Purple Motion is the demoscene name of Finnish composer Jonne Valtonen. Between 1991 and 1996 he wrote music for Future Crew, one of the most influential PC demo groups of the era, and became its lead composer.
Timeline
| Year | Event | Where | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Unreal, scored with Skaven, wins the PC demo competition | Assembly 1992 | Watch Demozoo |
| 1992 | Panic takes second place in the PC demo competition | The Party 1992 | Watch Demozoo / Bandcamp |
| 1993 | Second Reality wins too, with both tracks written in ScreamTracker 3 | Assembly 1993 | Watch Wikipedia |
| 1993 | “Sundance” wins the 4-channel music competition | Assembly 1993 | Play Demozoo |
| 1993 | “Shadowrun” wins the music competition | Aggressive Party 1993 | Demozoo / Bandcamp |
| 1994 | “When the Heavens Fall” places fourth in the 32-channel music competition | Assembly 1994 | Demozoo / Bandcamp |
| 1995 | Voted the number one musician in issue 9 of Imphobia | Diskmag | Run Demozoo |
| 1996 | Remedy’s Death Rally ships with his soundtrack | Game | Play Demozoo |
| 1999 | “Credits” wins the MP3 music competition | Assembly 1999 | Play Demozoo |
| 2004 | Musicdisk is self-released on CD | CD | Bandcamp |
| 2008 | Renaissance by Byterapers wins the oldskool demo competition | Assembly 2008 | Watch Demozoo |
| 2019 | Tracked (1991–2000) brings 33 tracker tunes online | Bandcamp | Bandcamp |
| 2022 | Space Chase starts a new run of tracks, made on hardware synthesizers | Bandcamp | Bandcamp |
| 2022 | Artificial Love follows two months later | Bandcamp | Bandcamp |
| 2024 | Superselection by Byterapers, Doomsday and Future Crew takes second place | Assembly Summer 2024 | Watch Demozoo |
Interviews
Back when interviews came on floppies and BBS uploads. Two answers from the nineties, quoted as the mags printed them. Some opinions may have changed in the thirty-odd years since.
DEMONEWS.076
RC: Which music would you say you’re most influenced by? (both tracked and recorded)
PM: Rob Hubbard, Vangelis, and perhaps Enigma…
RC = Ryan Cramer (Iguana / Renaissance), PM = Purple Motion. Translated from Finnish by Edge / EMF. Read DemoNews 76 in the emulator / Demozoo
HUGI #15
Flux: Could you share a couple of tracking tips?
Purple Motion: First and most importantly, always concentrate on the melody. That’s how people recognize songs.
Written by Flux / T-Rex. Run Hugi 15 in the emulator / Demozoo