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Chip Bit Sid Takes on: Mega Ran & Guests “Live at the Castle Hotel”

Posted by RicH

Last month I was given exclusive tickets to go and see ‘Mega Ran live’ in Manchester at the ‘Castle Hotel’, courtesy of my chiptune buddy, ‘Auracle’. Auracle would also be opening for the Arizona-based rapper. I’d seen’ Mega Ran’ a few times already; twice at Superbyte and then again when he opened for ‘MC Lars’. However, I couldn’t pass this up as the ‘Castle Hotel’  is one of the smallest venues in town, which gives its concerts a real, personal vibe. Getting up close and personal with Ran and his impeccable openers was definitely a sell straight away for me.

For those who don’t know Mega Ran, he is one of the big rappers of Chiptune and Nerdcore, starting off by spewing videogame inspired lyrics over a wide range of retro VGM songs. The majority of his tracks were inspired by Capcom games like ‘Mega Man’ (shock) however ‘Final Fantasy’ is also heavily referenced too.

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Chip Bit Sid Takes on: L-Tron & Rockman – ‘Voyage’

Posted by RicH

Hey friends! Chip Bit Sid here back for another chiptune review. The last two articles I wrote were huge so today, I’m going back in time to review a small, yet potent EP that I’ve kept coming back to all this year. Get ready to enjoy L-tron’s ‘Voyage’, featuring the artist known as Rockman.

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Chip Bit Sid Takes on: Making a Chiptune Event – Part 2

Posted by RicH

In my previous article I gave you an overview of how, in my opinion, to do a chiptune event. I talked about where to begin, setting the grounds of the event, where should you look, who you should get and finally what not to do. Continuing from Part one, I’ll be talking about crowd funding, mastering marketing, and finally the event itself. Let’s go for round two!

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Chip Bit Sid Takes on: Making a Chiptune Event – Part 1

Posted by RicH

I decided to take a break from writing reviews and instead do a guide on how to do a chiptune event, based on my previous experiences. This is an opinionated piece and obviously everyone will have their own way of setting up their own events. If you have a different way of doing things please voice your opinion below, or on the twitters. Let’s discuss!

In light of this guide, I am also beginning yet another Chip Bit Day event! Details can be found at the bottom of this article.

So let’s begin!

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Chip Bit Sid Takes On: Pixeltune – ‘For A While’

Posted by RicH

For my first official review of the year I’m going back to an album from 2016 in Pixeltune’s latest album ‘For a While’! Pixeltune is an incredibly sophisticated chiptune artist who focuses in using extensive LSDJ layering & programming as well as including other elegant sounds through the use of digital effects and computer keys.

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Chip Bit Sid Takes on: 2016 – 3 songs that grew on me!

Posted by RicH

 

2016 has been an truly eventful year, with both positive & negative things happening all around us. Chiptune has been a huge part of this year, especially for me. I have reviewed so much music that I was practically reviewing a new album every other week, so it’s obvious that I would have come across some chiptune music that didn’t quite hit me, but when taking another listen later on down the line, a few gems have blown me away. To sum up, here are 3 songs that have grown on me over the year 2016.

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