Category: Labels

Labels that highlight the best of the genre balancing innovation and strong technical mastery of the limitations inherent on chip platforms.

  • This week on the FMA: Loud Objects

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    This week we have an all new exclusive release, Cory Arcangels. Much thanks to the lads at Loud Objects for making it happen.

    You can read more: Free Music Archive: Spectator Science.

  • Chip Tuned Rockman

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    Check out this dope compilation: at TGS and then for the rest of Japan on 10/15, Inti Creates is releasing a collection of Rockman/Mega Man music covered by a bunch of cool chiptune artists like virt, Hally, KPLECRAFT, and USK.There’s a sample at the site, but it sounds like a chunk of every track strung together, and is therefore a mess.

    via Tiny Cartridge

  • Kkrusty – Like Coming Home

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    As mentioned over the weekend on twitter the new KKrusty on Handheld Heroes is pretty snazzy. Thumping Game Boy Techno in the Mold you are used too, but with a nice gamemusic style about it along with deep sound design, like early Nullsleep done by IAYD.

    • 1. Key
    • 2. Day to Day
    • 3. Sorry
    • 4. Heart
    • 5. Stick ’em Up
    • 6. Stairs
    • 7. Face 2.0
    • 8. Like Coming Home

    via HHH-02 Kkrusty

  • Offworld on 8bitops “Wanna Hold your Handheld”

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    Yet another 09/09/09 surprise, this time the Beatles-half of the blowout day that surprisingly has nothing to do with monophonic reissues or Rock Band: 8-Bit Operators, the same group that brought you the eponymous 2007 Kraftwerk chiptune cover album have just announced WANNA HLD YR HANDHELD, a new 20-track compilation covering the best of the Beatles.

    The Operators say the full release will include tracks from 8-Bit Weapon w/ ComputeHer, Bacalao, Anamanaguchi, Bud Melvin, Burnkit 2600, Depreciation Guild, Glomag, Herbert Weixelbaum, Neotericz w/ Naku, Bubblyfish, Poke-1,170, Shrimps w Robert J Smith, gwEm & Counter Reset, goto80, Receptors, Psilodump, Cheap Dinosaurs, Saskrotch, Minusbaby, Rabato and Aonami.

    HLD YR HANDHELD MySpace page

  • Kittenrock Presents: The Very Best of Ibiza Chip Chillout Vol. 21

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    “I absolutely love this music. I’m a pretty big fan of the downtempo/chillout genre but I get quite fed up with most compilations as they tend to be full of bland music which I largely just leave playing in the background. The Very Best of Ibiza Chip Chillout Vol. 21 is completely different (even from the previous 20 volumes in the series!) and really raises the bar for compilations. This package plays like an album rather than a compilation, full of really fresh, new and most importantly BEAUTIFUL music.” – The Sunday Times

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