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17 Jan 12, 2010 11:10 am

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Great thread Akira!

an-cat-max has bad taste, obviously.

Pretty much anyone who made chipmusic before 1998 or so is pretty unknown/under-appreciated, with a few exceptions, and people who don't release music as mp3 download albums on netlabels (not bitching, just saying )

Edzes, Lysander Lapine, Jammer, Linus, Iwamoo (couldn't find a good link ), Rophon, Siril, Blz, Yaz are all fairly under-appreciated, I bet Akira's heard it all before though.

Will add this thread to my favourites.

edit: links

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18 Jan 12, 2010 11:54 am

ant1

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EmThree wrote:

Not just an artist, a record label
http://www.16dimensional.com/wp/

They've really done up their site since last time I visted! Very pretty now. I recommend everything there by Wang-Zhi, that guy/girl is great.

19 Jan 12, 2010 12:10 pm

matt.nida

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smh has been doing some amazing stuff with ImpulseTracker:
http://8bitcollective.com/members/smh

Agree with Akira's shout for Motone, his grasp of texture is incredible.

20 Jan 12, 2010 2:47 pm

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akira^8GB wrote:

Lazerbeat, thanks for the heads up on n1k-o. It's amazing. NNNNNNN was too much pikopiko for me.
I have heard the others. Let's make it a challenge, show me something I don't know and it's cool

What exactly does pikopiko mean? Certainly not this:
http://expatsharmony.com/2009/03/21/what-is-piko-piko/

21 Jan 12, 2010 3:11 pm

Subway Sonicbeat

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minusbaby wrote:

Go Organ!
http://www.myspace.com/cuatroveinte
goLAB
http://www.myspace.com/golab

Too much go, but both are good. :3

22 Jan 12, 2010 3:14 pm

Random

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iLKke wrote:

What exactly does pikopiko mean?

Something like "blip blop".

To contribute to the topic,

everyone should check out Makko, a finish composer who made Fasttracker 2 modules a couple of years before and after the millennium. He was a member of Tequila (with Zalza, Nagz, Dalezy etc). Exceptionally good stuff! Jazzy, funky, with a lot of finesse, feeling and attitude. Been one of my very top favourite chiptune composers for many years.

Most of his .XMs (which unfortunately are not that many) can be found on the Modland FTP.

Direct link: ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Fastt … 202/Makko/

23 Jan 12, 2010 3:22 pm

calmdownkidder

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esc is underrated, IMO. Whilst he does play the odd gig, considering he always has a high quality output (and quite high output too!) he's not as respected as he should be.

Also, tenfold should get some more respect, I'd love to see a full live set by him one day!

24 Jan 12, 2010 3:35 pm

Lazerbeat

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Tokyo, Japan

Japanese uses lots of onomateopea (sp?) with repeated two syllable words. Picopico means in common parlance something like "twinkle twinkle" or "bleepy bleepy" but it kind of found its way into Japanese subculture as a word describing chip music. USK has an ep called "piko piko disco" which is pretty awesome.

Anyway, back on topic.

25 Jan 12, 2010 4:11 pm

Kenobit

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arottenbit wrote:

Buskerdroid from Rome.
Shared stage with him many times and he's the better lsdj artist in the whole Italy.

I totally agree. His game boy sets are furious.

26 Jan 12, 2010 4:27 pm

akira^8GB

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God damn, Waxinwary and Downstate are AWESOME, thanks Beware!
I pretty much like almost everything recommended. Keep it up.
I also got to mention Disassembler's scary fixation with Nanoloop. Nevertheless, SHITSTREAM by Starmelt was an awesome track

Remember, surprise this grumpy old sod (Saskrotch, don't post your netlabel )

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