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This Week in Chiptune Episode List
TWiC 200: Groundbreakers & Skyscrapers
For the grand finale of This Week in Chiptune, I selected 200 of my favorite chiptune and chip-inspired tracks from a pool of over 7000; my entire collection of singles, albums and compilations that were sourced to create the series. I’ve included some historic and groundbreaking tracks from the chiptune scene, some of these songs stretch back almost a decade. I’ve also include tracks by musicians and producers who’ve taken the chiptune to new heights. There are also some of my personal favorites and mainstay musicians of TWiC. Thank you so much for the last 5 years and two hundred incredible episodes; a special thank you to all my patrons on Patreon for making it possible.
TWiC 199: Deep Jazz Chill-Out
A more relaxed and chill episode focusing on jazz-influenced chiptune, liquid drum and bass, and funky midtempo music.
TWiC 198: Mother 4 Soundtrack & Maxo’s Beat Street OST!
A special episode focusing on two exceptional video game soundtracks. The first by Shane Mesa, the fan-game previously known as “Mother 4” (a sequel to earthbound) and the new jam from Maxo, Beat Street! We also hear singles from An0va and Nelward.
Continue reading TWiC 198: Mother 4 Soundtrack & Maxo’s Beat Street OST!
8Static Festival 2017
I had the pleasure of running the stream for 8Static, an international chiptune festival that takes place in Philadelphia every year! I also had the opportunity to post a couple sets from the fest on the TWiC youtube channel, check out Flow Mein and Roboctopus, two incredible gameboy chiptune musicians.
If you wanted to access the whole fest, you can pledge as little as $1/month on the new 8static patreon, help support an awesome music event, and get access to the private database of show recordings that I am personally editing and uploading this week!
Flow Mein ~ Twitter // Soundcloud
TWiC 197: Classic Chiptune Hardware (Gameboy, NES and Genesis)
This episode we’re going to focus on hardware based chiptune music, including gameboy songs made with the homebrew rom LSDj, Nintendo-style music made with NES compatible program Famitracker, and FM Synthesis like the Sega Genesis! Fans of old PC games will be pleased to know we’ve got an album created entirely on the Sound Blaster 16, a soundcard for home computers released back in 1992. That’s what we’re going to hear first, by chiptune legend and Oxygen Star who got his start performing live drums at PAX East in Boston.
Want to make some chiptunes like these? Check out FamiTracker and LSDj!
~ http://famitracker.com/
~ http://littlesounddj.com/
Continue reading TWiC 197: Classic Chiptune Hardware (Gameboy, NES and Genesis)
TWiC 196: Future Internet Dance Music
Future Music from the Internet generation! Genres like Future Bass, Acid House, Lofi Hiphop, Future Bop, Deep House, Super Nintendo Trap, and I’m just making stuff up at this point. This one’s a biggie!
The Final Episodes
The next episode of This Week in Chiptune will be Saturday October 15th, at 3PM Eastern Time on Twitch.tv/DjCUTMAN. Log-in with Twitch to get email alerts when Cutman goes live.