Reyn Ouwehand
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Jeroen Tel
Jeroen Godfried Tel is a Dutch composer. Best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64, Tel is a founding member of the computer music group Maniacs of Noise....
), composing for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
sound chip, the SID soundchip
MOS Technology SID
The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers...
. His commercial works include Flimbo's Quest
Flimbo's Quest
Flimbo's Quest is a 2D platform game published by British publishing house System 3 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC. A ZX Spectrum version was produced but never released...
and Last Ninja 3
Last Ninja 3
Last Ninja 3 is an action-adventure computer game that was developed and published by System 3 in 1991 as a sequel to the 1988 game Last Ninja 2....
.
Biography
Reyn was born in LeiderdorpLeiderdorp
Leiderdorp is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of 26,182 in 2004....
and grew up in Katwijk aan Zee
Katwijk aan Zee
Katwijk aan Zee is a seaside resort located on the North Sea at the mouth of the Oude Rijn. It is situated in the municipality of Katwijk and the province of South Holland.- History :...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, the youngest of three children. He received his musical education at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Rotterdams Conservatorium), where he majored in piano and applied electronics (studio engineering and synthesizer programming). In 1995, he left the conservatory in his final year before graduation to start his own record label, Prevue Productions (catalogue prefix 'PP'). He built his own studio, located at Katwijk aan Zee, and started working as a producer, studio musician and composer.
In 1988, at the age of 15, Reyn's musical career started with an assignment from London - System 3
System 3
System 3 could refer to:*IBM System/3, a low-end business computer manufactured between 1969 and 1985*IBM System/3X, a line of general business midrange computers manufactured from 1975...
asked him to compose for their computer games on the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
and Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
. Nowadays Reyn is an established producer, who worked with national artists Kane
Kane (Dutch band)
Kane is a Dutch rock band. The group consists of the two original members, Dinand Woesthoff and Dennis van Leeuwen . Their music can be described as "guitar rock"...
(Sony/BMG, platinum album “Fearless” in 2005), Coparck
Coparck
Coparck is a Dutch rock band from Amsterdam. They were together between 1999 and 2010- Biography :1999 marks the beginning of Coparck, with Odilo Girod , Maurits de Lange , Rik Hansen and Mark van der Driest . After several demos their debut album, named Birds, Happiness & Still Not Worried, was...
(V2), El Pino & the Volunteers
El Pino & the Volunteers
El Pino & the Volunteers is a band from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The band’s music mixes alt. rock with Americana. In 2006 the band’s debut album Molten City is released on Excelsior Recordings.-Biography:...
(Excelsior Recordings) and Sita
Sita (singer)
Sita Vermeulen , known by the mononym Sita, is a Dutch pop singer. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of pop group K-otic. After the band disbanded in 2003, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she would be featured primarily on children's television and was a...
(Sony/BMG). Since he is a versatile multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, drums) and skilled arranger and programmer, artists outside of the Netherlands love to work with him as well. From ICP Studios in Brussel he works for French, Belgian and Swiss artists like Benjamin Biolay (EMI), Stephan Eicher (Barclay/Universal), Souad Massi (Universal), Mayane Delem (EMI) and Isabelle Boulay (V2). As a composer, Reyn loves to work on movie soundtracks. A big success (platinum sales) Reyn had with the children’s book Woezel & Pip, for which he has composed all music. Reyn is appreciated for his personal style, and the warmth of the compositions and arrangements. In 2006 he had his first assignments from USA: a remix for Finnish rock band HIM (Warner Bros) and award-winning Hawaiian vocal group NaLeo
NALEO
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials is the leadership organization of the nation's more than 6,000 Latino elected and appointed Latino public officials in the United States. -History:...
. He often performs C64 remixes live at demoparties, such as Breakpoint
Breakpoint (demo party)
Breakpoint was a German demoscene party. From 2003 to 2010, it took place annually at Easter in Bingen.Breakpoint was the successor to the legendary Mekka & Symposium. With over 1000 visitors, it was the world's biggest pure demoscene-party, attracting demosceners from not only Germany, but also...
. He usually doesn't have a band, but plays all the instruments himself one by one into looper. He also has his own radio show Sunday Service on SLAY Radio
SLAY Radio
SLAY Radio is a 24/7 internet-only radio station dedicated to playing remixes and tunes based on music from the Commodore 64 computer, as well as the Amiga, popular in the 1980s and 1990s...
, where he plays tunes based on requests (both tune and style)
In 2006, Reyn bought an old church (built in 1650) located in Wijdenes, Netherlands, about 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. The massive renovation to convert the church into a fully equipped recording studio, simply known as "The Church", was finally completed in 2011. The renovation was previously delayed several times due to the church being considered as a state monument (Rijksmonument
Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument is a National Heritage Site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.-History and criteria:...
) and any major modifications to it without permission were forbidden by the Dutch government.
Discography
- Nexus 6581 [2000]
- Galway Remixed [2002]
- Nexus 6581 - II [2003]
- The Blithe, the Blend and the Bizarre [2007]
Compilations including tracks related to, remixed or originally composed by Reyn Ouwehand:
- Instant Remedy [2002]
- Remix64 - Into Eternity [2003]
- Back in Time 4, 5 and 6 [2007]
- Richard Joseph Tribute Album [2007]
- Syntax Era - Remix64 Volume 3 [2008]
List of games
Game music originally related to Reyn Ouwehand:- Dutch Breeze: Arranged/Remixed tunes C64Commodore 64The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
(Commodore 64) [1991] - Flimbo's Quest: Game rip C64 [1990]
- Flimbo's Quest: Arranged/Remixed tunes AmigaAmigaThe Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
[1993] - Flimbo's Quest: Arranged/Remixed tunes C64 [1993]
- Last Ninja Remix (C64): Arranged/Remixed tunes C64 [1990]
- Last Ninja 3, The: Arranged/Remixed tunes C64 [1991]
- Rubicon: Arranged/Remixed tunes C64 [1991]
- Rubicon: Game rip Amiga [1992]
- Unreal (UBI-Soft): Arranged/Remixed tunes Amiga [1992]
Original game music by Reyn Ouwehand:
- Last Ninja 3, The: Game rip C64 [1991]
- Last Ninja 3, The: Game rip AmigaAmigaThe Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
[1991] - Unreal (UBI-Soft): Game rip Amiga [May 1990]
- Firepit: Game rip C64Commodore 64The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
[1990] - Super Stock Car: Game rip C64 [1990]
- Rubicon: Game rip C64 [1991]
- Puzzle 'n Shuffle: Game rip C64 [1990]
- Flimbo's QuestFlimbo's QuestFlimbo's Quest is a 2D platform game published by British publishing house System 3 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC. A ZX Spectrum version was produced but never released...
C64 [1990]
External links
- Official homepage
- C64 Remixes
- Reyn Ouwehand at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Composer profile at remix64.com
- C64 Records made by Reyn Ouwehand
- Reyn Ouwehand's YouTube channel
- Reyn Ouwehand at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...