CASIO-CORE / lo-fi / micromusic made in 07.2015: my first casio-core in 5 years! Ha! No sequencer used. Generally - no additional sound-effects used. I use raw original sound of toy-keyboards.

This song has been made with CASIO MA-150 toy-keyboard. It is a relatively new toy-keyboard but its sound is SOOOOO lo-fi that even I have problems withstanding it, haha. Unlike classic CASIOs from 80s, this one has no sound-effects at all (like, I don't know, shots, lasers, car horns - nothing), so for the sound FX I added some echoes and stuff. But only for those.

Well, after 5 years my hands (and brain) got rusty but I was torturing this song for two days, to make it better. :) 

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic - feel free to visit my site: http://pss270.republika.pl/ 

Andrea the Android (CASIO MA-150)

CASIO-CORE / lo-fi / micromusic made in 2010 year.

No sequencer used. Generally - no additional sound-effects used. Usually I use the raw original sound of toy-keyboards. 
This song has been made on one of them - the Casio CZ-230S. 

DOWNLOAD THE SONG: http://chipmusic.org/pss-270/music/ghost-inside-a-musical-box

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic - feel free to visit my site: 
http://pss270.republika.pl/

Ghost inside a musical box (CASIO CZ-230S)

CASIO-CORE / lo-fi / micromusic made in 08.2015. Two calculators in love are dancing tango. How romantic.
No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual. 
Generally - no additional sound-effects. Usually I use raw original sound of toy-keyboards. (You can spot something here but it's negligible minority, like some echoes on effects). 

This time I used my the newest toy - CASIO SA-47. It's surprisingly powerful, for a toy, and also - considering its very small size. I dare to say, it would be a good asset for all casio-core/toytronica musicians as well as for regular chiptune musicians (while concerts, for example). 
It has a good quality of sound; very clear samples and very low level of noise (actually - using the noise-gate almost isn't necessary here). The samples are very short however, not always well-looped, sometimes out of tune, true. 
But those are charms of micromusic, aren't they. ;)

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

Two Calculators tango (CASIO SA-47)

CASIO-CORE / lo-fi / micromusic made in 2006 with CASIO SA-5 toy-keyboard only. 

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual. 

Generally - no additional sound-effects. Usually I use raw original sound of toy-keyboards. 

CASIO SA-5 is extremely small and has only 2 generators of sound, so you can't play even a chord. :)

But it has good instruments with a nice quality and own reverbs. It also has many special sound-effects. 

A very interesting, and non-typical toy-keyboard. 

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

My jukebox went insane!! (CASIO SA-5)

CASIO-CORE / lo-fi / micromusic composed in 08.2015. Made entirely with CASIO SA-47 toy-keyboard. 
No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual. 
Generally - no additional sound-effects. Usually I use raw original sound of toy-keyboards (You can spot something here but it's negligible minority, like some echoes sometimes, or something). 

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

Time travel (CASIO SA-47)

CASIO-CORE / low-tek / electronica composed in 08.2015. Made entirely with YAMAHA PSS-51 toy-keyboard. 

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual.

Usually I use raw original sound of toy-keyboards but You can spot here some echoes or something. 

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

Little sad no-name file (YAMAHA PSS-51)

CASIO-CORE / micromusic / lo-fi composed back in 2005. Made entirely with YAMAHA PSS-270 toy-keyboard. 

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual.

No studio effects used - it is raw / original sound of the toy-keyboard.

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

Mommy, there is a cyborg under my bed! (YAMAHA PSS-270)

CASIO-CORE / micromusic / lo-fi composed in 2005. Made entirely with YAMAHA PSS-270 toy-keyboard. 

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live, as usual.

No studio effects used - it is raw / original sound of the toy-keyboard.

If you like casio-core micromusic, please visit my page: http://pss270.republika.pl/

Is That Your Arm, Miss? (YAMAHA PSS-270)

CASIO-CORE / micromusic / lo-fi composed in 08.2015 by PSS-270 and Pulselooper.

Only CASIO MA-150 & CASIO SK-1 toy-keyboards have been used, along with some delay FX.

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live.

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like micromusic / lo-fi - please visit our sites: 
http://pss270.republika.pl/
https://pulselooper.bandcamp.com/

PSS-270 & Pulselooper: "Voices in the sunken house" (CASIO MA-150 & CASIO SK-1)

CASIO-CORE / electronica composed in 09.2015 by PSS-270.

YAMAHA PSS-51 toy-keyboard has been used, along with some delay FX.

No sequencers used. All parts and fragments have been played live.

You can get entire "Andrea the Android" micromusic-album from here: 
https://chippanze.bandcamp.com/album/cp066-andrea-the-android

If you like micromusic / lo-fi - please visit my site: 
http://pss270.republika.pl/

Plastic humans (YAMAHA PSS-51)

CASIO-CORE / micromusic composed in 2005 by PSS-270.

Only YAMAHA PSS-270 toy-keyboard has been used.

No sequencers; all parts and fragments have been played live.

If you like micromusic / lo-fi - please visit my site: 
http://pss270.republika.pl/


Steam-Machines' Island (YAMAHA PSS-270)

The only toy used - CASIO CT-670 home-keyboard from 1992. 
But this time - also with a sequencer - ATARI 520ST with Cubase 2.1 (both from 80s).

I always wanted to have the CT-670 to see what it can do. Well, MANY interesting instruments + some synthesizer section: nice. 
Still, there's only 4 channels of MIDI and also usage of the MIDI itself it's highly unclear here (but possible to use nevertheless).

Mikromusikwerk 01 (CASIO CT-670)

Again - the only toy used - CASIO CT-670 home-keyboard from 1992.
Also with a sequencer - ATARI 520ST with Cubase 2.1 (both from 80s).

The CASIO has only only 4 channels and no volumes, so constructing those songs with MIDI is kinda tricky. 
Multitracking on PC is required. 
Still, I don't change the original Casio's sound. 

MUSIC NON STOP! TECHNO-POP!! :)

Mikromusikwerk 05 (CASIO CT-670)

PSS-270: Utsuro-bune (MS-003 toy-keyboard)

Composed in 2019.
I made this song using as the only instruments' source a very low-tek toy-keyboard: MS-003 (also called Music Fairy, hehehe). 
It's an extremely cheap and extremely plastic machine (also in its sound :-P ). 
It is actually sooo low-tek, that it has no headphones output! Hence I had to sample sounds via microphone - later I used  MilkyTracker as a sequencer. 
Cannot play by hand this time, as the keyboard's clicks would be audible. But MilkyTracker does do the job perfectly. 

I recorded all the instruments + some loops, noise-gated them, normalized - and so on. 
The toy-keyboard has no bass (at least not for the user to play with), so I had to sample the lowest possible note of the guitar and later I used it here as the bass :-) ). 

Also - actually I always wanted to try this method of using toy-keyboards - to sample those lo-fi instruments and put them into some normal, modern sequencer. 

Btw, the toy was a Christmas gift from my girlfriend, haha! ;-) Thanks!! :D

OK then, enjoy the casio-core Utsuro-bune adventure. :-)

https://youtu.be/IpQxRFpLQpU

Utsuro-bune (MS-003 toy-keyboard)

2019 - my Youtube profile has been hacked and I cannot access it any more but Google/Youtube doesn't give a sh*t about it and indeed the simply SUPPORT the hacker/thief. It's *disgusting*.

..micromusic.. ..lo-fi.. ..casio-core.. ..low-tek..
..chiptune..
The project has been established in 2005 to play lo-fi / casio-core / micromusic stuff. 

The music initially was supposed to be played only on YAMAHA PSS-270 keyboard - a small toy for children.


Finally I decided to use as many toy-keyboards as possible. For now I have toys such as:


YAMAHA PSS-270 (of course)

CASIO SK-5

YAMAHA PSS-680

CASIO SK-1

YAMAHA PSS-50

CASIO MA-120

CASIO SA-39

CASIO MT-205

CASIO SA-5

and one of only 2 toy-versions of Casio CZ series: Casio CZ-230S.


I don't use any sequencers. I play everything "from hand" and mix it on COOL EDIT Pro. I treasure the original totally plastic and synthetic sound of the toys, so I almost don't add any post-production effects; rarely I add some reverb/delay but you can state it's their original sound. But I permit, I will use some sound-modifications in future, when I get bored with still the same instruments. :)


My music is inspired by steam-punk, small old mechanical devices, horror-cabaret/horror-circus atmosphere, Doctor Who mood, and classic-electronica musicians, like Jean-Michel
Jarre, Marek Bilinski, Vangelis, Andrzej Szymalski, Kraftwerk, Roman Wiercinski (Cyborg)...

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