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October 30, 2006
Poster: Dark Side of the Cop
Just as the (in)famous Dark Side the moon syncs up to the Wizard of Oz, there is a new kid on the alternate soundtrack block. Dark Side of the Cop. What movie does this sync up to? None other than Beverly Hills Cop. GOLD! They go by the musical tag of Brian Wilson Electro Pop, or California Techno.
This is actually an amazing album, and I strongly recommend checking it out on their website. It's quite dark, and sexy sounding. One review likens it to the stunning Postal Service. It's perhaps a touch darker than that, but It's just excellent. They've even set up their own record label called Auger Down Records.
Also worth noting, Roger who is in the touring band runs the music nerd blog Viper Fantastic which is a new favourite of mine.
Visit darksideofthecop.com and have a listen. It's really very good.
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Soundcells for DS
Well, stow away yer cash it's time to pony up and buy the homebrew hardware for your DS. There is an awesome interview with Pakl on Expansion Port that talks about the project.
Hark at this:
Pakl: Well, I’m impatient for the tenori-on to come out… one of the basic concepts of the tenori-on is that a cell in a grid can trigger a note… so I was playing with this concept on the DS touch screen, and decided that 16 cells should be easy to access when playing the DS like a guitar. the Tenori-On is an instrument being developed by Iwai (the maker of electroplankton)… I have been thinking for a while to make a Tenori-On emulator on the DS to satisfy my appetite until the Tenori-On comes out (But I think the DS screen is too small to really have a satisfactory Tenori-On interface… so SoundCells is the next best thing.)
Yes! We are all waiting for the Tenori on! Sounds like i have a potential member for my Toshio Iwai Fanclub! You can lay down tracks and have them playback to support your wailin' too. Nice.
You can download Patryk's ukelele homebrew from his hosted site here. and when Soundcells is ready to cook he will be hosting it there.
Via 4 Color Rebellion. Visit Patryk on the intertron here.
More video after the jump.
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Commodore 64 Orchestra
It's really an ad for CD/DVD coming out in 2007. But i'm a total sucker for this stuff.
Via Destructoid. Also check out the C64 Orchestra Myspace page
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October 27, 2006
Visit who the bloody hell are they?
There's a new(ish) blog in town and it's Who the bloody hell are they? It's an Australian music blog and it's deserves a visit and a listen. Plenty of embedded tunes for listening with a short bit of guff on the bands in question. I like.
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Mozarts 40th, Rollerblades & Wine Bottles
via (again) Centripedal Notion
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Jonathan Coulton - The Future Soon
This is genius.
Jonathan Coulton via Centripedal Notion
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October 25, 2006
Download bit-generations soundtrack
Over at 4ColorRebellion they have posted the complete Bit Generations soundtrack in mp3 format.
Bit generations is a series of Gameboy Advance (and of course they work on DS too) games. They're all simple and stripped back in terms of gameplay and feature rather kick ass chiptunes.
The games are fun, I've just got my copies and I'd like to maybe cover them a bit more if I get some time for a review. Well worth an import if you're die hard game audio nerd. Another fantastic example of what Nintendo does right, simple and clever innovation.
Visit 4CR and get yer chiptunes. Check out a video of bit generations.
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