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Rugar is Johannes Burstrom from Sweden. He started doing tracker music
in the late 90's, followed by an ascetic exploration of the 2a03 sounds.
That came out as the album My Girl, the Princess, which was released by
8bitpeoples in 2002. He has also made music for a TV documentary about pests,
a score which mixed a traditional tracker sound with bombastic orchestral
explosions.
Johannes is also working as an improvising bassist and computer musician.
The music of Rugar has a distinct melodious style, which of course draws
influences from early video game music, but also from tango, baroque music
and easy listening. It's all about the vain attempt to squeeze as much
emotion out of those square waves as humanly possible.
Maybe it won't make you dance, but it's sure gonna make you cry.
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RUGAR / SWEDEN / http://www.rugarandi.com photo by (unknown) |