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NES JAMS is a half-and-half blend of piano and chiptune
You got chocolate in my peanut butter! Well, you got peanut butter in my chocolate! And this guy put piano arrangements in my NES music! Is nothing sacred anymore!? For the magical price of "whatever," you can grab a copy of Shnabubula's NES JAMS, a piano arrangement of NES tracks with chip sounds layered on top. Or is it a chiptune remix album with piano accompaniment? I can't decide! All I know is that it's 11 tracks of nostalgia-infused goodness that taps Mega Man, Contra, Little Nemo, and more. Just try to repress the memories of electric seaweed and ticking time bombs when you listen to Shnabubula's rendition of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underwater theme. NES JAMS [Bandcamp] (Thanks again, Paul!)
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Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)The idea is certanly not new to say the least, but surprisingly, it sounds amazingly fresh thanks to stunning mixing work that blends live piano with chiptunes absolutely perfectly. Shit, I can't get enough of that Double Dragon break between 1:30 and 1:50. Live piano and deep sandy chiptune bass, hnnnngh. Im liking the tmnt sample track. Going to have to download the rest of this. Thanks for letting me know about this. Really like chiptune stuff even though I dont have too much of it. God, that record is so progressive, I literally can't believe it. Progressive Chiptune, huh? Fucking amazing. I should stop leaving comments now. But I can't! Typically I don't like piano vg remixes or even mixed in with chiptunes, but this album is amazing. Would have flown totally under my radar if you hadn't posted it. In for one. Thanks! This is actually REALY REALLY good. Also Kirby McDope doesn't know what he's talking about (although he's trying EVER so hard to pretend like he does!) this is like the first album that MIXES the two. Amazing and brilliant. 5:00 PM on 05.18.2013 Buy the Mega Man 5 OST and fend off the 'Blues'After nearly a month since the last soundtrack release, Capcom has made available the Mega Man 5 OST to celebrate the classic platformer's arrival on the 3DS eShop. As with the MM4 OST, the album costs $8.95 and contains both...
12:00 PM on 05.12.2013 Pray at the altar of NES chiptune metal with DiadChiptunes are cool and all, but you know me -- I gotta have that little extra edge. When chip music emulates face-melting metal, it's one of the nine most beautiful things in the world (maybe some day I'll tell you what the o...
7:00 PM on 05.06.2013 Chiptunes = WTFLOL!? Non-chip covers of chip jams[Update: The album is live! Hit up the Bandcamp page to get your free jams!] If you are a big chiptune nut, you've probably heard me make mention of "Chiptunes = WIN," a chip appreciation group that has released three free co...
9:00 AM on 05.04.2013 Help Anamanguchi make Endless Fantasy even biggerAnamanaguchi just finished Endless Fantasy, their new 22-track record that's been in the works for the last three years. This is not the end of the story though, as Anamanguchi wants to go BIG. The chiptune band has put up a...
7:30 PM on 05.01.2013 Super game composer collab World 1-2 is outA couple weeks ago, Jayson Napolitano buzzed a gusher about World 1-2, a landmark music project organized by Mohammed Taher's Koopa Soundworks and Dj CUTMAN's GameChops net labels. They gathered some of the best music talents...
8:00 PM on 04.25.2013 Download Mega Man 4 OST now for Mother RussiaGreetings, comrades! Defend motherland from blue capitalist robot by purchasing Mega Man 4 soundtrack and showing what Soviet power can do! Ahhh... Cold War stereotypes. I miss 'em! I only informed you of the Mega Man 3 OST r...
7:30 AM on 04.25.2013 Snag brentalfloss' unreleased YouTube jams for $0.59 each[Video uploaded by bedsidecargo] Internet songman brentalfloss has uploaded many funny and creative music videos to his YouTube page over the years. Among those, he cherry-picked a few choice tunes, re-rerecorded them with im...
10:30 AM on 04.23.2013 The Mega Man 3 OST is ready for your money["The Mega Man 3 Posse" by CyberMoonStudios] If you've got $8.95 to spare, you can swing on down to Capcom's online store and download the Mega Man 3 soundtrack. It contains tunes from both the NES original and the PlayStatio...
1:00 AM on 04.23.2013 Remember when space was the coolest?The ridiculous Animation Domination YouTube channel puts out a lot of awesome short cartoons. Their latest one is a love letter to the '80s and '90s full of pop culture references, including plenty towards gaming. The chiptune portion of the song was also done by Pete Berkman of Anamanaguchi fame.
6:00 AM on 04.21.2013 Chiptunes plus '80s electronic music is quite deliciousUbiktune is at it again, this time with a new artist named Monomer who's debut album, Quite Operational, combines '80s-tinged electronic music with 8-bit accents. While I'd normally pass on something that so heavily emphasize...
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[Update: The album is live! Hit up the Bandcamp page to get your free jams!] If you are a big chiptune nut, you've probably heard me make mention of "Chiptunes = WIN," a chip appreciation group that has released three free co...more
Anamanaguchi just finished Endless Fantasy, their new 22-track record that's been in the works for the last three years. This is not the end of the story though, as Anamanguchi wants to go BIG. The chiptune band has put up a...more
A couple weeks ago, Jayson Napolitano buzzed a gusher about World 1-2, a landmark music project organized by Mohammed Taher's Koopa Soundworks and Dj CUTMAN's GameChops net labels. They gathered some of the best music talents...more View all Chiptunes |


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