4mat - Modern Closure

4mat makes chiptune music in a way that is so unique that it doesn't even strike one as chiptune at first hearing. It's filled with otherworldly atmospheres, half-whispered references to other time-and-space-continuums.

All in all this music is unlike any other.

Offbrand - Comeback

Another beautiful gem found amongst Cheapbeats' catalog.

Comeback places us at both ends of the speakers. It feels like listening to an album that is sometimes calm, soothing and dreamy, some other times energetic and quick-paced, but at the same time, it feels like sitting next to the producers. You can hear them speak, make comments, try things, make mistakes, experiment... and all of this is so magistrally blended that you just get lost in it.

An album of a rare depth, especially in the Chiptune world.

Watch out, tears may occur.

Various Artists - Equilibrium

In the Chiptune world, everything is not always frenzy, deathrays and millimetered jumps. No, there is also quite a bit of poetry, a hidden softness that we could, if we would, call "chillbit", because it has bits inside, and it's chill as hell (hell can be chill, mind you).

Ok, not always, not entirely and not absolutely, but on the whole that description stands pretty well.

See you again, and don't forget to take a look at  Ubiktune's catalog.

Red&Green - Originals 2015

Now that guy is more into 16-bit sounds, tapping into the waves of various systems such as Super Nes, Genesis or N64, blending them as he goes, the result being a collection of tracks that could very well become the OST for the next Mario game.

Remains to be seen.

In the meantime, the music is really soothing (for the most part), which contrasts heavily with the usual chiptune laser destroyer (which we also love so much of course).

See you again soon for more music.

Batou - Adventures in Bitscape

It was a long time since I've been music-struck this way.

Again, an album found by sheer luck, thanks to the new "You might also like" feature on Bandcamp.

In this first EP released in march, Batou takes out his cloud-stringed laser harp and decorates the night sky with thin layers of nostalgic dreams.

Listen, share, and buy if you can. When you have the chance to witness the apparition of a young talentend artist on the music scene, try supporting him/her as much as you can.

See you around very soon for more music.

Lexi & the Cheap Disaster - Ram Son

I don't even know where this music comes from, but I was enthralled from the beginning by the cover and its very videogamey feeling. It feels like following the epic adventures of a young hero, orphaned as a kid and raised by rams in mysterious moutain.

The talent of Alex Mauer, Cheap Dinosaurs and Disasterpeace fuse into one collection of very short tracks following each other like small electronic gnomes heading for the memory mine to dig up some diamonds.

If this comes from a video game at all, I must get it as soon as possible.

4mat - Prompt (OST)

4mat is definitely an artist you should know more about.

While I'm not an inconditional fan of everything he produces, I recognize in his music a sense of the 'onirique' category that had been if not forgotten, at least put aside for a while, and that is dreamy music made with chiptunes.

Prompt is a platform game available on Steam that is famous for being really, I mean really difficult. The contrast of this description with 4mat's music is evident when you listen to this small album.

The tracks are all peaceful beings made of bits and pieces of sounds and rhythms. It will engulf you in a sea of bliss and nostalgy.

Well, what's left to do but listen ?

I don't know.

Pixeltune - For a While

I am in a chiptune mood these times around, I don't really know why. Maybe a sense of nostalgy for a time apparently gone for good.

Maybe.

I discovered Pixeltune and his music by looking for new things on the Chiptune = WIN Facebook group, a very good place to look if you ask me. And Chipwin, definitely on the top 2 labels for 8-bit music I'm telling you, or even a top 1 if there is such a thing.

This music is a tasty blend of powerful and energetic chiptune music and soothing chillbit sounds, sometimes embroidered with instrumentals and final boss theme songs.

And this guys says "I'm 18 and I play music with a gameboy".

Jeez... Had I known !

Good listening to you.

Orloc - YOAKE

Do you know what chillbit is ? Yes you remember, remember ? It's a bit of chill, a bit of 8-bit, blended together like a smooth paste of square roots, atoms and pieces of crystal, hold together by the magical force of atomic gravitation into space.

8bitpeoples is a great place to find new music. While Chiptunes = WIN focuses of the jumpy dancy part of chiptunes (and we do like it, a lot), you find a great diversity of styles and subgenres at 8bitpeoples, as you will hear when listening to this release by Orloc.

She really brings 8-bit into and from the dream world.

Get it by following this link.

Listen :

SMILETRON - MESSAGES

Well now, I know I said there would be more non-electronic music on the blog from now on, but I don't want it to be one way or another. There will be more, and less, and more and more, but for this one, less, I you see where I want to get around at.

I discovered this album yesterday. At first I thought it sounded like psybient, but then I realised it was blended with pretty groovy bouncy 8-bit sounds. So there was no other word for it than psybit.

Try it, lord it, share it.

Edit : In fact, after a few more listenings, this is more like chillbit. Enjoy anyway.

Re-Edit : Some of you may have noticed that this release is not free anymore on Bandcamp but is worth 7$. I contacted SMILETRON and he said this is due to bandcamp periodically running out of free downloads. He gave me the Soundcloud link to get the songs one by one, and also said that the download on Bandcamp will be free again soon. Here's the link.