Frostbyte - Codex

:D After two years, here is the music we've all been waiting for. As Frostbyte puts it,


“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.”




Hope you all enjoy :)


Here!

You Don't Need To Be Skrillex To Be Good

Yo. Not much been going on in the chip electro scene, but I gotta tell you. I can't stop listening to Sawgood. MOAR LIKE SAWGOD AMIRITE


Just something to keep dem assezz moving while we get some more 8 bit going on.






LISTEN NOW

CHILLBRAVE - Vengeance Valley

4 DMGS. Seriously. Four actual gameboys made this song. Written by a mixture of Kedromelon and Popstar. This song is just too rad to really describe accuratley. It's not often when really really good electro comes out, but this really nails it. Talking to Kedromelon about the process, he says it was really hard to get good compromises, especially because their styles are so different. Kedromelon is all electro and dancey and punchy and full of technical prowess, and Popstar's all about those long notes and basically what Kedromelon isn't. The track is fueled by two totally different artists coming together in harmony, on this incredibly ballin track. 


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:


GO DO THAT

Buskerdroid/Microman - RAW! RAW! RAW!

WHAT


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. 


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. 

Very cool. Check it out here!

Decktonic - Stars

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.

I've never used DS-10 before, but it sounds like it has some strong capabilities. It's a strange thing to think about how little it's used in our scene, you know? Either way, I'm glad Decktonic uses it haha, he appears to be the expert on it.

Jredd uses DS-10 on occasion, I believe, but I haven't heard much from him since the big FM release he did with some other ex-8bcers.

Whatever, Stars is great. GET IT.


PS: This counts as a review. I'm telling you, it's good.

Cheapshot: Streets of Bass

It is finally that day. I totally forgot how bad I wanted to review this beautiful album! I remember a while ago, I was talking to Cheapshot in gmail about how he's got this awesome full length coming out, and then it got caught up in all kinds of label garbage and whatever and it became an issue and then it was gonna come out soon, and then it didn't and yada yada yada. Needless to say though, I nearly crapped my pants in excitement waiting for this thing.

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.

My heart skipped many beats. 

He had told me about how he focused more on the bass instead of just wubs, and he totally did that. It didn't detract from his style at all! This is such a chill record. I put it on whenever I'm studying, falling asleep, or whatever it is that I do when I relax.

There's not much that could be done to improve this album. Maybe just a teeeeny bit moar wubs, but we have zOMG!! for that!

GET IT NOW