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(72 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Swampyboy is on haitus, last I checked. We used to talk a bit on IRC.
I wish McFiredrill would pick up LSDJ again.
I miss x|k, say what you will about him as a person/businessman, but his music was immense.

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(61 replies, posted in Releases)

Wizwars wrote:

I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but I must admit that I'm somewhat disappointed with this release. Don't get me wrong, I still love it and it will most likely be part of my regular musical rotation for quite some time. But with the various single tracks that IAYD has been releasing on 8bc over the past year or two, I kind of expected his 4th release to blow my mind. Not figuratively speaking, I mean I literally expected soundwaves to cause my skull to collapse onto itself and leave me reduced to a pile of blood, guts and semen. And in many ways, musicially this release seems like a few steps backwards compared to the greatness of those tracks.

It's not a BAD release. It just seems a bit repetitive for my liking. Perhaps that was the intention. But there is very little variation between the songs, which surprised me considering that most of IAYDs single tracks lately have been of varying styles and tempos. The programing, the melodies and the beats are all top notch and some of the best Game Boy stuff around, I just feel like the songwriting isn't as strong as it could be, based on his other stuff.

Alex has been sitting on these songs for a long, long time, so it only seems logical that they're showing their age. I feel like it pads his catalog nicely, it's good old-fashioned IAYD just like mom used to make it.

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(81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I was tired of 303s and amen breaks and funky drummer and gated supersaw waves and hoovers until I heard them used properly and in interesting ways.

Airhorns are still lame.

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(18 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Sure is insular in here.

See y'all in Portland as usual and we can MAKE IT RAIN WITH BELL BUCKS.

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(127 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Lazerbeat wrote:

I guess your father shouldn't have gone for the Korn tramp stamp?

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(127 replies, posted in General Discussion)

My father had a tattoo that he gave himself using a needle, thread, indigo ink, and a lot of patience.

Later he didn't want it anymore, so he took a hunting knife and cut it out of his skin.

Get whatever tattoos you want, and if you don't like them anymore get rid of them, NO EXCUSES.

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(189 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Richard D. James wrote:

Then there is the question of the physicallity of the instrument this affects the way a human will emotionally interact with it and therfore affect what they will actually do with it! often overlooked from the maths heads,this is probably the biggest factor I think.
for example the smell of analogue stuff as well as the look of it puts you in a certain mental state which is very different from looking at a computer screen.

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(17 replies, posted in Releases)

I have never witnessed a single instance of chip purism, ever. Maybe I'm out of the loop, but it seems to me like purists are the chupacabras of the chip scene... everyone that I've spoken to has encouraged innovation of any sort in chipmusic.

Sycamore Drive wrote:

Why are these so expensive if you pressed 500 of them?

Jesus dude, it's $7.

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(295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

David Wise
Tim Follin
Oven Rake
McFiredrill
Wet Mango
Ceephax Acid Crew
The Incredible Master E
Hooblah
Mazi
MoxoM
t0ny
an##g
Laromlab
phib3r optik
Fitts for Fighting
Timbaland

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(147 replies, posted in General Discussion)

So much Dreamworks Face up in this thread.

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(24 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Have fun. Don't get caught up in comparing yourself to other musicians.

Beyond the scope of chipmusic, you are one of my favorite muscians period. This is all really well put together and thought out.

This should have been a Constipation Man thing though!

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(147 replies, posted in General Discussion)

My name is Adam, and I will be staying in Long Island for who knows how long. My social security number is 666-69-1349.

THO ECKTHITED U GUITHE