havocCc wrote:

what a lovely piece of music

Isn't it though? DBOYD is a genius.

One of my favorite chip songs has to be "Push Off The Ground" by Infodrive. It's got a line of melancholy underneath the happy major structure that makes it really work.

"Hurrigwen" by Squarepunch is so honest and touching that It makes me emotional.

The Daydream Elevator by bubu is super emotional and just so beautifully written. I mentioned it in another thread, and I'll keep mentioning it because it's a masterpiece. One of my favorite chip albums of all time from front to back.

"Stargazer" by Ikari Is so pure and perfect it makes me want to cry. It has made me cry. I am a 28 year old man and this is perfectly acceptable behavior, haha. :') Any more work by, or info on this artist would be much appreciated.

I'm decidedly not of the same caliber as the aforementioned musicians, but most of my work fits into the stereotypical "Happy Dance Chiptune" box.
Unnatural Flavors is chock full of joy.

WOOOOAH DUDE
i totally forgot about bubu! D:
he was the artist i listened the most to back when i started putting my stuff on soundcloud, thanks for the gentle reminder!

the rest also was pretty much what im looking for :>

thanks again to everyone in this thread, keep dem vibes coming

Ninten Kwon Do wrote:

For sure within the scene there is amazing variety! But I mean to the general public they immediately make the connection with "videogame music" like mario and shit. That's what I meant. I think I was generalizing though. My bad.

I've started noticing this with some chip gigs as well though; there tends to be less emphasis on experimental/dark stuff and more happy hardcore/EDM, which is fun and all, but maaan I want to go to a chip doom gig or something, ha!

i'd be all for this. always hoped they'd do something like this for a halloween pulsewave instead of cover song sets...

what a lovely piece of music

Isn't it though? DBOYD is a genius.

One of my favorite chip songs has to be "Push Off The Ground" by Infodrive. It's got a line of melancholy underneath the happy major structure that makes it really work.

"Hurrigwen" by Squarepunch is so honest and touching that It makes me emotional.

The Daydream Elevator by bubu is super emotional and just so beautifully written. I mentioned it in another thread, and I'll keep mentioning it because it's a masterpiece. One of my favorite chip albums of all time from front to back.

"Stargazer" by Ikari Is so pure and perfect it makes me want to cry. It has made me cry. I am a 28 year old man and this is perfectly acceptable behavior, haha. :') Any more work by, or info on this artist would be much appreciated.

I'm decidedly not of the same caliber as the aforementioned musicians, but most of my work fits into the stereotypical "Happy Dance Chiptune" box.
Unnatural Flavors is chock full of joy.

DBOYD - sunshine. for a lonely heart.

My all-time favorite sugar-sweet song. Give it a listen.

dude, you just won this thread.

what a lovely piece of music

For sure within the scene there is amazing variety! But I mean to the general public they immediately make the connection with "videogame music" like mario and shit. That's what I meant. I think I was generalizing though. My bad.

I've started noticing this with some chip gigs as well though; there tends to be less emphasis on experimental/dark stuff and more happy hardcore/EDM, which is fun and all, but maaan I want to go to a chip doom gig or something, ha!

Basically anything by Malmen will be joyful stuff, and incredibly well tracked as well. https://soundcloud.com/malmen

Ah i forgot to list Malmen in the title post, lol
Fakebit World might be my favourite album from 2015

Thank you all for your suggestions

Ninten Kwon Do wrote:

Isn't this just most chiptune? I've always found it difficult to break away from the general "happy chiptune" stigma. I strive to try and make my stuff stand apart from this. That may just be me though.

Definitely just you. There are entire labels full of dozens of artists doing dark chiptunes. There's about as much that is happy as there is that is heavy or dancy or jazzy or anything else.

Much of the 'golden era' chip music - tunes written for 8-bit era games and software - was happy as it was often aimed at kids but since beginning the wider production of chip music it's gone in every imaginable direction.

For sure within the scene there is amazing variety! But I mean to the general public they immediately make the connection with "videogame music" like mario and shit. That's what I meant. I think I was generalizing though. My bad.

Isn't this just most chiptune? I've always found it difficult to break away from the general "happy chiptune" stigma. I strive to try and make my stuff stand apart from this. That may just be me though.

Definitely just you. There are entire labels full of dozens of artists doing dark chiptunes. There's about as much that is happy as there is that is heavy or dancy or jazzy or anything else.

Much of the 'golden era' chip music - tunes written for 8-bit era games and software - was happy as it was often aimed at kids but since beginning the wider production of chip music it's gone in every imaginable direction.

My all-time favorite sugar-sweet song. Give it a listen.