havocCc
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I really enjoy chiptune music when it represents feelings like joy and happiness.

Do you guys can recommend an artist/a group that goes into this direction? (besides the obvious stuff like anamanaguchi, rymdcraft, roccow...)

Some songs that I put into this category are:

Disasterpeace - Win
chibi-tech - Love Is Insecurable
Henry Homesweet - Simple Pleasures, Summer Smiles
Anamanaguchi - Endless Fantasy, Meow (well, actually nearly every song of them lol)

just to name a few

Hope you can show me some super duper uber hyper happy chip stuff : >
peace guys smile

nitro2k01
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Random's two albums, Bad Joke and Happy Ending After All.
http://www.8bitpeoples.com/artists/random

Most songs by 047. You can find more than the Soundcloud tracks on Youtube.
https://soundcloud.com/info-1061/sets

tempsoundsolutions
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TSSBAY01

most of goto80's stuff is pretty happy. try shnabubula's 'adventure', i think most of thats got a happy feel.

Feryl
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Radix and early Unicorn Kid.

4mat
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"Dog Birthday" and "Elephant Writing a Letter" by aanaaanaaanaaana

atomsmasha
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perth, WA

ultrasyd

Ninten Kwon Do
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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.
Anyway I would suggest checking out anything by "(T_T)b" their release on pterodactyl squad is awesome!

bit 9
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DBOYD - sunshine. for a lonely heart.

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

jefftheworld
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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.

Ninten Kwon Do
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jefftheworld wrote:
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.

PleaseLoseBattle
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Digging (T_T)b, and I think you'd also like Melt Channel.
Awesome, cheery and qualitative music.

garvalf
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France

I like Desto's music: https://soundcloud.com/desto-10

Kris k
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BK

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

havocCc
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Kris k wrote:

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 smile

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pselodux
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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!

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