World-renowned chiptune artist Nullsleep has returned to New York after scouring the countryside with post-cyberpunk industrial dance-noise during his earth-shattering Collapsed Desires U.S. tour. After overloading synapses in eight cities from coast to coast, Null is offering recordings of the performances from each tour stop on his Bandcamp website. Each city has a different setlist…
I didn’t actually go to E3 this year, but that’s certainly no excuse not to post about a big announcement from our pals at Gaijin Games — Bit.Trip Beat, the retro rhythm game that started their hugely successful chiptune-inspired series has embraced fruit-flavored ubiquity, and will be coming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod…
New York chipmusic collective Cheese ‘N’ Beer is gearing up for their summer tour, which will be summoning massive overseas acts to tear apart venues in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Zombectro and Cream In All Moustache will complete the French trifecta spearheaded by Blip Festival ‘09 headliner Je Deviens DJ En 3 Jours and reinforced by a solid lineup…
Original SoundCAST returns with another episode, committed as ever to its noble mission of informing and entertaining you without requiring you to read words. This week our special topic is ‘Vocal Themes in Videogames.’ When are they good? When are they unnecessary? When will Square-Enix learn that they don’t need to use one in every…
Michigan-based chip/post-rock duo Noisewaves are making a strong first impression with their debut EP, recently released for free on chiptune netlabel Pterodactyl Squad. Combining the NES’s 2A03 sound chip with soaring guitars and ambience, Noisewaves’ hybrid sound swells with tender euphoria. Highly recommended to anyone who has ever spent an evening sitting in an empty room…
In Bit.Trip Runner, the latest addition to their ongoing series of retro-inspired rhythm games, Chris Osborn and and the rest of the crew at Gaijin Games have taken one of gaming’s most heavily-trafficked memes — jumping — and put it under a super-stylized microscope to focus on what gamers value most: Fun. There are no complicated rules…
We’re back once again with another episode of Original SoundCAST, and this week we’re bringing some extra muscle. In addition to our usual discussions we have a special guest interview with Jeff Curry: Bassist, composer and founder of Jazz/Rock group The Outer Rim and former bandmate of Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino. We get to…
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