates from the message that the Commodore 64 computer outputs as a response to the LOAD command. [3]
All of the members are alumni of the computer science programme at the University of Copenhagen. [4] Theo Engell-Nielsen serves as the keyboardist. [1] Jesper Holm Olsen is a guitarist in the band. [5] The other members are Martin Koch, Uffe Friis Lichtenberg, Søren Trautner Madsen, and André Glasius Tischer. [6]
The band takes music tracks from Commodore 64 games and converts them into rock music. [1] The bass, drums, and distorted guitars are used to add to the music of the Commodore 64. [5] Engell-Nielsen said that when playing Commodore 64 games he and the other band members heard rock music orchestra-like tunes while his parents heard "blip-blip". [1]
In 2000 the band released the CD "Loading Ready Run" and in 2004 it released the CD "Run/Stop Restore". [2] By 2007 the band's performances has been posted to Myspace and YouTube, and at K.B. Hallen the band performed an opening act for the Danish band Mew. [1] By 2009 the band had performed throughout Europe. [7] In 2008, [6] the band had a performance at the Roskilde Festival. Martin Galway, Jon Hare, and Rob Hubbard had performed with PPOT. [7]
In 2012, the band released the double album "Home Computer". [8]