Super excited to finally release the definitive, full-band version of this song! Check out the video: 

http://youtu.be/1t6MIstn1Mg

And don't forget to pick up the full album, out Dec. 19 at chipocrite.bandcamp.com!

Little Computer People

Truce

Civic Duty

Henceforth

Beat Reporter

Isosceles

Precision-Built Death Trap

Chrononaut

Monkey Torture

Truce Reprise

Wordplay

Original composition by Chipocrite, a Philadelphia-based Chip musician who composes and performs using nothing more than an authentic Nintendo Game Boy as his synthesizer of choice.

I Quit

This is one of ~25 songs from a soundtrack I wrote/arranged a few years ago for a retro-style platformer game that, unfortunately, never saw the light of day. The level this song would’ve backed was described to me as “a bad action movie from the 90s,” so I went for the most action-packed sound I could think of — Turtles, Contra, etc. The entire soundtrack was written on/for one original Game Boy running LSDJ, but for this one, I tried to emulate the NES sound palette as closely as possible. Even though the Game Boy’s sound chip is roughly the same, the wav channel here is basically doing the work of both the NES triangle AND sample channels, which I think pushes the Game Boy’s processor a little too far at some points and kinda makes the tempo a little choppy in a few places. That, to me, is hilarious and kinda just lent itself perfectly to the goofy nature of the game that never was, so I kept it in.

In true old-school form, it’s a pretty short level theme, so it basically just loops twice here (the loop point is about 45 seconds in). Enjoy! Maybe I’ll post more if people are into it?

Devil Turkey

It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got equipped with that swing)!

Another "lost" track... A few years ago, some awesome local filmmakers asked me to create a silly song for a comedy video they were producing. Without getting too specific about the scene itself, I decided a ridiculously goofy jazz version of the iconic, almost-overcovered "Dr. Wily" level theme from Mega Man 2 fit the mood they were going for perfectly. Sadly, the video never came out, but I've always thought the song, joke as it may be, was pretty decent. 1x LSDJ trying to sound as much like an NES as I could. Also, stick around for the sad parody boss defeat ending.

Dr. Jazzy

This is a special compilation of Game Boy arrangements I did for the band moe., a group I've been a fan of for 20+ years, to play at their "arcade-themed" 2018 Halloween concert in Philadelphia. I based these four covers primarily on the studio versions that appear on several of moe.'s fantastic albums from the late 90s/early 2000s. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist of those original recordings for all you curious listeners:

https://open.spotify.com/user/chipocrite/playlist/09qYlhh4fi9Mly9gks2OIc?si=rwaYWFMXSWe3zfFkZjIYqg

For the non-Spotifyers, here's the studio version of this track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT1cGgY1FeM

It was a real treat to arrange these songs — the complicated composed middle section of "Buster" is something I'm especially proud of — and an honor to be recognized by a band I've listened to and admired for so many years. Only a few short snippets of "Spine of a Dog" and "Big World" were played at the Halloween concert itself, so here, for the first time publicly, are the full versions of all four songs I covered. Enjoy!!

Art by the lovely and talented Katie Dempsey.

Buster

This is a special compilation of Game Boy arrangements I did for the band moe., a group I've been a fan of for 20+ years, to play at their "arcade-themed" 2018 Halloween concert in Philadelphia. I based these four covers primarily on the studio versions that appear on several of moe.'s fantastic albums from the late 90s/early 2000s. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist of those original recordings for all you curious listeners:

https://open.spotify.com/user/chipocrite/playlist/09qYlhh4fi9Mly9gks2OIc?si=rwaYWFMXSWe3zfFkZjIYqg

For you non-Spotifyers, here's a link to the studio version of this track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpQGGdstHA&t

It was a real treat to arrange these songs — the complicated composed middle section of "Buster" is something I'm especially proud of — and an honor to be recognized by a band I've listened to and admired for so many years. Only a few short snippets of "Spine of a Dog" and "Big World" were played at the Halloween concert itself, so here, for the first time publicly, are the full versions of all four songs I covered. Enjoy!!

Art by the lovely and talented Katie Dempsey.

Big World

This is a special compilation of Game Boy arrangements I did for the band moe., a group I've been a fan of for 20+ years, to play at their "arcade-themed" 2018 Halloween concert in Philadelphia. I based these four covers primarily on the studio versions that appear on several of moe.'s fantastic albums from the late 90s/early 2000s. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist of those original recordings for all you curious listeners:

https://open.spotify.com/user/chipocrite/playlist/09qYlhh4fi9Mly9gks2OIc?si=rwaYWFMXSWe3zfFkZjIYqg

For you non-Spotifyers, here's the studio version of this track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9rnbo9IaiI

It was a real treat to arrange these songs — the complicated composed middle section of "Buster" is something I'm especially proud of — and an honor to be recognized by a band I've listened to and admired for so many years. Only a few short snippets of "Spine of a Dog" and "Big World" were played at the Halloween concert itself, so here, for the first time publicly, are the full versions of all four songs I covered. Enjoy!!

Art by the lovely and talented Katie Dempsey.

The Ghost of Ralph's Mom

This is a special compilation of Game Boy arrangements I did for the band moe., a group I've been a fan of for 20+ years, to play at their "arcade-themed" 2018 Halloween concert in Philadelphia. I based these four covers primarily on the studio versions that appear on several of moe.'s fantastic albums from the late 90s/early 2000s. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist of those original recordings for all you curious listeners:

https://open.spotify.com/user/chipocrite/playlist/09qYlhh4fi9Mly9gks2OIc?si=rwaYWFMXSWe3zfFkZjIYqg

For the non-Spotifyers, here's the studio version of this track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJRlPW7u2lA

It was a real treat to arrange these songs — the complicated composed middle section of "Buster" is something I'm especially proud of — and an honor to be recognized by a band I've listened to and admired for so many years. Only a few short snippets of "Spine of a Dog" and "Big World" were played at the Halloween concert itself, so here, for the first time publicly, are the full versions of all four songs I covered. Enjoy!!

Art by the lovely and talented Katie Dempsey.

Spine of a Dog

Here's a little sneak preview of what I've been working on for the "EarthNight" soundtrack! It's the background song for the World 2 dragons, a.k.a. "The Mesosphere." If it sounds familiar, that's because I released a slightly different, Game Boy-only arrangement several years ago. But here's the rockin' full-band experience, with drums from Josh Steingard and guitar from me! More details, including release dates, coming SOON!!! For now, enjoy this lil taste. Thanks!

(BTW, if you don't know, "EarthNight" is a rogue-like runner/platformer game about the dragon apocalypse, coming soon to PS4, Steam, Switch and more. Visit www.cleaversoft.com for more info!)

Astronaut High School (Full Band Version)

My Game Boy arrangement of Deodato/Phish's arrangement of Richard Strauss's classic tone poem "Also sprach Zarathustra." EPIC! If you can't download here, visit http://www.chipocrite.com/media#songs :D

Also sprach Zarathustra

My "Big Lebowski" tribute EP is out NOW!! Visit http://chipocrite.bandcamp.com to hear and purchase the whole thing! 

"8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic” is a tribute to several seemingly unrelated entities that are, individually, quite important to me: chip music, one of the greatest films of all time, White Russians, flamenco re-arrangements of classic rock tunes, fake pornos, Kenny Rogers, and so much more. Although I originally performed these songs as a one-off live set at Lebowski Fest Philadelphia 2011, I quickly realized that taken as a whole, they actually make up quite a comprehensive little release. I feel like it really ties my discography together. 

So, in honor of the movie's 15th anniversary (the very date of this EP's release!), here you have it, to listen at your own leisure, whether through your car’s tape deck (provided it’s not stolen), with your significant other (provided she’s not kidnapped) or during a chilled-out rug meditation session (provided the rug, also, is not stolen). Best of all, it’s not, ugh, techno-pop. 

"8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic" Preview

Chipocrite, a.k.a. Paul Weinstein, uses original Nintendo Game Boys, often accompanied by bass, guitar and/or other lo-fi sequencers, to create complex audio masterpieces. His multifaceted but catchy compositions combine the nostalgic game sounds of his childhood with modern music influences.

Since emerging from the Philadelphia chip scene just a few years ago, Chipocrite has taken the stage at numerous performance spaces, events and conventions, including the Vans Warped Tour, Blip Festival, MAGFest and AnimeNEXT; provided soundtracks for commercials — including a nationally televised GameStop ad — as well as video games and online videos; released "Hit and Run", which was named “Best Album – Chiptune” in Square Enix Music Online's Annual Game Music Awards for 2011; appeared as the musical guest on popular tech-centric Web talk-show series “On The Verge” — and much more.

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