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Chip Music, Reviews
Danimal Cannon’s Chip Music Debut Begins at the ‘Roots,’ Ascends To The Stratosphere (Review)
December 1, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Around this time last year, I was sitting at my desk, jaw agape, listening to an early recording sent by the inimitable Dan Behrens, lead guitarist of VG cover bands Armcannon and Metroid Metal. It was maybe the 2nd song I’d seen him write under his Danimal Cannon moniker with LSDJ, the popular homebrew tracker…
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Chip Music
Burning Up Inside: George & Jonathan Show Off Their ‘Beautiful Lifestyle’
November 3, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Last year, chiptune electrodance duo George & Jonathan floored us with The Best Music, a scrumptious collage of party-down funk and endearing synth silliness which effortlessly won our votes for #1 chip music album of 2010. With a bonus Christmas EP and incredible performances at MAGFest and Silent Barn, G&J are holding down their stellar…
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Chip Music
Cheap Dinosaurs Have A New Album, And You Can Plant It
October 17, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Photo: Emi Spicer Fans of chiptune prog rock outfit Cheap Dinosaurs have no doubt been gritting their teeth in anticipation of an official release from the esteemed super-group, which contains members of Chromelodeon, Animal Style and Brown Recluse. Now, after an extremely limited physical release back in 2009, it’s finally here: From singalong favorites (familiar…
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Chip Music
Wake Up And Smell the B4ken: One Half of George & Jonathan Goes Solo
June 22, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Regular readers of this site should be no strangers to the party jams of chiptune duo George & Jonathan. Last year they dazzled us with The Best Music (OSV’s best chip music album of 2010), and followed it up with a holiday bonus treat, The Best Christmas. Despite their recent hiatus in lieu of long-distance…
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Game Music
Fantasy Comes Home: Distant Worlds NYC Photos & Concert Impressions
April 14, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Photos: Emi Spicer The music of the Final Fantasy series is not normally the kind of music I like to share with others. That is to say, my initial exposure to Nobuo Uematsu’s captivating scores was such an event that it gave me this neurotic feeling that I was getting my own personal concert; that…
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Game Music, Indie Music
The Sound of #Sworcery: Indie Rocker-Turned-Game Composer Jim Guthrie
April 11, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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[Over on Motherboard.tv, our very own Josh Kopstein recently interviewed Jim Guthrie, the legendary Canadian indie-folk musician behind the gorgeous audiovisual iPad collaboration Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.] Amidst a desolate landscape of barely-stimulating apps made with boring train rides in mind,Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (read our review here) stands as a testament to the amazing…
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Chip Music
Rainbowdragoneyes New EP Will Fill You With Primordial Booze
February 28, 2011 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Described fittingly as “the Andrew W.K. of chip music,” Nashville, Tennessee’s Rainbowdragoneyes rules the corpse-strewn no man’s land that lies between DDR-style eurotrance and epic death metal with an iron fist. And his newest release, The Primordial Booze, makes certain that any who dare tread there are met with a customary greeting of unrelenting, microprocessor-fueled…
Chip Music, Reviews
Danimal Cannon’s Chip Music Debut Begins at the ‘Roots,’ Ascends To The Stratosphere (Review)
Around this time last year, I was sitting at my desk, jaw agape, listening to an early recording sent by the inimitable Dan Behrens, lead guitarist of VG cover bands Armcannon and Metroid Metal. It was maybe the 2nd song I’d seen him write under his Danimal Cannon moniker with LSDJ, the popular homebrew tracker…
Chip Music
Burning Up Inside: George & Jonathan Show Off Their ‘Beautiful Lifestyle’
Last year, chiptune electrodance duo George & Jonathan floored us with The Best Music, a scrumptious collage of party-down funk and endearing synth silliness which effortlessly won our votes for #1 chip music album of 2010. With a bonus Christmas EP and incredible performances at MAGFest and Silent Barn, G&J are holding down their stellar…
Chip Music
Cheap Dinosaurs Have A New Album, And You Can Plant It
Photo: Emi Spicer Fans of chiptune prog rock outfit Cheap Dinosaurs have no doubt been gritting their teeth in anticipation of an official release from the esteemed super-group, which contains members of Chromelodeon, Animal Style and Brown Recluse. Now, after an extremely limited physical release back in 2009, it’s finally here: From singalong favorites (familiar…
Chip Music
Wake Up And Smell the B4ken: One Half of George & Jonathan Goes Solo
Regular readers of this site should be no strangers to the party jams of chiptune duo George & Jonathan. Last year they dazzled us with The Best Music (OSV’s best chip music album of 2010), and followed it up with a holiday bonus treat, The Best Christmas. Despite their recent hiatus in lieu of long-distance…
Game Music
Fantasy Comes Home: Distant Worlds NYC Photos & Concert Impressions
Photos: Emi Spicer The music of the Final Fantasy series is not normally the kind of music I like to share with others. That is to say, my initial exposure to Nobuo Uematsu’s captivating scores was such an event that it gave me this neurotic feeling that I was getting my own personal concert; that…
Game Music, Indie Music
The Sound of #Sworcery: Indie Rocker-Turned-Game Composer Jim Guthrie
[Over on Motherboard.tv, our very own Josh Kopstein recently interviewed Jim Guthrie, the legendary Canadian indie-folk musician behind the gorgeous audiovisual iPad collaboration Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.] Amidst a desolate landscape of barely-stimulating apps made with boring train rides in mind,Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (read our review here) stands as a testament to the amazing…
Chip Music
Rainbowdragoneyes New EP Will Fill You With Primordial Booze
Described fittingly as “the Andrew W.K. of chip music,” Nashville, Tennessee’s Rainbowdragoneyes rules the corpse-strewn no man’s land that lies between DDR-style eurotrance and epic death metal with an iron fist. And his newest release, The Primordial Booze, makes certain that any who dare tread there are met with a customary greeting of unrelenting, microprocessor-fueled…
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