Lets talk about that Moscow Club compilation again for a second. By titling it something an insert-character away from being the same as the famous NME C86 tape, dudes pretty much gave the impression that the music within would lean towards indie-pop. For the most part, it does, but with a few diversions into electronic…
Here’s a group rarely written about on this blog that deserves way more attention (and, rightfully, has gotten it from places far more legitimate than here). YMCK make chiptune music, but instead of using 8-bit noises as a way to spazz out or as a crutch for nostalgia, they make unabashed J-Pop out of old…
Tokyo electro-guy Hoshina Anniversary does his remix thing on a track from spazzy chiptuner 99 Letters. “Incratible (Hoshina Anniversary Remix)” scales back the usual madness found in chiptune, favoring instead to transform the song into an 8-bit-braised club track. Hoshina Anniversary stretches it out for more than five minutes, making subtle changes here and there…
Bless your soul 99 Letters; I came down with a cold today and didn’t want to stay up late writing about music, but you guaranteed me an early bedtime because you posted this new demo track recently. The still-in-progress track, “Requiem,” is a nice little slice of driving chiptune with a nifty schizophrenic bit in…
Yeah…I’ve been lazy about the whole “chiptune” thing. Thank goodness Japanzine boasts a much better work ethic than I do and they wrote up this awesome little chiptune guide. It focuses mostly on the Kyoto scene but also lists a few other notable artists including YMCK, pictured above. Read and learn, as I’m doing. Maybe…