Fresh out tha bassbins of hell, comes 4 tracks to rip open ya skull and whip that booty into shape. Bring tha 40s, wine (?) and zombie biddies, A Money and T Dog are throwing tha baddest party of them all. Just don’t expect to escape from tha castle alive.
All tracks created by moontone and SKGB using samples from Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse and Castlevania 1 NES Sound Format (.nsf) files and custom built and sequenced drum loops and bass lines. Mastering done at Emerald City Studios.
To start things off, I promise to try my damnedest not to make any “ABSRD” puns throughout the duration of this article, as I’ve already met my quota this week. ;3 It’s going to be really, really hard for me to hold to that, I’ll admit (I love being punny ;3 ), but I promise to try my best. Possibly. Maybe. I guess. We’ll see…
WUTEHFUKEVAR!! Time for the most ABSRD Friday Freakout EVAR!!!
Sugar Blossom and the Space Cadets
by ABSRDST
I’ve been a big fan of Eric Byrnes‘ Seaking’s Seaglass chipradio show for awhile now. Hell, I even went on it a little while back (before the Expansion Pack released) to chat it up with Eric about ChipWIN. Was good times! ^_^ That said, one of my favorite things about the show is how Eric always seems to find a way to introduce me to some EXCELLENT new chipmusic each time I tune in. And man oh MAN was this last Tuesday afternoon with ABSRDST EVER a good example of that!!!
“Sugar Blossom and the Space Cadets” consists of 12+ (bonus tracks FTW~) incredible, super funky, spacetastic, electronic chippy jams engineered masterfully for the explicit purpose of bringing extraordinary amounts of pleasure to your earholes, and HOLY FURKIN ZOMBOCON does it ever deliver!!! Such an amalgam of wonderful musical stylings and soundscapes as well! Can go from one track having a crazy, funktastic space rave vibe to the next being an ethereal mood piece reminiscent of floating around lost in the cosmos. This album is another instant favorite for me, EASILY. Track #4, “Loss of Loved Ones”, may be one of my favorite chiptracks, PERIOD. There’s a hauntingly beautiful vibe to it that gives me goosebumps ASA I hear that first arp. -shudders- GOOD STUFF.
Seriously, I cannot suggest strongly enough that you immediately go experience this STELLAR chipalbum for yourself. Listen to it, & then promptly download it, FOR FREE if you must. Although if at all possible pay the dude something for the release, as this album truly DESERVES TEH MONIES. If nothing else, you can at least help me share it to the ends of the intertoobs and back!! Dude deserves more exposure. It’s just that simple.
And dare I suggest that you keep an eye and a pair of ears out for this guy as the days roll on. If he keeps making music like this, things are going to get far more ABSRD than you can even begin to fathom.
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A bit late on this post, but this season is just getting started. I released a new mix recently, a progressive set of chiptune, trap, electro and house music. I thought of the changing weather, starting out the mix with hot tracks from the end of summer, gradulating moving up in tempo and down in energy. It kind of reminds me of the cold fronts of air blowing in. Some of the chiptune tracks are from none other than Brandon L Hood’s Chiptunes=WIN compilations, which I mastered, so I had the good fortune of working with the uncompressed tracks. Truth be told, the Electric Children and Skip Cloud tracks contained within this mix are exclusive, i remastered them to specificly suit their place in the mix.
Fancy Jacket Weather is downloadable on Soundcloud and streamable on Mixcloud. Remember to follow if you have an account.
Time to bust out your favorite coat, it’s Fancy Jacket Weather.
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As deeply involved as I have become in the chipscene as of late, some folk might assume that I would know of pretty much everything happening within it before it even happens. Those people would be dead furkin wrong. In fact, you’ve only gotta go back as far as last Monday’s episode of 8 Bit Power Hour for proof of this. While we were live on the air, Obtuse dropped an awesomebomb on me from one of his Michigan chiptuner buds. To be more specific:
Loudness by NOROCK
Loudness = six electro chipjams of booty moving, dance-tastic, high energy, nerd zombie destroying goodness FTW!! This EP has been rocking my earholes daily since experiencing a couple tracks from it last Monday night. In other words, IT’S A SUREFIRE WINNER.
While NOROCK has been around for a good while, this album is brand new; released on 10/12 to be exact. Not your typical chipmusic creation setup either, as the heart of this chipalbum is Atari driven. To be specific: “Loudness was created using a modern PC and an Atari 1040STe. The PC controls the Atari via MIDI, essentially turning the Atari into a very flexible YM2149-based synthesizer. FL Studio 9 runs on the PC, and MaxYMiser runs on the Atari.” This unique chipset gives the bleep bloops in these tracks a different tonal quality than your typical LSDj or Tracker based album; makes it stand out all the more!
At any rate, do yourself a favor and go give this awesome album a solid listen; and if you really dig it, drop a 5-spot on it and download the sucker! Trust me, YOUR EARHOLES WILL THANK YOU.
And if you’re interested in discovering new chipmusic before I get a chance to write about it here, be sure to swing by the 8 Bit Power Hour on 8bitx every Monday night from 9-10pm EST. If nothing else, drop by the irc to give Obtuse a high-five for this awesome tip-off! 8)
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