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Experimental, Indie Music
Module’s “The Pieces Fit” video released
The sole (lyrical) vocal track from Module’s original album Imagineering (released last year, reviewed here), entitled “The Pieces Fit,” now has a music video. I am psyched out of my mind to watch it.
For those who don’t remember, Jeramiah “Module” Ross is the New Zealand-based musician who was also responsible for the hit soundtrack for the game Shatter. If you’ve never seen it, that soundtrack also has its own music video, for the song “Amethyst Caverns.”
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Experimental, Featured, Film, Indie Music, Japanese
OSVOSTOTY 2012: Winner for Best Other Release is…
Our “Other Release” category — a catch-all miscellaneous category for stuff that isn’t technically game music, but close enough that you all probably know about it — had some great nominees. There were plenty more than six albums to choose from. But we narrowed it to six, and now we’re going to give the bronze / silver / gold medals. Well, digital medals. Still pretty sweet, though (thanks Connary!).
So, in case you’ve forgotten our nominees for Best Other Release:
Black Ocean (IMERUAT)
FX4 (virt)
Indie Game: the Movie (Jim Guthrie)
Make Music, Throw Music (SleepyTimeJesse, et al)
Preschtale (C-jeff)
SOUNDSHOCK 2: FM FUNK TERRROR!! (Various Artists)And the winners are… (more…)
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Experimental, Featured, Film, Indie Music, Japanese
OSVOSTOTY 2012: Nominees for Best Other Release
Welcome, dear readers, to OSVOSTOTY 2012! This year is our craziest year yet. Every day this week, we will reveal the nominees for seven separate categories. The categories are:
Best Other Release
Best Re-Issue Soundtrack
Best Arrange Album
Best Sound Design
Best In-Game Soundtrack
Best Soundtrack (Overall)
Composer of the YearAfter the first week is over, we will announce the winners for each category each day of the following week.
We’re starting with “Best Other Release.” This miscellaneous category covers any original music not written for a game. In this way, we’ve collapsed previous categories such as chiptunes or film soundtracks into this category alongside the usuals: original concept albums. Our nominees for “Other” after the jump!
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Experimental
Terms, Conditions, Higher Plains – Sitorimon’s Debut Album (Review)
The Terms & Conditions to Unconditional Love is the debut full-length album, and an intensely personal project, from Simon “Sitorimon” Smith.
I’ve known Smith, the blogger behind Higher Plain Music, for quite some time. We have similar tastes in music. We both love VGM, Celtic/World music, Tori Amos, Derek Webb and many others.
So when Smith told me he had his own album coming out, completely about and inspired by his former significant others, I was psyched.
I want to tell you what I think about this album. So join me after the jump for the Bandcamp embed and my thoughts on this 15-track vocal album from a fellow lover of … well … *good* music. (more…)
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Experimental, Japanese
Let baiyons Be baiyons
That was supposed to be a pun.
This marks the end of “baiyon week.” We hope you enjoyed it, learned more about this particular artist, and perhaps scouted out a few more tunes for your musical library.
But we didn’t get to everything baiyon has ever done. So we just wanted to point out here that baiyon does have plenty of other work out there, if you’re willing to look for it. Some of those items include:
Evening Glow of a River – an EP released around the same time as In The Collaborations 04, you get the title track (10 minutes long), a remix of the track by photographer/musician/producer Eamonn Doyle, and a B-Side “Lupe.” For my money, “Lupe” is the better track.
Dejerabi – a techno/electronica/Arab-ethnic single from Ryoma Sasaki. Buy it, and you get the B-Side (baiyon’s remix of Dejerabi) too.
Vibes Against Vibes (Vol. 1) | (Vol. 2) – Almost everyone that worked with baiyon on the various “In The Collaborations” singles, and plenty more, release their own singles on these two “various artists” collaborations. Vol.1 has two tracks where baiyon collaborates with another artist, and Vol.2 has a baiyon solo track.
Have any more hot baiyon leads? Feel free to leave them in the comments section! Thanks again … and now, let’s go clubbin’! (Seriously, I gotta go to a decent club sometime … just, please, no designer drugs … )
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Experimental, Japanese
More Insight for “Like a School on Lunch Time”
Last night I had a chat with baiyon via twitter about his 2006 album “Like a School on Lunch Time.” I learned some cool things that I wanted to share with you. For example, the video above is a music video that covers two songs from the album and features incredible visuals by catchpulse. The footage is of the elementary school baiyon attended in his youth. In fact, that’s also where a lot of the sound samples come from.
Yes, baiyon revisited his school to get some field recordings. He told me that of the musicians that use this technique, he was most inspired by Aki Onda’s Cassette Memories series. As I mentioned in the album’s review, I’d heard the technique used prominently on Michael Bross’ Subway Meditations.
Finally, for those of you that can read Japanese (or who are okay with a rough translation provided by google), you’ll want to check out this 2006 interview with baiyon from Jet Set. It provides more background and insight on that full-length album; a little something to help you appreciate it more.
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Experimental, Japanese
Time To Get “In The Collaborations” – Vol. 01~05 (Review)
So baiyon released a series of four singles between December ’09 and April ’10, each one had him working with different artists. Of note to the VGM community was his “Hue / Saturation / Brightness” single (vol. 03) where he collaborated with Hip Tanaka.
The series seemed be over after the fourth volume. Nothing happened through the rest of 2010 or any of 2011. But then, in June 2012, baiyon surprised everyone by dropping vol. 05, “Take Away My Eyes,” a track that sounded so thoroughly like a PixelJunk Eden tune that one cannot help but wonder if this track was an outtake from PixelJunk 4am (a game whose soundtrack I’m still anxiously waiting for…).
After the jump, we’ll be exploring all five “In the Collaborations” singles and speculating on what might come in volume 06. (more…)
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Experimental
The Outer Limits: SOLA-MI “Nexus” (Review)
And by “The Outer Limits,” I’m talking about the outer limits of OSV’s scope of coverage.
Generally, we cover game music. We also, on occasion, cover other media score such as film, television and animation. How about a soundtrack for a fake/non-existent indie film that delves into topics including futurism, transhumanism and religion?
Yeah, I know, I’m stretching it. But this album is just that good. Learn more about SOLA-MI after the jump. And if you want to listen along with the review, grab the album here: it’s completely, and legally, free. (more…)
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Chip Music, Experimental, Game Music
Explore Me, Kind Sir: Eirik “Phlogiston” Suhrke Interview
Eirik Suhrke might not be a name that rolls off the tongue, but for many years, this young man has been a central part to the chiptune community. In his early teens, Suhrke traversed the internet as Phlogiston, one of the brightest new minds in the chiptune scene. His style was indescribable, his passion undeniable, and his dedication unmatched, within just a few years, Suhrke had been one of the youngest to receive a release on 8bitpeoples, launched his own successful chiptune/video game soundtrack label service and performed live at Blipfest.
Today, he has taken the proper step into video game music, responsible for the music in Derek Yu’s smash hit Spelunky XBLA. So it is for that reason that we took the time to catch up with an old friend, and talk about his rise to fame, and his current projects.
Check out the interview after the jump (more…)
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Experimental, Game Music
Come Out, Come Out! PixelJunk Eden + Encore OST (Review)
In 2008, a physical CD print was released for Baiyon’s PixelJunk Eden Original Soundtrack. I had always been tempted to pick up the album, but there was one chief thing that stopped me: the encore.
PixelJunk Eden Encore was the sole DLC released for the game, and it included five new and absolutely breathtaking levels, complete with new audio tracks. So, why would I buy this CD if it was missing my favorite bit of Baiyon’s work?
Patience paid off. In February of this year, PixelJunk Eden + Encore was released on Steam for $10, and for an extra $6, you could procure the entire soundtrack: 12 tracks from the CD, plus the 5 tracks for Encore, totaling to nearly 2 hours of catchy, trippy electronica.
After the jump, I’ll try and sell you on why this music is so marvelous, why the Steam version of the game surpasses the PS3 version, and why I still must lament the current status of the soundtrack’s availability. (more…)
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Experimental, Japanese
Era-Spanning Imagination: After 4406274 Days… (Review)
Basiscape member Kimihiro Abe (alias “emanon”) is one of the few Japanese composers to embrace the music distribution service that English-speaking composers (especially of the indie variety) use almost universally. Yes, I’m talking about Bandcamp.
Abe’s Bandcamp page currently features one free track he released on New Year’s Eve called “21seiki Techno Shonen 2011,” and a new original concept album called “After 4406274 Days…” — which is what we’re going to talk about today. After the jump, you can follow along with the bandcamp embed while reading my thoughts on Abe-san’s strange and wonderful new concept album! (more…)
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Chip Music, Experimental, Game Music, Indie Music, Music Production
One Musician To Another: Rich Vreeland Interview
Rich Vreeland (aka Disasterpeace) is well known for creating delicate, joyous dreamscapes allowing the listener to let his disintegrating pulse waves wash over them like a tender storm. He is now thrust into the spotlight once again after providing FEZ with its magnificent, critically acclaimed soundtrack, which can be found at disasterpeace.com. He has also recently appeared in both the Indie Game Music Bundle 2 (podcast interview here) as well as the Indie Royale Lightning Pack bundle (the latter of which sees all proceeds going to charity). Rich was kind enough to answer a few questions about his latest release and give us a glimpse into his creative process.
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