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Chiptunes = WIN = EXPANDED!!! \m|♥|m/

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As of last night, Monday October 1st 2012,  the Chiptunes = WIN Expansion Pack is OFFICIALLY RELEASED!!!
A direct sequel to the first mega-compilation, this one expands upon it with 22 brand new, unreleased tracks from 24 completely different artists!!  All found on Bandcamp at chiptuneswin.com, pay what you want with a base price of FREE, same as the first! And, of course, once again mastered excellently by the ALWAYS  awesome Dj CUTMAN! Nothing else for me to say (although CLICK HERE to read what Destructoid thinks about it ;), except…

 

\m|♥|m/ GET TO LISTENING, YO!!! \m|♥|m/

 

 

And hey, just in case you haven’t heard the first one yet, HERE YA GO!!  =D

 

ALBUMS, CHIPTUNE, GAMING, MUSIC

Friday Freakout: Chiptunes = WIN Expansion Pack releases Monday, Oct 1st!!! \m|♥|m/

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Except for one time in the beginning of my writing gig here,  I typically just delightedly write-up other people’s awesome nerdy projects in these Friday blurbs. Today, however, is another one of those rare times where I get to over-exuberantly tell you about something I’m  personally involved in. ;)
SO HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS, ‘CUZ HERE IT COMES!!!:

Chiptunes = WIN presents
The Expansion Pack

As you may’ve gathered from both my excitable posts the last couple weeks and pretty damn rad radio spots on Seaking’s Seaglass and Geekbeat LeRadio, there’s more ChipWIN chiptunes a’comin’!! =D

THIS FRIGGIN’ FRAGGIN’ MONDAY NIGHT  to be specific!! =D

22 *BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW, UNRELEASED* chiptracks from 24 completely different chipartists! Yet again mastered by Dj CUTMAN, yet again artified by Foxdragon, & yet again merchified by Maddie the Merch Fairy (details still forthcoming, but we’re ALMOST  there! AND YES IT’S A BRAND NEW SHIRT BUNDLE~  ^_^ Also, click this link about shirt sizing!).  And also just like before, join us for a completely ridicuWIN time at 8pm EST on the 8 Bit Power Hour on Areciboradio as we listen through the entire album before releasing it immediately afterward at www.chiptuneswin.com! Fb Event for that HERE.

IT’S NOT CALLED AN EXPANSION PACK FOR NOTHIN’ FOLKS!!! 8)

For all of this information really quickly & *EXTRA* ridiculously, PROMO VIDEO HERE:

And I think it goes without saying at this point (BUT IMA STILL SAY IT~), RESHARE, RETWEET, INVITE, and pretty much just SPAM THE LIVING HELL outta anyone and anything that moves!!! The more folk tuning in, the more folk get the new chipmusic! And *ABSOLUTELY* the more, the merrier as far as that’s concerned!! =D

AND FOR THE FURKIN’ ZOMBOCON OF IT, HERE’S THE COMPLETE ARTIST LIST FOR THIS BAD BOY~!!!
(not in album sequence)

  • Auxcide
  • AndaruGO
  • Andrew Kilpatrick
  • animal style
  • Beta to the Max
  • C-jeff
  • Disasterpeace featuring Stemage
  • Derris-Kharlan
  • Electric Children
  • Marshall Art (jmr + streifig)
  • Nordloef
  • Optimus Chad
  • OxygenStar
  • Roboctopus
  • Stern Fucking Zeit
  • Slime Girls
  • subPixel
  • Skip Cloud
  • SingkongBalado
  • Solarbear
  • The J. Arthur Keenes Band
  • Zio and TEH LOLZ

MONDAY NIGHT. BE THERE. IT’S GONNA BE LIKE F*CKIN ON A RAINBOW.  8)

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ChipWIN Fb Group <– where it all started and is continuing to grow!! =D
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ALBUMS, CHIPTUNE, GAME MUSIC, GAMING, MUSIC

Friday Freakout: Seven Ubiktune albums for $1 = CHIP INSTABUY!!!!!!!

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Typically I just write about one new album per Friday. Today, however, I’MA CHEAT & BREAK THE HELL OUTTA THAT RULE.  8) SEVEN DIFFERENT ALBUMS FROM UBIKTUNE COMING RIGHT ATCHA!!!

And all of these INDESCRIBABLY AMAZING  releases from some of *THE*  most influential artists in the chipscene for only ONE DAMN DOLLAR…!!!  That’s over a $30 discount for those of you wondering. :OOOOO

To get ahold of this AMAZING  deal before it expires, click on the following Bundle Dragon link and snatch it up:

http://ubiktune.bundledragon.com/pilot

Feel free to check out the streams of any/all of the albums below (let me give you a head’s up: THEY’RE *ALL* AMAZING). Or if you’ve discovered this article after  the bundle has expired, you can still  obtain all of the albums via the artists’ individual Bandcamp pages. Will cost you a bit more than a dollar, but still VERY MUCH  worth it.

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ALBUMS, EVENTS, GAME MUSIC, GAMING, MUSIC

Friday Freakout: The World Is Square debut album released!!!

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I love Final Fantasy/Square-Enix music. It’s grandly fantastic, highly emotive, cinematic music goodness on an epic scale x 1,000,000! Whether it’s the earlier compositions from the NES & SNES games (easily  my favs) or those from the more technically superior consoles of today, the music remains completely magical. And so are the awesome, musically talented, badass nerds  who remix, rearrange, and play this excellently fun music live in various forms, fashions, and instrumental configurations; there’s nothing quite like rocking out, dancing, swaying, and just getting downright weird  to a live set of this sort of awesomeness. Speaking of getting weird, I think it’s time I STFU with this extra long intro & bring you the debut album from one group of said nerdy badasses:

No Phoenix Down
Can Save You Now
by
The World Is Square

This delightfully quirky, wonderfully weird  5 member Square-Enix tribute band brings it  with 13 toe-tapping, giant grin inducing folky earjoys. Their acoustic instrument driven arrangements are strikingly different than any other band within the VGM scene; they craft their lovely covers with nothing more than keys, a Glochenspiel (!!!), several string instruments (acoustic guitar, ukulele, mandolin, & bass) and various forms of percussion. It brings a simpler, more paired down sound to what are typically extraordinarily cinematic, grand soundscapes, yet it works in a way that I never would’ve imagined possible. They’re fast becoming one of my favorite VGM acts in the scene, and hell, I haven’t even seen ’em live yet!!! :O (will be fixing that the first damn chance I get~ <3 ).

According to Lauren from TWIS it’s a damn fun experience within the group as well. “I wish you all could have seen my face when we were adding stuff together like the vocals in ‘vamo’ or the snap tracks. Standing around a mic with some of your best buds trying not to laugh is far more difficult than i thought.” Lauren goes on to say, “I’m really happy with how it (the album) turned out and honestly so flattered and overwhelmed with the amount of support and love we’ve gotten from everyone. I would have been happy recording silly youtube videos in our living room forever but this has just been a total bonus.”

If you’d like to experience some of this funtasticness first hand, be sure to come hang out/party/get weird online with the band and a bunch of other awesome nutbars (myself included most likely ;D ) during The World Is Square Interview & Album Bash at 8bitx.com on Wednesday, Sept 12th at 9pm EST.  There’ll even be chances to snag some free download codes! For the full skinny, be sure to check out the Fb event here (and invite ALL the friends!!!  ;D ):

https://www.facebook.com/events/279825558790405/

In the meantime, go listen to their lovely album, and, of course, BUY THE HELL OUT OF IT OR TONBERRYS WILL CHOP OFF YOUR JUNK WITH THEIR SCARY, SCARY KNIVES & FEED ‘EM TO UMARO!!! <– Although quite honestly, this threat is wholly unnecessary. Once you listen to the album, you’re gonna wanna buy it. <3

Also, ZOMBOCOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN~~~!!!!!!!!!!1111!1!1

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