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Great memories. "Keygen music" feels like a genre of electronic music... Are there people making electronic music that sounds like Keygen music but with modern

Great memories. "Keygen music" feels like a genre of electronic music... Are there people making electronic music that sounds like Keygen music but with modern instruments?

nvllsvm 1y ago
mind.in.a.box's album "R.E.T.R.O." (2010) has a few songs that sound keygen-esque (aka chiptune). Not all their stuff sounds like that, but I've been a big fan since first discovering them via a sample included in the XMMS2 media player way back in the early 2000's.
lock1 1y ago
Tracker music? Pretty sure communities that develop those tools and use them to create music still exist. Relevant link: Ahoy - Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw
webstrand 1y ago
Well, there's still people making still making chiptunes, and there's still interest in developing tracker technology both for chiptunes (i.e. OpenMPT) and for music composition in general (Renoise DAW). <https://4mat.bandcamp.com/album/modern-closure https://4mat.bandcamp.com/album/modern-closure> came out in 2019 and is one of my favorite albums of all time, but I'm not sure that it fits all of the elements of "keygen music" which are hard to pin down.
JdeBP 1y ago
It's a whole YouTube genre. Witness this chiptune version of Howard Carter's Stand-up Maths Theme: * https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHiJpwrLCUA https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHiJpwrLCUA
- iamtedd 1y ago
  While not strictly on-topic, this is another great re-arrangement of the Stand-up Maths Theme. https://youtu.be/PtKhbbcc1Rc?t=50 https://youtu.be/PtKhbbcc1Rc?t=50
jaharios 1y ago
The Glitch Mob?
pfcd 1y ago
Check out [MASTER BOOT RECORD](https://www.youtube.com/@MasterBootRecord https://www.youtube.com/@MasterBootRecord) and [KEYGEN CHURCH](https://www.youtube.com/@KEYGEN_CHURCH https://www.youtube.com/@KEYGEN_CHURCH). Same guy is behind these both.
- pixelpoet 1y ago
  They performed live at Revision demoparty this year! Here's my recording of the ending to their incredible set: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_60udyrK-I https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_60udyrK-I
- ninjin 1y ago
  Official website with links to Bandcamp, live streams, IRC, tour schedule, etc. https://mbrserver.com https://mbrserver.com Also, DRM-free music and streaming for KEYGEN CHURCH on Bandcamp: https://keygenchurch.bandcamp.com https://keygenchurch.bandcamp.com
- doublerabbit 1y ago
  Saw them live. Fantastic gig
burnt-resistor 1y ago
Extension of the modtracker demoscene. I remember one of my friends from high school later won an international music contest and was included in some ftp mod collection. PS: Not to be confused with British mods. ;)
ethan_smith 1y ago
Check out artists like Fearofdark, Zabutom, and labels like Bandcamp's "Future Funk" scene or Data Airlines for modern takes on the keygen/chiptune aesthetic.

Great memories. "Keygen music" feels like a genre of electronic music... Are there people making electronic music that sounds like Keygen music but with modern instruments?

nvllsvm 1y ago

mind.in.a.box's album "R.E.T.R.O." (2010) has a few songs that sound keygen-esque (aka chiptune). Not all their stuff sounds like that, but I've been a big fan since first discovering them via a sample included in the XMMS2 media player way back in the early 2000's.

lock1 1y ago

Tracker music? Pretty sure communities that develop those tools and use them to create music still exist. Relevant link: Ahoy - Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw

webstrand 1y ago

Well, there's still people making still making chiptunes, and there's still interest in developing tracker technology both for chiptunes (i.e. OpenMPT) and for music composition in general (Renoise DAW). <https://4mat.bandcamp.com/album/modern-closure https://4mat.bandcamp.com/album/modern-closure> came out in 2019 and is one of my favorite albums of all time, but I'm not sure that it fits all of the elements of "keygen music" which are hard to pin down.

JdeBP 1y ago

It's a whole YouTube genre. Witness this chiptune version of Howard Carter's Stand-up Maths Theme: * https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHiJpwrLCUA https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHiJpwrLCUA

iamtedd 1y ago
While not strictly on-topic, this is another great re-arrangement of the Stand-up Maths Theme. https://youtu.be/PtKhbbcc1Rc?t=50 https://youtu.be/PtKhbbcc1Rc?t=50

jaharios 1y ago

The Glitch Mob?

pfcd 1y ago

Check out [MASTER BOOT RECORD](https://www.youtube.com/@MasterBootRecord https://www.youtube.com/@MasterBootRecord) and [KEYGEN CHURCH](https://www.youtube.com/@KEYGEN_CHURCH https://www.youtube.com/@KEYGEN_CHURCH). Same guy is behind these both.

pixelpoet 1y ago
They performed live at Revision demoparty this year! Here's my recording of the ending to their incredible set: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_60udyrK-I https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_60udyrK-I
ninjin 1y ago
Official website with links to Bandcamp, live streams, IRC, tour schedule, etc. https://mbrserver.com https://mbrserver.com Also, DRM-free music and streaming for KEYGEN CHURCH on Bandcamp: https://keygenchurch.bandcamp.com https://keygenchurch.bandcamp.com
doublerabbit 1y ago
Saw them live. Fantastic gig

burnt-resistor 1y ago

Extension of the modtracker demoscene. I remember one of my friends from high school later won an international music contest and was included in some ftp mod collection. PS: Not to be confused with British mods. ;)

ethan_smith 1y ago

Check out artists like Fearofdark, Zabutom, and labels like Bandcamp's "Future Funk" scene or Data Airlines for modern takes on the keygen/chiptune aesthetic.