Digitalcasm Daily Play #35

Matt's Theme By Ben Landis

About this Guy

Ben Landis is prolific a music creator and composer based out of Los Angeles, California. His specialty is making retro sounding video game tunes with top notch compositions.

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Why I Like this

This is a l-i-v-e recording of one of Ben's tracks, performed by an actual orchestra!  Ben already gets a ton of love on soundcloud from people who show up for his usual chiptune sound.  Getting a live orchestra to read through an arrangement of one of the compositions is quite an achievement and takes his concept to the next level.  Matt's Theme (live) It's featured on his Adventures In Pixels album.  Happy listening!

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Digitlacasm Daily Play #11

Fridge by ErikBokk

 

About this guy

Eric Nietti is the man behind this catchy videogame/japan-pop/breakbeat sounding gem.  He hails from Norway, and produces chiptunes, electro house, and 8 bit music.
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Why I like this

Fridge.  It's all about the portamento.  When the 8 bit chords come in and move by slowly pitching up or down to the next spot, it's gold.  It's "that something special" that this track needed for me to favorite it.  That "something special element" seems to be a trademark of Erik's tracks.  Never mind the fact that I feel like I'm watching the credits roll after I just finished beating my favorite Super Nintendo game.  Most all of Erik's music have something unusual, but really nice going for them that make each song greater than the sum of their parts.  Also the production is super clean from start to finish.  Well done!

See you tomorrow!