Category: Labels

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

  • Midweek Round-up with the II Comp. and more

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    Fortress of Baditude

    The Winter II Records com is out and its a doozy. It features the following tracks:

    01 Disasterpeace – Bird Season
    02 ok ikumi – white plains 96
    03 The J. Arthur Keenes Band – Stoic
    04 Fighter X – Winter Death
    05 Evil Wezil – Icebreaker
    06 Zan-zan-zawa-veia – Khei-moni
    07 Animal Style – Ancient Accumulator
    08 µB – ice flower
    09 iqtu – ice palace dub
    10 Derris-Kharlan – Shiva
    11 temp sound solutions – the last of all that lasts
    12 failotron – hullamzoret
    13 oxygenstar – the lazy gnome

    On top of that is news of two hot commercial releases:

    Spamtron – Never Say Die!

    Blast off into Spamtron’s world of fast-paced robot action with Never Say Die!, an eighteen-track thrill ride full of spammy wonderment! Experience tracks never before heard in one beautifully presented package. Spamtron takes chip music to the next level. No n00bs!

    Mommy Was An Asteroid – Morphballs 3″CD-R

    wots space-punk speeding thru space to do? …the only musical instrument afforded in such tight quarters is the beloved 21st century gameboy micro of course, so have gameboy will travel and hear ye my musical love-poem to a broad 8n a spacesuit called Samus!

  • ‘FIRING SPEED RAINBOWS’ BY STEVE – OUT ON S18/Retinascan

    firingspeedrainbowsfrontFollowing his release for Kittenrock, “this new EP has come out as a (comparatively) luxurious jewel-case 3” mini-CD, and IS NOW AVAILABLE AT RETINASCAN!!!!.

    Tracklisting:
    1. SPC Beatbox
    2. Club For Broken Hearted Robots
    3. Manor De Sex
    4. Paradise
    5. Firing Speed Rainbows

    ”Needless to say this will rock your next party if you decide to own this.” – Store @ Retinascan

    Steve’s second EP and the debut release for S18 Records, ‘Firing Speed Rainbows’ continues from where his debut release for Kittenrock left off – taking the sound of cheap technology from the mid-90s and creating melodic electro with it. ‘SPC Beatbox’ turns drum sounds from the SNES into a body-popping beat, over which FM synths duel for surpremacy, while ‘Manor De Sex’ is a sleazy funk machine. The journey ends with the title track, fuelled by majestic synth strings and packed with soaring solos. Essentially, ‘Firing Speed Rainbows’ is the result of a tantalizing new approach to lo-fi music.

    //////BUY IT HERE!!!!!!\\\\\\

    www.s18records.com”

  • Select Start Records w/ Rico Zerone

    ssr01_art_imgstevens writes in:

    “A new chipmusic label, Select Start Records, has been founded, and their site is up at www.selectstartrecords.com. Unlike the deluge of horrible netlabels out there, Select Start actually release vinyl (see the discography) too, as well as promising many other projects in the future.

    As if that wasn’t enough, they uploaded a great new release by fantastic electro-funkster Rico Zerone at the weekend, ‘E-Lusion’ (made on Milkytracker), with properly dope artwork by none other than the legendary Otro.”

    Grab It!

  • Cat Deaths and Other Woes EP by Jellica

    cat_deaths_large“Chip-monster Jellica marks his return from playing Blipfest 2008 with a fab new release entitled ‘Cat Deaths and Other Woes’.

    Expect more Game Boy 8-bit action than you can shake a chip at as this 7-track EP comprises of 5 original songs and 2 wonderful remixes by Gakona and Steve.

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    go to the artists page and scroll down to releases.

    This is in loving memory of Jellica who sadly passed away a few weeks ago. Little kitty no ears.”

  • Tom Woxom’s first album Kickstart on DHR

    dhr-09_thumb-newAnother great release from Da! Heard It, some details:

    Da ! Heard It Records is going back to the classics with its ninth production: “Kickstart”, the first album by Tom Woxom, a German composer fascinated by the Amiga 500.
    With help from his treasured computer, a couple of keyboards and software, Tom Woxom built himself a puzzling musical universe.
    Through ornate beats and powerful heady basses, this album lures the listener into multiple atmospheres.  Tom Woxom dares unusual pairings, as in Sofachips, where he combines a soul voice with an electro melody on the verge of dance music.

    Discover this innovative artist by downloading his album for free here: http://www.daheardit-records.net/en/discography/dhr09/