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Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews
Live From The Arcade: The PAX 2009 DVD (Review)
August 20, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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From webcomic to charity to convention, Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik’s Penny Arcade empire has quickly become one of the most successful properties in the videogaming world. So when the duo approached NYC filmmaking troupe 2 Player Productions (creators of the soon-to-be-released chiptune documentary, Reformat The Planet) and asked them to shoot a web series…
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Chip Music, Game Music
Penny Arcade Expo 2010: OSV Will Be There!
August 17, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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September is fast-approaching and along with the promise of slightly cooler temperatures here in the Northern Hemisphere, it also means it’s nearly time for the swirling videogames and music maelstrom that is the Penny Arcade Expo. Over the few years of its existence, comic artist entreprenuers Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik’s videogame empire has grown…
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Chip Music, Indie Music
Shael Riley Putting The Finishing Moves On His Next Album
August 7, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Equal parts chiptune artist, guitarist and experienced singer-songwriter, Shael Riley and his band The Double-Ice Backfire, unlike many acts unwittingly branded with the silly and somewhat ignominious label of ‘nerdcore’ music, don’t simply aim to appeal to an audience of geeks jonezing for lyrics jam-packed with videogame references. Sure, there are parts where a working knowledge of the Mortal…
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Chip Music
Starscream Updates: Physical Releases, New Full-Length + EP Coming Soon
August 2, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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If you’ve been listening to their recently re-released EP and new remix album as much as I have, you’ll be pleased to hear that New York chip-rock duo Starscream dropped a huge update yesterday on their blog, announcing a new album, a new EP, physical releases for their current digital EPs and more. Here are…
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Chip Music
Starscream ‘Future And It Doesn’t Work’ Digital Re-Release + Remixes
July 26, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Starscream, the two-piece progressive rock ensemble from New York City is without a doubt one of our favorite chiptune acts here at OSV. They tell stories about space, and they fill your ears with loud, sublime beauty while doing so. Back in 2009, the duo released their EP, Future And It Doesn’t Work on NYC’s premiere…
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Chip Music, Indie Music
Midnight Orphans: New & Unreleased Music From Disasterpeace
July 16, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Famous for his mind-meltingly elaborate progressive rock-style compositions, Staten Island’s Disasterpeace, aka Rich Vreeland, takes a different approach on Midnight Orphans, a free collection of musical loose ends written between 2006 and 2010. Trading in frantic time signature changes and epic lo-fi orchestration for smoothed out downtempo electronica with nuggets of chiptune flavor, Vreeland delicately assembles melancholy moods…
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Chip Music, Demoscene
Re-4mat Your Ears With 4mat’s Latest Album
July 5, 2010 | Joshua Kopstein |
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Legendary UK game composer and demoscene musician Matt Simmonds (aka 4mat) is stepping up to the plate once again with a brand new digital full-length. A regular on chiptune music sharing site 8bitcollective, 4mat has been posting bits and bobs of his work online for quite a while now. But none of it can properly…
Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews
Live From The Arcade: The PAX 2009 DVD (Review)
From webcomic to charity to convention, Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik’s Penny Arcade empire has quickly become one of the most successful properties in the videogaming world. So when the duo approached NYC filmmaking troupe 2 Player Productions (creators of the soon-to-be-released chiptune documentary, Reformat The Planet) and asked them to shoot a web series…
Chip Music, Game Music
Penny Arcade Expo 2010: OSV Will Be There!
September is fast-approaching and along with the promise of slightly cooler temperatures here in the Northern Hemisphere, it also means it’s nearly time for the swirling videogames and music maelstrom that is the Penny Arcade Expo. Over the few years of its existence, comic artist entreprenuers Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik’s videogame empire has grown…
Chip Music, Indie Music
Shael Riley Putting The Finishing Moves On His Next Album
Equal parts chiptune artist, guitarist and experienced singer-songwriter, Shael Riley and his band The Double-Ice Backfire, unlike many acts unwittingly branded with the silly and somewhat ignominious label of ‘nerdcore’ music, don’t simply aim to appeal to an audience of geeks jonezing for lyrics jam-packed with videogame references. Sure, there are parts where a working knowledge of the Mortal…
Chip Music
Starscream Updates: Physical Releases, New Full-Length + EP Coming Soon
If you’ve been listening to their recently re-released EP and new remix album as much as I have, you’ll be pleased to hear that New York chip-rock duo Starscream dropped a huge update yesterday on their blog, announcing a new album, a new EP, physical releases for their current digital EPs and more. Here are…
Chip Music
Starscream ‘Future And It Doesn’t Work’ Digital Re-Release + Remixes
Starscream, the two-piece progressive rock ensemble from New York City is without a doubt one of our favorite chiptune acts here at OSV. They tell stories about space, and they fill your ears with loud, sublime beauty while doing so. Back in 2009, the duo released their EP, Future And It Doesn’t Work on NYC’s premiere…
Chip Music, Indie Music
Midnight Orphans: New & Unreleased Music From Disasterpeace
Famous for his mind-meltingly elaborate progressive rock-style compositions, Staten Island’s Disasterpeace, aka Rich Vreeland, takes a different approach on Midnight Orphans, a free collection of musical loose ends written between 2006 and 2010. Trading in frantic time signature changes and epic lo-fi orchestration for smoothed out downtempo electronica with nuggets of chiptune flavor, Vreeland delicately assembles melancholy moods…
Chip Music, Demoscene
Re-4mat Your Ears With 4mat’s Latest Album
Legendary UK game composer and demoscene musician Matt Simmonds (aka 4mat) is stepping up to the plate once again with a brand new digital full-length. A regular on chiptune music sharing site 8bitcollective, 4mat has been posting bits and bobs of his work online for quite a while now. But none of it can properly…
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