I know the genre gets kind of a bad rap, but what albums would you guys consider essential chiptune? I've always been kinda fascinated by chiptune music and it's associations with video games
>>74441548
Endless Fantasy is the pinnacle of chiptune by an incredibly long shot. Aside from Prom Night, every song on that album is fucking incredible. It's pretty much the only essential chiptune album.
>>74441548
>>74441829
VVVVVV soundtrack is also really good
>>74441548
Yellow Magic Orchestra
shoegaze/chiptunes
>>74441916
wow this is really good
YMCK are also decent, if you are looking for stuff with vocals
BitShifter has some ok stuff. I would check out Tristan Perich, he's done some cool kinda minimal classical chip stuff.
>>74442010
So good.
>>74441916
Fucking looove this band. Both albums are really great. The frontman's next project is also really good as well, but a different vibe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZBDNQ3gas
DEHUMANISE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED
DEHUMANISE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED
DEHUMANISE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED
DEHUMANISE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED
DEHUMANISE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED
>>74441874
this so hard. solid state survivor or you may as well not even try
>>74442524
What happened to CBoyardee? Last I checked he deleted most of his videos and just disappeared offline.
If you're a fan of The Depreciation Guild, Painted In is great as well. Pretty much the same style.
https://www.youtube.com/user/betatothemaxmusic/videos
Use to listen to this stuff on loop for hours
>>74441548
Fuck off moot
I used to be really into she. Haven't checked out what he (yeah, despite the name it's produced by a guy) has been up to in awhile and not everything he does is chiptune but I would say his chiptune releases are pretty good.
Also was really fond of Vacation Wasteland by Slime Girls.
The first two EPs from crying were pretty good. I didn't really like their last album as much as a lot of people seemed to though.
>>74441916
Honestly, meh. Its rock with some chiptune in it. Id hate to get all purist about a genre so niche, but I cant enjoy this in either one of my electronic moods or my rock moods.
It strikes me as "this would be cool" but it never got fleshed out into anything big
>>74441829
Prom Night is a great song. Anamanaguchi's straight up pop songs are their best. Their chiptune/pop punk stuff is dull as fuck.
Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar is absolutely essential if you find chiptunes interesting. Not made for a specific game it stands on it's own two feet qnd doesn't need a game to elevate itself beyond what the music actually deserves.
>>74443133
disasterpiece is a fucking legend
good shit
>>74443170
8bitpeoples in general is a treasure trove for this kinda stuff
>>74443193
>>74443170
another good one