This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.
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Henry Homesweet – Essential Chip Mix 2011
The new Henry Homesweet Essential Chip Mix is out! Released by Bleepstreet Records, this mix will take you through some of the best Chiptune tracks of this year! Listen now, man, we’re waisting time!
Henry Homesweet is a British Chiptune artist who currently uses Nanoloop on two Gameboy Advances. I saw him DESTROY EVERYTHING at this years BlipFestival, including ending his set by pouring FourLoko on his head and tearing the cart out of his gameboy. If this was twitter the only suitable tag would be #badass
You can listen to more Henry Homesweet and Bleepstreet Records on their respective Soundcloud pages, add Henry on MySpace and Facebook to support this radical dude. His website is a trip, and worth checking out if you’re into old hardware induced insanity, babes, and ball-pits [ I mean, who isn’t? ]
Onto the mix! Full tracklist right here.
Henry Homesweet – Essential Chip Mix 2011 by BLEEPSTREET Records
Chiptune Daft Punk “Something About Us” by Dj CUTMAN
Just released a new remix I’ve been working on for the past few days. An 8-bit re-imagined version of “Something About Us” from Daft Punk’s album “Discovery,” possibly one of my favorite electronic albums of all time. Something about the way Daft Punk incorporated vocals into this album really stuck with me, and when a friend of mine did a hip-hop remix of this tune I knew I had to follow suit, taking it in a different direction.
The mix is available on Bandcamp.
I slowed the track down from the original, and utalized a very fun plug-in called The Magical 8-bit PlugIn, engineered by Japanese band YMCK. It’s simple controls allowed me to explore the most basic of the chiptune sounds (square, triangle, pulse and noise waves) while giving me freedom to focus on the mix and arrangement of the piece.
The total song is 16 tracks, 8 Chiptune tracks, 6 Sample tracks (for drums and vocals) and 2 sends for compression (to thicken the drums) and delay. I used Waves L1 and The Glue to master. A simpler mastering chain than I normally use, because I was going for a more authentic chiptune sound. Those true chip enthusiasts out there would criticize that this isn’t a “Chiptune” because this mix could never have come out of a single sound chip. But if you know me, I’m a production junkie. Screw the rules, man, I’m making music!
Something About Us [8-Bit Daft Punk Remix] by Dj CUTMAN
The track is also available from Bandcamp, for those who wish to support or just download it in a high quality format. The FLAC version sounds awesome (if I do say so myself :) You can also follow Dj CUTMAN on Facebook, Twitter, and Soundcloud.
The art was created by Sudario from Brazil.
The T-MODE Dubstep Mix is out!
Just dropped this mix, based on my performance last weekend at T-MODE. A lot of dope dubstep and dance music. Tracks collected from 8bitcollective, Newgrounds, and a few other sources. Enjoy the mix!
As always, it’s provided as a FREE DOWNLOAD from Soundcloud.
I’ve also included a full tracklist below with links to download all of the creative commons tracks. Enjoy free music!!
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Creative Commons Tracklist:
Omen Mix – microhertz
https://8bc.org/music/microhertz/Omen+(the+Prodigy+Lsdj+mix)/
Crowd Control – xKore
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/397451
Magnum – xKore
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/402256
Bloody Tears [Castlevania 2] – Doni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_91Sxa7mUn4
Game Over – Labcoat and mac.
https://8bc.org/music/Labcoat+and+Mac./GAME+OVER+%28Fianl+Version%29/
Ghosts n Stuff [Deadmou5] – OxygenStar
https://8bc.org/music/O2star/Ghosts+n+Stuff+%28Deadmau5+cover%29/
Apart – Je Mappelle
http://soundcloud.com/je-mappelle/apart
Time – DJFiendO
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/405819
Lost Woods – Ephixa
http://soundcloud.com/ephixa/lost-woods-dubstep