Picotachi Vol.1 Tokyo indie gaming photos
Kichijouji's Pico Pico Cafe held their first Picotachi show-and-tell gathering for independent game developers based in the Tokyo area. Presenters at the evening of experimental projects included Lexaloffle founder Joseph White (Voxatron), chiptune VJ m7kenji (Bugtronica) and chip musician Aliceffekt (Hiversaires).
GameChops publishes Ridge Racer Arrange 2013
Game-inspired netlabel GameChops has published the remix album Ridge Racer Arrange 2013, featuring music compositions from Namco Bandai's racing game series. The collaborative seven-track compilation features arrangements by Joshua Morse, halc, bLiNd, Anthony Lofton and Dj Cutman.
Danny B. shares Adventures of Dash preview EP
Super Meat Boy composer Danny Baranowsky has shared a five-track EP previewing The Adventures of Dash through Bandcamp. The soundtrack to the 2D puzzle platformer, designed by independent developer Robotoki, is available in your file format of choice for "name your price" through Bandcamp.
Danimal Cannon's Cursor Curse score on Bandcamp
Danimal Cannon of the Armcannon game cover band has released the seven-track soundtrack to Cursor Curse, available for download for "name your price" through Bandcamp. Music for the Windows 8 freeware title by Jan de Vries was composed using LSDJ for Game Boy, infused with acoustic drum recordings.
8-Bit Operators cover Kraftwerk, Devo, The Beatles
Jeremy Kolosine of the 8-Bit Operators chip music collective has shared samples from the group's three published cover albums, arranging songs by Kraftwerk, Devo and The Beatles. The forty-minute streaming preview, available through SoundCloud, includes tracks by chiptune artists Glomag, Minusbaby and Psilodump.
Sexy-Synthesizer uploads POP! vocal album teaser
Takeshi Nagai of the Sexy-Synthesizer chip music group has uploaded a brief audio preview of his upcoming studio album to SoundCloud. POP!, featuring vocalist Chihiro, follows numerous arrangements for Square Enix remix albums, including Love SQ, SQ Chips, Final Fantasy VII, IX & XI Chips and NieR Tribute Album -echo-.
Prof.Sakamoto's March 31 show archived on Ustream
Professor Sakamoto's March 31 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show has been archived for repeat viewing on Ustream. The musician's most recent performance of live keyboard game arrangements includes medleys of music from Super Famicom role-playing games Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV, V & VI.
Avex posts Fantasy Life Theme Song Collection excerpts
Avex has posted 14 excerpts from the Fantasy Life Theme Song Collection by Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The Japanese language songs performed by Emi Evans and numerous other artists feature in Level-5's town-building RPG for the 3DS, developed by 1-UP Studio, with cover design by illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.
1H1D!!! Vol. 29 set for April 13 at Cafe la Siesta
All night chip music party 1H1D!!! Vol. 29 will take place on Saturday, April 13. Guest artists KUNIO, 200Gavas and Duran will join crew members DJ Master Kohta, KAZ a.k.a.HIGE, NNNNNNNNNN, Fish Oil, Toriena, and other Kansai area chiptune artists at the game culture hangout spot Cafe la Siesta in Kyoto.
Naoshi Mizuta shares Seekers of Adoulin music excerpt
Square Enix in-house composer Naoshi Mizuta has shared "The Pioneers" in mp3 format, composed for the Final Fantasy XI expansion Seekers of Adoulin. The soundtrack album for the PC and Xbox 360 massively multiplayer RPG, released earlier this week in Japan, can be sampled on the official website.
Square Enix posts Theatrhythm Final Fantasy EP quartet
Square Enix has released two pairs of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy EPs through iTunes, designated BMS (battle tracks), EMS (event scenes), FMS (field tracks) and Chaos Shrine mode. Music from the Nintendo 3DS and iOS title is by Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masashi Hamauzu.
Far East Recording's Ape Escape scores on iTunes
Soichi Terada of Far East Recording scored Ape Escape 1 & 3, whose soundtracks are available digitally through iTunes. The composer has more recently performed at Blip Festival New York and Tokyo as Omodaka, along with remixing music for the 25th Anniversary Rockman Techno Arrange and Rokko Chan Soundtracks.
Final Fantasy XIV Gridania and Ul'dah audio digests
Square Enix has posted music previews of three regions from the Beta release of massively multiplayer online game Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Sound producer Masayoshi Soken introduces the Limsa Lominsas, Gridania and Ul'dah audio digests on the MMO's production blog in anticipation of the RPG's reboot.
