Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape

There's also slayradio.org, which is mostly C64 remixes. It's mostly pretty fun stuff to listen to, although some of the songs get way too much playtime.

nihilocrat2• 17 years ago

Don't forget kohina and scenemusic.eu

C64 chiptunes > NES chiptunes, and I didn't even own either, as I was a Sega kid.

dzohrob• 17 years ago

don't forget The Advantage, who do indie-rock versions of Nintendo tunes w/ live drums, bass, and dual guitars -- http://www.myspace.com/theadvantage1

omouse2• 17 years ago

So what's the appeal of 8-bit music? I don't get it.

Morieris• 17 years ago

Sharp, clean sounds with a bit of nostalgia. It appeals to a certain demographic; if it's not for you, then so it goes.

omouse2• 17 years ago

I used to listen to it but then I realized, "holy fuck why am I living in the past?"

Also, if you want sharp clean sounds you can listen to minimalist techno, some house music, etc. Most music is composed of sharp clean sounds because it's digitally recorded and fine-tuned by sold sound engineers.

blasdel• 17 years ago

It's often distributed as scores (source code) designed for a particular classic synth chip (an API), not rendered audio. It's very hacker-friendly.

mattmaroon3• 17 years ago

Awful rapping + Nintendo songs. Proving once again that familiarity trumps quality.

ivankirigin3• 17 years ago

You hate hiphop generally, right? I think that's an important disclaimer: "this is shitty X, but I don't like anything X"

mattmaroon3• 17 years ago

I like plenty of hiphop. I do think most of it sucks, but then I think most of everything sucks.

plucas• 17 years ago

Give me these with no voice and they'll be great.

mattmaroon3• 17 years ago

And a plumber hopping on mushrooms.

Nosferax2• 17 years ago

Minibosses - my favorite video game music band so far.

http://www.minibosses.com/

One full album available for free on their website, check it out!

Novash• 17 years ago

Gonna check this at home. I was really willing to change the songs on my MP3 player anyway.

Nosferax2• 17 years ago

That is one fugly slow website.

edb2• 17 years ago

Y'all should watch this video : http://www.vimeo.com/3734864 . It's an excellent documentary on the chiptune scene. Do a search on vimeo for part 2 and watch it before someone pulls it off.

hy3lxs• 17 years ago

Jeremy, fyi the player you're using: http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf contains a flash stack overflow error in some effect event handling code that makes the page unviewable with the debug flash player installed.

jeremymims3• 17 years ago

Good to know. I'll switch the player up this evening.

IsaacSchlueter• 17 years ago

No one mentions RAC? Jeez, peoples.

For instance: http://remixartistcollective.com/?p=85

nihilocrat2• 17 years ago

Too many words! Not the greatest material to hack to, I find it difficult to program while listening to songs with (comprehensible) words.

bigwill• 17 years ago

Definitely agree. Generally, I think good hacking music is unobtrusive (doesn't become a distraction), and somewhat repetitive (causes me to maintain focus). I hate a lot of electronic music because it's often too formulaic, but when it's right for hacking it's oh so right.

Some of my hacking favorites: Aphex Twin--Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (the one essential for hacking IMO), Sigur Ros--Takk..., The Field--From Here We Go Sublime, Linstrom--Where You Go I Go Too

rlm• 17 years ago

Check out Press Play On Tape as well. www.pressplayontape.com. It's a Commodore 64 revival band and way cool :D

jvdh• 17 years ago

Rap and coding don't mix.

Any kind of music with lyrics is to me very distracting while coding. Unfortunately the human brain can't really mix processing spoken language and written language.

Try writing while listening to someone, unless you're writing down what they say, you'll surely mix up somewhere and write down what they say anyway.

ivankirigin3• 17 years ago

My new favorite hacking track: Fischerspooner "Emerge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3m9vSdFbM

jownz• 17 years ago

Master Blaster ain't horrible.

Ego boostin' - I could definitely solve that bug that's been lingering around like a bad fart listening to this.

electronslave• 17 years ago

Two syllables thoroughly trounce this and all other comers: BitJam

http://podcast.bitfellas.org

That is all. Go in peace.

Edit: Less cryptically, this is all demoscene music -- the best minds of the last 25 years, remixed and mastered. Fresh every Monday, which gives me a reason to obsessively check my podcast list.

vegai• 17 years ago

http://remix.kwed.org for us c64 grandpas

Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape

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