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(98 replies, posted in General Discussion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JID28f5o … ture=feedu

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(98 replies, posted in General Discussion)

and you still have to fuckin' log in to it
you made the same site as this one

195

(6 replies, posted in Releases)

sorry, i'd click but i think the name of your label is a little too threatening...

it's the same when people advertising gigs say things like "this beat will make your heart explode"... i get worried.

it all feels a little seedy

196

(41 replies, posted in Releases)

i came back from internet hell to say that j.arthur keenes is good

197

(5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

i don't play live, don't make gadgets and don't get any of ze in-jokes, so i don't really fit in around here. i'm gonna stop checking the forums. you can email me at [email protected] for whatever reason. i'm not checking 8bc anymore either because that place just pisses me off.

i'm not giving up music, just giving up sharing it with zis crowd. see you later

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(5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

the entry window for Winter Chip has almost closed! Over a hundred and fifty entries so far, comprising serious attempts to win, serious attempts to amuse, works of art and works of madness, and it's about time to start voting on them! your favourite format is probably represented - click here for a full list.

many of the entrants neither release traditional albums or play live, making this a good opportunity to familiarise yourself with more chip musicians. plus, some of the tunes are really good! go listen!

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(81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

are you saying that good chip music tries to sound like it didn't come out of a sound chip

200

(81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

corny sounds used in chip music? holy crap

201

(81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

dislike: sound of slick professional music

like: sound of crumby amateur music

202

(52 replies, posted in General Discussion)

my twitter's 1000milesusan

i dunno zo. i hope i'm not a musician writing for other musicians because very few of you people give a fuck

203

(57 replies, posted in General Discussion)

from King Crimson i get ze message zat good musicians don't need to play zeir whole hand at once and don't need to dumb down for ze audience, zat chords and rhythm can be beautiful without ze need for melody, provided zey're interesting, and zat songs you can listen to more zan once are more valuable zan songs zat shock & awe ze first time and are never played again. Magma reinforce every one of zese points!

listening to grind and noise i realise beauty isn't ze only goal of a song zat doesn't try to take over ze body. listening to Edith Piaf and 50s film scores i am reminded zat even accompaniment can be very avant-garde and risky until it is accepted as being traditional, zat zere are old musical tropes which are now memes which could once have been considered unlistenable and unthinkable elements.

listening to industrial i notice zat i value ze anger of the song more highly zan anything it attempts to celebrate. listening to ze Melvins makes me wonder why music shouldn't be exhausting to ze listener.

listening to 4-to-the-floor dance music makes me dread music which attempts to hook you by taking control of your body, especially since when it fails zere is nothing left in ze song of any interest. :F

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(10 replies, posted in Releases)

hiya

i like your music and i was hoping you might enter the winterchip competition on battleofthebits.org... i think you'd suit it. meanwhile, downloading zis!!

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(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

there was some guy on 8bc called spacemoron or asstrek or startropics or something and he said he hoped i'd get raped to death

him

206

(54 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ananannnanan - relaxed, fun music that won't change your life

207

(295 replies, posted in General Discussion)

no-one

everyone in my blip fest stops wasting time and gets to work building space shuttles

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(31 replies, posted in General Discussion)

argh fucking dammit