Avoid the Noid (In-browser, DOS/C64, California Merchandising Concepts, 1989)

You get your choice of topping! (That's good!) You can play it in your browser here.

C64 controls: press space at cracktros, then wait at the title screen, then press any key, then use numpad 84620 for joystick.

the very first chiptune artist I ever encountered (didn't even know what it was at that point) was a person on Myspace who went by "Kissing Booth.exe". There's no evidence online that they ever existed besides the fact that I downloaded the 4 songs they had posted and still have them on my hard drive almost 20 years later. here's one of the tracks. who knows? maybe this post will find them again

"florence" was released two years ago today!

(and if youuuuu can believe it, it's a bandcamp friday once again!)

some cool "florence" things have happened in the year since i originally posted this:

the time and place were finally right for me to do a "florence"-heavy live set back in october, playing "administer and know peace," "no rx," "morale vampire," and "made" live for the first time. now, "vector control," "say,"* "underwrite," and "scanners" are the only ones i haven't played. (i'm still looking for an opportunity to perform the album in its entirety!)

also, at that show, i debuted "florence" special edition CDs! they include the "f-stop" companion EP too! for the time being, they'll only be generally available at live shows because ecommerce is a fucking pain not something i want to stop self-sabotaging dedicate a lot of time to at the moment. these are my first CDs since "nothing is for sure" in 2018, for what it's worth!**

anyway, "florence" remains my most-recent full-length chiptune album to date. it's going to stay that way for a while - the next album has been underway for some time, but it's a long way off, and it won't sound like "florence." like i said in the original post, it'll be a long time before i specifically follow this one up. that's why i keep plugging it two years later and counting - i know it's special, i know it will stay special, and i know that, like many things of mine, i vastly underpromoted it at the time. so, during a time in my life where i have less time to create and more time to reflect on what i could have done differently, hopefully you'll forgive me for going back to the proverbial "florence" well until i finally feel like i've done right by the "me" who spent seven years seeing it through.

"florence" is still free / name your price on bandcamp.

* "say" was the first song i wrote for the album and 2014 me would be aghast that it'd be one to go unplayed! it was supposed to be The™ song! ** yes, this leaves "dither beach" and my self-titled album CDless. maybe one day... maybe

X68000 Part II: Obscure VGM 62

IM GOING INSANE EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS RIGHT NOW

Sound Games

2016

8" x 12"

Mixed Media

on wood

Sold

this one a vibe 🛼 c/o @grazcore

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Last day of summer vibe #WIP.

Wish I hadn’t dusted right before this video, you can still see it and holding in a sneeze the whole time 🤧

#heady #kush #lofi #vibes #boombap #vaporwave #aesthetic #wavy #af #diy #synths #mood #guitarpedals #guitar #synthesizers #synthwave #pedalboards #ambient #chill #pedalboard #pedals #dreampop #shoegaze #pedalporn #stompboxes #rad #guitareffects #stompbox #seapunk

Open Cubic Player v0.2.109 - Music visualizer for various tracked music formats (amiga modules, S3M, IT), chiptunes and other formats related to demoscene

Fav clip from one of our music-making streams!! We made some chiptunes using this very adorable and cool app called Lovely Composer! It's one of my fav programs to work and play around with! Definitely not biased because of the cute UI and pixel art characters.. (☉∀☉);;

Catch my streams over at: Twitch | Youtube

spottedleaf (2021)

How to Be a Complete Bastard (ZX Spectrum/C64, Sentient Software, 1987)

The pseudo 3D adventure game that's less point-and-click and more pee-and-fart. Starring Adrian Edmondson. You can play it in your browser here, and read the ZX Spectrum version's manual here.

The brand also included books and a board game; you can read the first book here. There was also a 'Compelte Bitch' version of the brand starring Pamela Stephenson; you can learn more baout the books and board games for both brands via this podcast episode.

Note: in England, 'pissed' means 'drunk'.

Nerdy Show doesn’t have a monopoly on going dormant for years at a time - why, twelve years ago, legendary chiptunes artist, Pixelh8, stepped away from music. He turned from pioneering musician to pioneering educator and founded The Creative Computing Club. But no sonic wizard stays entombed forever! Pixelh8 is back! His new record, Hard Reset, is out now, further new projects await, and we've dusted off Nerdy Show to give this old pal a warm welcome home.

In this episode, @catblackard and @cmdrjessie travel with Pixelh8 trough his new album, track by track, and learn crazy tales like how his first acting gig, on the set of a Tollywood movie, led to him programming a song on decommissioned missile hardware. We'll also discuss the how’s and whys of his departure from music and everything that happened in between, the various eras of chiptune music, his work reclaiming computer chips from dying consoles to build new instruments, spending six hours to make an anime sound on the NES, and much more.

And this is just 1/2 of the interview - you can hear the rest on Cat and Jess' other show, @mothershewrote, where Pixelh8 gives profound musical insight into how music was made on the NES and what makes the score to the first EarthBound game so special.

LISTEN TO THE NERDY SHOW EPISODE: https://bit.ly/3UvXAdZ

LISTEN TO THE "MOTHER," SHE WROTE EPISODE : https://www.mothershewrote.earth/earthboundbeginnings/dimensionalslip4

Hey Folks. I’ve made a decision.

It might be heavy, and extreme, but it’s the next logical step in the evolution of this project I’ve been experimenting with for almost 15 years now. This is a declaration of intent. This is what’s happening going forward. I no longer own or claim ownership to any of the art I’ve produced until now. Music, art, gifs, all of it, it doesn’t matter. I now consider all of it public domain. It’s going to take me a while to alter the license agreements that exist on all of the respective content providers my art and music exist on. That being said, this is where the buck stops. This is the end of the line.  As long as I’ve had a digital presence, the only thing I’ve ever cared about was helping others create art.  Let’s make something wonderful. I no longer own or claim ownership to any of the works published to this point. Works made for others are still copyright there respective IP holders. Otherwise, said works are now part of the ether. May the ether build upon them and encourage the creativity and evolution of others. https://soundcloud.com/beardmont https://soundcloud.com/Synth-Kid https://soundcloud.com/jimhallmusic I’m not finished creating things. Honestly, I’m just getting started. Once I have something cohesive together, I’ll let you know. Until then, have fun with the things I’ve already created. They’re yours now.

Hey everyone! I'm pretty new to Tumblr, and like many others, I've migrated from the toxic mess that Twitter has become.

I'm a video game composer, and I dabble in chiptunes! So I thought it's only fitting that my first posts will be an original chiptune I wrote for a compilation! Please enjoy responsibly.

Cheers!

👯‍♀️ Chiptune French House WIP on the Dirtywave M8