Minusbaby - A Few Years Later

Off of a spectacular release called Left by chiptune celebrity Minusbaby on the venerable 8-Bit Peoples label, this second-to-last track is a probably the most laid-back of all the tracks on the album. It's also my favorite! I can't tell you why (I would love to but I just don't know, it's not that I don't trust you!) I've always held the belief that Minusbaby would do better to stick to his visual art (which, incidentally, is fantastic) and letting his peers make the music. It's not that I thought his music was bad, it was just that whenever friends/acquaintances of mine wanted Chiptune music recommendations (as if this site's extensive collection isn't enough for them), of all the people on the 8BP label I spoke of (Random, Bit Shifter, Anamanaguchi, even Virt has a release on there!) Minusbaby was never among them. I don't know. His music never struck me as anything all that special!

(I'm probably going to get an email about that last bit, huh?)

The thing is, though, this release has made me abandon that previously held notion! "Left" continues a streak of 8BP releases that I would deem "unmissable" that started with IAYD's Supergalactic. (I wasn't too big a fan of the Starpause release, and the streak would go back a few more albums were it not for 8BP097. Sorry Starpause!)

Anyway I'm talking way too much about this. Check out the whole release after this song unfailingly draws you in!



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SpareTimeHero - Secret Speculation.

Yes, there's punctuation in the title of this song. I don't know why! But there's some great drums and it's a nice spacey feel that's got me hooked, so I guess we'll let that dot slide.



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Rico Zerone - Empty Beach

It's so cold, gray, and windy today! Summer's on its way out, and so the great people over at Ubiktune have released an album to follow their excellent "Springtunes" release, appropriately called "Summertunes". It ends with this song, "Empty Beach", which is great imagery for the end of the season. Plus it's a great track, so I'm featuring it today!



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One Armed Hans - Catching a Tune

Acoustic guitars and some chiptunes. It's a very warm track. Also you might notice some imperfections in the guitar (I did) but it's to be expected, I mean, this guy only has one arm! I'm surprised he can play more than five notes at all, I mean, I wouldn't be able to with only one arm.



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Jonte Nyhlin - Me

I'd love to say this song was written about me (I just did) but it's not. It's written about Jonte Nyhlin, author of this track. Should we call this song "Him"? What a mystery!



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Fish and Chip 8 Bit - NaTo

Some Game Boy music! This track is off of the release "Lost and Found", available right here [ZIP File] from the Chippanze netlabel. It's a pretty solid album, I found most of the songs to be pretty good. It's not Starscream or anything, it's not crazy-flip-out-maxing-out-the-system music, but it's some catchy, simple composition rendered on a Game Boy.



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Super Dimension Fortress - Farenheit

Slow, heavy track. Something about it resounded with me today, I don't know! It's a great song. It would be even better if it were raining outside.



Super Dimension Fortress' Website

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