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commissioned in 2019 and cover art by https://twitter.com/Priichu

Insert Coin for Beatdown (Yuuri's Theme) [2019]

Early 80’s inspired synth pop.
No software synth, just eurorack and analog synthesizers. Enjoy♪

1981

I have SoundCloud Pro now, I'm going to slowly upload my entire back catalogue, I'm in the process of building up my new portfolio too and it's going to be fer that too.

Anyway, fun music, was inspired by The Legendary Axe (on the PC-Engine) when writing the first half, and by Rise of the Triad (really any of Lee Jackson's music).

Downloads

Perilous Boscage (SC55)

The Attitash Multimedia Commission presents: 

"The Great State of Maine"

by tv room (EP out 11/05/2021)

☞ https://www.attitash.org

Lyrics:

Waiting for a cloud to pass
Before I jump in Attitash
I won’t forget this time I spent with you

Diving down to pull up grass
And touch the mud in Attitash
I won’t forget this time I spent with you

Climbing on the rocks nearby
I wonder how this looks at night
It's my first love and my first bass
I threw 'em back in Attitash
Goodbye

Dragging out the blow up raft
To take it out on Attitash
I won’t forget this time I spent with you

Cut my knee, I ran too fast
I washed it off in Attitash
I won’t forget this time I spent with you

Saw my lake as I drove by
I pulled over and I cried
It's my first love and my first bass
There's no place like my Attitash

~ short film ~

tv room - Lake Attitash

a rearrangement of Resonant Chamber from Animusic 2. listen to the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXNVbvFXyk

mastering by @glowcoil

RSNNT CHMBR

DESKPOP acts as a community facilitator often, connecting all types of fans and content creators. This time around we connected the game developer kleingeld with composer/producer Dorkus64. "home boy" is an AGameAWeek project kleingeld was working on. This is where game devs self impose a short time constraint to challenge themselves and hone their skills. When he reached out to DESKPOP looking for a title-screen song, it just so happened that Dorkus64 sent in some demos he made hot off the heels from his DESKPOP: Green Version appearance. "Chill Out" is a very Animal Crossing inspired track built for relaxation, and fits perfectly with the game "home boy" which is simply about doing some chores at home :~)

words from Dorkus64:
"I typically write more complicated music, so putting out minimalistic tracks like this is a little scary. However, I think this is just as compelling as anything else I’ve released, and it’s really cool to see my music in a game!"

You can play home boy (PC only currently) on itch.io: https://kleingeld.itch.io/homeboy

Assets from the game were provided to Shady Monk, who combined them and added his own flair to create the album artwork! Check out his Instagram to see more (recently he helped DESKPOP create CD layouts for our Pink & Green compilations)
insta ~ https://www.instagram.com/shadymonk_official/

~ stream/download ~

Dorkus64 - Chill Out

Splatoon 3 - Hero Mode Reveal Trailer Theme (Extended)

Again, not for anything in particular, just for fun.
Imagine if Act 1 was a chill, night-time trek through an enchanted forest, full of nightflies and fairies and other kinds of mythical creatures or whatever, and Act 2 was the zone lit on fire, smouldering particles rising to the stars, while you're trying to get through flames and robots.

Also a swan song for my Alesis S4. It will live on through my brand-new Alesis QSR (and whatever patches I sample from the thing before giving it to a dear friend).

Latest single ➤ https://ffm.to/1ayndpw
Website/Portfolio ➤ https://melonadem.com/
Ko-fi (support me) ➤ https://ko-fi.com/melonadem
Twitter (keep in touch) ➤ https://twitter.com/_melonadem

Twilight Thicket Zone, Act 2

Blue sand

e·go·tism - noun - the practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance.

Basically, this is Nayte the Hermit's (@naytethehermit) moment of self-awareness, and the eternal internal struggle of musicians, swinging between narcissism & self-loathing. Not to fuel this huge ego any more, but Nayte's songwriting and production reach a new peak in this EP on DESKPOP. You may have heard their feature on the compilation DESKPOP: Pink Version, in which Nayte contributes cute vocals to a track produced by Jellybear. Often it sounds like a self-duet when switching between well-crafted vocal filters, both hyping themself up and talking themself down. "EGOTISM I" is a fantastic debut EP and will be stuck in your head for ages.

stream/download ~ https://smarturl.it/NayteTheHermit-EGO1

check out their song on DESKPOP: Pink Version, track #6 ~ https://smarturl.it/DESKPOP-Pink

and check out their first mixtape released earlier this month ~ https://smarturl.it/ConvenienceStoreNTH

Jackapedia created this wonderful EP artwork!
Website/Portfolio ~ https://www.jackapedia.design
Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_

LYRICS:

Cartridges on the floor from times when we 
forgot the score and nights where we just 
couldn't eat more and waking up on mornings just past noon

Face it, you need money more and more and 
drowning sounds like such a chore  
you are feeling burnt out right down to your core 

Ever since that sight, 
I've been up and up all night 
and my mind keeps wandering where did it go down? 

Rabbits still can't find 
the rabbit hole I climbed down, down, down. 

(I'm a) terrified tarantula,
setting up a comfortable web 
(I'm a) invisible four tailed fox that's hiding
underground where no one hears my sounds
Under ground where no one is around

Data streaming to our visions
Unnecessary competitions
Full of tough decisions
There's more things than you can buy 

Face it you need time more and more
Saw you washed up by the shore 
Without movement you'll get frozen 
right down to your core 

But nevermind that talk 
As long as you breathe and walk
I will still love who you are not matter what
You just need to know
No matter how this goes 
I love you

(I'm a) terrified tarantula, 
setting up a comfortable web 
(I'm a) invisible four tailed fox that's hiding
underground where no one hears my sounds
(I'm a) curious carcinogen
Rotting out everything inside
(I'm a) petrified precursor to the final
Knowing that I cannot make amends 
Hesitant to make it to the end

Nayte The Hermit - iSpy

Zackery Wilson (@zackerywilson) is a composer, pianist, and video game music enthusiast currently living in Austin, TX. Like so many others of similar age, Zack grew up playing the video games of yesteryear and, subsequently, latched onto their infectious soundtracks, particularly the jazz-based harmonic language of early video game music. It wasn't until fairly recently, though, that Zack became directly involved with the VGM/chiptune community, first uploading chipmusic on the now-defunct 8bitcollective back in 2011. Since his formal debut on Ubiktune last year (2013), Zack has released music on various albums, soundtracks, and compilations, while concurrently working on his dissertation [in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) at the University of Texas at Austin].

Zackery Wilson’s SNESQUE is the marriage of Super Nintendo soundfonts (i.e. collections of samples from original Super Nintendo video games) and modern-day audio production (i.e. EQ, delay, reverb, filters, etc.). For each original track, Zack adhered strictly to self imposed limitations: Each was created using only one soundfont(exclusive to each respective game), again, only taking liberties with audio production and some creative sample manipulation (i.e. pitch-shifting, time-stretching, etc.); the structure of each track limited to roughly a minute’s worth of music, looping once (in the tradition of standard video game “level” music) before fading out.

From progressive rock to jazz fusion, samba to swing, SNESQUE is a hodgepodge of musical styles, connected by the nostalgic sound of Super Nintendo video games and the familiarity of present-day audio production techniques.

SNESQUE will be released this September. Stay tuned!

DOWNLOAD ALBUM

Zackery Wilson - RIGHT Off The Bat(tle) [Final Fantasy IV]

Zackery Wilson - Out Of LEFT Field [Final Fantasy VI]

Zackery Wilson - Suck 'R Punch [Kirby's Dream Land 3]

Zackery Wilson - SELECT Tech Samba [Chrono Trigger]

short, samba-style song with silly synth solos
　
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz17vBf8lvs

Coast 4

from this live stream moog jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwff3zrjfZg

Chromajam Take 2

Signal

!!!! A pretty grooving bop going so fast it might pop your tires!!! This is a single from Mariode's EP, "Apex," featuring TOFUKU's amazing vocal melodies & exhilarating lyrics ✿ Mariode has been making cute but cutting edge electronic jams consistently this year, and you should absolutely go listen to their other efforts after blasting this full EP in ur car ☆

Mariode on...
Soundcloud ~ https://soundcloud.com/mari0de
Spotify ~ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dsYzp2eHU8In7uazD306z?si=sQaRBf3qQM6XeHdBFuzVPw
Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/_mariode_

(artwork is also by Mariode!)

TOFUKU on...
Soundcloud ~ https://soundcloud.com/tofuku
Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/IAMTOFUKU
Spotify ~ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hg9J1p0uyzhuLwMic8pvW

LYRICS:

Suddenly I see so clearly 
The tempo that we beat inside is feeling so endearing 
I can hear the street lights singing 
Beckoning with the little purrs of electricity 
Look alive look alive, look alive, aye 
Pick a side, pick a side, do or die, aye 
Run it back, hit the street, we attack 
They'll never know what hit 'em, no more time to react, aye 
Pick it up, pick it up, raise the tempo 
Catch a win at the end, everybody go 
Wild up to the ceiling 
And we break it down 'til we crash in the evening 

We hurt 
Reverse 
Rehearse 
Head first 
Transfer 
In blurs 
All Things 
We were 

Everything I could ever ask for 
I get through the thrill 
Doesn't matter how 
'Cause I know the time is now 
Pushing the rainbows made of nothing 
'Til they fade away 
(fade away)

Apex

Mariode - 200 mph (feat. TOFUKU) 🏎

Entry for VGMusic's Sample Pack Contest IX (placed 11th out of 71 songs).
https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-ix

My first song after...a 6-7 year hiatus of barely making music (compared to previous years anyway). Regrettably the song is out of tune by almost half a semitone, and it was something I didn't pay attention to until others noticed it! Still, enjoy the detuned undead funkiness. :)

Love is Undead

https://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/album/chipset-complete

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