4mat, I just sent my monthly check

How come nobody mentioned Phlogiston except on page 1? Come ooooon

fuck how did I forget Norrin Radd - Anomaly

1. norrin radd - anomaly
2. anamanaguchi - dawn metropolis
3. cheap dinosaurs - s/t
4. ymck - family racing
5. j arthur keenes band - computer savvy
honorable mention: rainbowdragoneyes - super eurobit and the 7th enochian key

ant1 - gr8est hits
A.M.U - Diamond
kaneel - your average best friend
zabutom - zeta force
minusbaby - bias

btw I haven't used an amiga since 1995

Woaahh, first time post. In no particular order:

- Sievert - Beyond the Frontier
- The J. Arthur Keenes Band - Computer Savvy
- Nullsleep - Unconditional Acceleration (it had to be said at some point)
- Trey Frey - Trey Frey II
- Random - Bad Joke

This is so good. Thanks for the tip.

yeah sometime in the next month

yes you should all fucking listen to this:

http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi006-fat … fellowship

It's an interesting point. 8bitpeoples' adoption of the EP (though they've put out a few albums) has no doubt linked the format to the release of chipmusic, and mini CDs fit the aesthetic of any lo-fi music. There are lots of amazing releases that take full advantage of this length too - peeR's Dances feels like a small suite, while some, like Stu's Atari Solo, have enough different tracks to constitute a small album rather than an EP. The idea of fitting an album's worth of ideas into a short space of time is quite exciting I think (I love My Little Airport, whose first two albums count ten tracks in under twenty minutes - the perfect foil to their Casio driven pop sound).

That said, I agree with danimal cannon. The inclusion of EPs probably wouldn't change my list much either. I just think my favourite chipmusic albums work better as releases than any chipmusic EP, with a couple of exceptions. Chip albums are somewhat neglected, even though there are fantastic offerings by Tom Woxom, Goto80, Syphus, Cow'p, Cheap Dinosaurs...

One thing I find with a lot - not all, but a lot - of (sometimes quite high profile) chipmusic EPs is that they often feel randomly thrown together. I know mine are. Even if all the tracks are great they don't necessarily make a coherent statement - in fact, you have to be really quite savvy and ruthless to make a short release work in this regard (not that albums can't be incoherent).

Indeed, this wasn't even really an issue in the days of the demoscene and, later, micromusic.net - the chipmusic scene is still in my opinion known for individual tracks rather than EPs or albums. I don't know why this topic interests me so much - I really am going off on one...

so does that mean i can expect a copy of roots soon?

ummmm....
I don't know any album names, so I'll just list my 5 Fav artists.

Ultrasyd
Fatal Snipe
BEASTMODE
FantomenK
Bit Shifter

If u've never heard of Fatal Snipe search him up! Amazing.

I hear that, but it would be an offense to the albums mentioned in my list to lump them in with EPs. There's a lot of content on them. It's hard to do a whole album, and to make every song on that album worth hearing, but when done right, it deserves a lot of credit.

I actually have the opposite opinion.  I would prefer more full length albums.  EPs make more sense when you have a full band, and recording is a week/month(s) long process just to get 30 minutes.  Chip musicians can record almost instantaneously after composing, so the pure volume of releases is a little much. 

I also just prefer longer albums

This is a digression, but I would almost argue that in the chip world an EP IS an album.  4, 5, and 6 songs seems to be the norm for a lot of (really good) releases.  I wouldn't mind seeing the whole music biz move towards concise, quality EPs.  A tight, well-sequenced five-song set is really appealing to me. 

Just sayin'.

this is actually tough because most of what I have is EPs, not albums. So let's talk albums:

1. Cheap Dinosaurs
2. OK Ikumi - IV/XI
3. 4mat - Decades
4. 4mat - Surrender
5. ??? - Wall You Need Is Love

Honorable Mentions: MisfitChris - Famicom Sessions, freezedream - Today

If this were to include EPs it would be a different list