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(35 replies, posted in Releases)

So, uh...where are these source files?

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(8 replies, posted in Releases)

Now on Bandcamp. http://wizwars.bandcamp.com/album/antichipmusik

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(8 replies, posted in Releases)

While waiting until I'm able to release my new CD "Welcome To Thrash City", I decided to make a new EP in three days, using only kits in the wav channel (plus post production). It's called "Antichipmusik". You can now download this EP. I hope you hate it. http://www.datamoshpit.com/wizwars/Antichipmusik.rar

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Alright, your info has been sent off to my merch girl so it shall be taken care of soon!

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Yeah apparently it's $14 to ship to Australia. So godinpants, if you want to do an even $25 we can do that. Just paypal me ([email protected]) (make sure its as a gift, obviously) and include your name, size and address.

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

I can't remember the brand (I don't have access to the shirts right now, they're in my merch ladies closet and shes in charge of selling them) but they're definitely an off brand (remember, total DIY punk rock style operation). I'm told the larges run a bit small so I'd imagine the mediums do as well, so you'd probably be safe with a medium. My 3X fits fucking perfectly and that never happens.

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

How much does it usually cost to ship stuff to Australia? We can just work something out via Paypal if needed. I've never shipped anything internationally before but I can't imagine a shirt would be super expensive...would it?

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

So, you might want to ask him for a refund, because I'm pretty sure he gave the last of those to a librarian. There were only four made.

We don't ship to Australia? WTF? Let me talk to my merch person.

And If anyone wants to pre-order a size that we do not have in stock to help with covering our costs, that would be awesome. The most you would wait for your shirt is 2-3 weeks, if that. If you want to preorder, paypal $16 to [email protected] and be sure to put your name, address and size in the description.

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

godinpants wrote:

If i buy one will you hunt down kool skull and the shirt i bought from him in january?
(this is a serious request, not a stab at him. i want that shirt, and this one too)

Which shirt was that? Kool Skull can be a hard man to hunt down sometimes, but I can see what I can do if you tell me which shirt it was.

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(17 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Not sure if this is the place to post this, so if it's not, if the mods can move it that would be great big_smile
Anyway, I have T-Shirts now. Front art designed by KOOL SKULL.
These are hand printed by my merch lady Ingrid, who did a fuckin' great job.
We only have sizes Medium and Large right now, but will pick up some XLs soon, and you can message her to discuss purchasing just about any size. You can find them here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/78587263/se … ars-shirts

Each shirt comes with a free Wizwars sticker.

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(5 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Saskrotch wrote:

i kinda dont think anyone's gonna do it justice

Same. I started work on a NMH cover EP a long time ago and realized it was fucking stupid. Part of me still wants to cover a track but I think I got too much going on. And it won't be that good.

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(155 replies, posted in General Discussion)

When I first became interested in making chip music, I started with modplug tracker.
I love modplug. It is still the easiest tracker for me to get my ideas down in. If writing an NES song, I would MUCH rather use Modplug than Famitracker, Nerdtracker, NTRQ or Pulsar. My NES samples are perfect (most of them are stolen from Virt and Norrin Radd for fucks sake, how more authentic can it get when sample based) and I know the program so well that it's really easy for me to throw down ideas in it. I've also used a ton of other samples and styles in Modplug with similar success; I especially like writing c64 style stuff with it.

Why don't I use it live? Well, in the first place, I don't have a laptop. If I did, I might. In all reality, when I'm playing LSDJ "live", there is very little I'm actually doing with the Game Boy. Sometimes I get a cool idea and go into live mode and change stuff up. Normally I'll edit parameters of instruments and tables, fuck with the sync command like Nullsleep was doing for a while (such a cool trick that can psych people out)...but mainly my performance comes from manipulating the songs on my Mini-KP, which I could just as easily do with modplug. Hell, my last show I actually played a song from my iPod because someone kept requesting it so much, and realized while playing with the mini-KP I was basically doing the same thing as I would with a game boy.

But my other reasoning for favoring the Game Boy, is that I like the sound it produces. It's just that simple. And there is the added benefit when playing live, that I'm playing using a couple of GBCs, instead of just hooking a laptop up like any other electronic artist. I want people to know I'm doing something different. You can hear it in the sound, but I want them to see that this isn't just me running some program on a computer and making "video game sounding music", I'm using actual Nintendo hardware to create some dirty and hard as fuck dance music.

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(8 replies, posted in Releases)

Fixed both mistakes tongue
And yeah, thanks Patrick. "Anxiety" is probably my favorite of the new stuff, and I wrote it in about an hour.

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(8 replies, posted in Releases)

Damn it, I always fuck up and call it Triborough Bridges. Maybe that's the difference. The original version is called Triborough Bridge, the remix is Bridges...yeah. Nice cover up there (pats self on back).

And thanks guys! I think this was probably the best set I've ever played, and I was down about six or seven beers by this point. I normally don't drink before playing, so I think I'm going to make this a pre-show ritual from now on.

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(8 replies, posted in Releases)

Live album recorded from my show at OBSOLETE in Los Angeles this past Saturday. Due to the fact that it was probably the best set I've played to date, I decided to release it to help fund the new album and print shirts. If you dig it, please consider paying $5 or donating more to download it and rock that shit! http://wizwars.bandcamp.com/album/live-obsolete

(btw, this is soundboard quality and then also mastered a bit, not some shitty bootleg)

Obsolete is a party collective in Los Angeles celebrating the use of video gaming systems and retro computer to create visual and musical art.

Obsolete will be on the first Saturday of every month.

Time for round two of Obsolete!
This party will showcase the second half of our collective members.

Our line up for our July party is:

Beta to the Max
Wizwars
Mike Bleeds
Encord
dasid
DJ Sysop

Visuals by Huckleberry Lain

8-bit open mic!
We will have open mic again with some changed rules.
Time limit for set length will be determined day of party but will be 5 minutes or less per artist. First come first serve.
Limit one 1/8th inch jack per artist. For example you will be able to plug in one of your gameboys or ds, or whatever.
If you need a mic you will use the house mic with no effects.
Please plan your sets accordingly.

All Ages
$5 all night
Doors 8:30pm

@ piXel [+] freQuency
931 E Pico BLVD STE 202
Los Angeles, CA