I’ve been reading through some of my old posts and realizing I need to be less excited and more coherent when I write on VideoGameDJ. So I think I’m doing good with this one, presented a Chiptune album by Tettix (formally known as Cicada). This album features prominate chiptunes artists Alex Mauer, Derris-Kharlan, Disasterpeace, Hélas Techne and Minusbaby for a rock solid street-fighter themed album. It’s a free download, so go get it!
Category Archives: CHIPTUNE
Chiptunes and Chipmusic
The Chipophone!
DO WANT. Linus Akesson is so cool he built an 8-bit synthesizer inside an old electric organ. I’ve seen this organs all over the place in Ithaca, garages, salvo, street corners, but this has got to be the most totally rad use for one ever. Linus is from Sweden a country I don’t know much about but this video alone makes me want to. The Chipophone is awesome, and Linus has video game music skills with it, dropping into the Tetris theme and closing with a personal favorite from Megaman.
This is what a SPAMTRON looks like
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
MegaManMashups and HipHopHotness – TKRMX by Tae K
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
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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] |
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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] |
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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 |