Monthly Archives: June 2010

CHIPTUNE, GAMING

This is what a SPAMTRON looks like

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I always get a kick out of looking at the waveforms for chiptunes, they always seem to look the way they sound. The old chipsets didn’t have the resolution of modern recording equipment, so the waveforms always come out blocky and sweet like a sprite in a nintendo game. Here’s a shot of the waveform from UP, an off-the-wall-hard-core chiptune track by Spamtron. This track is so intense my volume meter barely even moves it just sits right at the top fucking my earholes open. awesome.

And of course, here’s the track.
[audio: spamtron-up.mp3]

It’s off the album D-PAD and is available on Spamtron’s Website

CHIPTUNE, GAME MUSIC

MegaManMashups and HipHopHotness – TKRMX by Tae K

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Tae K is a mashup artists mixing hip hop vocals with video game chiptunes. He has TWO Mega Man themed mixtapes, so he’s basically my hero. All of Tae K’s work are free through his blog, TKRMX. He’s got a library of mixtapes… I could blurb about them, but the tracklists speak for themselves. TKRMX

MEGAMAN 9 TKRMX by TKRMX

MEGAMAN 9 MIXTAPE TRACKLIST
01 OPENING [lupe fiasco & verbal – can you let me know TKRMX]
02 MENU [nas – we major TKRMX 2]
03 HORNETMAN [eminem – business TKRMX]
04 GALAXYMAN [soulja boy – she got a donk TKRMX]
05 MAGMAMAN [dolla, t-pain, tay dizm – who the fuck is that TKRMX]
06 SPLASHWOMAN [q-tip – gettin up TKRMX]
07 TORNADOMAN [rick ross, birdman, jeezy, weezy – 100 million TKRMX]
08 RUSHJET [t-pain – can’t believe it TKRMX]
09 PLUGMAN [t.i. – i’m a flirt TKRMX]
10 JEWELMAN [kanye west – barry bonds TKRMX]
11 CONCRETEMAN [birdman & lil wayne – poppin bottles TKRMX]
12 SUSPENSE [pharoahe monch – simon says TKRMX]
MEGAMAN MIXTAPE TRACKLIST
01 TITLE [rick ross, young jeezy, jay-z – husslin remix]
02 STAGE SELECT [nas – warrior song]
03 FLASHMAN [lupe fiasco – pop pop]
04 SKULLMAN [memphis bleek – like that]
05 BLIZZARDMAN [outkast – b.o.b.]
06 TOMAHAWKMAN [soulja boy – crank dat]
07 ELECMAN [50 cent – a-yo technology]
08 GUTSMAN [ciara – 1, 2 step]
09 GET A WEAPON [cassidy – bboy stance]
10 CUTMAN [beastie boys – looking down the barrel of a gun]
11 QUICKMAN [beastie boys – intergalactic]
12 WINDMAN [kanye west – we major]
13 DR. WILY [lil scrappy & young buck – money in the bank]
14 ENDING [young buck – shorty wanna ride]
ARCADE MIXTAPE TRACKLIST
01 Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery of Chessboxin TKRMX II
02 Busta Rhymes & Brand Nubian – Let’s Dance TKRMX
03 Beastie Boys – Triple Trouble TKRMX
04 Lil Wayne – A Milli TKRMX
05 T-Pain, Huey, Bow Wow – Pop Lock N Drop It TKRMX
06 Clipse – Mr. Me Too TKRMX II
07 50 Cent – Hustler’s Ambition TKRMX
08 Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha TKRMX III
09 Blackalicious – Make You Feel That Way TKRMX
10 DR. WILY II [young jeezy – and then what TKRMX]
11 CHARGEMAN [kid sister – pronails TKRMX]
12 HARDMAN [t.i. – rubberband man]
13 FIREMAN [dead prez – hell yeah TKRMX]
14 SNAKEMAN [dmx – get it on the floor TKRMX]
15 BOSS [biggie – gimme the loot/sucidal thoughts/going back to cali]
16 50 Cent – Amusement Park TKRMX
17 Eminem, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent – Warrior TKRMX
18 Fort Minor – Remember The Name TKRMX
19 Game – One Blood TKRMX II
20 Cee-lo & Timbaland – Call Me TKRMX
GAMING, MUSIC

Dj CUT MAN licensees “Run To Japan”

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It’s a big day for me, my original song “Run to Japan” that I recorded at Moving Box Studios just got licensed to Armor Games.

Last year, I wrote a fun little asian-inspired song called “Run to Japan”. I recorded it at Moving Box Studios, I hadn’t written music in a while and needed a break from the other studio works I should have probably been doing. I posted it to Newgrounds, the online flash community, and let it be. It was a fun and kind of dorky little beat, I figured someone would probably dig it. I couldn’t help but imagine animation going along with it, the song structure is progressive and it felt like taking a train into a jungle and then running into a japanese city.

It was around march I was contacted by Newgrounds user Jimp who was working on a game called Sushi Cat, he wanted to use the song in his flash game. Fuckin sweet, go for it. I was recently contacted by a rep from Armor Games who was working on porting the game for the iPhone. We worked out a deal and I granted a license. I framed my contract, cause I’m a huge dork. >B]