By
Peter Swimm, on March 1st, 2010
Sydney, Australia’s Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families (aka 10k aka 10kfreemen) has just released his debut physical EP. MKE OR BRK (pronounced “Make or Break”) is a collection of low-bit, low-brow, low-cost chipunk songs that are both fast paced and full of fury. MKE OR BRK is a huge departure for the one man, 8bit band. He leaves behind the various instrumental demos, netlabel EPs and collaborations that have floated around the World Wide Web and pushes himself further into a niche of a niche by capturing the raw energy that erupts from his vocally driven shows. For those who have not yet had the pleasure of witnessing a 10k performance, it is nothing more than one man, one mic, one Nintendo Game Boy and the time of your life. With solid production and mastering assisted by Chris Mylrea – also known as cTrix in the chipmusic world – MKE OR BRK is as close as you will get without being on the floor with 10k at a show.
Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families.
By
Peter Swimm, on February 20th, 2010
1. Austin – Dead Pixels
2. disassembler – falling in and out of step
3. DJ Hollow Life – NanoJa extended
4. environmental sound collapse & Nikaena Vizukae – irradiated soil (excerpt)
5. Flashbob – Zen Medication
6. godinpants – Nana’s Voice
7. infradead – sing a song to make you suffer
8. little-scale – Sunset On The Esplanade
9. Miko – Genesis & Catastrophe
10. nezar – echo
11. Raz1r – Sailing the 8th Sea
12. the mist toggles – roots in mud
via Incomplete without surface noise.
By
Peter Swimm, on January 23rd, 2010
EMS is arguably the largest supplier of Classic Game Boy Flashcarts. Their little blue 32mb carts where sold publicly (and later less publicly) for a number of years before they surprised everyone with the stealth announcement of a new 64mb USB based cartridge. I ordered one curious to see how it stacked up their earlier cart and the current stock of existing carts.
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