In a short, but sweet email blasted (pun intended) out this morning, publisher Southpeak Games and developer Arkedo announced that due to the large number of requests they have received for Big Bang Mini music they have decided to offer up the award winning soundtrack for free as a stand-alone download hosted on the official Big Bang Mini Website located at www.bigbangmini.com.
Hit the jump for the track listing and for the direct download. (more…)
Yes, it’s that time again. Mephtik Netlabel has put out its sixth release, and to even further the shameless self-promotion of my netlabel, this one comes from me (with love)! Titled Sylvanwood EP, and released under my Arcubalis alias, the EP is a 4-track collection of tunes from the last few years that sort of fit together with a loose “forest” theme.
The first track is actually co-written by my fellow Italian and friend Matthew “Blisaed” Centonze, who’s an amazing ambient artist. He wrote the first thirty seconds or so and I expanded upon it to its full length. “Shadow’s End Glade” is my (poor) stab at Yasunori Mitsuda’s style, which you may notice from the track’s title, which refers to “Shadow’s End Forest” from Chrono Cross. “Tree of Holy White Light” is a brooding track with an epic melody, and “Sunlit Vista” is an attempt to write some serious ambient music. As always, it’s downloadable for free, so why not? I’d love to hear what you guys think!
Oh, and I guess I should mention the artwork that I borrowed from weiweihua on deviantART. While I tried to secure permission to use it via his (her?) email and blog, I never got a response. Hope this link makes up for it. The full piece, titled “the Forest church 2,” is a really beautiful image.
Have you been downloading any of the music I’ve been pushing on you from Mephtik Netlabel? Do you have a favorite release so far?
But it’s not what you’d expect. These tunes aren’t the holly jolly Christmas songs that are one of my favorite things about the holidays, but rather are more in line with Robert Halvarsson’s recent winter demoscene recommendations. This free download release from Apeginine Recordings is still an interesting offering, featuring some chilling winter atmospheres across 24 minutes of music.
The artists featured include Apeginine Reocrdings owner and founder Vincent “Muhr” Fugère, Emanuele Errante from Italy, and a friend of my own Mephtik Netlabel, ambient extraordinaire Shiftless. While this release may not brighten up your holiday, the music is amazingly well produced, so be sure to check out our impressions below.
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
Hit the jump for our thoughts on Pillow drifts from Apeginine Recordings. (more…)
Apologies to our Christian readers if you take offense to the 8-bit depiction of Jesus. However, even those who are offended will have to admit that this absolutely is a great idea, and just in time for Christmas. Doctor Octoroc has given us our own Christmas album to ring in the holidays in the form of 8-Bit Jesus. What is it, exactly? Well, it’s actually a bizarre marriage between classic Christmas songs and NES sound sets from favorites like Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, and Faxanadu just to name a few, all arranged in glorious 8-bit. With titles like “Ryu, The Red Nosed Ninja” and “O Come, All Ye Vampires,” it has to be good, right?
It gets even better though. While the album is downloadable for free, those who donate in increments of $15 USD will receive a physical copy of the album, with shipping (and international shipping!) included. Pretty awesome deal, and while you won’t have it in time for Christmas this year, you can enjoy it and annoy your family with it next holiday season.
Is this an amazing idea or what? Why hasn’t anyone done this sooner?
[via Destructoid]
I’m disappointed in you guys. I specifically made this one of our easiest contests to enter as a treat to all of you, and we haven’t received nearly enough entries! We give away a $20 CD and we get a ton of entries, but when it comes to a $40 piece of awesomeness for your DS, you’re not interested?
Well, lucky for you, there are two weeks left to enter the contest. All you have to do is tell us (in writing) what features on the DS-10 are most interesting to you and what song you think deserves a DS-10 remix/remake and why. It’s so easy! Just send it to [email protected]. As it stands right now, you have a very good chance of winning if you just send me something. ANYTHING. Do it!
If you want more information, you can check out our original post and our DS-10 videos featuring GEM Impact and The OneUps.
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