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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Watch: 8-Bit Oktoberfest

Go to Oktoberfest with The CUBIES for some bloopy Gemütlichkeit.

Find MP3s and remixes here. (Thanks, Michael)

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Beer Güt Shirt

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Bloopy: The Pixies “Where Is My Mind?” 8-Bit Chiptune

A song that never needed to be covered, due to its unreplicable awesomeness, gets one of the better 8-bit covers I’ve heard in a while. (Thanks, Jon!)

A message from the creator:

“So I’ve been writing music in my basement for a few years now. Fight club was a very influential movie in my high school days [daze] and I loved the song at the end. Since then, I’ve heard it thousands of times and decided to make a chip-tune cover of it for your listening pleasure. I’ve performed this song live on a handful of occasions and it’s always been a favorite. I’ll try and get the sax and guitar parts uploaded someday. Enjoy!”

The Pixies “Where Is My Mind?” (8-bit Chiptune)
blooped by Christopher Voss [download / info]

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8-Bit: Trololo Chap is Back in Chiptune

It happened to Weezer, Tom & Jerry, and Super Mario. Now it’s Edward Hill‘s turn to get all bloopy with it.

Robinerd created this 8-bit cover using DrPetter‘s Musagi chip-esque softsynth and sequencer (via BoingBoing). It lacks the dulcet, back-of-throat baritone of the original Trololololololololololo, but keeps the infectious smile and cheer.

I’d love a side-scroller game with this as the soundtrack. As Edward you’d wander around using your mouth’s Trolololo-lazer to happily obliterate buildings, objects, and living creatures in your path. See how many points you’d get before the song’s over. Any developers wanna take this on?

BONUS: See the rest »

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MP3: Friday Five 06.04.10 Calexico covers Arcade Fire, School of Seven Bells Remix, Fanfarlo on Twilight Soundtrack, She & Him, and I’m not a Band

A bunch of new tunes and an old cover by Calexico that’ll hopefully tide you over ’til more new Arcade Fire. Enjoy!

I’m not a Band “I’m not a Band” from self released

School of Seven Bells “Windstorm” (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix) from Windstorm Single

Calexico “Ocean of Noise” (Arcade Fire)
from Intervention 7”

Fanfarlo “Atlas” from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST

She & Him “Fools Rush In” (Johnny Mercer / Rube Bloom)
from Levis Pioneer Sessions 2010

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Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.

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Hack/Remix: Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody On Old School Computer Gear

This put me in a trance. Really freakin’ impressive. Kinda sad, too. Like hearing the swan song of bummed out, cast-away technology.

No effects or sampling were used in this video. Just this gear:

  • Atari 800XL – piano
  • Texas Instruments TI-99/4a - electric guitar
  • 8 Inch Floppy Disk – bass
  • 3.5 inch Harddrive – gong
  • HP ScanJet 3C – all vocals

Really wanna geek out? Download the MP3 at Music For Maniacs

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Music: Weezer, The 8-Bit Covers

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Pterodactyl Squad has just released (for free download) an album of 14 Weezer covers from an all-star line-up of video game musicians.

Download the whole album here.
Check out the official Weezer 8-bit Album Blog. (via MeFi)

Rock out with the Umlaut:

Anamanaguchi “Holiday”
Nordloef “Buddy Holly”

 

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MP3: Super Mario via Grupo Falso Baiano

Post-It Note Mario and Mushroom

Spotted this Post-It Note Mario and mushroom in the halls of Yahoo!.

Bay Area Brazilian quartet, Grupo Falso Baiano (The Fake Bahians) offer a refreshing take on everyone’s favorite gamer theme:

Grupo Falso Baiano “Irmão Super Mario” from Choro e Jazz

Grab the album from their official website. (Thanks, Davon)

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