A new ep of pokey atari 8bit based music from Little-Scale is out
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He writes ” The audio has been recorded directly from an Atari POKEY chip. The audio has not been compressed, equalised or mastered in any way, though it has been normalised. “
Wtsnacks wrote:
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I made it in Ruby, as that’s my scripting language of choice as of recent. I’m really only a web developer, so it was the best language for me to do it in, and I’d never used Rails, so I decided that making it a web application with Ruby on Rails would be the best for displaying all the information neatly.
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Many different criteria came into play when considering Artist of the Year. Music was one, but also other aspects of work done within the community also came to factor in the decision. Weighing all these facets equally, this years choice was gwEm. As a musician, developer, and tireless advocate for his own platform, he worked throughout the year producing an brilliant music release on 8bitpeoples, a collab with fellow nominee Bud Melvin, and his work on his maxYMiser tracker for Atari computers.
gwEm is a great spokesman for his own software taking time to help users in forums and mailing lists, and was a thoughtful voice on the heart and philosophy of the chip music scene world wide. In that respect, he is an artists artist, and all his work is marked by high levels of ass kicking and insight that any of us would loved as our own. Striving to be the best is one of the more admirable trait of the chip music scenes, and few artists set the bar higher than gwEm.
Probably the toughest of all awards, best release was one I did not award blithely. after much consideration, and numerous nominations it became clear that Icarus was one of the most complete tracks of the year. Possibility the next evolutionary step, Icarus is at times soulful, retro, and emotional. One of its greatest achievements is that it often makes you forget the chip source of the instruments, not due to overproduction but thanks to great songwriting, arrangements, and sound design.
It was clear why Trash80 “Missing You” was chosen often in the mainstream to represent this years scene in news reports and radio programs, because it was an overwhelming positive foot forward that captured the spirit of the community, yet was unrestrained by any of the cliches or traps that chip artists too often fall into.
With a great hook that is one part Krush Groove, one Part ” Superstition”, this tune simply dominated my personal music device all year. I simply could not believe this was just one gameboy and one synth until seeing this live, where it rocked me at least 18 times harder. Cheap Dinosaurs has proven that his songwriting skills transcend any band he performs with, and even kill in the framework of a solo project. One of the more overlooked talents in the chip music scene, here’s hoping that 2009 is his breakout year.