๐Ÿ™‚ About Me

๐Ÿ™‚ About melcom

Meet the person behind the music, aliases, and software projects. This page brings together my Demoscene story, creative setup, favorite plugins, musical inspirations, and a few of the worlds I enjoy beyond music.

Portrait of melcom, Andreas Thomas Urban

Behind the music and code

Andreas Thomas Urban

  • Creative since 1984
  • Demoscene musician
  • Music and software

It all began in 1984 with a Commodore C-64. For many years, I have been writing electronic music for the Demoscene. After a break of more than 10 years, I started creating again. Over the course of my journey, I have written a lot of music, although not everything has been released.

My work moves between classic trackers, modern music production, sound design, and small software tools built to make creative work easier.

๐ŸŽต Explore my music ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ See my toolkit ๐Ÿ“ง Contact me

๐Ÿ”— Pseudonyms

Over the years and through various projects, quite a few names have accumulated. Each one represents a specific creative phase or a community I was active in.

  • melcom
  • Andreas melcom Urban
  • MEL
  • Dark Rhythms
  • Urbi-Vice
  • Urbi
  • TLN
  • MB
  • Zlatan
  • Skylezz
  • Distance
  • Crumble

Creative Toolkit

The software and hardware behind my current workflow.

๐Ÿ”— My Creative Toolkit

These are the tools and hardware at the heart of my current workflow. The setup continues to evolve as I explore new ways to create music, shape sounds, and develop my software projects.

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) & Trackers

Audio Editing

  • Ocenaudio (Audio editor with VST plugin support)

Audio Utilities & Encoders

Hardware & Playback

๐Ÿ”— My Favorite VST Plugins

I use the following VST plugins in conjunction with OpenMPT. I have and use many other plugins, but these are my absolute favorites!

Mastering & Dynamics

Analysis Plugins

  • SPAN (Free spectrum analyzer)

Audio Effects

Specializers

Musical Inspirations

Artists and composers whose work has stayed with me.

๐Ÿ”— Favorite Musicians (Demoscene)

The Demoscene is full of incredibly talented musicians. The following artists have particularly inspired me over the years and helped shape my own style.

๐Ÿ”— Favorite Musicians (Film & Game)

Outside of the Demoscene, there are composers whose work I deeply admire. Their ability to create moods and tell stories through music is a huge source of inspiration.

Beyond Music

Stories, games, films, and other worlds that inspire or entertain me.

๐Ÿ”— Favorite Audiobooks

The Witcher Series by Andrzej Sapkowski (DE / US)

๐Ÿ”— Favorite Games

When I'm not making music, I love to dive into other worlds. Here are some of the games that have captivated me the most with their story, atmosphere, and design.

There are always more worlds waiting.View my GOG.com wishlist

๐Ÿ”— Other Interests (Movies & Series)

I enjoy watching movies and TV shows. Listing them all would be too much, so here are just a few: The Witcher, Dark, The Expanse, Grimm, Supernatural, Fargo, Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, The Last Kingdom, Serenity, Spartacus, Ozark, Poldark, Reign, Outlander, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Magicians and many more.

I also like movies and series (thrillers, dramas, or crime stories) from France, England, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Scandinavia. They are always so raw and usually have a dark story.

I also watch many movies from China, Japan, and South Korea. Movies such as: The Chaser, I Saw the Devil, A Bittersweet Life, New World (Sinsegye), The Wailing, IP Man, Confession of Murder, The Yellow Sea, Wara no tate (Shield of Straw) and many more.

That should be enough information for the moment ... ๐Ÿ˜