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bediddle stump thrusters by Baron Knoxburry

“Between Roiners” was made possibly by a short stack of circumstances.  The biggest being the recent notion : “b-knox must be prolific.”  If I want to be playing more gigs then I need more people to hear the music.  I’m a smart beard.  I can do this.  Pacing.  It will require pacing; bouncing away from web development more often.

I’d like to be a musical asset rather than another hungry mouth.

Mad props go out to Tony Gallo who runs betamod, writes teh random melancholy text for each release, and invited yours-truly to join his roster at the right time.  Check out his video, though I’m not sure that’s him, it is cute as shit! Now, if I could catchup and honor the four or so other netlabels that have asked over the last two years.  If anyone wants to float me some cash then check out my previous release – Nova Plain, Slopped, and Salted from 2009.  zOMG.  I have work to do!  ^___^;

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Every once and a while I search ‘knoxburry’ in soulseek to see how accessible I am in that network.  I was pleasantly surprised to see my track from this compilation show up!  It meant that it was finally released!!

The official release page is here.  But I found spam on forums first when googling for the damn thing.  We’ve got some reviews on WATMM and xltronic and overall they are positive.  I’ve known for a long time that IDM/breakcore enthusiasts often don’t enjoy chipmusic even though there are many artists who jump back and forth between these mediums.

My track is ‘alberto balsalm’ and I am not totally satisfied with my effort.  There is a section of the song I just could not get the chords right no matter what I tried.  But that’s ok, I suppose.  I did my best to catch the essence of the song and the rhythm is spot on.  I substituted the wooden chair squeak with the Legend of Zelda’s “the dungeon boss is in the next room” sound.

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Here are a couple things said at WATMM —

Yeah, somebody said they didn’t like the Alberto Basalm but that’s one of my favorites because it’s so fucked up and authentic. I hate how most 8-Bit is “simulated” and then what’s the point? You’re not fooling anyone because you’re doing things that exceed the capacities of a SID chip. You have to admit that the percussion breakdown is the tits because it’s so metapharstic. But that huge, blat of a minor chord does not belong at all lol–makes it sound like Castlevania

I disagree. Doesn’t matter if it exceeds the capacity of an SID chip. Its all about the sound that it produces. I have no interest in what hardware/software they’re using. Its all about that squarewave sound :spiteful:

And, so, you can see that these Aphex Twin fans don’t know the difference between the Commodore 64 SID chip and an NES with a VRC6 expansion (what I used). Of course you can’t expect people who are :spiteful: against simple square waves to know the difference. Comments on chiptune forums like chipmusic.org and 8bitcollective.com don’t even touch what systems or methods were used.  What I don’t get is why Aphex Twin lovers won’t allow themselves to enjoy such a tribute with his early history of frankenstein hardware.  How is programming antique hardware that different?

Much respect to Emar for organizing and hosting this compilation!

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Officially released in it’s physical form at Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig on December 16th 2009.  This album was a result of the 30 Songs in 30 Days challenge.  While some tracks feel like doodles, there are quite a few gems in here.  Check them out.  If you like them then support!

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