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It’s all about nostalgia and limitation as Mike chips away (ahhh?!?!?) at the world of chiptunes music. If you played video games years and years ago, you’ll hear a set of sounds that will be completely familiar, even when used in unfamiliar compositional genres. Mike explores the anatomy of chiptunes sounds and composition, and looks into chiptunes’ relationship to hacking and the counterculture.

PLUS: lots of clips of music from the video games of bygone times. And Mike pronouncing more European names. And the line “making bonk-bonk noises.”


-- SOURCES --

Endless Loop: A Brief History of Chiptunes by Kevin Driscoll and Joshua Diaz
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/96/94

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video

Game Music and Sound Design by Karen Collins

Playing with Sound by Karen Collins

Music in Video Games, ed. Donnelly, et al

The Sound of Playing: A Study into the Music and Culture of Chiptunes by A. Yabsley

Gameboy sound hardware
http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Gameboy_sound_hardware

8-bit Punk by Malcolm McClaren
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/mclaren.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=

MOS Tech SID on wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_SID

SID on the C64 wiki
https://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/SID

-- THANKS --

And a special thanks to these Reasonably Sound Patrons: Brandon Bennes, Hans Buetow, Xander C, Talia F E, Camilla Greer, Parker Higgins, Joe Krushinsky, Tod Kurt, Ethan Rose, and Susan Rugnetta.

-- a previous version of this episode contained the following MUSIC --

Intro and Outro – Square and Enjoy by Goto80
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Goto80/Open_Funk_Sores/00_goto80_-_square_and_enjoy

Break #1: Can’t Stop Us by Chipzel
https://chiptuneswin.bandcamp.com/track/cant-stop-us

Break #2: Chango Island by Kupa
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kupa/Bit_Pairat/vira_-_VIRANET02_Kupa_-_Bit_Pairat_-_03_Chango_Island

Break #3: mushroom giggles by minusbaby
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/minusbaby/O_Que_No_Tem_Juzo_20032006/05-minusbabymushroom_giggles