The super active and dedicated South East Asia scene brings forth a new release from indonesian Remedmatika, done entirely for the Famicom/NES 2A03.
Usually a scene shrouded in mystery (only because it is far, like South America :P), it is about time you start investigating, because there’s a bunch of cool artists besides JW86 and Ikuma. You can start with other releases from Micro Invasion (and if you are in Jakarta, go party with them)
Tracks
1. Like a Hoe
2. Slasher
3. Stardust
4. Delirium
5. Malfunction
6. I Love Synth
Download
01 Machine Gum
02 Why
03 Peanut Butter Brain
04 Rollo le Robot
05 Magic Whale Trick
06 Snakepit
07 Impossible Flare
08 Lizard Dub
Sounds Legit is the brain-child of Celsius (Eugene Davoren-Britton) and 10k (Tom Gilmore). It is a low-bit music label dedicated to the documentation and distribution of high quality, limited and original chipmusic for all to enjoy.
The first release of the Sounds Legit Themed Split 7″ Series is a surefire chipmusic classic. Combining forces at last, Texan Game Boy music superstars, IAYD and Sievert – who between them, have featured on three 8bitpeoples releases, played Blip Festival, Datapop, Pulsewave and even SoundBytes in Australia – have put together the WARPDRIVE EP.
The split features two futuristic Game Boy Drum ‘n’ Bass tunes, one on either side of a limited edition 7″ vinyl. Just the right thing to start out your Sounds Legit Themed Split 7″ Series collection.
The EPs will be for sale from the Sounds Legit website which launched on Friday the 14th of January, as well as from the artists at shows.
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According to UI himself, trikitraki is “unreleased tracks from 2008 to 2010” made with “basically tiny synth-waves and VST instruments, such as ymVST, magical8bit, medusa, casio vl-tone and tons of samples”.
What I actually think trikitraki is, is an excellent collection of tunes, of varied styles, all executed real well, combining cool elements and meticulous beat construction, catering for both the chiptune aficionado and general electronic music listeners alike, all gold-lined by UI’s great attitude regarding his music activity, an example we should see more on the chipmusic scene of today: he’s been holding on to his music for a damn long time until he has got a product of a high enough quality that he considers to be releasable, instead of squirting his first jizz done in Famitracker one week into starting to use the software.
Did I mention he’s also an awesome pixel artist? But for this cover, he let Tristendo do the illustration. The guy knows how to collaborate.
Makes me happy to see such talent coming out of South America, my home land.