Gustaf Grefberg (born 18 February 1974) is a

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musician. As part of the

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, he is known under the artist name Lizardking, and much of his production is tracker music. He is or has been a member of the demo groups Alcatraz,

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, The Black Lotus and

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. He and Joakim Falk (a.k.a. dLx) invented a musical style called Doskpop and he released various music disks such as "Doskpop The Compilation" or "Memorial Songs 1+2" which feature many tracks in this style. He also took part in projects such as

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and the

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-series in Leipzig, Germany. In 1994, he released a

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, Mindlitter, in cooperation with Martin Wall (a.k.a. Mantronix). His songs are on side A and Martin's on side B. They were in person selling the tapes at the Assembly '94 demo party. He also has composed the score of several

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video games, including ''

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'', '' Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade'', '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', '' The Darkness'' and '' Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons''.

Discography

* Physiology (1993) * Mindlitter (1994) * Fashion8 (1998) * Audiophonik (1999) * Merregnon Vol.1 (2001) * Merregnon Vol.2 (2004) * Born in the Stars (as Xain) (2004) * Amiga Hits! (2015)

Works

References

External links

Interview with Gustaf Grefberg on AMPInterview with Gustaf Grefberg on Music 4 GamesMobyGames bioArchive.org snapshot of Gustaf Grefberg's personal web siteDoskpop The Compilation (Music Disk for Commodore Amiga)Memorial Songs (Music Disk for Commodore Amiga)Memorial Songs 2 (Music Disk for Commodore Amiga)Gustaf Grefberg SoundCloud Page
1974 births Living people Demosceners Swedish male musicians Swedish video game composers Chiptune and tracker musicians {{videogame-musician-stub