Archive for the 'chip tune' Category

I’ve been getting some e-mails on asking for feedback of Nerdcore tracks, and also as an attempt to get more exposure. This is good, but one of the best ways to gain exposure is through college radio. Not only do you get airplay but also build connections which can lead to gigs.
Just to assure you […]

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Pretty good stuff, just in time for… Wednesday. Well, go click and download, and enjoy your high frequency sensitivity while you still got it. These tracks range from the enjoyable, the kind that you wonder how it would sound at 16bit, to the very experimental.
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I am so glad I got an iRiver instead of an iPod (and ogg vorbis ftw).

This has got to be one of the best examples of nerd music, or nerd music gaming, or whatever. It’s damn cool, seeing a Guitar Hero controller hooked up to the Commodore 64!
This is the product of the Shredz64 project. And according to the site, it uses the PSX64 interface, which is kind of like […]

Hello, nerds. If this post seems to arrive later than usual, just imagine me posting this one hour earlier if daylight savings didn’t take place.
You might, however waste some time either way with some of these videos on chiptunes which I found:
Volume 5: Overview

Volume 4: Mark Denardo

Sorry, the other three volumes are hard to find. […]

Johan Kotlinski aka Role Model is known for being the inventor of Little Sound DJ, the program used to play music on the Nintendo Gameboy. There is a video of an interview with this hacker on Youtube. Unfortunately it is not in English.
But the music is good, so maybe you will still be able to […]

8-Bit Operators is a collective of artists that just released a massive Kraftwerk remake album (which is released today, by the way). And Gamespy managed to get an interview with some of these artist, going into their inspirations, favorite games, and why they made their latest album. 8-Bit Operators: It’s More Fun to Console.

The deadline for submissions on Winter Chip 2, Battle of the Bits compo has passed. But now it’s time to go over all 120 submissions spanning 10 consoles to see which are worthy of being included in the album. You don’t have a lot of time, so hurry up and vote! You have a lot […]

8-Bit Operators will soon release an 8-bit remake album of Kraftwerk tracks upcoming on the popular label Astralwerks. You can preview some of the remakes on their MySpace page. Do yourself a favor and listen to the megamix. It’s like a Broadway showtune. As if that isn’t cool enough, the upcoming album has been mentioned […]

With the recent stories on music theft in the chiptune/micromusic scene, microdisco wants to release a responding compilation, titled microCrime. From the site:
Burglary, Assassination & Gold Heist
microdisco is requesting new and unreleased tracks for our next compilaton: microCrime After the recent stories of people stealing lowtech music, we thougt it would be a […]