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ALBUMS, CHIPTUNE, Features, FUSION, GAME MUSIC, MUSIC

Joshua Morse | Ridge Racer Arrange

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Ridge Racer Arrange 2013Joshua Morse is a composer and remixer, with projects ranging from robust game soundtracks to expansive remix projects with Overclocked Remix. Today is the release of his newest project, a five track EP inspired by Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer!

This mark’s Joshua’s first release with game music record label GameChops. Ridge Racer Arrange 2013 fuses chiptune and jazz together into a progressive remix EP. The album is a collaborative effort, featuring a song from Drew Wheeler, also known as halc, who runs the netlabel 9-Bit Records.

Josh and halc aren’t alone on this album. Anthony Lofton played keys and saxophone, and Tony Morgan tracked electric guitars and bass on certain tracks. Mastered by Dj CUTMAN, the resulting album sets the bar high for jazz fusion game remixes. Download Ridge Racer Arrange 2013 now!

ALBUMS, CHIPTUNE, Features, FUSION, MUSIC

aivi & surasshu | The Black Box

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aivi & surasshu - The Black Box - coverUbiktune’s new release has me in awe. We’ve covered some of this netlabel’s other releases in the past, but nothing has quite struck at a chord  with me like this release (oh man, that was a music pun… someone summon brentalfloss)

The Black Box is a collaborative album from two artists, pianist Aivi and chiptune programmer Surasshu. Together they’ve woven a beautiful ten track album. What makes this really special is comic artist Diana Jakobsson has illustrated a gorgeous comic book for the album. The fusion of art, music and storytelling is wonderful, and nothing short of inspiring.

Download the release from Ubiktune or Bandcamp right now. As far as progressive chiptune music goes, this one sets new heights for the growing scene. Bravo!

 

ALBUMS, Features, GAME MUSIC, MUSIC, NERDCORE

2Mello – Chrono Jigga ( Jay-Z vs. Chrono Trigger Mashup Album )

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Chrono Jigga Cover

2 Mello, producer and DJ from Lexington Kentucky has just released Chrono Jigga, a mixtape of Jay-Z and Yasunori Mitsuda’s Chrono Trigger soundtrack. And the Internet rejoiced. Catapulting to the top of reddit’s r/music and being feautred on media outlets such as Polygon, Vice and The Verge.

Promoted by Scrub Club Records, this mixtape definitely pushes other VideoGameDJs to hustle harder. Jay-Z’s acapellas were released for free back in 2011, and while Jay may or may not have heard this album yet, we think he would agree it’s dope. 2 Mello produced this album with Acid Pro and Ableton Live, using samples from Native Instrument’s Kontakt to pad the Chrono Trigger samples. 2 Mello has been producing and MCing for over ten years, so youngin’s take notice! Hard work and determination pay off.

Download the album for free from ChronoJigga.com

ALBUMS, GAME MUSIC, MUSIC

OCRemix’s Tribute to Kirby: Milky Way Wishes

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01 - Album Cover by PROTODOMEOverclocked Remix, the world’s largest video game remix community has just released an awesome 24 track tribute to Kirby’s Super Star for SNES! Directed by
Arek the Absolute with beautiful cover art by PROTODOME, this album doesn’t sparkle in cosmetics alone.

Remixers include some of GameChops own, halc and Benjamin Briggs teaming up as Insert Ruppee for some wondrous electronic chillout. My favorite track on the album has got to be Brandon Strader’s impressive arrangement of GREEN GREENS and Gourmet Race.

As with all OCRemix albums, these are fan arrangements offered for free download direct from their site! They offer MP3 downloads either direct from their server or via BitTorrent. I suggest using the torrent, as it’s super fast and helps OCR save on bandwidth!

Download Milky Way Wishes!