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A great weekend came to an end

As an organizing team we would like to thank everyone who made Evoke 2018 possible: all the nice visitors, those who contributed to the competitions, the mind blowing live acts and inspiring speakers! more...

Netcologne Gigabit Internet at Evoke

In recent years Evoke has had issues with scaling the bandwidth for our Internet connection; the venue has only been able to deliver a single 2 Mbit/s connection. Luckily, we've been getting help from Viprinet, who has been able to combine all available LTE networks into single faster one, giving... more...

HarikaZen at Evoke

Team HarikaZen will be back at Evoke 2018 for their 5 year anniversary! Make sure to visit their little corner of the Evoke heaven to check out some new fresh stuff from the team. more...

One of a kind trophies

This years trophies for the competition winners will be as unique as their releases. Sensenstahl teamed up with Chunna and Der Andere and together that came up with the design for our one of a kind trophies. more...

Seminar: Building Poo 64k Demos with SqrMelon

Tropical Trevor will show us some insights about how Poo-Brain made their price-winning 64k demos. He will live showcase the tool "SrqMelon", that he built for making the demos. The tool is meanwhile open-source, so joining this seminar will be a good invest for all the people who want to... more...

Complete musical programme

As Evoke 2018 is just a few days ahead, we can present you today with the complete musical programme. In addition to the acts we announced during the previous weeks, we'll have local bass music DJ Bassador, demoscene veteran DJefke, and Evoke residents Black Maiden Hi-Fi shaking your heads and feet. more...

Saturday DJ set: Wintermute

We are very happy to announce our musical headliner for the compo night: Wintermute from Leipzig/Germany, a renown drum'n'bass DJ and producer who released on some of the scene's biggest labels such as Blackout Music and Cause4Concern, but also on the demoscene-related netlabel NoSYS Productions. more...

Dinos Derbe Demoschau

Demos are made for the big screen! And that’s why we will bring you a highly curated list of demos to show.This years demoshow has a special place. Right between the semi-finals and the final of the Shadershowdown. more...

Turbo auf den Turbo!

We're happy to announce our music opener for Friday night: Turboanalisis from the Netherlands will present Turbo auf den Turbo! Expect a crazy glitch electro mash-up set, in which he will, as he writes himself, "embrace old and outdated songs, ... more...

Seminar: Modern Amiga Demo Cross-Development

Hellfire and Noname from Haujobb will share some insights about coding for the Amiga in this Seminar. Based on their experience of jointly creating several Amiga AGA over the years, like the "Beam Riders" demo, they will tell you how they did it and share some tricks of the trade... more...

Tracked Music Compo - "Da Clone" Remix

In this year's tracked music compo, we decided to honour a PC demoscene classic: the soundtrack from Halcyon’s “Da Clone” (1995) – an example of particularly clever usage of just three samples. The remix compo is endorsed by the original composer, Croaker/Halcyon. more...

First live act announced: Zabutom!

Here's some good news for those who have been curious about who will play at Evoke this time. We are proud to present our first live act for Friday night: Zabutom from Sweden, a well-known self-described "post-chiptune musician", who collaborated with groups like Fairlight and Up Rough, and had his... more...

PS on the road to Evoke

After his party report on Evoke 2017 your favourite Portuguese demoscener PS is planning his trip to Evoke 2018. Good thing is: he let´s us participate by posting his thoughts and actions on YouTube. more...

Simply Evoke in 2018

Pure and simple demoscene fun will happen again in Cologne this year! Meet us and all of your friends at AbenteuerHallen Kalk during the mid of August (17th to 19th to be precise). more...