As if my presence could possibly be doubted? FUCK YES.

Thanks for checking this out, everyone! I'm really glad you like it and I wanna thank everyone who contributed to this record.

Though I think every track is pretty much perfect (I wouldn't have included them here otherwise), my personal favorites are the contributions from Chromix, facundo, and Natty. So many other tracks are very creative and thought-provoking too though; everyone's been saying so about exileFaker's effort as well.

Which ones do you all like best?

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this is....kind of...BRILLIANT.

From the collaborative energies of eight chip music virtuosos comes "rePantz'd", a celebration of community, growth, and friendship. The record features remixes of tracks from DaPantz's first two releases, using a variety of hardware and software options to propel his earliest work into a contemporary moment. Employing the capable talents of Chromix, Bud Melvin, facundo, and many more, "rePantz'd" ranges from hard-hitting to eerily ethereal, serving up arsenic in a crunchy candy coating.

Tracks:

1. Anomie (Chromix - BX All Day Mix) 02:06
2. On One Condition (facundo - you just got facundo'd remix) 03:11
3. Panic Attack (Kris Keyser - Fight or Flight Response Remix) 02:40
4. Drowning (exileFaker - Or, Exiled Pants Tell No Tales) 03:41
5. On One Condition (rhinostrich - pigmix) 03:42
6. Checkmate (Natty - UnderPantz Mix) 04:40
7. Drowning (sylCMYK - novatij remix) 04:09
8. Astronaut (Bud Melvin - Doom Mix) 07:02

DOWNLOAD AND/OR DONATE: http://dapantz.bandcamp.com/album/repantzd

The composition and sound design here is very nice. The range from happy (Infinite Saturday, Rockem Sockem) to more intense (Radionecrosis) is perfectly paced. Really excited!

Yessssssssss!

I'm honored to have had some role in sharing this with y'all. Kris Keyser !!

This was magic.

TONIGHT!!!!!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DaPantz wrote:

IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE

Meaning: the first ever I/O was held in September 2009 and had the same three musicians holding things down. Beautiful to see things come full circle and it'll be interesting to see how far we've all come along, and how far I/O as a whole as come along for this anniversary show!

IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSST!!

Zan-zan-zawa-butt wrote:

am i ze only person around who doesn't notice someone's "synthesis" skills and just latches onto songwriting?

Actually, I'd say that's what MOST people do, and it's a shame in my opinion. It's why there are tons of technically proficient and "good" chipmusic out there with absolutely no personality...sometimes sound design isn't pushed hard enough. I like to see the perfect marriage of both, which is what I've seen from Nullsleep, Bit Shifter, Zen Albatross, exileFaker, glomag, a few more.

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Mothafuckin Cornbeast heart

BLIP FESTIVAL MONGOLIA MOTHEFUCKERSSSS

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Zen Albatross, IAYD, EMDash and myself chipbusked in Union Sq in NYC a few weeks ago. All we got were weird stares. James, you rock!