Category: Labels
Labels that highlight the best of the genre balancing innovation and strong technical mastery of the limitations inherent on chip platforms.
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JulieHally – 256 e.p.
The mysterious Idol project from Hally sees the light of day. The ep comes out next week from Hear Japan, which also release the Saitone MJ Tribute earlier this month.
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Various Artists – Bleep or Die!
The first Chip’n’Damned Records release with Beytah, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou, Célomalabit, Chantal Goret, Divag, Dj Jo Quaid 5, Dr. Von Pnok, Hiromushi, Hypanaut, Iserobin, Motif_r, Osica, Peter Quistgard, The Captain Kirk on LSD Experience, The Toilet, Toxic lipstick, Una niña malvada, Unas, Yatagarasu & Zombectro.
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Joss Manley – Amiga August
Previously known as Josstintimberlake and JT, much of Joss Manley’s music has a strong focus on complex rhythm, driving percussion, and meticulous sequencing. Often unusual rhythmic loops repeat and change incrementally, with the music constantly in transition. Sometimes patterns are set against one another, implying several time signatures at once. Later work has been described as experimental and abstract, in contrast to the more club-friendly and conventional early 1990s releases.Reactions to his music have varied. Many of his tracks contain complex or chaotic rhythms and close harmonies which some hear as random and noisy. Fans of his recent work tend to find the value of their music to lie in its unique fusion of rhythmic and melodic elements, i. e. melodic percussive sounds, and enharmonic synthesizer patches implying numerous rhythmic and melodic lines and chord structures simultaneously. Another recurring element in Autechre’s work has been the use of extremely fast sequencing or retriggering to create a fragmented, grainy effect.Nasty Amiga 1200 music influenced by Americer’s greatest comedian, Keegan-Michael Key.
via kittenrock.
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GEM TOS interview on Data Airlines
You can hear a sample of the record here.
GEM TOS has been existing as an entity circulating around Data Airlines for a while now, as a repeating voice talking about chiptunes, reasons for skipping school and famous kraftwerk quotes, as a serie of strange sounds and she even featured on Oai Stars latest album clashing about essential ingredients for a good production, or life, or a night out. As hard to interpretade as to know who she is, GEM TOS, more than just an entity circulating around Data Airlines then, like a ghost assuring a certain german attitude in what we put out.
