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Good Pixel Makin' Music

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Topic: Good Pixel Makin' Music
Posted By: DragonDePlatino
Subject: Good Pixel Makin' Music
Date Posted: 29 July 2012 at 9:17pm
Want something great to listen to get your retro creative juices flowing? Look no further!

http://chiptune.rainwave.cc/ - Rainwave Chiptunes Radio

Just hover your mouse near the top and click your preferred player for a download. Preferably one would want to use winAMP, as the browser version sucks up more bandwidth, and the WMA version is terribly buggy.

I just love this radio station to death. It's entirely composed of chiptune music! Music from NES games to modern indie games can be heard cheerily playing away all day, with no commercials or DJ interruptions at all. Probably my favorite tracks they play are that of Megaman Battle Network, Cave Story and Monkey Island. They have a giant playlist, so one will rarely hear the same song being played multiple times in a day, unless it's in high demand. They also have a cooldown function on their voting playlists so that you won't be forced to listen to nothing but Mega Man 2 for eleventy-kabillion songs straight.

So what do you guys think? Is this a great radio or is there any other music you think would better suit a pixelling mood? What do you like to listen to while pixelling?


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Posted By: Nikonani
Date Posted: 30 July 2012 at 5:12pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYP1ymJHOIQ

Have 2 hours of 80's Italo Disco. I've been listening to this one along with others whilst drawing/pixeling the past few days.

Posted By: Yuran
Date Posted: 30 July 2012 at 6:01pm
Listen to my favorite :D
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x6spxnzqsyuwjp8/1.%20Kola%20Kid%20-%20stage%202.mp3 - Kola Kid - stage 2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gpb2x4cjy41ooi3/2.%20Steve%20-%20Kid%20Nostalgia.mp3 - Steve - Kid Nostalgia
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jan3h987yvweku6/3.%20Bounse%20Vs%20Koyunbaba%20-%2016%20Bit%20Monsters%20.mp3 - Bounse Vs Koyunbaba - 16 Bit Monsters

Posted By: stonesketch
Date Posted: 31 July 2012 at 11:55am

Lately some Starship Amazing ( http://starshipamazing.com - http://starshipamazing.com ) or heroic stuff by Two Steps From Hell ( http://www.twostepsfromhell.com - http://www.twostepsfromhell.com ) have been doing the trick for me!

Posted By: DragonDePlatino
Date Posted: 02 August 2012 at 8:28pm
Kola Kid reminds me of the work of Chiptune David...doesn't sound very similar, so maybe it's just the gameboy that reminds me. Also a bit short.

Steve - Kid Nostalgia. It's only got like 6 views on Youtube, but I'm surprised it has that few. Maybe it's just the thumbnail that's a turn-off for most. I thought it was quite good. Later I'll listen to more of this guy's stuff. Bookmark'd.

16-Bit Monsters...meh. I'm not a big fan of dubstep but at least the first bit was good. The song oddly reminds me of the soundtrack of Spiral Knights or the music of Tiny Castle(minus the dubstep). It has a good combination of normal instruments and dubstep.

Wow. I'm wondering how you found most of this stuff since it all has so little views. You remind me of an electronic-loving Canadian friend of mine who really knows how to find good underground music.

Posted By: DragonDePlatino
Date Posted: 02 August 2012 at 8:29pm
Sounds like a lot to occupy me. Waverain Chiptunes also gets a little boring after a few days of listening...I'm bookmarkin' this shizz yo.

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 03 August 2012 at 6:42am
What is a pixelling mood? I listen to the sort of music that I like, I don't have special playlists for my pixelart mood or my dish washing mood or my driving a car mood.

Also, it sunk off the first page, but we have a longstanding http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1533&PN=38 - What are you listening to? thread

Posted By: Pheno
Date Posted: 26 August 2012 at 5:47pm
Hello, I'm bumping, but...
I create 8-bit music. You can listen to my mediocre tracks http://www.youtube.com/user/ColorRobo?feature=mhee - here!

Posted By: Dajil
Date Posted: 28 October 2012 at 5:16am
Originally posted by cure

What is a pixelling mood? I listen to the sort of music that I like, I don't have special playlists for my pixelart mood or my dish washing mood or my driving a car mood.

Also, it sunk off the first page, but we have a longstanding http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1533&PN=38 - What are you listening to? thread


"What is a pixelling mood?" he says!!!??

I have found the perfect music for the pixelling mood. I almost go back to this every time I start moving those wonderfully frustrating colored squares:

http://soundcloud.com/bossfightswe - http://soundcloud.com/bossfightswe

It's a chiptune group from Sweden called BOSSFIGHT and they are AMAZING.

Edit: Specifically check out "Leaving Leafwood Forest" and "Pirate Manners" to get a good sample.

Posted By: Frost
Date Posted: 05 November 2012 at 3:34pm
One of my all time favorite compilations:  http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi019-various-artists-up - http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi019-various-artists-up


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