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Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape
As far as I know, this is the very first album release on Hacker News. :-)
- jeremymims 17y agoHi guys, I hope you enjoy these tracks. My brothers and I couldn't let them go to waste. PS: Some of these tracks are definitely NSFW. So be careful.
- aerique 17y agoI like it! While I've got a pretty broad taste in music, rap is generally not on my playlist but this is good stuff.
- jcsalterego 17y agoSorry, these tracks got nothin on "Weezer - The 8-bit Album." http://www.ptesquad.com/more/pte018.html http://www.ptesquad.com/more/pte018.html
- schwanksta 17y agoThis is amazing.
- jodrellblank 17y agoSee also the 8bit Peoples: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography
- clay 17y agoI was gonna recommend OCDJ
- qeorge 17y agoSignificantly better than similar concepts I've heard in the past. The rapping is actually very good, not just a gimmick. I especially like the Mega Man track. Well done, thanks for posting.
- jeremymims 17y agoYou're very welcome.
- wundie 17y agoIt's that 8-bit banger son!
- luckyland 17y agohttp://www.8bitpeoples.com/ http://www.8bitpeoples.com/
- tsuraan 17y agoThere's also slayradio.org, which is mostly C64 remixes. It's mostly pretty fun stuff to listen to, although some of the songs get way too much playtime.
- nihilocrat 17y agoDon't forget kohina and scenemusic.eu C64 chiptunes > NES chiptunes, and I didn't even own either, as I was a Sega kid.
- dzohrob 17y agodon't forget The Advantage, who do indie-rock versions of Nintendo tunes w/ live drums, bass, and dual guitars -- http://www.myspace.com/theadvantage1 http://www.myspace.com/theadvantage1
- omouse 17y agoSo what's the appeal of 8-bit music? I don't get it.
- Morieris 17y agoSharp, clean sounds with a bit of nostalgia. It appeals to a certain demographic; if it's not for you, then so it goes.
- omouse 17y agoI used to listen to it but then I realized, "holy fuck why am I living in the past?" Also, if you want sharp clean sounds you can listen to minimalist techno, some house music, etc. Most music is composed of sharp clean sounds because it's digitally recorded and fine-tuned by sold sound engineers.
- edb 17y agoLike with anything, creativity can spawn some really good 8-bit music that isn't only re-hashed zelda tunes. For a good starting point, have a look at that documentary I posted in the comments, I used to think it was just "living in the past" until I watched it and looked up some of the music. edit: I'll include the link again for the lazy: http://www.vimeo.com/3734864 http://www.vimeo.com/3734864
- blasdel 17y agoIt's often distributed as scores (source code) designed for a particular classic synth chip (an API), not rendered audio. It's very hacker-friendly.
- mattmaroon 17y agoAwful rapping + Nintendo songs. Proving once again that familiarity trumps quality.
- ivankirigin 17y agoYou hate hiphop generally, right? I think that's an important disclaimer: "this is shitty X, but I don't like anything X"
- mattmaroon 17y agoI like plenty of hiphop. I do think most of it sucks, but then I think most of everything sucks.
- ivankirigin 17y agoOhh, nevermind then, I thought I read something about hating the genre. Most of every genre sucks
- plucas 17y agoGive me these with no voice and they'll be great.
- mattmaroon 17y agoAnd a plumber hopping on mushrooms.
- Nosferax 17y agoMinibosses - my favorite video game music band so far. http://www.minibosses.com/ http://www.minibosses.com/ One full album available for free on their website, check it out!
- Novash 17y agoGonna check this at home. I was really willing to change the songs on my MP3 player anyway.
- Nosferax 17y agoThat is one fugly slow website.
- edb 17y agoY'all should watch this video : http://www.vimeo.com/3734864 http://www.vimeo.com/3734864 . It's an excellent documentary on the chiptune scene. Do a search on vimeo for part 2 and watch it before someone pulls it off.
- hy3lxs 17y agoJeremy, fyi the player you're using: http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf contains a flash stack overflow error in some effect event handling code that makes the page unviewable with the debug flash player installed.
- jeremymims 17y agoGood to know. I'll switch the player up this evening.
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoNo one mentions RAC? Jeez, peoples. For instance: http://remixartistcollective.com/?p=85 http://remixartistcollective.com/?p=85
- nihilocrat 17y agoToo many words! Not the greatest material to hack to, I find it difficult to program while listening to songs with (comprehensible) words.
- bigwill 17y agoDefinitely agree. Generally, I think good hacking music is unobtrusive (doesn't become a distraction), and somewhat repetitive (causes me to maintain focus). I hate a lot of electronic music because it's often too formulaic, but when it's right for hacking it's oh so right. Some of my hacking favorites: Aphex Twin--Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (the one essential for hacking IMO), Sigur Ros--Takk..., The Field--From Here We Go Sublime, Linstrom--Where You Go I Go Too
- rlm 17y agoCheck out Press Play On Tape as well. www.pressplayontape.com. It's a Commodore 64 revival band and way cool :D
- jvdh 17y agoRap and coding don't mix. Any kind of music with lyrics is to me very distracting while coding. Unfortunately the human brain can't really mix processing spoken language and written language. Try writing while listening to someone, unless you're writing down what they say, you'll surely mix up somewhere and write down what they say anyway.
- ivankirigin 17y agoMy new favorite hacking track: Fischerspooner "Emerge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3m9vSdFbM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3m9vSdFbM
- jownz 17y agoMaster Blaster ain't horrible. Ego boostin' - I could definitely solve that bug that's been lingering around like a bad fart listening to this.
- electronslave 17y agoTwo syllables thoroughly trounce this and all other comers: BitJam http://podcast.bitfellas.org http://podcast.bitfellas.org That is all. Go in peace. Edit: Less cryptically, this is all demoscene music -- the best minds of the last 25 years, remixed and mastered. Fresh every Monday, which gives me a reason to obsessively check my podcast list.
- vegai 17y agohttp://remix.kwed.org http://remix.kwed.org for us c64 grandpas