#HarleyLikesMusic

[fuckyeahchiptune]

James aka CalmDownKidder plays the latest chiptune tracks, talks about upcoming shows and some tech news! This week including a chat with chiptune icon CHIPZEL!

/// New Releases HarleyLikesMusic - Worms Armageddon (featuring gwEm) https://remixeverything.bandcamp.com/album/retrogame-edition-in-aid-of-the-harvey-milk-arts-center

Nullsleep - Super Mario 64 (Dire Dire Rave Up) https://remixeverything.bandcamp.com/album/retrogame-edition-in-aid-of-the-harvey-milk-arts-center

Amiga Junglism - buff rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1NE0p_J0M

Mixtress & Pete Cannon - Blinded By The Lights 23 [REMOVED DUE TO COPYRIGHT] https://mixtressxpetecannon.lnk.to/BlindedByTheLights23IA

Jarskie - NES & BASS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1FRhw0dCv4

Prizm Wizard - Dark Chrysalis https://prizmwizard.bandcamp.com/track/dark-chrysalis

3xBlast - For The Love Of Tax (Hatsune Miku) 初音ミク https://3xblast.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-love-of-tax

Tobokegao - For The Love Of Tax! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU7xQQrFEn0

/// Interview with Chipzel

Chipzel - Something Beautiful https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/disconnected

Chipzel - Courtesy https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/super-hexagon-ep

Chipzel - The Ice Stage https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dicey-dungeons-original-soundtrack

Tie Your Laces https://linktr.ee/tieyourlaces

Chipzel - Tokyo Skies https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spectra

65daysofstatic tour https://65daysofstatic.com/Live

Chipzel's BBC Podcast, Cheat Code https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001mlrb

Chipzel - Let The Good Times Roll [REMOVED DUE TO COPYRIGHT] https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dicey-dungeons-reunion-original-soundtrack

/// Upcoming Shows https://twitter.com/chiptuneshows

/// Tech News Nordischsound - C64 Goat Tracker Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6XoQVOHpls

/// From The Vault Tempest - Acidjazzed Evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxyERIQ1pxc

https://chiptune.chat/ Thursdays 7pm (UK Time)

logo + stream graphics by https://wendymurphy.online/

[supersupersounds]

HarleyLikesMusic - Incoming Transmission Ft. Laamaa

To keep this simple, the first track off HarleyLikesMusic's new album is chiptune track of the year so far for me. Dancefloor weapon! -Kris

[sky-blaze]

Sel-Promotion

I don't post much here about my RadioSEGA show, but here goes: The Hidden Palace is on Hiatus until the end of August, but don't worry! You can enjoy podcast versions of previous episodes by going here:

Don't forget to get in touch if you have any idea for topics you would like me to cover.

AND, if you are in Yorkshire on the 26th August, you can come watch me do a DJ set for Steel City #Chiptune alongside legends like Chipzel, Infotoxin and HarleyLikesMusic

Tickets here: https://ra.co/events/173166

[meltunit]

My remix of Harleylikesmusic is up on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/track/1BAFYrXUns0aejl2oXVZs1?si=bLtFlySRQuWXg2O3aOSPOw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

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AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A CHIPTUNE PARTY. Yes, clearly we’re talking about the last of the Super MAG music mainstays, the Saturday night Chiprave! Curious to see how many dancing T-Rexes we get this time.

https://super.magfest.org/blog/music-announcement-11

[chipbitsid]

HarleyLikesMusic - Steel City Zone

For this week, I have the distinct pleasure of reviewing the newest album of one of my biggest influences - HarleyLikesMusic's new 'Steel City Zone' as released on Thebasebit. I've known Harley for a few years now, first meeting him just before he got into making music on LSDJ and to say his music leaves an impression would be an understatement. After two wildly successful albums released on the Cheapbeats label, Harley is back again with his old tricks - and some new ones too. As someone who cites Harley as a major influencer of my own techniques, I think I'm quite lucky that I get the chance to talk about this with you - it's not often one gets to discuss someone who has brought so much to the LSDJ game.

This year instead of going along the same road Harley has developed a four track EP, poignantly named 'Steel City Zone', after Harley's hometown Sheffield, known for making the famous Sheffield Steel. For the whole EP, Harley has focussed his efforts on adapting the sounds of Sheffield's underground music and making something new in his own style.

Moving into the crux of things, here are three tracks off album that really captivated me

TBBR008 | Steel City Zone by HarleyLikesMusic

The first track is the song, 'Hello', which immediately hitting off with some thumping drums, bass and lead. I love this intro as the hollow tones really ring out and set a direction as to what the rhythm will be. It then proceeds into some odd and funny samples from one of Harley's friends calling out, saying; 'Hello' and 'Harley, you there man?' Whilst sounding slightly out of place, they feel more as if they're an in joke against one of Harley's mates. This is something Harley usually does quite a bit, as heard on, 'Super Dooper Double Dooper', in which he uses a excerpt of James York's (of Cheapbeats fame) daughter when asked, 'how hot is the centre of the earth'. The main hook of  'Hello' is something that utilises both the pulses channels as well as the WAV, to create a frankenstein combination of epic proportions. This whole sound and tone seems to be crux of 'Hello', as Harley constantly uses it as well as building upon, to great effectiveness.

TBBR008 | Steel City Zone by HarleyLikesMusic

Moving on we next have the second signal track, 'Steel City', which uses continues the same tricks and techniques of, 'Hello'. However unlike 'Hello', it features a heavier pulsating beat, helped along by the heart pounding bass. The hooks of 'Steel City' serve as the high addictive driving force of the song - each melody and hook is eclectic, bouncing off the sampled drums and working with the rhythm to produce a mixture of frightening combinations. For me 'Steel City' has to be my favourite track off the album as nothing at all seems to let up, firing on all cylinders and giving a banging track one could immediately get hooked onto.

TBBR008 | Steel City Zone by HarleyLikesMusic

'Infinity Tricks' is probably one of the bounciest tracks I've heard in some time. It instantly kicks off with a extremely funky and melodic hook, before announcing itself with a 'yeaaaah!' sample, which incidentally was taken from Harley's YouTube intro. Whilst 'Infinity Tricks' centres itself around the main the hook and its sound, it is constantly shuffled about going as far as to making a complete new song just before the 2:00 mark. This is especially more true around 3:00 when a new hook, more captivating than the first is introduced, with Harley changing the sound from a pulse to wav sound. One final thing before I finish reviewing this track; we can't possibly forget the impromptu melody at 1:36 sounding a lot like 2 Limited's 'Unlimited', because reasons.

At just 20 minute run time over 4 tracks, 'Steel City Zone' was a great listen. Harley's previous albums have usually been longer, but I feel the culling of tracks for this EP, allowed him to focus on refining a small selection. I've always said that instead of producing a quantity of an album, you should instead focus on the quality of one. It's also one of the reasons why I've been taking a while to release my material! Maybe this year...I hope.

HarleyLikesMusic Bandcamp | twitter | Facebook | Soundcloud | Website | Youtube

Thebasebit Bandcamp | Twitter | Soundcloud | Facebook

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Vancouver Chipmusic Society - Making "Toys" Sound Good

Vancouver Chipmusic Society – Making “Toys” Sound Good

We recently made contact with the Vancouver Chipmusic Society to talk about their organization and the culture around Chipmusic. LM: Can you give us a history of the Vancouver Chipmusic Society? VCMS: For the last few years, I (Bryan) had been going to and occasionally performing at chiptune shows and festivals around the world in key cities that had developed a critical mass of chiptune…

[is-dead]

Deadstream 17 this weekend. With a chiptune workshop at @fuseartspace run by the legendary @harleylikesmusic. Then we will be streaming a plethora of audio visual delights on the is dead Facebook page - www.facebook.com/is.deaddd https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wDUmCFWXP/?igshid=k3mk8zcxjx87

[cojam]

Some clips from HarleyLikesMusic - Hello video

https://youtu.be/0j32VqRGt7Q

[fuckyeahchiptune]

James aka CalmDownKidder plays the latest chiptune tracks, talks about upcoming shows and some tech news!

/// New Releases

Makary Brauner - When We Were Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-J0VOJWms

Rei8bit - Sparkle Scanline Disco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuVPGtbFWKc

Leą - Cold, Friday, Move on https://ile-nemusic6.bandcamp.com/track/cold-friday-move-on

Jarskie - Pixelized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqvEHlLL04

Yoann Turpin - "S.M.H.G.P (Super Merry Happy Game Plus)" https://soundcloud.com/acclion/chiptune-song-smhgp-super-merry-happy-game-plus

chr15m + fenris - aebr https://chr15mfenris.bandcamp.com/album/wireless-hill

/// Upcoming Shows https://twitter.com/chiptuneshows

HarleyLikesMusic - Get The Bleach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mq8yFWmIZY

/// Tech News

Star Bars - Atari 2600 Music Editor! https://twitter.com/aleksieeben/status/1686402682699853826

Atari 2600: Tie Tycoon (Star Bars Demo by Tempest/Extend) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnSoyYtNbSo

/// From The Vault

cTrix - Horses Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKTNSux0Rc

https://chiptune.chat/ Thursdays 7pm (UK Time)

logo + stream graphics by https://wendymurphy.online/

[supersupersounds]

Licensed & Bonded by HarleyLikesMusic

HarleyLikesMusic - Licensed & Bonded EP

Banging new LSDJ chiptune running a variety of styles. From traditional chip kinda stuff through to moomahton, speed garage and drum n bass, this EP has a chaotic dancefloor vibe throughout. My fave is the dnb-ish ‘Get Em’, loving the sound and vibe. -Kris

[sivmese--fvngs]

☺ Happy Inbox! ☺

♥: List five things you love. 1. My girlfriend 2. My ukulele 3. My game boy 4. Music 5. Cats ☮: What cause(s) are you passionate about? Idk man. I think lgbt rights, defending the indipendent music and everything made with hard work, In order to not make the multinationals take them from artists without their consent ✵: What sorts of things do you most like to create? Music. ✿: What’s your favorite thing about nature? Sitting on a field and contemplating stars at night ☂: What’s your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? Tea and tv series on the couch ☼: What’s your favorite thing to do on a sunny day? Idk, maybe skating ❆: What’s your favorite thing to do on a snowy day? Skiing ✌: What’s your favorite way to chill out? ｖａｐｏｒｗａｖ��, sex, TV series, video games, junk food ♫: What songs make you the happiest? Sometimes “tear in my heart”, or “the judge” or some prodigy’s or skrillex’s song ( a lot of songs make me happy tbh) ⬆: What’s your favorite inspiring quote? “Some people believe in god, I believe in music, some people pray, I turn up the radio” ✈: What place on earth makes you the happiest? In her arms. ♣: What makes you feel lucky? A lot of things. Despite lots of arguing and discussions I’m thankful for having a family, I feel lucky to be able to freely express myself with my music, and with my art, I feel so lucky I found a beautiful girlfriend who supports me in everything I do, and I’m so lucky that she could make even my darkest day a little more brighter. ★: Which celebrities inspire you the most? Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun, HarleyLikesMusic, Toriena, NNNNNNNNNN, Jared Leto, The whole Harry Potter cast, Benedict Cumberbatch, Steve Jobs, and some others that now I can’t remember. @: What social media account(s) do you most enjoy following? Twenty one pilots, TV series actors’ accounts, bands, Barack Obama and others. ♔: If you could be ruler for a day, what positive changes would you make? Eliminate Donald Trump, and also clean up the whole political system in Italy, then I’d give my place to a cat and I’d leave him to the government ✓: List five things you’ve done that you’d really wanted to do. 1. Being at a concert 2. Escaping from home 3. Stay awake for a whole night with my best friend roaming in a town 4. Kissing my girlfriend for the first time 5. Stopped smoking (it wasn’t an addiction, but I smoked at least a cigarette every two days and I didn’t want it to become a real addiction) ∞: Which moment from your life do you wish could have lasted forever? Holding hands with my babe after making love ✧: List five things about yourself that make you wonderfully unique. 1. I make music with game boys 2. I have asymmetrical face 3. I can roll my tongue in different ways 4. I can repeat guitar solos by voice in metal songs after listening to them for a bit 5. I never paid the license of WinRar ☞: What encourages you to keep moving forward when life gets hard? Song lyrics, punching my pillow, and sometimes the wall, slapping my face in front of a mirror and keeping telling myself that everything is temporary and it’ll be good. And of course, her voice. ✖: What do you think people should avoid if they want to stay positive? …….Thinking negative? Lol jk, i don’t know actually ☺: What do you think is the secret to happiness? When you discover it give me a call

I lovely tag @miaevans03

[punxuk]

This November, Manchester alternative/electronic label AnalogueTrash presents The Electronic Liberation Tour 2017. Featuring three of the label’s hottest acts – ded.pixel, DEF NEON and St Lucifer - in a triple headliner showcase with very special guests joining them on each date. Buy tickets and get involved at http://electronicliberation.uk. xx 03/11/17: Scruffy Murphy's, Birmingham w/ Wrapped in Plastic 04/11/17: Corporation, Sheffield w/ HarleyLikesMusic 11/11/17: The Library, Leeds w/ Caffeine kill 18/11/17: Beat:Cancer v1.0 Festival*, London 25/11/17: The Head of Steam, Newcastle w/ Twist Helix (*DEF NEON / St Lucifer only)

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HarleyLikesGlitch

A glitched gif I made of one of HarleyLikesMusic’s shirt designs!