Amazing nerdcore artist, not to mention OCRemixer and head of the SF2HD soundtrack, Shael Riley has recently informed me that he will be performing live at A&G Ohio,
which stands for Animation and Gaming respectively. I have been
watching youtubes of his sets for a while now and they are definitely
not something to be missed.

Maybe one day he will make it out to the
west coast, or he’ll have a set at Nerdapalooza
at the least (hear that Hex?). Anyway, check out the convention which
runs March 13-15, as it should be ace. And of course don’t miss out on
Shael Riley’s set on Saturday March 14th unless you are a grade A
sucker. For proof check out the footage below of the appropriate for
Valentine’s Day song Bits and Pieces from his album Toybox!

Unity favorite Random
has finished up his new album and made it available for the low, low
cost of FREE.  The album isn’t just entirely inspired by Mega Man–it’s
entirely inspired by Mega Man *9*Splash Woman is my favorite so far, but download the whole thing here!

I have recently been informed that amazing six piece Florida band Select Start have decided to put their self titled album up on their website as a free download. Check this link to download the album.

Just click on the [link] to download the amazing 16 track album
which includes songs from Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man, Metroid and
a ton more! This is by far one of the most important albums any video
game fan could have in their collection and now you have absolutely no
excuse to not have it!

For anyone who’s curious: Yes, I’m still using Impulse Tracker to
track “normal” songs (not just chiptunes) and yes, there’s new stuff
you can listen to. Here:
BRAINSTORM: TRACKED IN TIME

Some background, for anyone who is scratching their head: I’m in a demo group called Brainstorm along with a bunch of incredible musicians, programmers, and artists. We make cool demos and enter in demo party contests and talk about boobies and human-goat relations and alcoholic beverages.

A musicdisk is essentially an album or EP of music released for free
in the demo scene, often packaged as an executable file with a display
/ visualization program written specifically for the album. Tracked in
Time (TiT for short, obviously) is one such musicdisk, with a very
unique distinction.

In the late 80s and early 90s, tracking software exploded onto the scene following the release of Ultimate Soundtracker on the Commodore Amiga
computer in 1987. There was an official disk of instrument / percussion
samples distributed alongside it, called ST-01. We have taken that pack
of samples, and nothing else, and written a collection of brand new
songs.

This production is many years in the making — if you’re unfamiliar
with musicdisks or demos, you’ll want to click on the “Info” button to
get a scrolling text file while you listen to the songs. It will
explain more about the disk and, at times, the “keyboard” will be
“handed over” to each participant, myself included, to say a little
something.

My tracks are “Keep Shreddin’, Little Man” (4 channel) and
“Nightfall over the City” (multichannel), but do yourself a favor and
listen to everything; there’s a TON of great music in there. Enjoy!

Tindeck is down until next month. – 15/Jan/2009 02:17

We got fucked hard by people uploading copyrighted material (primarily
Britney Spears and Akon; can’t say we’re terribly surprised) and
hotlinking those files on MySpace profiles and through various
streaming sites. The amount of bandwidth we used is shocking and more
expensive than we can afford at this time, so until our metrics reset
Tindeck will be kept offline to avoid running the bill up even further.

Tindeck has never been a profit-generating service (in actual fact we
pay a lot of money out of our own pockets each month to keep this place
going) so the abuse of what we provide here is really disheartening,
particularly given the amount of debt it’s driven us into :(The files already uploaded are all safe and sound, and we’ll be back to
normal operation next month with a few new features and a redesign that
will make things a hell of a lot easier to manage. 

Sorcerors Battle

Posted by Jake on January 10th, 2009 filed in Chiptunes, Music Release

This is one of the three new songs I debuted at MAGFest 7 –
An FM journey into an epic past where metallic wizards do battle on
high windy cliffs with guitars and lightning. Dedicated to Wizwars, who
couldn’t be at Magfest, and who was deeply missed in an otherwise
incredible chiptune concert.

Download file:

Turbonugget

Posted by Jake on January 10th, 2009 filed in Chiptunes, Music Release

This is Nugget’s Theme. For anyone who doesn’t already know,
Nugget is my adorable puppy (there’s a link to a picture on my About
page). This song is for and about him — his own simpler, more upbeat
counterpart to “Staring at My Spaceship”. The mini-melodies during the
silent pauses are the “fanfares” our Roomba vacuum plays when it starts
and finishes cleaning, respectively. The Roomba is Nugget’s best
friend, they were raised together.

Download file:

Just in time for Christmas, it’s the full version of 8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games. This
full release contains 18 tracks total, including improved variations
of a few of the original nine! Please be sure to check out the new amazing cover art for the full release, designed by Jude Buffum.

To download the album for free, click the
appropriate link below. The download is available in both ZIP and RAR
formats, or you can download individual tracks if you wish. To listen
to a few of the tracks, please visit my Myspace page.

If you really like the album, please consider donating any amount
you wish via PayPal. If you don’t have PayPal and still wish to make a
donation, money orders are more than welcome. Just shoot me an email to get my mailing address.

 

Anyone who donates $15 or more will receive a physical copy of 8-Bit Jesus in the mail (see picture above for package, designed by Jude Buffum). If
you donate $30, you will receive two, and so on. These include first
class shipping, so don’t worry about that. If you live outside the
U.S., please be prepared to wait a few weeks from the shipping
date to receive your copy. I will be mailing these out in the order I
receive the donations, but obviously, International shipping takes
longer.

Due to the insanity of the holiday season, I will likely not be able
to mail the copies out until after Christmas, but that all depends on
how many I have to send. Many, I would hope! If your PayPal address is
different from the address to which you want the copy mailed, make sure
you include the correct mailing address in a note along with your
payment, or in an email after you make your payment (be sure to include
your PayPal confirmation number, or PayPal e-mail address, if different
from the email from which you send the address information). Click the
“Contact Doctor Octoroc” button at the right side of the top menu to
send me a message, or just send an email to jazzlevi[at]yahoo[dot]com. For anyone who forgets to send their address, I will send a message to get this information when I get to your order. Please be patient, as I am producing, packaging, and mailing these myself.

EDIT 01: I’ve decided, due to the number of donations I’ve
gotten so far, to send these to a professional cd duplication/printing
place. The advantage is, you get an even better looking physical copy!
The disadvantage is, you might have to wait til mid January or even
beginning of February to get it. Trust me, it will be worth the wait!
You’ve seen the artwork above, right? Imagine that times six, and
that’s the finished package deal! Actually…multiply it by seven,
counting the disc.

EDIT 02: You may have trouble downloading the file(s) due to
massive downloads (that’s what I get for offering this for free,
haha), so please visit one of the following links to download a mirror
if you expereinced problems coming to the site!

Jude Buffum
Mike and Heather
Bender Rodriguez
72-Pin Connector