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Chip Music, Game Music

Dj Cutman’s ‘This Week in Chiptune’ Bundle offers a ton of Chiptune, Duh

December 7, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on Dj Cutman’s ‘This Week in Chiptune’ Bundle offers a ton of Chiptune, Duh Share this

To commemorate the 200th episode of his Soundcloud/YouTube series, This Week in Chiptune, Dj Cutman has joined up with Groupees to offer a hand-picked bundle of chiptune albums and OSTs. The This Week in Chiptune 200th Episode Mega Bundle is available until December 16th and it’s already hit almost all of its extra unlocks.

Some of the highlights include recent GameChops releases like Mother 4 Soundtraaaack!! By Shane Mesa and The Streets (of Rage) by Doni, Chipzel’s Chipped of the Necrodancer, Shiroban’s latest EP, Reject, and a whole lot more. Including the unlocked content, the $2 minimum asking price will get you all of this:

• Beat Street OST by Maxo
• The Arrival by Warez Waldo
• The Streets (of Rage) by Doni
• Chiptune + Charity X EP by Dj CUTMAN
• GAMEWAVE by FLOOR BABA
• Mobile Swarming by Chrome Cobra
• Chipped of the Necrodancer by Chipzel
• The Original Sounds of Action Button Entertainment’s VIDEOBALL by coda
• The Masquerade by Doomcloud
• Exclusive Backer Mix by Dj CUTMAN

While the next tier up at $4 will get you everything above as well as:

• Monolith by Graz
• Mother 4 Soundtraaaack!! by Shane Mesa
• Enjoy the Weather by Oxygenstar
• Alola (A Pokémon Tribute) by CG5
• Theia by Trash80
• NEON DEATH by FLOOR BABA
• Reject by Shirobon
• Supa Pawa by Bitonal Landscape

It looks like the bundle will easily make its next unlock, a live Q&A stream with DJ Cutman for those who purchased the bundle. After that there’s only one more mystery bonus to reveal. One note, the Exclusive Backer Mix is indeed exclusive to those who support Dj Cutman through Patreon.
Doujin, Game Music

Treat Your Post-Halloween Blues with a FNAF Remix from GameChops

November 1, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Treat Your Post-Halloween Blues with a FNAF Remix from GameChops Share this

If you’re like me and you’re not quite ready to let Halloween fade away for another year, then you can at least partake in a bit more horror-related game music courtesy of Gamechops!

“Never Alone” is a Five Nights at Freddy’s horrorcore / drumstep / drum and bass song from Nitroglitch and Dj CUTMAN and featuring a music video with video animation and visuals by Chronowolf and Dj CUTMAN. If you go and grab the download, you actually also get a special chillout remix of FNAF Sister Location.

So don’t feel you need to pack up your pumpkins and skeletons yet, as there’s still a bit of ghoulish juice to squeeze out of the Halloween season!
Doujin, Game Music

GameChops Releases Cuphead Remix Featuring James Landino

October 23, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on GameChops Releases Cuphead Remix Featuring James Landino Share this

The people over at GameChops have decided to get in on the massive love for Cuphead and the game’s fantastic soundtrack by composer Kristofer Maddigan by creating an EDM-swing arrangement of “Botanic Panic” from the game’s music!

This remix of Botanic Panic is by James Landino and mastered by Dj CUTMAN. Cutman also edited the video, showing many boss fights thanks to the excellent gameplay footage by Emily Feder! Oh my gosh we sure have fallen in love with Cuphead over here at GameChops! Hope you enjoy this Cuphead electro swing music video, what an amazing soundtrack, incredible animation and an awesome game!

The catchy beats of the electro-swing arrangement fit perfectly with the game’s original melody and works with the zany gameplay of the video. The “Botanic Panic” Electro Swing Mix is free to download on the Gamechops website.
Chip Music, Game Music, Indie Music

DJ Cutman launches 24/7, lo-fi Game Music Beats Stream

October 10, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | 1 Comment Share this

Over the last few months, GameChops founder DJ Cutman has been posting some of my favorite tracks to his personal YouTube channel. They all hail from his older albums and they simply feature game music, with a beat, slowed down to a jam-worthy tempo. It turns out this wasn’t a coincidence as he recently launched Radio Cutman on the channel offering a “24/7 live stream of instrumental & lo-fi hip hop, video game remixes, and chill-out beats”.

Cutman isn’t mixing the music live 24 hours a day but he has curated 231 beats from himself, DJ Grumble (Freestyle Tools), and Bknapp (SNES Beats) into a 9-hour playlist that unfolds differently each day. He’s also edited many of the beats to fit the non-stop stream format — cutting out intros and adjusting the audio to get things into a seamless flow of jams.

As advertised, it’s been a great accompaniment to my workweek. Retro tunes and samples (largely from Nintendo consoles) appear alongside modern indie favorites (like Undertale and Shovel Knight), all aligned with some fantastic beats. Give it a listen above or on YouTube to join the live chat where the GameChops crew seems to be pretty active. Rumor has it a similar live station is coming soon to highlight GameChops releases.
Chip Music, Experimental, Indie Music

Mario, Sonic, Bendy & More: A GameChops New Release Roundup

September 13, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on Mario, Sonic, Bendy & More: A GameChops New Release Roundup Share this

This surprising “deep house meets future bass” remix of Super Mario 64’s “Dire Dire Docks” makes for a great start to a quick GameChops roundup. The indie game music label is still riding high from the release of their collaborative Sonic the Hedgehog tribute album, Spindash 2, but they’ve been steadily releasing new singles all year. You can catch the full drip feed of colorful music videos and new releases on the GameChops YouTube channel but here a few highlights from their recent releases.

Given that GameChops frequently turns out thumping bangers of wild EDM flavors, I was intrigued to hear their treatment of the classically mellow “Dire Dire Docks” from Super Mario 64. Newcomers to the label – Nokbient and Besso0 – do not disappoint, miraculously turning the peaceful theme into a chopped and chipped rendition complete with the requisite big drop.

Back on the Sonic train, GameChops and Hyper Potions co-produced the track “Friends” that serves as the animated opening theme to Sonic Mania. It’s a major milestone for the label and an all around super sweet and bouncy electronic track that’s made even better when you see it in the game.

DJ Cutman himself recently offered up this “Daft Punk meets Off The Hook” remix of Splatoon 2’s “Color Pulse” by the in-game pop duo, Off The Hook. Lastly is “Bendy and Electro Swing”, a remix from bLiNd of Kyle Allen’s original Bendy and the Ink Machine song. As the name implies it’s swingy and gives the original song and its lyrics a lot of thumping punch.
Game Music, Indie Music

GameChops’ Sonic remix sequel, Spindash 2, out now

July 5, 2017 | Shawn Sackenheim | Comments Off on GameChops’ Sonic remix sequel, Spindash 2, out now Share this
There’s something about Sonic that makes me think Summertime; maybe it’s the series trademark vibrant colors or penchant for lush, tropical Zones. GameChops must feel the same because July 1st marked the launch of their latest collaborative album, Spindash 2. Featuring GameChops alumni as well as some new faces, the 16-track album covers a similar roster of Sonic titles.

There’s a lot of love for Sonic 1, 2, and 3 but you’ll also hear loving EDM (and 1 solo piano) remixes from Sonic Colors, Sonic 2006, Sonic and the Secret Rings and more. The album is available to buy now for around $10 on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play. You can also stream it on Spotify or listen and watch DJ Cutman’s July 1st listening party stream. It’s a spastic, meme-tastic way to check out the music on the album. Check out the playlist below to see who remixed what.
1. Hyper Potions – Tropical Resort (From “Sonic Colors”)
2. Tudd – Funky Robo (From “Sonic Adventure”)
3. bLiNd – Starlight Starbright (From “Sonic the Hedgehog”
4. Mykah – Angel Island (From “Sonic 3”)
5. Flexstyle – Aquafire (From “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”
6. RobKTA – King of the Mountain (From “Sonic 3”)
7. Steven Silo – Marble Zone (From “Sonic the Hedgehog”
8. Grimecraft – Chemical Plant (From “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”)
9. GlitchxCity – Crisis City (From “Sonic the Hedgehog 2006”)
10. DJ SuperSonic – Flying Fusion (From “Sonic 3”)
11. General Offensive – Flying Battery (From “Sonic 3”)
12. DJR feat. Chjolo – Totally Rad (From “Sonic Adventure 2”)
13. Mega Flare/Tetracase – Seven Rings (From “Sonic and the Secret Rings”)
14. DJ Cutman/Breakbeat Heartbeat – Chao Garden (From “Sonic Adventure 2 Battle”)
15. Curly – Planet Wisp (From “Sonic Colors”)
16. Sylvester Draggon Jr – Les Dauphins de l’aqueduc secret (From “Sonic 3”)
Doujin, Game Music

Gamechops Releases Overwatch Remix “The World Could Always Use More Heroes”

August 8, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Gamechops Releases Overwatch Remix “The World Could Always Use More Heroes” Share this

For all you Overwatch fans, the good people over at Gamechops have released a new remix of music from the game. The single “The World Could Always Use More Heroes“, created by Curly, mastered by Steven “bLiNd” Silo and master by DJ Cutman, also comes with a special extra music video with animations from PlayOverwatch.

As always you can find more remixes (including future Overwatch arrangements) over on the Gamechops Youtube page.