A tribute to my many trips to Japan, train jingle composers like Minoru Mukaiya, and 80s j-fusion bands like Casiopea (of which Mukaiya was a part!)

Part of the compilation "Train Radio" by Pterodactyl Squad featuring various reinterpretations of Japanese train departure melodies.

Check out the compilation here:
https://ptesquad.bandcamp.com/album/train-radio

Daytrip 2 Odaiba (Train Radio Compilation)

The KORG DS-10 just celebrated its 5th anniversary!  to commemorate this occasion, i thought would post up a previously unreleased DS-10 track.  i owe my musical productivity over these last few years to this amazing little program.

the ocean and the stars (KORG DS-10 5th Anniversary!)

this is off my newest game boy album "VARIOUS TOPICS", released on September the ninteenth via the venerable Ubiktune netlabel:
http://ubiktune.com/releases/ubi070-bryface-various-topics

I wrote the majority of this on a bus ride from Portland to Seattle last year, hence the title.

also check out the other track that i wrote previously on the bus heading the opposite direction:
http://bryface.bandcamp.com/track/seaport

PortSea

ok so this is the first tracker tune i've written in about 10 years.  i figured the best way to get back into tracking was to enter a compo.  turns out it's just like riding a bike, only the bike sucks and i suck, and the bike has a weird samplepack with hardly any percussion samples.

for round 1 of kfaraday's currently-in-progress S3XMODIT Mania! compo on Battle of the Bits:  http://battleofthebits.org/academy/GroupThread/7116/S3XMODIT+Mania%3A+ROUND+1+%28y%27all+are+gonna+love+this+pack%21%29/

7th place of about 30 entries!  24 people made it through this round.

22chn source .IT file here:  http://bryface.waveformtown.com/music/s3xmodit_mania/bryface_-_forest_of_doge_(S3XMODIT_mania_-_round_1).it

forest of doge (botb s3xmodit mania compo round 1)

7th place in round 3 of kfaraday's currently-in-progress S3XMODIT Mania! compo on Battle of the Bits: http://battleofthebits.org/academy/GroupThread/7157/S3XMODIT+Mania+ROUND+3%3A+The+s%2A%2A%2A+just+got+ree+%28-ull+%5B%3F%3F%5D%29/

24chn source .IT file here: http://bryface.waveformtown.com/music/s3xmodit_mania/bryface_-_come_to_space_florida_(S3XMODIT_mania_-_round_3).it

come to space florida (BotB s3xmodit mania compo round 3)

1st place in round 4 of kfaraday's currently-in-progress S3XMODIT Mania! compo on Battle of the Bits: http://battleofthebits.org/academy/GroupThread/7181/S3XMODIT+Mania+ROUND+4%3A+bahah+you+guys+want+more/

21chn source .IT file here: bryface.waveformtown.com/music/s3xmodit_mania/bryface_-_duck_cup_grand_prix_150cc_(S3XMODIT_mania_-_round_4).it

duck cup grand prix 150cc (BotB s3xmodit mania compo round 4 - 1st place!)

2nd place in round 5 of kfaraday's S3XMODIT Mania! compo on Battle of the Bits: http://battleofthebits.org/academy/GroupThread/7236/S3XMODIT+Mania+ROUND+5+%28Tin+Finalz%29%3A+try+hard+or+try+home/
29chn source .IT file here: http://bryface.waveformtown.com/music/s3xmodit_mania/bryface_-_evening_transmission_(S3XMODIT_mania_-_round_5).it

evening transmission.it (BotB s3xmodit mania compo round 5)

1st place in the final sixth round of kfaraday's S3XMODIT Mania! compo on Battle of the Bits: http://battleofthebits.org/academy/GroupThread/7291/S3XMODIT+Mania+FINALS%3A+the+quest+for+the+golden+tin/

this version has a couple notes here and there that were tweaked, they would have been obvious fixes but i had to submit something before the deadline =P

Major kudos to FearOfDark and goluigi for giving me a run for my money!  All of the 30+ entrants over the last six weeks are supremely talented and it could have been anyone's contest.

25chn source .IT file here: bryface.waveformtown.com/music/s3xmodit_mania/bryface_-_timespan_(S3XMODIT_mania_-_round_6).it

timespan.it (BotB s3xmodit mania compo FINAL ROUND - 1st place!!)

Where will YOU and your family be when the world runs out of its most precious natural resource?

http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/sriracha-shortage

20chn .IT made in a rush using the Kirby's Dream Land 3 SNES soundfont

SRIRACHA SHORTAGE (WeeklyBeats week #14)

http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/starpeople-korg-m01d

starpeople (KORG M01D)

inspired by and dedicated to japan's recent events.  stay strong, my japanese friends -- hope you are all well.

let us rebuild (DS-10)

Weeklybeats Week #21!  i started this industrial synthwave track fully expecting it to be total crap, but instead, it may very well turn out to be hailed by world leaders as the greatest creation ever known to man.

you can also find this track here:
http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/ethernet-vibes-korg-m01d

ethernet vibes (KORG M01D)

"it's very Mario like with the bleeps and blue blup" - @an0va's mom

threw this jam together for WeeklyBeats Week 22 entirely while on a bus heading back to Vancouver from Portland.  i only used the WAV channel because i figured i would save time and end up with a longer tune.  i didn't.

http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/transit

transit (LSDJ - WAV channel only)

a song that was i going to to play at the Blipfest Open Mic, but apparently you could only do one song in the set. whoops!  suggestions for titles are welcome =)

blipfest open mic - unused song (DS-10)

lol lel

http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/bipedal

bipedal (KORG M01D footwork test)

I wrote this piece while streaming myself on twitch.tv, while soliciting ideas and suggestions from viewers.  submitted for Weeklybeats week #31.

http://twitch.tv/bryfacetron

credit also goes to @stinkbug, @an0va, @ultrasyd and invisiblerobothands for providing live feedback and helping me out of creative impasses along the way.

crowdsourced (LSDJ - written while on twitch.tv)

another product of my attempts to stream myself creating a tune.  i think this one turned out pretty rad but it's also clear that it's pretty much only half a song in its current state - chalk that to WeeklyBeats time limits.  file this one under "finish for a future album".

http://weeklybeats.com/#/bryface/music/boulevard-lsdj

boulevard (LSDJ)

a quick test to see how convincing a guitar sound i could come up with.  sounds a little more dulcimer-y than i would have liked, but still better than i was originally expecting.

recorded straight from  my vanilla 3DS with no external effects.

luminous corridor (KORG DSN-12 acoustic guitar test)

yes i did a mario tune

1xlsdj, recorded from BGB
original: "Star Maze" by Kazumi Totaka
written for the Mario Sound Test compilation courtesy of @commandycan:
https://mariosoundtest.bandcamp.com

maze of stars (LSDJ)

but can you get OUT of claptown

just some mindless acid/psytrance/breaks without any regard for tonality whatsoever

welcome to claptown (KORG Gadget)

a bunch of my local vancouver electronic muso buddies decided to have an impromptu jam at a local park (with like 24 hours notice).  on a whim i decided to rush out a bunch of lsdj acid/rave patterns of varying quality literally in the 2-3 hours before meeting up with the crew lol!  

it's been a while since i've posted any LSDJ material (lots of new stuff on the way though!) but i figured i may as well just throw this momentary diversion up on soundcloud for you to enjoy in the meantime.

big ups to @lootcanal and @hitori-tori for wrangling the crew and gear together on such short notice =P

TROUT LAKE ASSAULT (LSDJ)

40 minutes to do a track for weeklybeats.  solution: pseudointellectual classical pulse solo -> slap some art gallery short film room reverb on it.  BOOM.  art

farthouse (0.25 x LSDJ)

i performed this song to kick off my live set at the 19th edition of Sequential Circus (a local concert series featuring Live PA electronic musicians).  i figured a lot of people there would likely have zero idea what chip music even _is_, so i specifically tried to write a jam that would concisely demonstrate the limited hardware that was at play, while leaving some openings for live manipulation.  

Thanks to the Sequential Circus crew for having me on the lineup - i had a blast!

WeeklyBeats 2016

101 (LSDJ) (Sequential Circus 19)

the final track in my WeeklyBeats 2016 challenge! missed a couple weeks here and there but i stuck through it for the most part, with 49 out of 52 weekly tracks total.

been playing a lot with KORG Gadget this past year and i've found it to be an amazingly flexible and productive piece of music software that's only gotten more powerful with each update. i've tried to put it through its paces with as many different styles as i could think of and the app acquitted itself far better than i expected. check out some of the other tracks over here btw: weeklybeats.com/#/bryface

reticle (KORG Gadget)

16chn .IT, ~55KB, 
submitted to the Tracked Compo category at Revision 2017 Demoparty.

Results here: http://www.pouet.net/party_results.php?which=1550&when=2017
Source .IT here: https://files.scene.org/view/parties/2017/revision17/tracked_music/overhead.zip

overhead.it (Revision 2017 - Tracked Music compo)

this past April i had the distinct honour and pleasure of performing at the esteemed HYPERWAVE chip show series in London - sharing the stage with such luminaries as cTrix, Sabrepulse, nanobii, RLSN (CYMBA / DOGM), and havocCc!  here i cheekily try out a bunch of stuff i've been working on in the past year.  i'll probably take this liveset back down shortly =P

mad hilarious intro by shirobon btw.  huge props to him for running and organizing Hyperwave, and for putting me on the lineup!

BRYFACE - LIVE AT HYPERWAVE 5 - LONDON, UK

WeeklyBeats is starting up again for 2018, so i thought i'd whip up a digest of cool moments from the previous edition of WeeklyBeats which i participated in back in 2016.   It's pretty daunting trying to come up with music every week of the year, and you're bound to wind up with a few stinkers, but on the other hand you might be surprised at the number of cool musical ideas that you otherwise might never have come up with!

http://weeklybeats.com

best of weeklybeats 2016

CAREFUL SHOUTING (LSDfreakingJ)

I was invited by http://www.nubuwo.com to do a rearrangement of some of ASAGEN's BGM music from Rokko Chan (an amazingly well-made Mega Man / Rockman clone in Flash).

Download the whole album at http://rokkochan.bandcamp.com
Play the game here: http://king-soukutu.com/flash/rokko.html

Original track by ASAGEN : http://rokkochan.bandcamp.com/track/stage-select

Rokko Chan Soundtracks (Arrange Album) - Stage Select (KORG M01)

ONE MAN.  TWO CHORDS.  BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!

part of the KORG M01 5thPad challenge started by mistyminds and others.  check out other tracks here: http://www.ds10forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1585

smooth universe (KORG M01 5thPad Challenge)

i'm not dead!  this was a quick jam I made in an hour and a half at Loop Sessions Vancouver, a monthly meetup where attendees sample 3 minutes' worth from a vinyl chosen by the show curators, and then go off and use those samples to create a track on their platform of choice, which they are then encouraged to share to the other attendees on the venue's sound system.

thanks to @r23x for inviting me to this!

Loop Sessions Vancouver

celestial maneuvers (LSDJ) (Loop Sessions Vancouver #9)

I was invited by http://www.nubuwo.com to do a rearrangement of some of ASAGEN's BGM music from Rokko Chan (an amazingly well-made Mega Man / Rockman clone in Flash).  

I chose to pay tribute to the music that accompanies the opening cinematics of the game.  Really happy with how this one turned out!  Recorded from one Game Boy Advance SP running a copy of LSDJ.

Mastered by Dj CUTMAN
Original tracks "opening" and "GO! GO! ROKKO CHAN" by ASAGEN

Download this track exclusively from GameChops' "Rokko Chan: Extended Play" EP:
http://music.gamechops.com/album/rokko-chan-extended-play

Play the "ROKKO CHAN" game here: http://king-soukutu.com/flash/rokko.html

opening + Go! Go! ROKKO CHAN (LSDJ full length version)

I released a new track through Weekly Treats!  They also interviewed me about my music, my influences, and some of the projects i'm currently working on.  

Download the full track: http://weeklytreats.bandcamp.com/track/disk-3-of-977
Interview: http://thewaveformgenerators.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/week-15-bryface-disk-3-of-977.html

Thanks to AndrewKilpatrick and the folks at The Waveform Generator / Pxl-Bot for making this happen.

Disk 3 of 977 (sample) (full song on WeeklyTreats)

original song by Purple Motion of Future Crew

second reality (future crew DS-10 remix)

a composer looking for meaning in limited hardware.

tools: game boy | various trackers | korg DS-10/M01D/DSN-12 | my face

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