Tracker DNA

Follow me on Bandcamp - none of this silly pay money to follow shit... 

A 28 year veteran of the video game industry, TDK takes you right back to his 90's demoscene roots with this catchy little ditty.

Follow me on Spotify :- https://open.spotify.com/artist/5lVdbXoqg0FW2OBntrWPEW

Watch out for live chiptune TDK performances on the violin.r :)

From my soon to be released 2020 chiptune album, Retrospect.

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Find out more about TDK here:-

www.flitkillsmoths.co.uk
www.facebook.com/marktdkknight
www.twitter.com/TDK_CHIPTUNE
@marktdkknight

and you can purchase some half decent music for about the price of a cup of coffee from :-

http://marktdkknight.bandcamp.com

Remember - FLIT KILLS MOTHS!

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Retrospect

Journey

Junkie 2149 (Atari ST)

Here's Space Force EP, my first release on Cheapbeats!

Available as both CD and digital download @ https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/space-force (support your local bitpopper!)

Artwork: Daniel Björk ( http://monsterscollide.com/ )
Mastering: Erik Sjöstrand (Dunderpatrullen/Bossfight)

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http://twitter.com/rymdkraft

A Mole Odyssey Theme

My contribution to the Chiptunes=WIN #4 compilation.

https://chiptuneswin.bandcamp.com/album/chiptunes-win-volume-4

Beast Engine (Chiptunes=WIN #4)

mal4m - Don't Wait

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0irsuZev-Q
Full song with samples, stem mixes and MIDI data download here: https://tinyurl.com/y8v2l4sp

Since The 8-Bit Guy sort of challenged me to come up with something on the B. Meowsic keyboard he reviewed here (https://tinyurl.com/y94cuwks), I had to respond (as I don't know when I'll be able to make another visit to the US this year). So here it is, The B. Meowsic Keyboard Song.

The keyboard itself is practically impossible to play on (without spending ages on getting every take right) so I took the liberty to sample the sounds from the keyboard and allow some light processing (layering sounds, lowpass filter to create some  bass sounds, compression and effects (delay, chorus and reverb)). The drum loops were slowed down as much as possible, then I sampled what I could of the separate drums being played. Unfortunately there were no separate crash cymbals, and the entire keyboard operates close to 22.05 KHz so the entire sound palette is a little muffled, but hopefully it sounds nice nonetheless. :)

You can download these samples here and play with them yourself: https://tinyurl.com/ycq6eqmd
(some slight adjustments of the sample start points may be needed to get the attacks right)

Kittens Away (The B. Meowsic Keyboard Song)

Occasionally, I'll think of an old track from my scene days that had a good idea, but the execution was just too sloppy for the song to work. This song is the most glaring example; the drums were stuttery and un-groovy, the "zomg jazzy" chords just didn't work, and the song was WAY too repetitive.

As usual, the mindset for me is "if I made this song today, how would I do it?" Well, nailing the groove was top priority, so I cleaned up the kick rhythm to the point where the bass could carry the heavy load. I briefly considered re-doing the brass with proper samples, but that is A) time-consuming and B) kinda ignores the tracker roots of the song. So I whipped up a "brass-like" patch in Harmor that worked quite well. Gotta love them swells =)

Finally, it was just a case of listening to the song over and over until one part stuck out to me as annoying, and trying to read that "allergic reaction" and make something that fit. So the post-solo jam part was born, and I think it adds the perfect apogee moment that justifies a six-minute track.

One note on the jazzy chord progressions: I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what I'm doing. In fact, I don't even know what chords they are, I just stack shit up until it sounds like jazz. This, I feel, is at the core of how this song was written back in 1995.

Original XM: https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/song/7000/

Downtown Cab

Here's GG! (A Winner Is You) from the Bloop Troopers EP, released on Cheapbeats April 28th 2018.

Buy/download: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/bloop-troopers-ep

Illustrations by Soyatu ( https://twitter.com/soyacomu )

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2PA8UtTP897oYGZhUEyGpg

Come say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/rymdkraft
Facebook: facebook.com/rymdkraft

More Cheapbeats music: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Bloop Troopers EP

GG! (A Winner Is You)

Here's Little Ghost from the Bloop Troopers EP, released on Cheapbeats April 28th 2018.

Buy/download: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/bloop-troopers-ep

Illustrations by Soyatu ( https://twitter.com/soyacomu )

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2PA8UtTP897oYGZhUEyGpg

Come say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/rymdkraft
Facebook: facebook.com/rymdkraft

More Cheapbeats music: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Little Ghost

Here's Bloop Troopers, the opening track from the Bloop Troopers EP, released on Cheapbeats April 28th 2018.

Buy/download: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/bloop-troopers-ep

Illustrations by Soyatu ( https://twitter.com/soyacomu )

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2PA8UtTP897oYGZhUEyGpg

Come say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/rymdkraft
Facebook: facebook.com/rymdkraft

More Cheapbeats music: https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Bloop Troopers

One of those Swedish blipblop/bitpop/chiptune musicians. Maker of happy bleeps and bloops since way back.

For gigs or other questions, contact tobbe [at] rymdkraft dot com


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