tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47464972781042333202024-03-05T00:53:07.171-08:00The Vanguard: Chip Electronic Dance MusicElectro House, Dubstep, DnB, and Other Danceable Chiptune.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-23805977507372215902012-07-29T16:03:00.002-07:002012-07-29T16:03:32.876-07:00Frostbyte - Codex<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:D After two years, here is the music we've all been waiting for. As Frostbyte puts it,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">“It’s my magnum opus you know? I wanted to make sure that it was going to make a statement, that it was going to be a solid, fully cohesive album; one that there’s no filler tracks, where there’s nothing that makes you want to skip a song.” Frosty goes on to say, “Basically I want it to be more than just an album. I want it to be a tribute to all that I’ve taken away from my time in the community; I’ve learned so much, met so many people, made so many friends. I’ve grown so much from the community, and this is my way of giving back.”</span>
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<a href="http://frostbyte1.bandcamp.com/album/codex"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here!</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-70089743582822469142012-07-25T00:06:00.002-07:002012-07-25T00:06:58.509-07:00SYNAPSE: OMG WHAT WAS I THINKING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You all know Treyfrey, I'm sure. He's my hero, he should be yours too. This man can write nothing bad. I'd listen to him practice scales and be amazed at his sound design. Point is, he released a new single. </span><br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/treyfrey/synapse"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">GIVE IT SOME LOVE BABY</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-18868379647845849562012-07-24T23:38:00.002-07:002012-07-24T23:38:36.209-07:00You Don't Need To Be Skrillex To Be Good<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yo. Not much been going on in the chip electro scene, but I gotta tell you. I can't stop listening to Sawgood. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MOAR LIKE SAWGOD AMIRITE</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just something to keep dem assezz moving while we get some more 8 bit going on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I decided Codex is coming out on July 25th and you all better be ready for it! Here's the lead single, Like The Animal I Am, for free, with a b-side from the Codex sessions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hope you all enjoy it, and don't forget to share with your friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There will also be a live webshow the date of Codex release, July 25th 2012 :) Don't forget to check out the Facebook event <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/318072741619492/">HERE</a>!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-75066835224760241402012-07-07T10:56:00.002-07:002012-07-07T10:56:25.699-07:00RADLIB. IS. NUTS.<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's really not much I can say about this besides I wish I could figure out Adlib tracker. I just suck at it, period. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The intro is long, but sooooo worth it. The first drop is where it's at. From then on, you're just getting pure goodness out of it. Seriously, this thing is such a ridiculous release. Love it. It's worth a full listen, so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hey guys! So I realized that I hate being forced to pay for music, and that's exactly what I did with 2012. I don't want to keep my songs away from people who don't have money for them. So here it is, Frostbyte 2012 again, but for free this time :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This thing is 100% banger. There's some really really cool points in this album. Very awesome. Sounds like a lot of it is hard hitting, electro house-ish music. Some wobbles, some BRK, some cool sounds. Definitely worth many listens. I've been putting it on every once in a while when I'm doing homework or whatever. Such good bass sounds! They absolutely know how to program these gameboys man, I'm telling you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can't quite tell which tracks are whose, maybe the whole thing was a collaboration or a split, but the styles are very similar. I feel like a lot of split releases have such different styles that it can get a little difficult to listen to as far as balance, because it's such a jarring change in sound (sometimes). There are also splits that pull it off really well, this being one of them. It's a lot like that USK/Fighter X split that worked really well. You can listen to the whole thing and not be like "Oh, they switched artists now". It has a sense of being more complete and together. </span><br />
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So it's out, and the ball is rolling! This album is mad dank just saying. So bassy, so chill, just such good music. Also, word up from NJ! Decktonic really has it going well in this release. DS-10 and NL4i? Such great, fat, greazzy sounds coming from this stuff.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hey guys! So Decktonic got a hold of me and sent me his latest album, "Stars". It's DS-10 and iPhone Nanoloop! Very very very cool. There's some real interesting instruments and sounds going on in here, never heard stuff up this level made in these programs. You guys should be excited for the 27th!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Get it JULY 27TH!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Listen to old Decktonic <a href="http://decktonic.bandcamp.com/album/dark-mode">here.</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-4050138968222478572012-06-20T21:14:00.000-07:002012-06-20T21:14:03.025-07:00Paralellis - Intergalactic Dancefloor<div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, I'm sitting in the pit orchestra for this play I'm playing at, right? And my garbage old android phone (Samsung Moment, don't get it.) vibrated, telling me that I had an email. I checked it, and it was something unrelated to this story. Well, i decided since I didn't have to play at that moment, might as well check out CM.O. It took 5 minutes to load, but when I did, the newest topic was titled Cheapshot - Streets of Bass. And then I saw it was in the releases forum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. The Pxl-Bot 1 Year Compilation just came out today. This thing is awesome! I'm actually a staff member of Pxl-Bot, and you can listen to my track Evergreens II on the album :) It is right <a href="http://pxl-bot.bandcamp.com/album/pxl-bot-one-year-later">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. I just purchased <a href="http://analogchile.bandcamp.com/album/gameboy-singles-la-maquinita-luces-de-la-ciudad-pb048">this.</a> It is FANTASTIC. Listen to this guy, so much potential with that sort of complextro (don't shoot me!) feel. Yes, I know it's a buzzword, but seriously. Check this guy out! It's only a dollar for the purchase, and it comes with 3 LSDSNGs so you can see what he's doing. So cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. I also just purchased <a href="http://sabrepulse.bandcamp.com/album/bit-pilot-ost">THIS</a>. WOW is it cool! I love Sabrepulse, and this is his LSDJ stuff at his finest. I'm out to pick up an iPhone 4s tomorrow, and this game is the first I will download. Along with that sick CM.o app. Anyway, this album is OFF THE CHARTS. So cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, I'm off to continue watching some nerdy documentary about post-human life. Check out these links dudes!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-61445838476160550372012-06-10T12:24:00.003-07:002012-06-10T12:24:35.506-07:00KILL3R WHALE - Let's Party EP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let's do a little lesson in words here. Give me a G, an R, an O, a U, an N, a D, and a BREAKING. What does that spell?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">THIS RELEASE IS AWESOME, that's what it spells! It's also groundbreaking for chip-pop. Really, this album stands out so much. It's my go-to album for crappy days. You know the kind, where everyone's on your butt, everything's too expensive, you can't get out of this oppressive monetary-based society, your schoolwork is out the wazoo, you don't understand half of what's being said to you, and your schedule's filled up like crazy, but everyone's mad at you because they think you're a lazy piece of crap?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alas, this album is where it's at. It hits the sweet spot for me, what with this dude's GORGEOUS VOICE. Yes! Chiptune with vocals that doesn't SUCK. Finally. There's also a live drumset in there. And the album art is too cute. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The music on this album is just so poppy, but in the best way possible. You could hate the radio, and still fall in love with the style of this album. The little dubstep breakdown in the first song is in NO way in your face, but it fits in perfectly. The melodies in "Turn Out All The Lights" and "Shell Art Is Over" are really cool. I think "Shell Art" is my favorite off the album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, the timbre of these guys just works together so well. I love the way it sounds, and I cannot wait for moar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WOW. How have I not reviewed this yet? Once again, I was sent early demos for this release, and crap. This is sooo good. Roboctopus has such a jazzy, odd style that I've never heard anywhere before! It's really brought out on this little gem of an album. Dude, really, this thing blows my mind. Just one DMG (as usual), with a surprising amount of punch, melodic catchiness, and pure radness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 7th chords he throws in all over the place really make it unique. He throws in a lot of pulse PWM with those arpeggios too! W command all day bro. His bass instruments are mad cool also. SO crunchy, but they don't get in the way of that triangle wav kick (the volume on that thing is at 40!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He details a lot of his cool tricks on Noisechannel with his LSDJ Guides! They're freely available to learn new tricks and ideas, so I'd say go check them out, <a href="http://www.noisechannel.org/posts/category/lsdj-you">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, I interviewed the dude for your pleasure. Enjoy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hahaha you know, when I first started delving into LSDJ, I used a DS because I already had a card for it. But when my cart from kitsch (shameless plug) got here, my custom DMG from Loomis (shameless plug) was going through some UPS backlog screwup. So for the time all I had was an SP. And I was traveling a lot with it. I guess I just got used to it. There's several plus to them that I just love. TL;DR: SPs are compact (perfect for x2lsdj work) and are rechargable. I'm mastering having one in both hands for writing dual lsdj songs. On a "I still got street cred" note, I have a custom DMG and another in progress and 2 MGBs that I prosounded as well. I'm still cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hints? There's an extra track (or two) that I did after I released the preview. A lot of the songs are connected. Both through their titles and through the actual audio. I like to include little codes or puzzles with my music. Here's an example: the three songs Helios, Selene, and Eos are all named after the greek gods for Sun, Moon, and Dawn respectively and all transition into each other. Another connection can be made between the songs Aphelion and Ellipse, ellipse being the shape that a planet orbits in. That being said, Aphellion is the point a planet is farthest from the sun, so maybe there'll be a song about the point closet to the sun??? (hint hint)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Haha yeah. I've joined forums where any new member is instantly flamed until they give up. What I did at cm.o to avoid the whole "I'm a new name" phase was to act like I've been there before. It's surprising how well that can work. This is a plea to N00bs coming to cm.o: please lurk for a while. Use the search function and common sense. We have a lot of members who will eat you alive (myself included) if your first post is "wut is chipmusic lul??? How do you lsdj?". I think that if you look around a little and try to find your answer by yourself first you'll see we've already answered it. I lurked and figured out almost everything by myself before I decided to post. It works a lot better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sigh. There is no chipscene here in Sacramento (Yet). I get so jealous of everyone in NY, NZ, Aussieland. . . But it's okay. What turned me onto the scene was how inviting it is. That's the greatest thing about chipmusic, wherever it is, it's still at your fingertips. I was bummed about [not attending] Blip, but listening to those streams I felt like I was there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love Bjork. She has some very emotional songs if you can understand her (lul). She has a song called "Pagan Poetry" and just the audio was emotional enough, but I watched the video and there's a part where you can see the emotion on her face. She didn't act, she was just herself. Feeling her own music, it was beautiful and I was bawling my eyes out. I don't think the song has influenced anything, but that emotion has. Maybe not in any of my chiptune stuff but definitely in my other stuff. (electronic music and piano)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I actually write all of my music on piano first. My piano influences everything. Granted, they sound a lot different on it. I just sit down and whatever comes out, comes out. I have to record on my phone huge improv sessions where I just start with ideas and let them expand. Anything dancey. I've been described as a dance pianist and honkey tonk. I do a lot of four-on-the-floor stuff. But I listen to almost any type of music and I bet it just all get's jammed into what I do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hahahaa Well actually I'm a hybrid party-man workoholic. I was actually at a party recently with my friends, writing a track on both of my AGSs and with a melodica a friend gave me while dancing and drinking. My friend comes up to me and says "You know, we were always wondering how you had the time to program so many songs!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hmmm. I don't think so. That's not to say they haven't, just that I can't put my finger on any.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Haha nope. I didn't even take them in school. I don't know anyone who can honestly say, "I used Trigonometry today to save the world", so I think I'm okay. ;]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There you have it! Such a chilled out guy. Check out his EP preview right here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, the Chiptunes = WIN compilation came out TODAY. This thing is massive. It's got 51 tracks, and the vast majority of them are really really cool! Now, they're not all dance music, but hey. SMILETRON, Monodeer, iamclouD (shameless self plug), Cheapshot, BR1GHT PR1MATE, Kedromelon and Zef are on there, so it deserves mention ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Honestly dudes, this thing is really cool. I'm glad to be a good friend of Brandon's. He's been such a trooper, getting this thing put together. This is his first compilation! It's quite a success, really. I'm so surprised one of us was organized to get something to this magnitude to work. Really really really cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A long time ago in a galaxy far away, there was a release on the Pxl-Bot.com label that I helped a dude named NAMELESS put together. He uploaded a track called "DEBUT" on 8bc back in the day, and upon listening, I realized it was some of the most unique chip smash-thrash-punch-explode house I've ever listened to. That song was super crunchy and wonked out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like, a week later he sent me a four track EP that I threw up on the website immediately. This guy was a beast! I can't believe how unique his music is, but it works so well with that traditional 4-on-the-floor beat! </span><br />
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<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f1515; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1515; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And oh boy, did it go. This 4 track album is a bone-jarring rip-roar of a musical adventure, taking you through sharp rhythms and rough-as-all-heck synths. Throughout the whole time you listen to this album, your mind gets ripped in half and put back together numerous times as you try to comprehend how dirty this kid can make LSDJ sound.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f1515; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1f1515; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1515; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">You should totally download this album and get punched in the face with each of the free mp3s. It's worth it!"</span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-77428239781238762452012-06-04T14:20:00.003-07:002012-06-04T14:20:42.660-07:00BREAKING NEWS: A SIGN OF LIFE FROM IAYD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It would be criminal to not post anything about IAYD on an electro blog. The story goes like this: I posted the Kedromelon review, and got an email alert that IAYD released two tracks on soundcloud today. Awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Check them out! I'm pretty sure they've been heard before, but still. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306751238696489710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746497278104233320.post-66746974460056574862012-06-04T14:14:00.000-07:002012-06-04T14:14:27.883-07:00Kedromelon Interview<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hey all! So, I was able to talk to my good friend, Kedromelon. This guy is a beast. His tunes have so much punch, it's really kinda ridiculous! Anyway, he was willing to do an interview for The Vanguard (which is super swick). Here it is, mangs!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I used to be really into circuit-bending. So sometime in early 2010, I had stumbled across game boy modifications while looking into all that stuff and liked that idea, so I looked more into the possibilities of bending video game consoles. Since I didn't know anything about chiptune, it took awhile to come across 8bitcollective and <a href="http://chipmusic.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">chipmusic.org</a>. I discovered MIDINES first, and since I couldn't afford to purchase one at the time, I started messing around with Famitracker. Somehow, that led to my discovery of nanoloop, LSDJ, 8bitcollective, etc. When I gained interest in using a game boy, I had wanted to use nanoloop because the LSDJ GUI seemed intimidating. After failing to create anything I liked with nanoloop, I decided to give LSDJ a try and ended sticking with it.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Recoil, Titan, and Reveries at Sunrise has always been personal favorites. I also am pretty proud of Desolate Time (which I'm now actually playing as CHILLBRAVE). I don't have any particular patches I'm attached to, other than a top-secret WAV kick that was given to me recently by an artist who would like to remain anonymous. Different songs call for different patches. I suppose I have a sort of "system" for making patches work better as leads, basses, etc, but I don't have specific patches I program in every time I open a new LSDJ project.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>3. What is your strongest influence?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My strongest? Ugh, its difficult to pick just one. I'm very influenced by other chipmusic. My earliest influences in music are based in film scores and the Super Smash Bros Melee soundtrack that Nintendo Power sent out to its subscribers. I'm definitely not influenced by video game music other than that, if that's what you're asking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>4. You loooooove doing covers man. What's your process with that?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've never been someone particularly good at transcribing music by ear, so I'll generally find multiple references online. My covers are usually based on a combination of various guitar tabs, piano sheet music, and chord sheets. I actually just finished something new that I actually had to do mostly by ear myself, and I think it turned out pretty well still. Once I have all the notes in, I go through and add TONS of L, E, K, V, P, and W commands to try to emulate the way the vocalist sings the melody on the original track.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SO GOOD. I loved getting to meet people from online in real life finally, and getting to see all my NYC friends one last time for the summer. The artists were all GREAT as well. Live Nation ended up being pretty annoying with some policies like no re-entry and all that, but it didn't end up getting in the way too much.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I heard there might be a CHILLBRAVE album on its way...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>7. Any releases that struck you recently? Artists?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really liked Je Mappelle's <i>Wish</i> and Knife City's EP. ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEW FROSTBYTE RELEASE. Outside of chipmusic, I've been listening to a lot of Sigur Rós' <i>Valtari</i> and Knife Party's <i>Rage Valley.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10… definitely 10.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>9. Do you have a favorite super hero?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nah, but Spider-Man is pretty cool I guess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>10. What makes you write dance music? Do you listen to hi-fi dance when you're not around the gameboys?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not sure really. I was completely unfamiliar with dance music prior to getting into chiptune… my roots were mostly in post-rock and punk stuff. I suppose I caught on that the LSDJ tracks that were most fun to play live also happened to be my danciest ones, so I just went with that, I guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the preview track I made for my upcoming EP, due out June 5th! I think it's pretty cool. It has some sampler tracks from upcoming full time projects that have been in the works for a while (cough cough CODEX cough cough) and some other stuff for you to enjoy. 6 tracks of bass and face punching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Really, it really in 100% actuality hit me. The first drop in this thing is a monster. I didn't even know that this was a dance record, so I totally wasn't expecting the killer kick and the bassline that ripped me to shreds. It was totally okay though. Crisp and clear, that thing just slayed all morning. The end section of "Hunting" is so ridiculously cool too. It makes me happy whenever I listen to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On I went through the album, and "Slam Dunk Lifestyle" came to bite my booty as well. That track is a monster! It's not even fair what this guy can do with just two Gameboys and a few samples. The production and mastering on this album is ridiculous.</span><br />
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