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5 Albums for $10, GameChops 2 Year Anniversary Bundles

GameChopsFrom now until the end of the weekend, GameChops and Loudr are teaming up to offer you two incredible bundles of licensed video game remixes. Whatever your style, be it energetic dance music or chilled out electronica, we’ve got you covered.

For just $10 you can get five albums in your style of choice. This is an incredible deal offered only once a year. It’s my way of saying thanks for supporting GameChops and reading this blog all year.

GameChops EDM Bundle
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Club Needlemouse ( Sonic the Hedgehog )
VLAD ( Castlevania )
Boss Beats ( Mega Man)
NESteryears ( Nintendo Classics )
Triple Triad: Booster Pack ( Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII )

Chillout Electronica Bundle

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KK and Friends ( Animal Crossing )
Ridge Racer Arrange (duh)
Hydrocity ( Sonic the Hedgehog )
Goombette ( Super Mario RPG)
MeowMeow and BowWow ( Zelda: Link’s Awakening )

Bundles are available from now till Sunday, pick ’em up before they’re gone. And remember to share this post to help spread the word!

Dj CUTMAN, Spamtron – MeowMeow & BowWow, a tribute to Link’s Awakening (Producer’s Notes)

MeowMeow & BowWowNearly a year of work, dozens of mixes, a handful of awkward titles and here we are. MeowMeow & BowWow a Link’s Awakening tribute written and produced by Spamtron and myself.

What can I say that hasn’t been said on our Bandcamp, press release, or Facebook page… This album was both a challenge and wonderful fun to work on. Spamtron is an incredible composer and I began to love his covers of the Link’s Awakening OST almost more than the originals. The level of detail and commitment in his programming is astounding, it was nothing short of a delight to mix. The medleys he programming in Sword Search and The Woods are so fluid, I almost don’t notice when he transitions the source material.

Certain songs, like Ballad of the Wind Fish, were a serious challenge. This is a very emotional track in the game, a repeating motif that serves as both congratulations for completing a dungeon and the heartbreaking finale of the story. Spamtron re-wrote this song three times, in an effort to capture the subtly and emotion of original. I went through nine distinct mixes of the ballad before the version that made it on the album.

I created  a mini-game within the album’s music, playing off the title. Hidden in each song on the album is a Meow and a Woof. This was my attempt at personifying the NPCs Madam MeowMeow and BowWow (her “dog”). These samples can be heard clearly on the introduction of Mabe Village. Can you find Madam MeowMeow and BowWow in each track?

This album went through a very serious mixing and mastering process. At the beginning of August (when Spamtron and I had believed the album was done) I found myself researching some of the most technical areas of sound engineering. I made discoveries that blew my mind, so much that I purchased new plug-ins and re-mixed every track in MeowMeow & BowWow. For the sound engineers out there, I discovered the benefits of linear-phase EQ, 32-bit floating-point renders and the limitations of mixing at 44.1khz.

The excitement culminated last weekend at our release party, 8-Bit Lounge, held at the historic PhilaMOCA, originally owned by world-renown music producer Diplo. To extend some of the celebration online, I’m selling the remaining commemorative badges from the event, each containing a download of the album thats set to last ten years.

The album is available on music.GameChops.com, streaming it its entirety on YouTube, and will be available soon on iTunes and Loudr. It’s been an incredibly rewarding experience working on MeowMeow & BowWow. This album serves as a spiritual successor to Bagu and the Riverman, the Zelda II tribute Spamtron and I completed in 2011, which later became the seed for The Triforce of Bass, our first #1 album on Bandcamp.

I hope you enjoy MeowMeow & BowWow as much as we enjoyed making it. And to anyone who buys the album or shares it with their friends, thank you for your support. This would not be possible without you.

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8-Bit Lounge: The Legend of 8-Bit (MeowMeow & BowWow Record Release Party)

8-Bit Lounge: The Legend of 8-Bit 8/31/13 @PhilaMOCAIt is with jittery excitement I’d like to announce the release party for MeowMeow & BowWow will be happening on August 31st at the PhilaMOCA from 4PM – 8PM! We’ve got a ton of stuff planned, most exciting is that everyone who attends will get a commemorative badge with a free download of the new album, plus I’ll be performing a live mix of the MeowMeow & BowWow in it’s entirety.

Badges are now available, get them before they’re sold out! – http://legendof8bit.bpt.me/

THE PARTY: This 8-Bit Lounge is Zelda themed, complete with free-play consoles provided by TooManyGames and RetroGameNetwork, Potion Bar, gaming treats by Brulee Bakery, Pixel artwork by Squarepainter, unique gaming apparel and live DJ sets!

THE ALBUM: MeowMeow & BowWow is a musical tribute to Link’s Awakening produced by Dj CUTMAN and friends. The album serves as a sequel to the breakout album Bagu and the Riverman, based on the music from Zelda 2: Adventure of Link. MeowMeow & BowWow has 7 confirmed tracks from Link’s Awakening.

THE REWARD: Everyone who buys a ticket for the event will receive a commemorative 8-Bit Lounge badge that includes a free digital copy of the MeowMeow & BowWow! GameChops is also sponsoring the event and will be providing physical copies of their albums as a reduced price!  Here’s a preview of the songs contained on the album:

The PhilaMOCA is an awesome small-sized venue and indie movie theatre, we’ll be screening Zelda gameplay footage and animations for the entire night. Reserve your badges today, as we cannot guaranty any will be available at the door. I’ll leave you with this silly little commercial I recorded this morning :]

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Dj CUTMAN to Release Link’s Awakening tribute album “MeowMeow & BowWow” on 8/31

meowmeow and bowwow coverDj CUTMAN has just announced that they will be releasing an “unofficial sort-of-sequel” to the breakout EP Bagu and the Riverman, a tribute to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

The album’s full title is “The Story of Madam Meow Meow & Bow Wow the Dog,” a verbose reference to two NPCs that appear in the town of Mabe in Link’s Awakening.

The album art, designed by Tron Bonne Art, shows the characters jamming with two Legendary Instruments, the sacred artifacts that it’s the player’s quest to find (I’m not sure if Bow Wow is jamming or devouring.) The art also shows the game’s Owl guide and the Wind Fish’s egg, two significant elements to the story of Link’s Awakening.

With almost two years since the original release of Bagu and the Riverman, these two chiptune producers have set the bar high in terms of electronic remix albums. Meow Meow & Bow Wow comes out on August 31st. If you’re in the Philadelphia area, Dj CUTMAN is holding a release party at the PhilaMOCA. Check out this Facebook Event for more details.